The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30
Pou's FoPcib!o Address.


The handsome young Congressman
from the Fifth district is no novice
before the public. There is confidence
n every movement he makes, ana
there is confidence in his voice. He
spoke as he always speaks, ably, for
cibiy, eloquently, his words burning
aith earnestness, his eyes lighting
with the gladness of conflict against
the foe. In opening his address he
said:
Political parties ought to be the
servants of the people. A political
party ought to be an agency which
is employed to register the will Of the
voters. There are now two parties in
viting your votes, and the question be-
fore you is to which party you will
give these"
Here Mr.. Pou briefly referred to the
years in North, Carolina in which eth
er Democracy and Republicanism had
been In the ascendancy and in contra
distinction to the disreputable
record of the Republican party
he declared that in the twenty-eight
years of the rule of Democracy in
North Carolina there was nothing for
the party to be ashamed of, but every
thing for it to be proud of On the
other hand-and he asked the ques-
uon-'Is there anything in it's record
TO be ashamed of? Absolutely moth
ing" he answered, and then there was
applause and laughter.
He told of the record of Democ-
racy, OF its work for education, for
the old soldiers for the charitable in
situations. How it had made a debt
paying institution of the penitentiary.
and how it had built up the State.
The Republican record he showed
Of aI II, Ill.,
disgrace to the State. Having done
this he declared that there is every
reason for a Democrat to be proud of
his party and every reason for Re-
publican to be ashamed of his. Il
ask you if this is not SOP" said he,
and the audience nodded it's assent
most vigorously.
Here Mr.. Pou referred to the at
tempts made to have paid the thirty
million dollars of bonds once equitably
and honestly settled by a Democratic
Legislature. In discussing this he re-
ferred to the temporary departure
from reason of the State when it
elected Daniel L. Russell as governor
and Marion Butler Qaughter) as SEN
ator. II went to the Supreme court
in Washington lately" said he, "and
there L saw Butler and Russell stand
ing up endeavoring to have you and
me pay these 0OnQS because OF the
scheme they had made by having lit
tie South Dakota act as a collecting
agency, a scheme concocted when
Russell was governor and Butler, the
Senator from this State which they
were then holding up. | ask you
if there is a Republican here, if you
are not ashamed of this? If you are
not then / am ashamed, for you"
In earnest words he depicted Russell
and Butler pleading their rascally
cause, and then turning to the record
of the Democracy he told of the splen-
did fruits of that party and asked
the Deocrats Are you not proud OF
the Democratic party?' Is it possible
for you to conceive Governor Aycock
plotting and scheming against his state
while in office and then like Russell
and Butler appearing as pleader
against it afterwards. 1t is in con
ceiyable he cried and the audience
by its cheers agreed with him.
Here Mr.. Pou told of passenger
hurrying into a depot to find his tram
going out of sight Oh the train,
he cried. Il thank you for saying
that for me" said an old lady stand
ing nigh. She has been left also.
Applying this Mr.. Pou said that when
Marion Butler had declared that the
Republican Legislature of 1896 was
"a damnablel affair" said that ne
thanked Butler for the term, as 1t
fitted. and then referring to Roose-