The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-20
HERE'S THE RECORD
Mastery Speech of Sim
mons at Newton.
He Points Out what Democracy Has
Done for the State. He Puts
Roosevelt Under The
X-RaY.
Especial to News and observer)

me DulidlnS was Dlled Wnen the
speaking began and but one man and
two or three boys left during the en-
tire time. Seated in the bar were the
young ladies from the college here ann
the ladies' of the town were scattered
through IN audience. Just outside the
bar was a large body of the Catawba
College students. When Mr.. Feimster
concluded his brief introduction of the
speaker. these students arose i'm body
and gave the college yen with school
boy vigor ending with the words:
Simmons, Simmons."
The speech was a most mastery
one and the audience gave the speak
er their undivided attention ana
cheers and applause often greeted
him.
The speaker said in part "The chief
things TO be considered by every voter
are: /. The candidate; and ,. the is
sues. What are the qualities and
characteristics of each candidate ana
what does he stand for?''
The Jurist and the BrawIer.
Il will not discuss state and county
candidates. The difference between
the state candidates is 50 great that
there is no rule by which they can
be compared. The Republican can
didates are so entirely unfit that the
defeat OF the ticket is certain. / was
taught not to speak Ill OF the dead
and therefore | will not speak of it."
In National poiitics, Roosevelt ana
Parker represent the dynamical prin-
cipies out of which each party is
composed. The Democratic party's
shibboleth always has been respect
for the Constitution. The Republican
party is ever decrying the Consutu-
ton and trying to construe away the
provisions OF that document. Its
have been when this was done They
were the victories OF might against
right"
The candidates represent the spirit
which has animated the two parties.
The spirit of Democracy is represent
ed i'm the jurist with the Constitution
In his hand. While the spirit of Re-
publicanism is the hero OF Kettle Hill
with the Constitution under his feet
and a sword i'm his hand"
ITO that class who possess this
spirit, law is slavery ana peace is irk-
some and with this element, Roosevelt
is tumultously popular"
He is also popular with that class
who having received much from the
government, ever cry for more. with
this class. since Roosevelt has come
to recognize the big stick which they
carry and has agreed TO stand pat
on laws which protect them ana 10
see that laws to the contrary do not
run amuck, he is uproariously popu-
lar"
with the brother in black. Roose-
veit is also popular. They consider
him the Moses who is to guide.
Also with the cowboy whom he
hatters is he popular"
The speaker then showed from
Roosevelts books why he should not
be popular with farmers, mechanics
and town laborers and with Quakers
He showed what Roosevelt had said
of the Ponulists ana declared that the
votes in the Populist party would de-
pend on the number OF post offices to
be distributed.
"If the better class Of Populists
cannot see the net which their lead
ers have laid for them. then surely in
vain the net is Lpread in the sight OF
any bird"
lie declared that by his acts Roose-
welt has shown that if he knows the
laws of the country, he does not regard
them: that If he could make a charge
up Kettle Hill, he can also make n
retreat when ordered by Higher Up;
that he is man Of putty in the hands
Of the party: that he is lacking in
those qualities which caused Clay TO
declare that he would rather be right
than president. That he lacks those
principles of soul-inspiring courage
displayed by our leader when he de-
clared TO the convention at st. Louis:
These are my sentiments and II YOU
cannot endorse them, find another
candidate
"Roosevelt's election will mean
man unfriendly to every Southern in
terest while Parker told me that his
erea test joy would be TO show the
Southern people that they were at
home again In the government"
The speaker discussed briefly but
forcefully the tariff issue of the cam
paign. Then briefly he turned his at
tention to State affairs. He contrasted
the years of Fusion and Democratic
rule from the immortal Vanve TO the
unimmortal Russell"
-Four Great Things.
There We're four great things the
Democratic party had done for the
State and can boast of with pride
IL Rescued the State from negro
domination and IT'S evils.
80. Built a school house in every
district and given it a four months
school with greatly increased attend
ance.
'S. Abolished now and forever ig-
norant negro suffrage in North Caro-
lima.
-. Has driven the crossroads bar
room and backwoods distillery out Of
h'@'"ese and put the making and sale
of whiskey under the eye of the law"
the Watts bill and the Amendment
have put the Republican party In this |
State out OF business" Cheers and |
applause greeted the naming of these |
points.
The speaker then defined the Watts |