The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-18
HARNETT OPENS
ARMS To GLENN
Royal Hospitality to the
HOnored Guests.
TWO FEASTS AT COATS
One of Barbecue That Might Have Turn
ed LuculIus Green With Chagrln,
One of 0ratOry That Fed the
Longings of ihe Demo-
cratic Souls.
Especial to News and observcrD


Coots, n c., oct. 17.-Hon. r. B.
Glenn, nominee of the Democratic
party for Governor of North Carolina,
spoke TO fifteen hundred people here
today. Great preparations mad been
made by the people Of Harnett county
for the coming Of the next Governor.
Wagon loads of provisions, consisting
Of barbccued hogs, beevcs. sheep and
other like animals were brought to
the grounds and served in bouhtl1ul
style to the great thrOng.
Through the courtesy OF Capt. j. Z.
Angler superintendent Of the Cape
T. ar and Northern Railroad. two spe-
ciaI trains were run to Coots today to
accommodate those who wished to
hear North Cardinals distinguished son
of Democracy. One of the special
trains ran from Apex and the other
ran from Dunn. The train from Dunn
arrived first bringing most Of Dunn's
citizens. Among the number were
Hon. CT. 3. Patterson, Congressman
from the First District; Hon. w. \.
Stewart, nominee for the House from
| Iiarnett; w F. Pearson, nominee for
Sheriff of Harnett; Mayor Lee, of
Dunn and Editor Pittman, of the
Dunn Guide.
| The Dunn brass band, composed of
nine pieces. led by o. p. Shell, went up
| to Varina this morning and met Mr..
| Glenn, who come there over the Raj
| eigh and Cape Fear from Raleigh.
| Mr.. Glenn arrived hcre at 1880, dia-
ner was served and then the program
of the day began proper
| Hon. J. a. T. Jones, of Johnston
| county, presented the speaker In beau
| tiful language and Mr. Glenn began
his speech at i:30 p. m
Mr, Glenn was in good trim. and af-
ter fifteen minutes, in which it took
him to warm up, one would have
thought him at his best. Mr.. Glenn be-
gan by discussing and explaining the
tariff, saying it was dry subject. but
hoped that the people could lend him
time enough to expose the most vital
question before the American people.
He spoke in part as follows:
you Harnett county people pay
$4,000 10 youl sheriff for county and
State taxes, and you pay 100000
tariff. revenue under an Internal
tariff law which has no more right to
Il than | have 10 point a pistol in this
mans face and kill him, to hand over
his money to me. The tariff law might
be illustrated by a wall around the
United States, across which nothing
could pass, and saying how high the
prices of manufactured articles shall
be. England, Germany and France
sees the United States making corn,
wheat, bacon, cotton. and other raw
materialS and says we viii load up
boat with shoes, boots, plOWs, hoes,
and other manufactured articles, go
over to the United States and get some
of their raw products, but when they
reach port a blue coat, brass button
officer steps up and says halt, you
cannot land your stuff here without
paying a duty on it.
hn =
UP and say, Glenn you are too lard
on us and The tariff but : say 20 you.
II you want to pay high prices for
your necessities and see the man who
ndulges in luxuries pay less tariff
than you, then you want to vote the
Republican ticket | have come here
to say, gentlemen, to put a fair ques-
ton to you, heart to heart. | wouldn't
deceive you, | wouldn't nave one of
you vote for me or the Democratic
under an yfalse impression. Are there
any farmers here? Yes. You go down
here to Dunn and pay $11.00 for 'cul-
tivator and the scoundrels who mako
them take the same machine over in
to Canada and Mexico and sell it for
$500. A poor widowed woman who
has several children to support wants
a sewing machine, and an Ogcnt comes
along and says: Well, since it is you,
I'll yet you have one for $25.OG, and
the internal rascal VIII take the same
machine over into Canada and Mexico
and sell it for $500.
'tSCme poor honest girl wants to
make her living by doing typewriting
and wants TO buy machine, and says
TO the agent, Sell ME a machine as
cheap as you cam He says the price
is $100, but since it is you, III make
it to you for $500, and the blame
thief will take the same machine down
into Mexico or to Canada and sell it
for so or $4,000.
'Is there 2 nun in this crowd who
has on a wool hat? then you have on
fifty cent hat OH fifty cents worth of
tariff.
you church members believe in
taxing your members according to
their several abilities to pay. | favor
a tariff like that, if it is needed, but l
don't favor a tariff that taxes necessi-
ties and let's ,luxurieS go untaXed.
Shall the poor man pay sixty cents
tariff on his wfe's cloak, when the
rich man pays only thirty-three cents
tariff on the feathers, cloak and furs
his wife years?
81, as for Governor of North Caro-
lina. am going to ask you 10 invite
capital 20 come to orr State and | am
going to invite it to come, but / shall
have q conditional limitation to my in
vitation.
1--WE have the finest natural re-
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