The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-28
ROUTS TARIFF GOLIATH
Senator Pritchard Makes a Vigorous
Plea For the Republican Party.
IT'S THE PARTY OF MONSTER TRUSTS
Ia Raleigh Splendid Audience Hears Crash OF
Political Collision and Sees Republican
Wreckage of Discredi!ed Party and
Of Unjust Policies

Of Unjust Policies
One solid mass of humanity packed the
night to hear the political debate be-
tween Hon. Locke Craig, of Asheville,
and Senator Jeter C. Pritchard.
All afternoon the question had passed
from lip to Lip in the city "Will Craig
get here?" His train had missed con-
nection at Selma, for he had stopped in
Rocky Mount to pay his venerable moth
er a short visit. and expected to reach
here at $3.50.
The representatives of Senator Pritch-
ard, and the Senator also stated that nc
was ready to call off the debate under
these circumstances but the friends of
Mr.. Craig. and that gentleman also, who
communicated with Raleigh by phone, de-
elined to cancel the meeting.
At Democratic headquarters and in the
News and Observer office Democratic
leaders gathered and after a conference
and talk with Mr.. Craig by phone at
Selma, special train was secured and
Mr. Craig reached Raleigh in time to be-
gin the debate at ten minutes past eight
o'clock.
He was in splendid form and his open
ing was a magnificent and convincing
demonstration of Democratic truths.
Time and again the hall rang with ap-
plause and when Vance's name fell from
his lips there came storm of applause.
The leaders of thought and culture
were present. All the seats were filled,
and standing room was packed with hu-
\ manity. In the galleries was the beauty
of the city. for the women of Raleigh
were present in greater numbers than at
any other meeting between Craig and
Pritchard hitherto.
Craig's facts and arguments swept
Pritchard away and demolished him. He
fought valiantly but Craig won. and but
Ihe United States Revenue Department.
the postoffice and IT, little satellites of
the Senator there were none but said
that Craig won superb victory for
Democracy.
LOCKE CRAIG OPENS.
Being introduced briefly by Hon. Armi-
stead Jones Mr.. Craig began his address
by stating that the political conditions
at present were of deep interest. es-
pecially because of the new conditions
arising from the amendment. 'The
negro is out of politics" said Mr.. Craig,
"and out to stay, unless Senator Pritch-
ard and his party are given power, and
in his campaign over the east in the
past few days he has leaxped that this
is an impossibility. Then the applause
rang loud and clear.
Tracing the steadfast growth OF the
Democrats party from it's first birth as
the party of all the people as against
the Republican party, the party of the
few, be reached the days of 90 when
the money question divided Democracy
into two camps and on both sides were
good Democrats, this division being now
happily brid ged and the party united.
This party of the people, standing
against the Republican party, the party
of trusts. Imperialism and colonialism.
rnited was moving forward with solid
convictions and one of these was the
destruction of the trusts, for in this is
the policy of special privileges as against
that of the Democracy with special privi-
leges to none.
Discussing the trusts he stated that
Senator Pritchard could not be made to
define his position, that he was riding
two horses, each going different ways,
and that he had stated that he was both
for and against trusts. He named Sem
ator Pritchard as the great trust of the
North Carolina Republican party. for he
was the big boss, the whole thing. Re-
verting to the description of Senator
Pritchard given by the News and OBJ
server as ais being a cancer doctor he
said it was not deserved. as Pritchard's
remedies would not cure the hideous sore
on the body polite.
The customers of the trusts were two
those at home and those abroad. Those
at home were charged twice the price OF
the customers in foreign lands. and this
was oppression of the people.
Reading the Richardson resolutions
framed to control the trusts. he showed
they were just measures and would de-
stroy the trusts by reducing prices at
home equal to those abroad. But said
he. MIR. Pritchard says he would not
vote to make these law even to save
Richardson's lifa / don't care If you
would not vote to save Mr.. Richardson's
life, but / would that you would to save
the lives of he people who sent you to
the Senate
Continuing he declared that 1t was Re-
publicanism under which the cancers had
grown. and no matter how few or small
were these they were running the pros
poets of the people, and yet these were
not willing to kill the cancer or trusts
and cure the body.
Turning to Senator Pritchards claim