The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-05

When Marion Butler was recog-
nized as he entered the Academy Of
Music yesterday afternoon, he was
cheered TO the echo. When he ap
peared on the stage he was met with
even louder acclaim. When he arose
ia acknoW Judgement of the introduc-
tion TO the large audience by I. lvey.
of Cary, Wake County. the cheers
were deafening in volume and sim
cerity Of meaning.
+ The two floors OF the Academ?
were filled to the utmost OF their
capacity with voters OF both parties,
not alone from Raleigh and the i'm
mediate neighborhood but from 9TH
| er sections of the State, many COM
ing from long distances to hear the
man who had been vilely traduced
| by the Democratic machine. The
telling points that he made met uni
versal approval, as shown by the Oft
repeated cheers and cries from the
audience and by the throngs Of vot-
ers who went on the stage at the
conclusion of the address and warm
! ly congratulated him.
In conclusion he showed that he
had at no time any connection with
the carpet-bag bonds, and also prov
ed that the issue of these bonds was
engineered by conspiracy of lead
! ing Democrats, using as tools ne
groes and some alien carpet-baggers
as pawns to carry their schemes to
loot the State. This much he proved
! by holding up a copy of the Fraud
Commission Report. When he said
give any amount of money to secure
| that report, report that had been
suppressed, stolen and burned, and
that these same ringsters would give
any amount of money to get the
copy which he now had in order to
burn it, a voice from the audience
called out, "Yes, they would give
$4,000 for it." And Butler called
out, "They can't get 1t for all the
money which they made out of this
thieving rascality.
Mr.. Ivey's Introduction.
The audience was what might be
called mixed" made up of both Re-
publicans and Democrats. with neith-
er side apparently in the majority.
yet every man there seemingly will
| ing to stand for fair play. Neither
| Josephus Daniels nor his fellow-as-
sailant of good character was pres
e., ~ h0 hn1 ah a l.
| lehged them, or either Of them, to
meet him in public and confront him
with the charges they had made be-
| hind his back. In fact, they were
conspicuous by their absence, and 1t
did not seem that they had any
friends in the audience, judging
/ from the cheers that greeted the
/ speaker each time he referred in
scathing terms to their coward:ce
and lack of honest manhood in re-
! fusing to meet him before the peo-
pie.
Mr. Ivey was introduced by Mr..
! Lester F., Butler, chairman of the
/ Wake County Republican Executive
/ Committee, who spoke in brief
words. AS Mr. Ivey arose before the
audience he was greeted by loud
cheers, emphasized at the conclusion
of his address, in which he said, in
part:
ST take a very great interest In
the speaker. In the man who is about
to address you. He Is your friend
and the friend of all men who try TO
do right. You are men OF convic-
tions. and represent the majority OF
the great yeomanry Of North Caro-
lima. The men who oppose Marion
Butler are afraid to meet him. They
are asked here to hear him as the
tribune OF the people and they dare
not come In answer to his challenge.
given them In ample time. with hour
and place given in very plain type.
His opponents have lost or sacrificed
/ their own issue and now turn to this
man and make of him the one issue
on which they rely to fool the voters.
They fear and hate him because he
is telling the truth about their rec
lord OF broken promises and because
he has done for North Carolina and
the So:..th more than every Senator
and Congrsgsman since the war.
They will not succeed-and so. fell
low citizens, have the honor OF In
Producing to you one OF your owE
State and q staunch defender OF its