The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-26
AYCOCK SPEAKS
"From the Start He Swept
His Hearers Along
With Him.
Governor Ayeock's Speech in Baltimore
For the Disfranchisement Amend.
ment Greatly Pleased the
People.

ment Greatly Pleased the
People.
On Tuesday night Ex-Governor Ay-
cock addressed a great audience at
the Lyric in Baltimore i'm favor of the
pending suffrage amendment, along
the same line as has been adopted in
Louisiana. Mississippi and in North
Carolina. Hon. John p. Poe. author
of the amendment, also spoke. The
Baltimore Sun has an elaborate ac-
count of the speaking from which the
following extracts are taken:
Enthusiasm From the Start.
Enthusiasm prevailed from the be-
ginning OF the meeting. Women were
present in greater numbers than for
n long time at a similar meeting, and
when Ex-Governor Aycock, the first
speaker. was introduced, every Seat
was filled. and there we're many stand
ms downstairs Nearly every other
person in tho balcony was a womaTl.
and. while they did not stay until Mr..
Poe had finished. their presence lent
an air that added to the effectiveness
% the meeting. Frequent reference, s
were Nude TO the ladies. and each
time there was applause
Upon the stage, in boxes an
throughout the auditorium were hum
dreds Of well-known Democrats, rep
resenting every county in Maryland
and every ward in the city. who
cheered the distinguished speakers and
applauded TO the echo the declaration
i'm favor Of the supremacy of the white
man in the government of the State.
From start to finish ii was ali
amendment meeting. The speeches of
Messrs. Poe and Aycock were long and
were among the most telling pleas in
favor OF the amendment that have
been made in the campaign. Extracts
from them are given on this page of
The Sun. 10 the two orators. whose
speeches differed greatly in character.
equally warm receptions were accord
ed and their vigorous words aroused a
prompt response.
Mr.. Rayner Mentioned.
aside from the counter-ch,llenga
to MI. Rayner Mr. Poe made scarcely
any reference to him. and ex-Gov2rnor
AycOck said ne word concerning the
Junior Senator, apparently to the dis
appointment o. the crowd. Once the
North Carolinian asked the question:
Has anyone here made an arEu-
ment against this amendment that il
would diSfranchisc white men,?
"A man down in the crowd shouted
out:
Yes. Rayner did,
I have nothing to say in refer ence
to him.. said Mr.. Aycock. 1t would be
unbccoming in me to come u1 here
and discuss the personal difi3nitieG
between Democrats. I do tell the peo-
pie oil Maryland. however. that the
Republicans in North Cardiac. fodr
years ago went from one end OF the
State to the other howing that ot.r
amendment would disfranchisc rIous-
ands OF white citizens. Now / sn!cnE-
ly say to the people of Maryland that
no white man in North Carolina mas
been disfranchised under our aTiend-
mcnt, and / solemnly tell the people
of Maryland that no white man in
this State will be disfranchised under
The amendment you arc going to adopt
hore. Why. you can't disfranChisc a
white man, Tell me. do YOU. tt1f yen
are going to disfranchiss any Soreign
born white men in this State. Is Il
lie! They said the same thing ii; North
Carolina. and they lied.
AycOck Caught the Crowd.
THE speech Of Ex-Governor Aycock,
who preceded Mr.. Poe. WAS OF til" kind
start he swept his hearers along with
him. His commanding presenc. reS"~
nant voice and sudden flashes OF el)-
uuence caused his address to be pune
tuated by storms of applause When
he declared that a 'scalawag is a
hite man who thinks a Mig II is rs
-ood as he and in thinking Sc thinks
the truth a great shout burst trGni
the crowd and the applause was Geiii
VI Il
of the Republicans who had leu Tue
negroes in North Carolina bcfof3 tf.f
amendment was adopted
I'm IL srapnic manner eA (. 'Vcffof
Aycock told of conditions in MS state
prior to the passage OF the Ncfth eiAr-
olina amendment. but declarcd lilaI
since the negro had been eliminated
it was no longer necessary to DISCUSS
the issue. as it did not exist lie htl;i
deep emphasis upon the statemeht
that no white man had been disfran-
chised under the North Carolina
amendment and that none would be
disfranchised under the Maryland
measure. 1t was not the negro in OF
flee who was to be feared by the peo-
pie of Maryland or by the people in
any other State where there was a
black vote of the size of the one here,
he urged, but the negro behind the
office was to bekdreaded
The fact that you have white
mayor and white judges, he said, does
not mean that there is no negro domi-
nation in the State
''In humorously referring to the
fact that the negro is so completely
out of politics in North Carolina that
it is no longer necessary to discuss
him, the Ex-Governor said: WHY, it
has gotten so now that / am out of
training when it comes to making a
niger speech When | was in train
ing l could make niger speech that
would raise your hair. / know how
ii is
".We have already carried tho
amendment | think l know the people
of MARYLAND having been with YOU
once before and found that about half
of YOU are North Carolinians. The