The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-28
Provided Indeed That She
Needed Rousing.
SHE MET HIM GRANDLY
And Responded to the Sentiments of
His Address With an Enthusiasm
That Means Cheerful Work
and Splendid Results
in November.
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IN 10VemDer.
Especial to News and Observer)
Asheboro. n. c., oct. 27.-The
Democratic barbecue and picnic here
today was a great success. Every fea-
ture was carried out in perfect order.
Hon F. M. Simmons, the speaker of
the day, was greeted yat least three
thousand people. c. G. McAlster,
chief marshal and his assistants hand
led with skill the vast crowd that
took part in the procession.
T.. L. Moffitt. chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, and w. J.
Scarboro, county chairman rode in
carriage with Mr.. Simmons. following
the chief marshal. Next came a float
drawn by four horses. carrying thirty
ladies dressed in white with stars and
stripes; then came the Ramseur Cor
net Band, which furnished splendid
music for the occasion.
The procession was a mile long and
was greeted by multitudes standing on
the streets. The brass band and the
band of singers both delighted the
audience just before the speaking.
Col. A. c. McAlister was master of
ceremonies. DR.. Frank Wood in
voked Gods blessing on the exercises
e. Moffitt, mayor of Asheboro in a
we'll chosen words welcomed the vast
throng to the town. and Charles Ross
made a fitting speech, introducing Mr..
Simmons.
Cheers, went up as Mr.. Simmons
arose. For two hours the speaker
poured forth his eloquence and truth
into attentive ears. This was one of
the best and most logical speeches
ever heard in randolph. If he failed
to convince the people that it was
dangerous to vote for Roosevelt and
best to vote for Parker, it was be-
cause of pr>rldice on the part of the
hearer. The different phases of Ma
tiCnal and State policies were ably dis
cussed and should have made Demo-
Gratis of every Republican present.
John 7. Britain, w. G. Hammond,
r. r. Ross had charge of the barbe-
cue and none could have done better.
w Hammer did excellent service in
all departments of the work. The
table was five hundred feet long and
loaded from end To end. Plenty of
dinner was provided for all.
Our people feel much enthused and
Randolph is expected to give a Dem
ocratic majority of from five hundred
to one thousand votes.
The Men who Are for Teddy.
The Senator scored" when he talked
about Roosevelt, the man and what he
stood for in national politics. He did
not use any terms of abuse, but show
ed very clearly the class Of people
with whom Roosevelt should be popu-
lar and the class with whom he
should be unpopular. III this connec-
ton ne said:
at is said that President Roosevelt
is popular: that the people like his
way of doing things, whether or no.
This is probably true Of at least two
elements of our population. The one
numerically strong and the other
numerically weak; the one high up
and the other low down. There is a
large element in our population who,
like the President, is restive under re-
straints. They do not like the law. To
them law is slavery, order is irksome,
peace is stagnation. They dc not like
the ordinary-they long for the alb
normal and unusual-and are ready
for anything that promises tc throw
the country out OF its ancient ruts
and once 10 them the doors Of adven-
ture and precarious fortune. With
these the President is tumultuously
popular. There is another element OF
our population with whom the Presi-
dent is just now immensely popular. 1t
is that class of our population who
seek, and obtain, special privileges
from the government. Tha class who,
having much, like the horse leech, cry
Increasingly for more and will not
abate one iot or title of what they
have. That class who, while demand
ing the rigid enforcement and main
tenance of such laws as protect them
n no UaStaG rights no
pioit others, make a foot ball of the
laws made to protect others against
them. With this class Of our popula-
ton tho President. since he has sur
rendered to the larger stick which they
carry, since he has abandoned his
views upon the tariff and reciprocity
ana agreed, at their Gictat1on, to stand
pat on the laws by which they have
their profits and not to allow his ad-
milistrations to run amuck in the en-
forcement of the laws made to protect
the people against their plunderlng
exploitations, is uproariously popular
Negro and Cowboy Love Him.
"Of course the President is popular
with the brother in black, who, ever
since the shackles Of slavery fell from
his arms has longed by day and
dreamed by night, of social equality
and political supremacy. To his chilc-
like mind the President is TO his race
what Moses was to Israel, and what
the Star in the East was to the Wise
Men, who journeyed from afar to seek
Him who had been born King OF the
Jews. 1t has never occurred 10 ms
weak mind that the president was
playing him in the North TOT ms vote
and in the South to have his revenge