The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25
so DECLARES Mr.. CRAIG
RAIDS Seek to Drown His Argument
With Noise.
TRENCHANT BLOWS AGAINST TRUSTS
Crnig Makes Pritchard's Tariff Argument Look
Like a Seive. Pri.chard Won't Vote
For Richardson Resolution.
Jumps on News and
0hrnruar
Observer.
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Fayetteville, n. c., Sept. 24.-It was a
blood and thunder rejoinder that Senator
Pritchard let fly after the Republican
party, and Mr.. Pritchard had been
mercilessly played by Democracy's able
champion. The Senator's voice was large.
but his argument was little He made
the ridiculous statement that the reason
the poll tax was made payable in May
was that poor white men might thereby
be disfranchised. Being questioned by
Mr.. Craig if he would support the amend
ment if elected he lodged, and the
threadbare ''out of the realm of politics
answer was given.
Pritchard denied having said that
Vance tied and handcuffed men in Wes-
tern North Carolina to get them in the
Confederate Army, but admitted that he
had said that men had been tied. Re-
verting to the appointment of negro
postmaster in BERTHE, h produced a petit
tion which he said had been signed by
white men for the negro's appointment.
on the list was not Locke Craig's
brother. Mr.. Craig got in a few words
that in BERTHE this came about because
it was understood that obnoxious white
man who associated with negroes was
about to be appointed and the negro was
the best of the two At the close of the
rejoinder United States Revenue Com
missioner Morrisey appeared with
hOnunpT ppit
the lady who sent it.
During the reioinder the negroes pres
ent and the white Republicans made
great applause, and when Craig replied
to new matter interjected by pritchard,
the latter gave him chance for hardly a
statement, while his followers kept up a
fusilade of noise
The speakers were briefly presented by
County Democratic Chairman Cook, and
when he ceased ex-Judge Thomas Fl.
Sutton. Republican. made short speech,
extolling Pritchard. predicting his re-
election to the Senate, praising him for
his support of the bill to improve the
upper Cape Fear. The speaker also took
the opportunity of calling for support for
Mr.. \. II. Slocomb. Republican candidate
for Congress in this district.
Senator Pritchard began by returning
thanks for the kind words of his intro
ductor, his Introductory remarks of
qualification at being in Cumberland, and
saying that no personalities were to be
used He began by saying that, the four
Years of Republican rule under Harrison
up to 1892 were the most prosperous ever
enjoyed by the South. Entering upon
Clevelands administration he said that
for some strange inscrutable reason the
people had put Democracy in full control
or the nation, and that soon the Wilson
German bill had become a law and the
lumber mica, wool, rice and kaolin of
the foreigner were given an advantake
over that of North Carolina resulting in
closed factories and mines and the de-
crease OF the sheep and other industris.
III was the old song of mica and wool,
Wnich the Senator began singing at
greensboro and has kept up since and
ne was quite pathetic about these, as
Wen as about cows, so bad was the con-
dition that he declared that the poor
man was hardly able to keep body and
soul together, while the per CAPITA money
went to $2l. and the gold reserve dropped
till the administration had to issue two
hundred and sixty-two millions in bonds
to meet current expenses though he ac-
knowledged that Craig had stated that a
Republican administration had prepared
the plates ready to print these bonds.
Democratic tendencies were anarchistic
he said. for in their platform of 96 they
had attacked the courts.
After some talk about sixteen to one
he turned to Mckinley prosperity ~and
gave unstinted praise to the Dingley
Tariff Bill, to which he ascribed the
prosperity of the country. He spoke
strongly for protection and against any
cange in the tariff which the Democrats
want. He urged that to have good times
ii was necessary to elect Republicans
and send a Republican (Pritchard of
course) to the Senate.
With declaration that Craig would not
meet the issues. but would stir up pas
sion and prejudice, he took UP the trust
question: Are the trusts bad things -
he asked mo and yes, he replied.
There are some trusts not bad, and
some not good" Then he claimed that
the tariff does not foster trusts, besides
which only twelve per cent of manufac-
turcd products were in trusts, and that
il would be wrong to break up these, as
IL might harm the innocent manufac-
. turcr.
Here senator Pritchard warmed up