The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
Yf BATTLES HARD
FOR ALOST CAUSE
While His Opponent Carries
Charlotte by Storm.
cTAN0ING ROOM WANTED
Craig Arouses the Vast Audience to
Enthusiasm.
Nm TOR PRfCHARD IS AT HIS BEST
nno fo.rh of TIE Crowd Cneer Him Justify
8yt,h he Vast Maj ,rity are With Craig,
Who is Wearing the Senator
Gu.

0ut.
.-le..al 10 News and Observer
.#.r.orr,. \. c.. oct. 9.-Tonight was
.,..s ANA Pritchard night in Charlotte.
..r. tu. Joint debate held in the opera
...-. brought together a large and rep
r...-ativo gathering. 1t is said that
.n.so.tn is the storm centre of indie
,.u..ur political thinking. Perhaps that
t.r.. There is surely a variety Of
r..r.al IDEAS in Charlotte. and there
..a seeming aggressive factions behind
each idea. but to q pasSer-by it would
SOON 10 he all Democratic. Every man
,.r meet, except a few postmasters, etc.
r~.rrunre themselves Democratic, and
-rl. more Democratic than the last
-t.H YOU met, and yet Senator Pritch-
ard Who handed out nothing but the
-raiehtest Republican goods, met with
% hearty reception in the Queen city. He
MAS v0~ciferously cheered in the begin-
ming. and his positive and aggressive
fl,a for protection for projections sake
met with hearty applause.
Mr. craig likewise met with a most
hearty Welcome. He measures off the
real uufaded and unfading Democratic
.0aIs. Preached The old-fashiOned doc
,raa Of equal rights to all men, and
special privilege to none, and his every
round up along this line awakened ex-
cited enthusiasm from these men Of
N,.kl4ubur9. AS / stated in my first
rsuort of the joint debate, both Mr..
CRAIG and Senator Pritchard are g~cniuses
ont the political hustings. They are each
perhaps more so now than when the de-
hate began. Senator Pritchard is more
intrepid and even bolder than formerly
Few men could face a lost cause and
knew it was lost as he unquestionably
does and Vet fight with such continued
vehemence and such unfailing vigor. An(
think Of his strenuous defence Of the
Republican party in North Carolina il
the wake OF which lie horrid wrecks o
incompetent and ~scandalous control. HI
pr0clatms himself and his party better
friends Of education than the Democrats
and yet history not Yet ancient teache:
even him that during their first lease Of
power after the war not a school house
was built. and COWS instead Of students
were turned on the green lawns that sur
rounded the university.
H thanked the Lord again for the ers
eff peace that reigns over the State with
ont seeming to remember the fact tina
his oWn party. under his own leadership
d3 everything in its power to stem The
tide of this era of peace. He says the
negro is out of politics, and yet he hum:
a1t haws and hedges every time he i!
asked The question as to whether or mo-
ha i. willing that he should remain out
H. kicked tho negro out of his conVen
ton ut Greensboro and reiterates in hi:
E 49,. -,,I, p,Iino1 ,alciYo that h,
Democratic party was the negro party
ac5 SONS TO forget that all the victories
that have been attained in North Caro-
Ina. either by himself or his party, haVt
been 18th the necessary aid of an almos
Hu5Iokon phalanx of illiterate negro bal
lr~ He breaches with characteristic
taroe and huency the doctrine of hiSl
protection without even remembering
1a' neither in theory nor in practice does
rle doctrine he breaches directly aifec
the interest Of a single man who listens
On the other hand, Mr.. Cralg, Witt
toF-, -ud power and soul-stirring clio
.s.uge, points with pride and pleasure
10 every footprint made by the Demo
.rat rarity N all the years of its leas'
"t poster i'm North Carolina. He passe'
along in View of the audience the char
table. educational, and other great insti
.#tnns the party has built and nam
|atHnt. ln the State. He follows tneS'
with the thousands of school house
That dot every hilltop and valley. IL
- mp tn" hundreds of thousands o
"a'l- school children, who, Under tn
t~.".ng Of competent teachers, are beln'
..I-.'3 for useful, intelligent, an
..tIE citizens. He proclaims Wlthou
... ~ contradiction even from Senate
-I."aarj that during all its years Q
..'.oI. his party. the Democratic party
managed the affairs of State econom
.a.E. honestly. fairly and without
"..iA Of scandal or suspicion. He STIR
audience to uncomfortable enthus
"' as he tells of his party's kindnes
' "t heroes of the storm-cradled ~
."a .E giving them pensions despite tn
opposition of Senator Pritchard and nj
aLiVe colleagues. He lines UP IN
Iug men who wore the gray an
POINTS to the covering deserter
. asks which should be pensioned. IN
a@'|atic party says keep the VOL
.H- door Of the battle-Scarred vet
.H 2rly. Senator PritChard say
.IjOns to the deserving traitors
'".@ be brings into the discussion tn
...--TG-rgTgT trrIr+c tho cancers on IN