The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-09-23
" AhE'S REPI BLICAN BOSSES.
HE MEETING. OF THE COT NTN
REPf BLIt An COW ENTIo>-
Republican Candidates and the Free
Grass Flatform--- Di>>e n>ion> in the
Ranks,

The Wake County Republican ConYen-
tlon met in etIopolItan Hall on Tuesday
and Nas called u order by Mr. J <. L.
Harris Chairman of The County Executive
Committee \ roll Of the townships WAS
called, and the delegates were requested
To pass III their credentials. A. the diff
fcrent townships were called the dusty
delegates walked forward and handed TO
Jas y EIamlin, the colored Secretary,
little slip OF paper from which the atore
SAID Secretary would read OF the names
of the delegates and alternates, a large
majority of whom were Of tie colored
persuasion After the credentials were
all in Credentials Committee was ap-
pointed which reported thirty-onc out of
the thirty voting precincts duly rep
resented.
y motion was made to make the tempo
rary organization, to-wit: J. {. l.. Harris,
Chairman; J. y. Hamlin colored Secre-
tary; ". ;. Powell, colorcd. and F NJ.
SorrclI, Assistant Secretaries, the perma
neut organization, which motion prevailed.
The Convention then proceeded To nomi-
nate candidates for county officers w.
H. Chapel, OF New Light, who came with
III about nine hundred votes of being
elected to the last Legislature, nominated
for Sheriff j. Rowan Rogers, who lacked
just nine hundred and fifty three votes
Of beating Bob. Novel; for the same posi-
ton last year. The Convention evidently
concluded that inasmuch as Mr.. Rogers
had been beaten SO bad before he could
stand a second defeat, 50 he WAS nomlnat-
ed by acclamHion.
Next III order was the nomination Of Il
candidate for Clerk. Much had been said
around on the streets against the nomina-
t0n of Mr.. {. ID. tpchurch, bat the op-
position crept IN its hole when the Con
vention met, and Mr.. Upchurch was also
nominated by accamation.
At this stage of the proceedings, Mr.
Wyatt J. HOleman, tue chairman de
facto and generalissimo of the now de
funct Free Grass party, was invited by
Chairman Harris to make few remarks
Mr. Holleman came forward and said that
he represented the peoples party, a party
that had pulled loose from the Democrats
and from the Radicals, and proposed to
fight its battles on sound principles of
their own. He began to reach his hand
in the breast pocket of his long tail blue
for a batch of these principles which he
said was the platform of the Peoples par
ty, when Mr.. Thos. DevereauX made the
point that platforms at this time were out
of order. The Chairman ruled the point
well taken, and gently suggested 20 Mr.
and hold his platform in tact or in his
pocket until the candidates were named.
Then came the tug of war Two wears
ago the main fight was made on the can
didate for Register of Deeds, but Mr.. J.
2. II. Adams had previously counted noses,
and was sure of the persimmon. He was
nominated and hence the great split III the
last Republican campaign. Buck Adams
Will never buy up another Republican
Convention" has been sad many times
since 1884 by many white Republicans,
but the Cary wire puller has again come
out winner. They bucked the o-fence
candidate, Mr.. b. II. Woodeli, against
him, but without avail They trotted out
the old Republican war-horse, Major NJ.
\. Bledsoe, and entered him against the
fiery steed from Cary The Major did
pretty we'll the first heat but was dis
tanced in the second. They put new spurs
on Mr.. Ham Jones, son of Gen. Wiley d.
and entered him for the race, but he just
did make out to get through the first heat,
and retired from the race Others enter
ed but were quickly distanced by the Cary
quarter-horse who was, on the second bal
lot, declared elected. a motion to make
his nomination unanimous met with a
shower of ''ObjectS.n That suggested to
the Chairman the propriety OF getting to
the next nomination in double quick time
in order to head off some mighty plain
talking from the anti-Adams faction.
The Convention then proceeded to
nominate a man for Buck Jones to beat.
Mr.. Robt. w. Wynne, the venerable rad
frou: Barton's Greek, was nominated by ac-
clamatiOn.
For Coroner, Jas. H. Harris nominated
DR.. r. B. Ellis and moved that the Con
l. l,
Mr.. II. 5. Keith, who had been cOnspicu
Gus for his silence throughout the Conven-
ton, went pushing down the aisle to tell
| the Hon. Jas. II :. that DR.. Ellis would not
accept the nomination, but Harris insisted
on his being nominated and his motion
| prevailed Ir. Ellis is understood to be-
| long to the anti-Adams faction and still
| declines to be a candidate.)
Mr.. J. Q. Adams was nominated for
| Surveyor by acclamation.
For the Senate Cebern l.. Harris, of St.
| Matthews, and Loftin Terrell, of Barton's
| Creek, were placed in nomination. Mr..
| Terrell received a majority of the votes
| and was declared the nominee.
| Fourteen names were placed before the
| Convention for the Legislature. On the
| first ballot there was no election. On the
| second ballot Messrs. z. A. Sorrell, OF
Houses Greek; Jas. S. Mangum, of New
Light, and Jas. A. Temple, Of st. Mat
thews, received majority of the votes
cast and We're declared duly nominated
For the next place the fight was mainly
| between s NJ Parish. of Raleigh. who
represented (several of the speakers said
the white mechanics of Raleigh and Chas
| ". Hoover, cold, who kept liquor saloon
on Wilmington street previous to the pro
hibition election. When the ballot Wa.
taken Hoover started off in the lead anC
beat Parish about fifteen votes. Thi
completed the ticket and satisfied the col
orcd brother, except the prohibition ele
| ment They declare that they have beel
| ignored and that they will see them abou
it at the ballot box.
The convention was reasonably harmO
| NOUS due mainly to the efforts Of tn
Chairman Few men know how to man
age mongrel, black and whlte-mostl..
blao like Loge Harris does
He knows just how to keep the dusty del
egates quiet, and he succeeded IN keeping
unusually good order Tuesday, consider
ing it was a Republican meeting an'
divided into 50 many factions.
After the nominations were over tn
Chairman asked Mr.. Holleman for hi
platform and read it to the Convention
These so o-called Peoples party's resolution
were adopted by the Convention. Th
CHRONICLE will have something to sa
about the platform adopted-it was no
the platform adopted by the anti-stoc
meeting as it puports to be-before tn