The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23
CRAIG WINS THE
DAY At K|NSTON
Pritchard Says Trusts are
Like Cancers.
PRITCHARD WAS DUMB
Craig Pressed Him For a Reply To a
Vital Question
CROWD ALMOST RAISED THE ROOF
The People Made Good Trade Wien They
Snapped OFF Russell For Aycock
Even With $1,000 at the
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Kfnston, N. c., Sept. 2o-It was De-
mocracy's day at Kinston
Three -fourths of the crowd was D..Ir-
ocratic to the core, Democratic from
principles and because they believe that
Democracy is right.
To them Mr.. Craig unfolded the tell
the Anglo Saxon banner even more re-
splendent with merited glory than ever
before.
The remainder of the crowd was made
up of a political pot-pouri-a few old
line Republicans, a few disgruntea half
and halves. a considerable number of
Federal office holders, a few so-called
Populists, and an element OF those who
claim no party affliatior who have all
sort of opinions, but no party prefer
ments just mad with somebody or some
thing they know not what or who. AS
one gentleman expressed it, ''They are
'agin' anything that is and fur" any
thing that "aint"
Senator Pritchard spoke first and he
spoke with all the power that he pos
sssses, and that is a great deal. Tall
and robust of statue, handsome as hand
some goes in sturdy masculine make up,
pleasing in address and in speech, Wig
orCus and seemingly sincere AMI desper-
ately earnest in his declarations, cXpe-
rienced and hardened as a politician and
a campaigner, he is an individual
ity strong man in more ways than one.
He is positive and earnest and has
made himself believe implicitly in the
doctrine he preachers so far rs national
issues are concerned. I will not do him
the injustice to say that the Republican
and Fusion policies - applied iii North
Carolina in carpet bag days, and as in 81
'9S and '99 We're either wise, Wholesome or
correct, or even "clean, able, or econom-
ical." He pleads with marked energy
and earnestness for the doctrines of na-
tional Republicanism. He pleads for
high tariff tax on mica, even though he
is speaking to men who never saw a
piece Of mica, except when they went
to buy it. and then have to pay more for
pleads for high tariff tax on raw wool
to men whose only acquaintance with
wool is in the apparal they buy. paying
as much for the tax as they do for the
wool in the apparel. He extols the
virtues of the Republican high tariff pol
icy to Lenoir county farmers from whom
the tariff protected trust barons demand
from twenty per cent to seventy-five
acnf oh ffn1,
forks, cut nails, axle grease, and nearly
everything else they buy than these
same tariff protected trusts -barons de-
mand from the Englisnman or other for
eiguers. He charges the State Demo
crat2 administration with extravaganza
and reckless management, and yet he
sllips over the scandalous feautrese of
the Republican administration with
such reckless adroitness as TO make him
a most pronounced if not successful or
torical athlete. The Senator is the en-
bodiment of all that is Republican, or
anti Democratic in North Carolina. He
pleads we'll for a lost cause He makes
the best defense possible of discredited
State organization, but he is in the po-
sition of man pleading for a client
against whom the evidence is overwhelm-
ing. He is in the position of a powerful
attorney who knows that his case is lost
unless he can by some individual force
or logic or legerdemain divert the minds
of the jury from the past conduct and
reputation of his client as established
bv the overwhelming evidence already in
the hands of the jury. If it were pos
sible to win by mistrial, the Senator
would win, for there are those among
his followeds who would hang the jury
forever. but in this case majority de-
cides the issues and it as perfectly evil
dent from the demonstrations here to-
dav that a very large majority of the
white men of Lenoir and adjoining coun-
ties have made up their minds from the
great volume of direct evidence that the
good old State of North Carolina is safest
when controlled by that sturdy, honest
and capable Democracy, to which 1t has
over turned for relief when perchance 1t
has for short season admitted others to
the mismanagement of its affairs But
Senator Pritchard of course desires to
be returned to the United States senate.
For this and this alone, himself and his
party has seemed to abandon all else
For this he is fighting, and for man who
mnst be almost convinced that the con-
etst is in vain, he is fighting valiantly
and vigorously But if we may judge
from the demonstrations and declara-
tions here today, these good people have