The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-01
AN OVATION FOR CRAIG
The Negroes Appear in Greater Force
and Noise.
AND RAIDS FURNISH A MOUNTED EsCoRi
But as Craig and Pfitchard Hurry From the
Court House 10 Cach The Train Cheers
Fer Craig Ring All Along
the WAY,

Especial to the News and Observer
Pittsboro, N. c., Sept 29.-It was with
cheers for Craig and counter-cheers fol
Pritchard that the meeting here today
went on. 1t was a more evenly divided
gathering as to politics than at any oil
the previous joint debates, though still
the Democrats were in the majority.
Pritchard drove across the country
from Burlington and reached here Just
after midday. He was met by>a mount
ed escort of thirty, led by a revenue
doodler. The court house was TANNED
10 the doors with about nine hundred
people. Many ladies were present
Pittsboro furnishing the next largest
crowd to Raleigh Besides the messy
backs, revenue doodlers and Populists,
there were over a hundred negroes
whose voices, hands and feet swelled
the applause for the Republican boss.
Pritchard led off in his usual speech,
Craig made reply and then came
Pritchard's rejoinder. Each deducted
five minutes of his time in order to
catch an outgoing train
In Pritchard's opening speech the APP
plause did not come often, and was
only strong in three instances. 1t swelled
TO gigantic proportions when Craig
spoke, and with lung power Pritchard' S
brigade made up the difference in num-
Der during his rejoinder.
Flowers came to both at the close of
the debate. AS the hack went swiftly
to the depot TO catch the train. with
both Pritchard and Craig in it there was
a perfect ovation TO Craig along the
line, people shouting his name. Pritch-
ard came into Pittsboro with an escort
Craig left Pittsboro with the plaudits
of the people cheering him as Democ-
racys able champion.
The pie brigade of this section had
been active. From all corners they had
whooped up and brought out the Re-
publican and Populist shouters, and the
Revenue Doodlers and Bung Smellers
were there, loud of voice and with open
mouth swallowing in the words of Boss
Pritchard.
Right up on the front seats sat INDIE
pendent John Atwater, who thinks he is
running for Congress and hungry for
Republican endorsement, While here and
there close in sat United States Mar
shall Millikan, of Greensboro; B. G.
w OIlDlB, DOSlLUdSlEI dl NlOnCQi Z, 1al sun
johnson, United States Commissioner;
DR. Lutterloh, postmaster of Sanford;
Frank d. Jones, chairman Republican
Congressional Committee Fourth Dis
trict, ex-Candidate for Congress-; United
States Commissioner ]. w. McAdams;
Deputy Marshal links Clark; United
States Commissioner ]. E. Bryan, De-
putty Collector ]. j. Jenkins. and a per-
feet slew of local county candidates and
x-oflicce- holders. each of whom was
ready, anxious and waiting for a Pritch-
ard smile with the hopes of slice of
pie coming his way. Oh, they were
there and all the Federal office holders
locked as if they thought that hurrahing
for Pritchard was the most noble ser
vice they could render the United
States government in return for their
salaries.
Craig sustained the Democratic posi-
ton splendidly. The audience which he
faced was so nearly evenly divided that
the words of satisfaction concerning the
debate given expression to by promi-
nent Democrats is all the more crafty
ing. These are highly pleased that he
has spoken in Pittsboro for he met and
endorsed the enemy with clear and clean
cut Democratic truths.
SENATOR PRITCHARD SPOKE
FIRST.
The battle of words ard logic was be-
gun shortly after one o'clock by Sena-
tor Pritchard, who was introduced by
]. A. Giles, Republican County chair
man. It was only moderate applause
that greeted him and his preface, as
usual, was about a dispassionate dis
cussion of issues and the statement that
Craig was slated as the Democratic
nominee for Congress.
Then barking back he sung the sons
of Republican prosperity for four years
prior to 1892, and swung into his Oft
repeated grumbe about his bug-bear,
the Democratic administration for four
years from 1892, beginning his discourse
with his overworked expression for
some strange and inscrutable reason the
Democracy was put in power in 1892.
Then followed his description of fall
ing gold reserve and a bond issue OF
262 million dollars, with his customary
neglect of stating that the plates for
the bonds were prepared by Repub-
lican administration, which was pre-
pairing to borrow that it might pay its
debts. and were only kept from issuing
the bonds by being thrust out OF office
by an overwhelming Democratic ma
jority.
Then came his description of all the
woes which he said the Wilson-Gorman
bill brought on, and having delivered
himself of this burden of his speech he
introduced as the wonderful fairy that
brought prosperity to this country, the
Mckinley administration, with its Alad-
din's lamp. the wonderful Dingley tariff
bill that he declared was the author of
every inch of prosperity that managed
to find it's way to this country. He
chanted the melody of protected lumber
hay, wool and as he struck the topic
of mica he reached the crescendo of de-
light.
Next he proceeded to lambast the