The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
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poay polite. the Republican snecioI
privileged barons Of nrotaot s,
bleeders of the maecec tn I'll ~
unlawful combines and aorroaa -
speclal features on Republican control,
OF the nation, and with force and now,
ne tears away the Senator's totterino
edlhce of high tariff tax.
lnese are the. lines upon which tho
JOINT discussion has turned. and tbav
we're not departed from to any extent
. N|Adllotte tonight. It was a magnif-
vent dud3ence that greeted the two
SPEAKERS IN the opera house at 8 O'Clock
"hu lhefe were many who could not pot
wen standing room in the large and corn.
ihodlous hall. The manage of the han
estimated the crowd inside the han ~
200. i "
fostmaSters and other Federal ofnAer,
from Concord, Statesville, Monroe. Gas
lonla and other adjacent towns wore of
course present. There was q goodlv
number eft ladies present. The Mount
Holly brass band furnished stirring and
excellent music.
MI. craig was the first speaker. He
was handsomely introduced by Mr.. ]. ID.
mccall, chairman of the county Demo-
cratic executive committee, and as the
"a oGlS l)tIilDCTdIlC. nSn1or IRON.
the French Broad arose he received such
a storm of applause as has hardly greeted
nm at any former appointment. He be-
gan by declaring that it was q great
privilege to stand before such an aud
fence to discuss the political issues that
divide the people. He paid a handsome
tribute to the Queen City and declared
that it was among the first cities of the
South ard was noted as a centre for the
dissemination of thought. Mr.. Craig then
glideu most gracefully into a most pow
ef1ul and exhaustive argument of ma
lon3l questions. He was in most excellent
trim. His voice was firm and rang clear,
and he put unusual vigor and force in
his opening address.
His discussion of the national issues
laid down in Senator Pritchard's
| speeches Wa3 unanswerable. He showed
by figures repared by a cotton mill man
that the North Carolina people had paid
ever tea millions Of dollars to the North
ern manufacturers of cotton mill machin-
cry. more than it would have paid but
for the protective tariff tax that the Re
publican party had levied upon the cot
ton mill builders of the South, and this
ten millions Of dollars Was taken out Of
the pockets of the cotton mill men OF
->oAl Il q I'm oii't pidStb my Iit pun
cts of the machinery makers of the
North. He declared that the Republican
party had never stood for the people, es-
p~ecially the people of the South.
His chastisement of the trusts, and es-
pecially favored combines, was terrific
1t was scathing, it was unrelenting, ii
was. powerful, it was crushing, and it had
q wonderful effect upon the great aud
fence. He seemed newly inspired and
the vast audience was with him in almOs1
his every utterance. He swept them al
most off their feet half a dozen times
during his speech. 1t is not too much
to say that the powerfully eloquent and
convincing young orator fairly StormeC
the city OF Charlotte and swept the best
part of it with rim. At the close of his
speech wave after wave Of applGus
swept over the audience.
Senator Pritchard was introduced by
Mr.. Jake T. Newell, of Chariot"
Senator was likewise in excellent trim
he made his ucual protective argument
and he made it as plausible and as for
chile perhaps as it could be made, and
as effectively perhaps as it could have
been made to a North Carolina audience
He had not exceeding one-feurth of Tho
crowd with HIN, and this proportion
cheered him Justify, While the entire
audience gave close and most respectful
attention References to State matters
were about the same as in former
sreecnes. The Senator did not arouse
very much enthusiasm, but the Senator
is not easily discouraged. he knows
or at least almost everybody else knows
that when speaking IN Mecklenbure
county, he was talking away against q
solid wall of Democracy, at least tWt
thousand majority high, but this id mol
deter the Senator. He made his tarlfl
5Deech word for word, and any man WING
heard the beginning of the joint debates
could tell by the Senator's appearance
that he was surprised that the North
Carolina people are not tumDllnS over
each other to get into his protection
band wagon, but at Charlotte there was
no more manifestation Of their VIKING
Tess to do 50 than at any other point
Tho ioin- discussion Will close
With two other appointments. Senator
pritchard has marched up the hill enc
marched down again. He has been FOL
lowed by Mr.. Craig, who has met ane
answered every argument, held up She
Democratic banner manfully ana heaoet
otf tho vilv Senator at every turn OF the
discussion.
IT is perfectly clear that Mr.. Craig has
about worn the Senator cut. for AFTER MS
pct protection argument he stuTnpie'
over the remainder of his time IN q man
ner mike the experienced ~catnpaisne
that he is. Tho best evidel &c that 'ht
Senator is tired and hacked IS the man
nor in which he attempts to rldlcult
Craig.