The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-06

Then the bets VIII all De pau,
No more bands win serenade
Speakers whose emotions tense
Burst i'm fiery eloquence!
No more terror in the throng
Lest the country's going wrong!
No more eulogies sublime;
No more pictures, no more rhyme
Telling how one candidate
Is SURPRISING good and great
While the OF her. SAD 10 see
Is as bad as he can be!
Then we'll simply trudge along,
Some with signs and some with
! Cheer up--it will all be through
In about a day or two.
Hundreds of Republicans in North
Carolina will vote with the Republi-
cans this year. Mr. r. w. Bigger, of
| Cabarrus county writes a sensible let
| ter to the Concord Times, from
| which the following extract is taken.
Il can remember when that distil-
| ery was operated down the hollow
and that white-winged angel of death
| (whiskey wagon) came racking along
| the public highways, and, that lone
| ly little neglected log school house
stood over in the woods.
"Howis it now?
1.-THE state through the Democratic
party has taken W this long neglected
! subject, education, and says that IL
must come first.
1.-The Republican leaders are now
going around over the state saying
/ that the distilleries in the rural dis
| tricts must come first.
"Can we better our condition So
| cially and morally by voting the Ike
publican ticket for the repeal of the
| Watts Law?
"In 1894 and 1896 we Alliance men
and Populists with the RepupllcanS
voted for better state government:
"Weu. we carried the state ana
what did we get? Negro magistrates
| "Now. if we vote the Republican
| ticket for the repeal of the Watts
law cit seems to me that this is all
| they have to talk about who is IL
that can guess what we might get?
| "Others may do as they choose, but
as for me and my house we Will vote
with the Democratic party.
Mr.. N. O. Tanning, the able CORE
| spondent of that paper, writing TO the
Brooklyn Eagle, says;
Inside Democratic information re-
| garding Wisconsin is to the effect thaC
| George w. Peck. the Democratic can
didate tor governor, will receive
plurality of 10000; the new Legisla-
| ture will be overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic on Joint ballot, and the Parker
and Davis electors will win by l2,oo0.
| The Democrats of this city are much
! elated by the swift turn or puphc
| favor for their candidates eNluellCc
of which has come from every county
| i'm the State within the last week EX-
! Governor Peck, National COMMITTEE
| man RYAN state Chairman warden
| and Afayor Rose have been the prln-
cipal factors in bringing about THIS
! condition of affairs; although 1t is 10
be said that Judge Parker has put
the finishing touches on their work oS
/ his recent utterance concerning the
trusts and the part the trusts are
trying to play in all the debataple
States in this election.
The New York World reports many
bets made on the election, the oduS
against Parker being smaller IMAM
heretofore 1t learns that Jelferscu
NJ. Levy is betting on Parker Inc
last bet offered was $4,000 to $l5VO
that parker would carry the State,
but there was nc taker. The Worlo
"The Democrats bet the Republi-
cams to a standstill in Wall Street yes
terdav. 1t was the first time there
have been large offerings of money ON
either side, but UP to yesterday the
Republicans apparently had all the
|
Democratic betters and were Wllilhg 20
put ii w with confidence.
s"rhe tide turned yesterday. DEM
ocratic money was in abundance anu
while a number of large bets were
made. at the end of the day ne
Democrats had money left, while the
Republicans were unwilling TO accept
any wagers for the time BENG.
~noroinant T1aYnDPTat Martin,
lin a private letter says:
"I do not think that Judge Winston
will fall behind evote In the DEM
ocratic ticket in this county. In tacp
he is very popular with us.
"The Governor was wit h US yester-
day. had from three to four Thousand
people TO hear him at Griffins dis
tricf. he electrified the Democrats. |
think there will not be more than
seventy-five to a hundred republican
votes given iE this county.
Manteo rejoices upon the completion
of its new telegraph line. 1t has Deen
agreed that the following is TO De sent
on November 2:
s'You are to be congratulated upon
tho con,nlete victory you have won
o,,o. the despotic Rough Rider" of
The white House and the agencies of
wrong"
81. Pierpont Morgan, who it was
said some time ago was favorable to
parker. is now giving his money and
Giving it freely and doing everything
he can for the election of Roosevelt
declares Henry G. Davis, and he
knows.
| Mr. Richard II. Hachett is indeed an
orator, no finer speech has been made
here and we might add no finer
speech could be made. We will hear
him again gladly-Wnston Journal.
lion. JOHN Ii. KERR SPEAKS.
\ Splendid AddreSs-Many Revenue
Office Holders Present
Especial to News and Observer.)
Littieton, n. c., Nov. 5.-Ths great
campaign Of nineteen hundred and
four was closed here today by great
speech by Hon. John H. Kerr. Of War
renton Mr. Kerrs speech was gefa