The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18

been the negro and you have ridden into
office on him. You say you are rid of
him now, but it is the same now in 1902
as in 1868, 1896, 1898. Not one principle
changed. the same old party"
And this party says the Democrats
have been extravagant. In what? In
the $100,0 additional to the old Con-
federates dare you say. oh, you speak
now for pensions for Confederates, but
there is history behind you. In 1885
when the first Confederate pension Dill
of only $4,000 was passed, the Demo-
Gratis were all on the honor roll voting
for it, while the Republicans IN a BODY
in the House, sixteen of them, were on
the roll of dishonor voting against pen
sons, and Jeter c. Pritchard headed the
list. Applause).
SIS it $500. 1000 extra for education? In
1861 it was the poor and illiterate white
man who responded to the call just as
nobly as did the wealthy and educated,
The Confederate army was largely made
I'D of men who could not read or Wrlte.
In 1876 when the great Vance soundea
the Democratic bugle there came from
the mountain to the sea those same
men the Door and the illiterate, the
mon who work for wages and who rent
land in response to the call and under
that great leader the State was redeemed
from Republican misrule. In 1898 Wnen
the State was again in chaos, When our
women could not walk the streets in
safety. when a thousand negroes held OF
fee then again came these same men 10
the rescue fighting in the ranks OF the
great Democratic party along by the side
of the educated and prosperous men and
redeemed the State from negro rule.
"The Democratic party has been the
friend of these men in the past ana IL
will be so today. God forbid that the
day should come when it will be false TO
him or any man. And because or MIN
and what it owes to coming generations
the Democratic party will see to it that
every white child in North Carolina 1s
given an opportunity to learn to read and
write before 1908. .
my friends, sometimes we admire the
gratitude of the negro TO the Republican
party Shall we be less grateful than
he? In 1898 the Democratic party re-
stored decent government in this state.
Will you turn around now and repuiiate
that party because it has made it pos
sible for you and me to live in North
Carolina? | have no fear or Such re-
suit. The Democratic party mas made it
possible for everybody to think and act
according to their convictions of their
conscience, but / rather think that the
intelligence of the people of North Car
DINA will say to the Democratic party
'You came to our rescue in The hour or
our necessity; you stood as sleepless
sentinel by the door Of the humblest
home in this State during the dark days
of fusion rule. We are willing to trust
you in all the future, because you rep
resent the hopes, the aspirations, the
principles of a great and intelligent peo-
pie"
Proclaim it to the world that the
Democratic party will be true to the
people who have been SO loyal, for they
are the support of the party. The only
hope of the State is in the continued
success of the old Democratic party that
stands for the people and on this day let
all differences be done away with and
let us all touch elbows in the march to
a glorious victory in November. Great
applauSe). "