The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-03
THEN AT SIATESVILLE
Craig Hammers the Trusts in an
Impersonal Speech.
pRlTCHAR0 HAS NO R,MeDY FOR tWL
He Glasses Mr.. Craig as an Ambitious Young
Iirg and the Latt r. ::Then Makes
Brief Impassioned and Patriotic
RtioiGder,
Rsjoinder.
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Lenoir, N. c., Oct. 2-Senator Pritchard
and Locke Craig spoke here today to
crowd OF about three hundred and fifty
people, almost equally divided between
the parties Neither of the gentlemen
were in the best of condition. Mr.. Craig
had bad sore throat and Senator Prit-
chard a severe headache. Craig led off
for one hour and five minutes, followed
by the Senator in a speech of one hour
and ten minutes with a ten minutes re-
joinder by the first speaker.
Mr.. Craig devoted ffty-fve minutes to
the trusts denouncing them in strong
and eloquent language, and charging that
the Republican party was not only re-
sponsible for them, but that it was owned
body and soul by the trusts, and that
they were fostered and fed by a high
tariff imposed upon the consumer for the
benefit of their masters and owners who
in return supplied it with campaign funds
to corrupt and control the election.
He read the Richardson resolution to
leave it with the President and Secretary
of the Treasury to put trust made ar
ticles on the free list and made a pow
erful appeal for it's fairness and justice
and begged Senator Pritchard to support
it, not to save the life of its author as
he had declared he would not do, but to
save the life and liberties of the people
Coming down to State matters, Mr..
Craig made an excellent defense of the
last Legislature in making liberal ap-
preparations for schools, asylums and
Confederate pensions, and contrasted in
vivid cOlors the record of the two part
les along these lines. He congratulated
the people that to the Democratic party
they owed it that for the first time in
thirty-fVe years a discussion on living
issues was possible in North Carolina
The speech was entirely impersonal and
in excellent temper
Mr.. Pritchard in his reply took ground
against any revision of the tariff what
ever and denied that the tariff was re-
spOnsible for the existence of the trusts.
citing as evidence of his position the
Standard Oil Company and the Anthra~
cite Coal trust, neither of which he
claimed had any protection for their pro-
ducts. He further declared that free
trade England had more trusts than
America; that only twelve per cent Of
manufactured articles were made by
trusts and declared that we had better
endure the ills we have than fly to
others we knew nothing Of" He offered
no remedy for the evil, but claimed that
the Republican party had suppressed
and broken up several unlawful combi-
nations failing, however, to say what
they were. He further charged that ],
Pierpont Morgan was helping the Demo
Gratis because they were more favorable
to his schemes than the Republicans on
State matters. He attempted to sustain
his charge Of extravaganza, charged that
the Democratic machine had foreOrdain-
ed that Craig should be his successor
and classed him as a younglng. whose
ambition was pushing aside the Confed-
crate veteran for his own advancement.
The burden of his speech was prosper
ity" and he argued strongly for the pro-
lection of raw material, and especially
lumber.
Mr.. Craig made an impassioned rejoin-
der. He declared that he was a tariff
for revenue man only and gave notice
that the Democratic party would con-
tinue to care for the old soldiers, cost
what it might.
Both gentlemen were literally applaud
ed by their parties. The crowd was good
natured and accorded to both a respect
full and attentive hearing.
There will be no more debates between
Senator Pritchard and Mr.. Craig until
they meet in Statesville on the Sth. Sen
ator Pritchard will 90 to Washington to
attend to some business matters and will
return on the 7th. The debators will
then speak as follows:
Statesville, October g.
Charlotte, October 9.
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