The news & observer., 1901-10-16
"T[LL II, GO ON" CRY
FRANKLIN NEGRO
FRIENDS
As a Political Rally Pritch-
ards Louisburg Meet
ing Fails.
NEGROES TROUBLED HIM
And When They Were Too Demons
trative, He Told the Noisy Ones
to Keep Quiet.
NEGROES TROUBLED HIM
sPRUIlL FOLLOWED IN ELOQUENT SPEECH
His Ringing Address Created the Only Genuine
Enthusiasm Of the Day. Revenue
Doodles or Hand But Left in
Low Spirit.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Low Spirit.
Especial to News and Observer
Louisburg, N. c., Oct. Ex-senator
Pritchard spoke here today at 1:3O O'Clock.
The Superior court was in session, and
although the docket is crowded s.nd a
large number of witnesses and litigates
were in attendance, Judge Timberlake,
contrary to his usual way of running
things adjourned court for the day
about noon. There was much complaint
at the judges action on the part of those
witnesses and suitors especially the
formeE who are now very busy saving
their crops. There were quite large
number of revenue doodles, Federal post
masters and other Republican office hold
ers from this and adjoining counties in
attendance, but outside of these the
crowd was hardly up to the usual
turkey in court size.
OF those who heard the Senator's
speech the blacks constituted a large
majority. The Senator spoke for some
thing over an hour from stand erected
on the court square He discussed pro-
lection, the ship subsidy, expansion, i'm
perialism and but for a reference to the
taxation of corporations by the Legisla
ture of 1901. and few slaps at Senator
Simmons and the editor of the News and
Observer, steered clear of State issues
and was eloquently dumb with reference
to. the record of the Republican party in
North Carolina.
The speaker was introduced by Rev.
Baylus Cade, who congratulated the white
they now enjoyed and which his party had
so desperately opposed. 1t was a mat
ter of wonder to the people here, who
had so often heard the Reverend Decayed
Baylus and J{dge Timberlake, who sat
on the platform, denounce Cleveland and
eulogize Bryan to see these gentlemen
smile approval at the Senator's encomium
upon the virtues of Cleveland and his
denunciation Of the "heresies" of Bry-
anism.
Mr. Pritchard quoted the News and OBJ
server as, favoring the deportation of the
nger0es, which he said would result in
converting the Eastern part of the State
into barren wilderness In this con-
ncction he mentioned the disfranchise-
ment of the negroes, but gave not the
slightest intimation as to whether he had
Mr Nod hn
congratulated the people upon the re-
storation of their political freedom, but
was equally silent as to which party had
accomplished it.
He had the manuscript of his speech
with him, but after the first few minutes
apparently did not follow it very close
ly. There was little or no applause ex-
cept an occasional yell of tell it,, ''go
on from some negro. The Senator ap-
parently was not desrous that the blacks
should run the meeting as they seemed
disposed to do. and several times ad-
monished the more noisy ones to keep
quiet. He excited no enthusiasm from
any other quarter, and as a political
rally the meeting was dismal failure.
Your correspondent was unable to
learn of single white man whose po-
iitical views were affected by the speech.
In fct it can be safely said that the re-
suit of the meeting as a whole was
Sore disappointment to its promoters,
and the Democrats this evening are
claiming that the cause of the party has
been more helped than hurt by the Sem
ator'S visit.
SPRUILL EVOKES GENUINE ENTHU-
SIASM.
After the conclusion of the Senator's
speech there were loud calls for Spruill,
in response to which that gentleman
mounted the platform, and in ringing
and eloquent speech of about thirty min
utes aroused the only genuine enthusiasm
of the day. He denounced the ingrati-
tude of any white man whose interest the
Democratic party had guaranteed for
thirty years in North Carolina, and to
save whom from negro domination, had
gone through the terrible fire of the two
last campaigns, who would now desert
that party and join with the partt that
has fostered negro rule and fought so
desperately the passage Of the constitu-
tional amendment. He also denounced