The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-01

Democratic platform of 1896 as anar
chistic, full of assaults on the courts
full of discomfort and full of the ayna
mite of destruction TO everything anC
everybody.
Then there came in his fervid declartioT
that the Republicans were against the
Trusts and that the Dingley Tariff bill
did not foster and breed them. Declar.
ing that the days of 1894, under Cleve.
land, We're the lowest ebb of conditions
in tins country he asked if there was
a man present who wanted to go back tc
those days:
81 do said a voice from the au-
dience.
"Oh, it's a Democrat who does not
know enough to know that he was in
a, bad condition then" said Pritchard
and the crowd laughed.
Next he declared Democracy was fol-
the trusts, and Craig was ALSO because
he had appeared for what Pritchard
called an ice trust in Asheville.
After his plea that the Republicans
were against trusts he attempted to JUS
tify the Republicans in their imperial
istic and colonial policy, the basis OF
this being that some Democrats had
voted to ratify the Treaty of Paris ana
the payment of twenty million dollars TO
Spain. He declared the Republicans
would hold the Philippines, for it is u
great country in which to sell cotton.
He failed to tell the people what the
Philippines We're costing the Americas
people in money by the millions and in
the lives of American soldiers.
Next he repeated his praise of Pritch-
ard in the Confederate army, the mat
ters of the Carr Simmons Senatorial
campaign as a reason the Democracy
were opposed to Confederates. He
landed his Deserters' bill and quoted
Capt. Weaver, of Asheville, as saying it
was fine thing.
He lodged the amendment question and
talked increase of Governors salary, the
increase in the number of judges and
solicitors, the cost of the impeachment,
and the borrowing of money by the pres
ent State administration as proofs of
Democratic extravaganza.
Saying that more money would be
called for by the Democrats he used his
plea that section 13 of the Revenue bill
would double the taxes on the farm lands
and Cypress the farmers.
His final words were his plea that the
first of May had been made the limit of
time for paying POLL tax by the Demo-
Gratis, for the sole and express purpose
of keeping the poor white man from cast
ing his ballot
LOCKE CRAIG MAKES REPLY.
Hon. Locke Craig was most pleasantly
introduced by Hon r. H. Hayes. the
county chairman of the Democratic par
ty of Chatham. When he arose it was
the old yell and vigorous applause of an
unterrified filled with enthusiasm, that
greeted him. 1t was twice as great az
any that had been given Senator Pritch-
ard in even his happiest hits and strong
est arguments.
Mr. Craig, after n modest word of
thanks. stated he was not present as a
Senatorial candidate, but as defender OF
Democracy, challenged to joint debate by
Senator Pritchard.
After a wonderfully clear definition of
Democracy and Republicanism from their
inception, contrasting the special priv
ileges to none" of Democracy with the
policy of the Republicans as being a
policy for the few and against the
masses, he hogan a lucid exposition of
the trust question, showing that these
iniquitous combinations of capital were
the creatures of monster greed fostered
and made fat by the Republican Ding
ley bill.
His explanation of why he appeared for
the man who was selling ice too high in
Ashevlle because of which Senator
Pritchard had urged that he belonged to
the trusts, caught the crowd. for he
showed that a Democratic judge had
simply been guided by law as decided by
a Republican Supreme court. When he
said that Senator Pritchard might as
well be put down as an Amos Owens
cherry tree swindler, because he ap-
feared for the swindlers in that case, the
demagoguery of Senator Pritchard's plea
and it's righteousness was so apparent
that the people yelled in delight
Then it was that he used the proposed
provisions of the Richardson resolutions
to control trusts. and of the refusal OF
the Republicans to accept it as it would
destroy their pets Asking if there was
one man in the audience who would vote
against it not a hand was raised In his
characterization of the power of the
trusts under protection he read from to-
days Charlotte Observer, which he de-
as Senator Pritchard's prayer
hook" De cause the Senator has frequently
quoted from it and praised it as Dem
ocratie paper, that trusts could not -four
ish in free trade England, but could un-
der the prot active system of the United
States.
Speaking of the money borrowed by
Democratic National administration he
told that it was to pay the debts of a
reckless Republican administration which
had already prepared plates from which
to print the bonds. When he spoke OF
Senator Pritehard saying that it was Re-
publican rule and the Dingley bill that
had brought prosperity he denied it, and
gave credit to the faithful laborer who
by diligence had gained a little compe-
tence. The people laughed heartily and
applauded when in disposing of Senator
plea that Providence was
with the Republican party, he said that
God sent the rain on the just and the
unjust alike. Allowing that prosperity
was here he said it was to the few, and
that the masses were like the little boy
SOUND AS "A DOLLAR