The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-02
CRAIG WAS THEN ABSENT
Returning He Asked Privilege to
Reply. It Was Refused.
PRTCHARD AGAIN HEARS Kisses
Craig RusheS FowJd to Stop Them, But
Pri!chard Waves Him Aside With
Some Rather Hot Words, Seven
Hundred People Present
Hundred People Present
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Greensboro, N c., Oct. 1.-For the first
time in his round of joint debate Sena-
tor Pritchard today had an encouraging
backing from members of his own house
hold, and cheered on by applause from
ladies in the galleries and Federal Off
cials on the floor, he threw off his cold
argumentative habit for fifteen minutes
from Republicans, and sad to relate there
were two serious breaches of propriety
by the snake like glide of Kisses from
the ES llcrias and the floor. 1t was the
only incident that made the meeting dis
similar from the previous debates.
Pritchard had opened the debate fol-
lowing cl Early the lines already so often
repeated. making for the first half hour
the same speech made here at the Re-
publican State Convention. Craig fol-
lowed with his customary eloquent array
of charges against the Senator and his
rarty. In his fifteen minute rejoindeT,
Pritchard was shelling Democrats as hav-
ing appointed negroes to office and their
talk of white supremacy being a shame,
al at each period the Republican con-
tingent. would go wild with delighted
shouts. Presently in a lull, the awful
sound of Missing that sounded like a
snake gliding around the building made
him pale with astOnished anger. Craig
rushed to the front to beg that it be
stopped when Pritchard waved him aside
saying: "You shall not make it appear
needed your protection. If a single Re-
publican in my section were to treat you
so. l should pitch him out the window.
There was one other period of hisses
but Pritchard did not cOndescend to no
tice it, 1t was when he said that when
negroes dominated the Republican party
Craig was down in BERTHE county with
them. q boss niger radical and from
there he went to Asheville. and was
warm Republican until his political turn
coat proclvities landed him on the side
of successful Democracy.
A storm of cheers from Republicans
ensued and another round of Kisses fol-
lowed. Things looked squally Craig
was not present when this was said, but
came in Just as it was concluded. Being
told that Senator Pritchard referred to
him as having been a Republican, when
Pritchard concluded he asked the privi-
lege of a statement. This was refused.
Craig tonight was highly indignant
when told what Pritchard had really
said. and there is no doubt he will make
things hot at LenOir tomorrow. Craig
declares that he left BERTHE county at
fourteen and cast only one Republican
vote in his life, and that for Blaine in
1884
Stung by Craig's magnificent tribute
TO Confederate veterans and his declara-
tion that in the name of Pritchard S
father and brother. who were SUCH he
denounced the Deserters' Pension Bill,
Pritchard declared that if he had re-
ceived the support of Democrats he
would have secured Federal appropria-
tion to work and care for the graves Of
Confederate soldiers now unmarked and
hid by briars: that he did not vote for
State Confederate pensions, because it
was confined to the INDECENT, and that
his sO-called deserters bill could not
have passed the Senate without unani-
nous consent: that Simmons was pres
ent and looked him in the eve when it
was called UP. and as word from him
would have defeated it he had right to
demand that Craig denounce Simmons as
well as he.
- tremendous MT udQe Dy craig was
the statement that his brother signed
the letter asking for retention of negro
postmaster in BERTHE to escape having
a white man who was a defaulter ap.
pointed and said he: This is the kind
of white supremacy Pritchard proposed
to give the East and not even that kind
until most of his negro appointces were
in Federal prisons for stealing postal
revenues, and God pity any people who
are thus driven in self-defense to ask
that an honest negro be appointed to
office to protect them from a disgraced
and loathsome member Of their own
race"
Both speakers referred to Watson's
speech at Henderson, Pritchard saying
that since his declaration about not
educating negroes with white taxes the
Democratic party would turn him down
certain.
Probably seven hundred people were
present, one hundred ladies' fifty colOTed
men and there was a large contingent
of prominent Republicans and Federal
officials from distance, while there
were very few out-of-t town Democrats. |
Craig was INTRODUCED by Democratic
Chairman Scales and Pritchard by Re |
publican Chairman Douglass. Flowers j
were presented TO both Craig easily |
majority Of the audience and the