The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
GOVERNOR AYCOCK
THRILLS MARTIN
More Than Two Thousand
People Applaud Him.
A DAY FOR DEMOCRACY
At Times There Was Not a Dry Eye in
the Vast Audience. A Bounteous
Dinner Was Spread and None
Went Away Hun
A DAY FOR DEMOCRACY
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Williamson, N. c., Nov 3.-Gover-
nor c. B. Aycock arrived in William
ston last night and was met at the
depot by the Hon. Wilson G.. Lamb
and Mr.. Dennis S. Biggs and the coun-
tv candidates. The governor was
driven to the home of Hon. w. G.
Lamb, where he spent the night
Early this morning Mr.. Biggs called at
the home OF Mr.. Lamb and took him
and the governor out to SmithWick
Creek church, where the speaking
took place.
The day was one of JOY for the DEM
ocrats of Martin. The weather was
ideal for political gathering ana
more than two thousand and 1ve
hundred people from Martin and ad-
Joining counties turned out TO Wei
come the Governor of the good Old
North State.
The Hon. Fl. w Stubbs, candidate
for senator from the second district
Martins honored and illustrious SON
in an appropriate speech introduced
the governor to an anxious throng.
After expressing his sincere appre-
citation of MIR. Stubbs' introduction
and comparing him to a woman, who
looking in the mirror. did not know
her beauty until assured of it by her
lover, the governor said that he pro-
posed to address the people as one
representing the Democratic party
and the administration of which he
had been the head. What he had
done was what the Democratic party
aad done. Proceeding the speake"
said in times past the people of North
Carolina had been lazy people; they
did not know so much about making
money and less about saving it.
There was one thing famous, de-
clared the governor, that North caro-
linians know how to do: they know
how 10 fight and were the finest fight
ers in the universe, but the men who
gave Immortality to the armies of
Lee and Johnson were not half the
heroes that were the brave women of
North Carolina who lived at home in
poverty with none save her God upon
whom to rely. He further stated that
to carry out the educational provision
# the Constitution the Democratic ad-
ministration had spent 100000 in the
weak district of the State. If there
was a man who could oppose that eX
penditure as wrong he was not fit to
be a Democrat, and had better vote
with tHe Republicans Where ne De-
longed, in the ranks of iliteracy and
ignorance. He touched upon the ex
penditures for the deaf, dumb and
blind, the old Confederates and the
schools of the State. and exclaimed:
do you like it? If you do, you must
vote the Democratic ticket: if YOU
don't, then vote with the Republi-
cans" Replying to the Republican
plea that The people were taxed to
death, he showed that the tax rate
under Russell was twenty-one ana
tWo-thirds cents; under his admins
tration, tWenty-one cents. The Gov
ernor spoke against the idea of ex-
pansion and of the lrong OF world
powers at the cost of a great army
ana navy. Said the Governor, "this
country became n world power when
the old liberty bell was cracked in
proclaiming the doctrine of the in
alienable right of man; you can't
conquer the world by force; you can
by love-
Throughout the entire speech the
Governor was heartily appIauded, and
when in some of his flights of ora
tory, touching upon the achievement
OF the grand old soldiers of North
Carolina, there was not a dry eye in
all that vast throng.
After the speech there was a
bounteous dinner spread for the entire
crowd, and not one person in attend
ance went away empty. 1t was the
most glorious day in the history of
Griffin's township.