The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-02-27
CONGRESSMAN P0U SCORES REPUB-
lICANS.

The Brilliant Young Representative of
the Fourth District Delivers One Of
the Best Speeches Made in the
House This Session.
The Washington Ercaing Times, Of
the 2lst inst. says this of a speech of
Hon Edward w Pou, member of
Congress from this district, delivered
in the House of Representatives last
week:
The Tar Heels who take an interest
in what the members Of their delega-
ton are doing in Washington will
have something substantial and in
structive to peruse when copies of the
recent speech OF Mr.. Edward William
Pou, of Smithfield, reaches them
through the mails. Mr.. Pou is one OF
the most promising Democrats that
the South has sent up to this Con-
gress. His speech, which was upon
tariff, bristled with bright sayings
which caused the Democrats to punct-
uate it with frequent bursts of ap'
plause. The young North Carolinian
had given long attention to the sub.
ject, and his speech is highly approved
by the Democrats of the delegation
and it is said, also by the Democratic
leaders in Congress.
''My position, said Mr.. Pou yester
day, sis that whenever any article
manufactured in the United States i.
sold at lower price abroad thar
here, the President should be EN-
powered, on ascertaining such to b.
the fact, to suspend the collection o
duties on similar articles brought il
here from Abroad
Mr.. Pou has spoken briefly in TIT
House heretofore, but this was hi
first speech of any serious preten
sions.
The Washington Post, of Feb. 22nd
under the heading of Mr.. Pou's Re
markablc Speech, says this:
In an extempore speech of less thar
thirty minutes duration, Representa-
tive Edward w. Pou, of the Fourtl
Congressional district of North Caro-
lima, has done what no other mem be
of the House has accomplished thi
session. He has broken the ice AM
started boldly forth as one Of tn
strongest debaters on the Democratic
side. 1t was during the debate OF
the Indian appropriation bill lat
| Tuesday afternoon when the ne,
member from the Tar Heel State wa
recognized by the Chair. His re
marks were not confined to the bill
under discussion, but he devoted him
self to the Republican party and it
platform. He had not spoken tv
minutes when he had the attention Q
every member on the floor. And a
he warmed up to his subject he gre,
eloquent. \, he scored the ajorit
for its refusal to allow discussion O
important measures while giWn
am pie time for the debate of unim
portant measures he was applaude
to the echo by the Democrats. III
charged that under the existing tart
farm implements, grain drills, har
rows, and things OF the kind, wer
sold cheaper to the people of Sout
America than to the people Of tn
United States. The trusts sal
Mr.. Pou, ''are treating us worse thai
they treat foreigners. His arraign
ment of the Republican party wa
| pronounced by all who heard it as tn
severest that has been delivered il
| the House this session. 1t is SO pun
gent that it will be distributed by ttrh
Democratic Campaign Committee
| Mr.. Pou has every confidence tina
| the Democrats will win in 1904, a
the following peroration of his speecI
will show:
1t may be OF interest to you Republican
| to know that in the year 1904 you wi
| be confronted by a united Democrat
party. and nobody knows better tina
you what that means. Applause on tn
Democratic side Hoist your banner
| Ii the truth shall be written upon il
your motto should be this: ''Slavery 0
death to the Filipinos; protection for tn
trusts at home" Upon ours shall be
'Freedom for the Filipinos: equal an
| exact Justice to all men; equal opportun
| ity to every citizen, State, and section;
and upon this issue, Mr. Chairman, wit
confidence we shall appeal to the sense c
right of the American people Loud az
plause on the Democratic side I
Representative Richardson, of Ten
| nessee, the Democratic House leader
| declared the speech to be one of tn
best delivered in the House this ses
sion.