The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-06
GLENN'S FACE is
TOWARD HOME
He Has Made a Wonder
full Campaign.
THREE FINE SPEECHES
The Candidate, With the Goal in Sight,
Reviews the Battle and Talks OF
His Reception at the Hands
Of the People Of North
Carolina.
THREE FINE SPEECHES
Carolina.
BY GEORGE p. PELL.


the breath of a great victory already
tanning his fevered brow and the
sparkIe Of his ever hopeful eye, in
spiring confidence in his followers,
turned his face homeward tonight
With the exception of a rally Mon
day in the western side OF his nome
county. where he is to talk to his own
people. tonight has wound up his
great campaign and it has gone into
history, alCng with Vance's ana Ay-
cocks, as an inspiration TO the De
mocracy of the coming years. Con-
sideripg the length of time in which
he made it, none has ever equalled 1t
in the number of speeches and the
number of miles travelled, to say
nothing of the intense zeal of the can
didate ana the immense crowds that
have greeted him on every hand.
In order to witness the closing
scenes of this great political war he
has been waging from the mountains
to the sea- / went to High Point last
night and have come on with him
here tonight where the good people
of Kerrersville have welcomed him
back to his home county in man
ner of which he may ever be justly
proud.
1t was raining last night III that
thriving Grand Rapids of the South,
but it would have taken Veritable
JohnstCwn flood to have kept those
High Point people from hearing their
neighbor and next Governor speak. 1t
mattered not to them that the newly
made streets were muddy, the rain in
cessant ana the candidate worn out
and hoarse. They packed into the
Opera House, every fellow with pair
of extra bellowses under his coat to
reinforce his lungs. The ladies' too,
braved the elements and filled the
front seats where they could look
suuarely into the face of the chival-
rous man and eloquent defender of
their homes and firesides. | pushed
my way into the hall just as the next
Governor rose from his seat, his big
ball-head rejecting the glare of the
electric light my Lord" yelled a pro-
fame Old man from the crowd in the
rear & know that man will talk
scnse'' but his remarks were for
tunately lost in the applause that
greeted the speaker. | noticed
ut once that Mr.. Glenn was
badly jaded. The deep hoarseness,
the drawn muscles of the face indi-
Gated the almost exhausted body But
it was still Bob Glenn. We thought
so wnon we heard his deep-toned
pleading; there was good suspicion
that it was him when we heard him
complimenting the ladies on the front
seats: many We're sure of it when they
heard his worn -out voice, through the
husky throat, send forth volley after
volIev CT eloquence that set the
crowd Wild with enthusiasm; but
when he said: Miss Mary Anne But
ler" with a WhooD and Il mighty yell
we witnessed that it was none other
than "our Bob" back in his old ele-
ment of striking solar pleXus blows
straight from the shoulder.
He told the people that Tor over
tWerty years, ir every cam paign, he
had spoken to them, and that he had
become supt rstitious that something
bad might happen if he wound up this
campaign without visiting High POINT.
Addressing himself to the people CT
Guilford he said: You were not for
me for this nomination, because you
had a candidate of your own: you had
one of your own citizens, that chival-
rous and patriotic North Carolinian,
Charles Manly Stedman, whom you
wished TO elevate to the great office of
Governor. Never did people show
greater loyalty than YOU did to him,
ami because of that loyalty To him L
have faith that you Will now pe loyal
to me-"
He then reviewed fully the issues
of the day, making quite a different
speech from the one / heard from him
at the outset of the campaign. was
struck with his badness, with the OBJ
legations he took before those people
last night, and | could not help but
think how fortunate was North Caro-
lima that the courageous administra-
ton of Governor Aycock was to be
succeeded by the administration of
another courageous Governor
After the speaking was over l heard
one intimate to MIR. Glenn the danger
of his boidness, and he said: THE
time has come when North Carolina
people Will not tolerate demagogues
and milk and cider people. They
want fearless men. who are bold
enough TO talk out in meeting and
keep nothing under cover. L may be
toe frank, too quick and too bold, bat
l am determined never to deceive the
people and to speak out frankly. |
don't want anybody saying after i be-
come Governor. tliat L secured their
vote under false pretenses. 1t seems
to RE after this campaign people
ought to know how to put their finger
on ma
/ Went to the next Governors rooms
in the lovely Elwood Hotel just as
he was retiring, and finding that, now
that the campaign was nearing It's
END, he was disposed TO look bdck
over the track he had made, L asked
him if he could not tell the story Of
the campaign in "A few words. for his
friends. He said:
Il have been in such a whirlwind
for the past few weeks l hardly know
just what has happened. / do know
that the people have been so kind to
me everywhere, / will never be able
TO repay them. Never have | been
accorded such universal hosnitality in
my life, and while | am so hoarse j
can hardly speak. / am told that |
have left some of the boys hoarSe all
along my trail. Talk about apathy,
| haven't seen any of it. Did you
hear those boys tonight? i never saw
time when 1t seemed like the boys
were so anxious to let loose their pent
up enthusiasm. as they have been this