The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17

everybody. He spoke rapidly and
fuentiy and reused the audience to an
enthusiastic pitch at the very begin
ming. Every few minutes he was stop
ped with outbursts Of tremendous ap-
plause.
He said the sisue in this campaign |
was a very simple one, and the repub-
lican party, or Jeter c. Pritchard, who
is the republican party and the republi-
can party is Jeter Pritchard ~(applause), |
down that issue. 1t was a compar-
ison OF the records Of the republican
and democratic parties. He was the |
and boss of the party and ever the
nominees in the counties had to be sub |
.mitted to him, for in reality he is boss. |
He created roars of laughter by telling
the story of a game of ''wiggle-waggle,"
in which everybody had to go down or
get up when h leader in the same said
SO, or else they would be fined. He de-
|clared that Pritchard came the "wiggle-
Iwaggle'' act in his party and that when
he wanted a man up or down, it was
done as he willed. 1t had gotten so N
Western North Carolina that he was no
longer called Mr.. Pritchard or Senator
Pritcharu, but was known as Mars
Jeter' Capplause). He thanked God he
belonged to no such a boss-ridden
party as that but gloried that he be-
longed to the great Anglo-saxon party
of North Carolina (applause.)
Mr.. Glenn said he accepted the chal-
lenge laid down by Senator Pritchard
and then went into a vigorous COMPARE
son of the record of the two parties. He
remarked if anyone was present that
believed after the records are compared
that the republican party had done more
to upbuild our state and contributed
more to the happiness n prosperity of
the state, they should vote the repub-
lican ticket If on the other hand if the
republican party had don more for the
disaster and lone more for the ruin of
the state they should vote the demo-
cratic ticket. He then declared in elo-
quent terms that for the sake of our
wives and children We should see to It
that the democratic party is kept in
power in North Carolina. (pplause)
Mr.. Glenn hi devoted himself to an
Exposure of the Infamous reconstruction
history of the republican party, and
fearfully arraigned the fusion reign in
the state. He ably defended the record
of the democratic party and defied the
republican party to show that there
was any corporation or rascality in
the democratic administration. He hen
~recounted the corruption and scan
clared that if the people will but look
upon the picture there will be no repub-
lican or independent party. (Applause.)
The speaker defended the Aycock ad-
ministration from the charge of ex-
travagance made by Senator Pritchard
who had accused the party of spending
81, 900. 900 more than the fusion party
did. He paid a high tribute to Govern
Tor Aycock, whose name caused enthu-
Isiastic applause. He showed that the
democratic party simply by the sigma
ture of it's treasurer could borrow hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, whereas
the fusion administration could not
lIdNe DO11O"Su 30. ne WEIC OH 10 SNOW
that of the expenditure of 81, 900, 900 in
the three years of democratic rule, $685.
900 was to cover the stealings and mis-
management of the fusion regime tina
$500, 900 was for education of the boys
and girls of the state. and the balance
for pensions for Confederate soldiers
and asylums for the unfortunate in
sane and the deaf, dumb and blind. He
!mercilessly showed up the recond of
the republican party and scored Pritch-
ard for his bill to pension traitors to the
lsouthern cause. His e~xcoriation of the
republican party's reconstruction record
was terrible, showing that the corrupt
gang stole STA, 900 of the school fund.
I~squandered 5000 900 of bonds and never
built a school house and never learned
a boy his A. B. C's.
Mr.. Glenn discussed the tariff and in
aN~ong words showed it's inequalities
and u~njustness to the people and it's en-
REGIMENTS Of the nabobs, creation of
trusts and combines, etc.
He also paid his respects to indepen-
dents, declaring that independent was
ditto for republican.
He closed with an eloquent appeal to
white men to register and come to the
relief of the western counties, where
the amendment and county government
laws had created disaffection. He ear
nestly portrayed the danger n his
speech made a deep impression upon all
who heard it. He concluded amid an
plause and many went forward and
clasped his hand, with thanks for his
magnificent speech.
Wanted