The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-27
LADIES APPEAR IN FORCE
Edge combs's Leaders in Thought and
Action Are There.
the BUNG sMELLERs ALSO IN EVIDENCE
Cuffsy is But Thinly Represented, But The Pie
Brigade Swarm About and Fawn Upon
Pritchard Like Flies on
'Tanglefoot.
Especial to News and observer.)


(Special to News and Observer.)
Rocky Mount, N c., Sept. 26.-Speak-
ing to an audience that his fervid elo-
quence and convincing logic carried with
him, Locke Craig spared not Pritchard
or the Republicans tonight as he spoke
as Democracys able champion.
The Opera House was dense mass of
humanity and the interest was great.
Bursts of applause went to each speaker,
but it was a torrent to Craig and rivu-
let's to Pritchard. 1t was Democracy
against Republicanism, Craig against
Pritchard, with a glorious victory for
Democracy and Craig.
Sub Treasury Harry Skinner. ex-
Democrat, ex-Populist, and present Re-
publican pie-eater, was there. He and a
varigated assortment of postmaSters,
revenue doodles, bung smellers and flip
floppers had met Senator Pritchard, the
big Iniun' of North Carolina Republic
canism, at the depot and urged for
speaking in the afternoon, for their bunch
was on hand, and it was feared they
would escape before night, but, NAY, >"
said the committee in charge, we've ad
vertised a night meeting and that is the
time"
:. Graf was the disappointment of the.
pie brigade who swarmed about Pritch-
ard as flies on sTanglefoot," and fawned
on him till the onlookers grew disgusted.
And in the hall the brigade who live on
Uncle Sam and follow Pritchard at so
much per follow" were on hand with
adoring smiles and shouts. /Ye gods! it
was a noble sight to see what little
office will do for a man.
There were out tonight the best citi-
Zens of Edgecombe and many visitors
from other points. The audience, and it
was an intelligent and cultured one, was
frightened by the presence of many Ia
dies; in fact more were present at the
Rocky Mount debate than at any other.
In one section of the gallery were about
thirty negroes.
The meeting was presided over by Mr..
T. 7. Thorne, Democratic township chair
man of Rocky Mount Senator Pritchard
was presented to the audience by w. H.
Marlborough, of Louisburg, a Republican,
who culcgized the Senator in high sound
ing terms, naming him the prophet of
new day and champion of a new hope.
When Mr.. Craig appeared he was hand
somely presented as Democracy's bril-
liant champion by Mr.. T. T. Thorne.
Among the prominent Democrats on the
stage were Messrs. w. H. Whitehead,
Jacob Battle S. P. Hilliard, w. L. Thorpe,
L. V. Bassett, Thos H. Battle, ]. c..
Braswell, j. d. Bullock, C. c. Daniels, J.
b. Bum, E. L. Daughtridge; while the
Republicans were represented by Dis
trict Attorney Skinner, Postmaster w. G.
Robbins and the defeated Populist Con-
gressional Candidate ]. B. Lloyd, Of
TarbOro.
PRITCHARD OPENS THE DEBATE.
1t was Pritchard's night for opening
and rejoinder. He was greeted by mild
applause, and was soon delivering the
set speech which has been delivered in
the debate for five times. It was pros
perity before 1892, calamity for four years
afterward with the Democratic admins
tration and failing gold reserve, the evils
of the Wilson German bill, a tribute to
Mr.. Bryan and a denunciation of the
Democratic platform of go as full of
vagares of grumbing and discomfort.
Then he pictured the glories as he saw
it, of the Mckinley administration, and
was soon arm in arm with the Dingley
Tariff Bill and then he voiced his argu-
ment on lumber, on mica. on rice as
under protection, though he did say that
protection was not given to cotton as it
was not needed
After portraying what would be the
glory of the South with protection, and
how bad it would be to have tariff reform
as demonstrated by the Democrats, he
preached the trust question and cited the
Standard Oil Trust not being protected
as proving that the tariff does not foster
trusts, and. that of the manufactured
products only II per cent. were trusts,
and that to destroy these would hurt the
others, through the Republicans had the
beef trust by the throat.
A CHARGE AGAINST GRIGGS.
To show that now the Democrats fa-
vored trusts he cited telegram in the
Charlotte Observer, saying that the
Democratic National Chairman. Griggs,
was getting Doodle from the trusts to
run a campaign in North Carolina.
In State issues he sang of extravaganza
in the Democrats raising the Governors
salary. using money in impeachment trial
and increasing the number of judges.
From this he turned to plead earnestly
that though he had voted against Con-
fcderate pension bill in 1885 he was after
wards for it. and pleaded that the DEM