The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-09-17

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According to call number ofstraight,
simon-pure, nnadulterated and uncon-
tsminated, unmixed and unmixaBle re-
pnblicans met in the courthouse yester.
day. There were some sixty orseventy-
five in the meeting, representing all the
townships save Fair View, and Black
Mountains Asheville very much SO.
On motion Of Mr.. w. R. West, DIR. 1.
A. Harriss was made chairman, and Mr..
NJ. L. Fox was made secretary.
Col. Lusk explained the object of the
meeting, so far as he knew what its OBJ
iect was. First, he said it was to appoint
delegates to a State mass meeting of
Regular Republicans, to be held in Ral-
eigh on the 22d inst. Mr.. Lusk heartily
endorsed the call of the State ConYen-
tlon, and sharply criticised DR.. Mott and
his executive committee for their palpa-
BILE violation of the law of the party in
not calling. regularly, q State Convention.
Said if snch a course be submitted to it
means the total dissolution of the Re-
publican party in this State; that it can
only be maintained by strict organiza-
ton; and he favored the placing before
the people Republican State and Dis
trict Judicial ticket; if they got beaten it
was nothing more than they had been,
and they would at least maintain their
organization.
1t was also the object of this meeting
to appoint delegates to the Republican
Senatorial Convention to be held in
Asheville the day before the circus.
Further from this hewas not prepared to
say what the object of the meeting is.
Secretary Fox said the mass-m meeting
way of doing business was not fair; it was
a sure road to trickery. He therefore
moved that all ballots be By townships,
giving to each township one vote for eY-
cry twenty-five Republican votes cast in
the respective townships for Governor
in 1884. The motion prevailed.
Messrs. T. ]. Gambler, r. o. Patterson
and A. NJ. Gudger were appointed a
committee to ascertain the vote to which
each township should be entitled.
Pending the absence of the committee,
Col.W g. Gambler, one of the oldsreg
ulaFs, was called tn the front, and re-
sponded in straight-out speech, which
unexpected. it had been so long since he
had an opportunity to make straight
republican speech to a regular republican
convention he scarcely knew how to be-
gin. We used to have two parties, demo-
cratic and republican, but now we have
so samany and they are SO mixed,
and so badly mixed, q man
can hardly tell where he stands. We see
the straight-out democratic party, the
fence-IaW democrats, the anti-fenee law
democrats, and then there is sort of a
democratic hopdoodle concern, filled up
of all sorts of people, and the grand old
republican party was left out in the cold.
He thought the disaffection in the demo-
cratic party will give US old true-blue
republicans q chance. Alluded to the
increase of judges by the democrats, and
said if the democrats kept on making Of
fees everybody would be holding one af-
ter a WIS He also said we old repub-
licans are opposed to the present system
of county government, and wish to re-
turn to our old system of allowing the
people to elect their officers. Our pur-
pose here to-day is to organize the old,
tried, republican party. Col. Gambler had
much more to say. in this line, and was
frequently applauded by the meeting.
showing he fully met with the wishes,
and expressed the sentiments and pur-
poses of the meeting. Concluded by
saying, we are in stew, Ithe democrats
have gotten Us into il, and it begins to
look Ike we will have to vote for some
sort ofa democrat, and If we have to,
am afraid it will choke us. The commit
tee reported, fixing the vote,to which each
township was entitled, which was adop-
ted.
Mr.. T. ]. Gambler moved that every
republican who might attend the State
Convention be authorized to go as dele-
gates from this convention.
This brought on much discussion, be-
ing opposed by Mr.. Lusk and sustained
| by Messrs. I. J. Gambler and w. IL.
! Henderson. Mr.. Frank Penland spoke
on both sides of the question.
! This motion was finally laid the
: @ On motion not of Col. w. g. Gambler, the
chair was authorized to appoint -four
delegates TO the State Convention.
Messrs. P. A. Cummings, 81. c. Hunt
T. ]. Gambler, and w. Fl. Deaver wele
appointed delegates, and Messrs. r. o.
Patterson, w. II. Henderson, V. S. Lusk
and A. H. Jones were appointed alter
mates.
Mr.. w. FL. Henderson here arose and
launched out upon what might have beer
soul-stirring overflow of true blue
eloquence when he was cut short in the
bloom of his youth and beauty by poini
of order raised by Mr.. I.usk and others
After another inugofating discussion
as to the manner of selecting delegates
to the Senatorial Convention, wherein
the friends of Mr.. Lusk and those of Mr.
Fox struggled for the mastery, the Lusk
i faction finally got away with the Fox bg
adopting Mr.. T. J. Candler's motion thal
Eeach township appoint two delegates, anC
the following were appointed
i Arerys Cfeek, ]. r. Lance, Isaac Bishop
i LOsper Hominy, T. j. Gambler, J.. w
Bryson.
i Upper HOminy, N. A. Jamison. S. F
4 Young.
Leisestery Alonzo Wells, W. H. Hender
Sandy Aush, W !, II, Henderson, Honz'
Wells, (proxies3.
f7Tncla lark XVorlev was IN the meet