The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

thousands of Filipinos killed, hfty
thousand Of American soldiers in un-
marked graves, thousands coming
home as gibbering idiots! God have
mercy on a government paying Tor It's
craze by a sacrifice of manhood ana
reason. One of its legacies in North
Carolina is the small pox and the pest
house in every county, brought back
from the terrible, climate of the Phil
ippines.
But that is not the worst" said
Mr.. Spruill, and he told of the war of
determination carried out in the Phil
ippines, with perfidy as a premium
and Filipino women sacrificed in bru-
tai deeds of lust by those who in war
for Imperialism and empire make war
upon women. From such things he
said there was no relief except in the
Democratic party and the success OF
Alton b. Parker (Applause.)
Here a comparison of the two candi-
dates for President was made by Mr..
Spruill. He depicted Roosevelt as
having been born to the purple, a
rich man, and said that no man was
fit for President unless he had felt the
sting of poverty and the need for
work by which to raise himself. He
declared that in warp and wool Roose-
welt was not fitted, as he had not
touched the life of the people, their
tolls and struggles, had not wrought
out his success so as to know the needs
Of the people. Having had the check
of desire for a second term taken
away, if elected he will override the
law. he Will put the constitution still
further underfoot and will be the un-
restrained dictator of the nation.
Then Mr.. Spruil took up Roosevelts
actions with regard to the negroes,
saying:
1T was not for social equality that
he had broken bread with a negro, his
wife and children at the table. 1t was
not that Booker Washington might
sit at his table, but it was to humiliate
the South because it would have none
of him. He insisted tht there must
De a negro to second his nomination,
and he did this with the purpose to
show the South he cared not for its
sacred traditions. And why the negro
boy and negro girl side by side on
the platform at Chicago? 1T was be-
cause he was stabbing our social con-
GitiOns and our dearest traditions that
he might humiliate us of the South"
Now the other picture. Whom does
the Democratic party ask you to vote
for? Why for man who came from
mother earth and won his wa. A man
who has had to work, and who is of
the people, for the people and with
the people. A man who wrought not
because of ancestry, but by his own
might. A man who comes to you in
the name of the Democracy not the
autocracy in the name of the people,
not as a dictator Il man who stands
as the exponent of law and order. as
the interpreter of the constitution, q
man opposed to imperialism, man
who stands for the white man. This
is the candidate of the Democratic par
ty. This is Alton Brooks Parker.
Whom will you have, Roosevelt or
Parker?
Then as Mr.. Spruill closed his able
speech there came great applause, fol-
lowed by music. AS it ended President
Jones presented Mr.. Pou, saying that
there was no necessity for any intro
Guction, as the speaker was known in
every home in Wake county. Il pre-
sent to you, he said. North Caro-
lina's gifted orator and statesman, the
Hon. Edward w. Pou, of Johnston
the announcement being greeted by
cheers.