The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-06
sSepubfiCan zEarangue

ssepubTican EEaranSue.
On last Friday sitting quietly at our
desk, there came floating through our
window the tip end of some stentorian
tones not far away, and we hied us in the
direction of their generation to find the
sable sons of four contiguous townships
in solemn assembly, met for the avowed
purpose of declaring themselves candi-
dates for the nomination to the various
offices in our next election, both State
and county. They dit not call them
selves candidates but ''aspraHtS'' with
the accent every time very strong on the
as" This is rather a novel way Of
electioncclihg for nomination; but we
suppose it viii answer every purpose,
for they can not get there" any way
and they have in the mean time much
political wind in their gas-bags. When
we reached the scene of language
slaughter Columbus Baker was about
closing his l2marks as an "aspirant' for
place in the ''Sennit." He said white
men are coming to Republican ranks in
Halifax county like. Bah.
jim Reynolds, Northern dusky son,
they say, then spoke forth how he was
an ',aspirant'' for the same place. He
sail white men in Western Carolina are
coming over to Dockerv, Harrison and
protection. Bah! bah
tthe close of Reynolds sp ech,
sable son on the outer crowd CALCULATED
Mr. Chummun, answer me over dare if
YOU over dare" but the "Chummun' did
not answer him;so one Davis we be ieve
then arose to speak and sail yociterously
in his first sentenceC0 that he was an AS
pirant'' for the nomination to the Legis-
| lature. giving the 9 harder sound if
possible than it has ever been marked in
the Dictionaries. His chief statement
was that he did not "have time to go
into facts We sympatized with the
fllow-he Didn't know that lis party
+, " occasions. HIS great
/ tltriI% sEat an ~'urder>
est sin on the nustinE3 p*s his 49,
Gus onslaught upon the language he met:
He read something from paper de-
nounctng Mebanc, one CT the claimants
to the nomination to Congress In this
district.
Mack Furgerson the white Republican
from Halifax was on the ground, an AS
pirant" also:
A question arose as to Which of the
''aspirants" to the Registers office
should speak first Ftrgerson or light;
Hight took the stand and sail he was
1.-THE only lelck of the storm of IS to
tell the tale" He was a canJi3ate then
and was left-he has been a candidate
ever since Hight possessed himself
pretty well. Then Nj, F~rgerson was
introduced BY this time eight or ten white
men bad come near the scene of " arfAre,
and there was some doubt US to whether
Furgerson could ''come it, But he
''came it." Some stranger walked up
and asked a pecu'iar question about the
white man speaking and said he had
enough "cheek'
FuIgerson assayed to expl'in in his
fifteen minutes that the protective tariff
t. the great queSti IN with the two parties.
We think some one else is responsible
for his having that little bit of knowledge;
for he did not give any i1telligedce on
the question. He maize some conflicting
statements about labor and laborers and
closed his remarks with the declera;i n
that if he IS nominated for Re- i>ter he
will make the best fight he can, and if
elected he VIII choose his clerk from the
colored menM In short, that a negro
should be his private secretary.
Next followed J. j. Anthony, who
said he was not an ''asprant.'
In presenting the claims of R. J
Lewis as a candidate for the nomination
| to the office of Register of Deeds, he con-
trasted the record of Mr.. Lewis with
that of Mr.. Furgerson. lie said Mr.
Lewis has stood by the Republican party
but Mr.. Furgerson who is now an las.
pirant" to the Registers office, was two
years ago one of the Registrars appointed
as Democrat. The speaker said he wa:
; ChuTchman, and said he, I'VE don
e make deacons of men before they ar
e baptized, and Mack Furgerson has no
e even been baptized and here he comes t,
= us and wants US to make him a deacon
e Here we dropped our part of the curtain
T W hardly think Mr. turgerson is in yer
h great favor with some of his sable com
e panions.