The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-16

vote for Adams.
Then the whole crowd yelled for
Adams again.
One very black and very chunky and
very greasy niger from Holly Springs
got up and sang the praises of Adams.
He said:
| rise for the puppus of gttin up to
nomernate er man-er man.
My mother allus told me:
Member we'll and bear in mind
A faithful friend is hard to find
When you find one good and True
Don't swap the old off for the new.
Cries Of ''Dats it!' Just listen at dat"
Talk on Ephraim, "Ya, Va, Va, Sc
Ephrain went On too till he got the
coon, viz: Adams. He s9id: | tell yer:
"Mr Adams is q faithful friend. We
don't want ter sWop him. We not got
time to swap hosses. If ne do VIC swine
ter be sorry. Well have the boss fever
If We do. Did you ever have de boss fe-
yer. You has it when you swap HOSES,
cause you always gifts bit. Den
you lay wake and wished you hadn't
swopped. OATS de boss fever. It's wuss
den typhoid fever; cause when you
got de typhoid fever yon kin sleep yo'self
mighty nigh to death; but when you got
de hoss fever, you can't sleep wink no
how
This speech just run the whole house
crazy and the convention whooped and
hurrahed for Adams some more and cleo
ted him by a vote Of Sc to 16 over Mer-
ritt
For Treasurer.
A negro from Wake Forest nominated
W. W. Wynne for treasurer, and he was
declared the nominee.
For Coroner.
DR.. Marshburn was, at the sug gestion
OF a negro delegate, nominated for coro-
| ner.
Nominations for the Senate.
When the nomination for State Sena-
tor was announced in order, Ham Jones
got up and nominated D. P. Meacham,
and in his nominating speech he said
| that Meacham was popular with the AL
lance, and said that he would poll ALI
| ance votes; that he STOOD WELL WITH
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, and would poll
MANY DEMOCRATIC VOTES. This gigantic
statement had something OF q paralytic
effect o. tae whole gathering, for Meth
| er the delegates nor the Democratic
| spectators present could exactly compre-
| bend the immense amount of gall neces-
sary for the making OF such statements
to an audience in which there was any
Intelligence.
Jno. r. Ray bobbed up again and nomi-
mated Henry Keith for the Senate. he
was goingsson to tell what friend to the
laboring man Keith was, but his voice
was drowned by groans and Kisses from
all over the hall and the negroes liter
ally made him sit down. Loge Harris
told Ray that Keith wouldn't run" il
nominated, bnt Ray wouldn't Withdraw
kelth's name, because he said be wanted
to vote for Keith and Would do it.
jim Young get up and wnooped EN-
up for Aeacham. lie didn't care Wha
party th8 senatorial nominee belonged
to, just SO he was against the Democrats
While Young was speaking, the eighty
niggersE and twenty white '.office seek
ing hangers on applauded him and sen
up such responses IS Talk on" eyes
yes;" Oats it," "Give it to 'em;'
"Whooy;'' Whoopee;" "Hoop." Meach
am Meacham! Meacham!" -
Somebody nominated Fulton Upchurcl
for the Senate, but he was withdrawn
Gt was not on the programme and tn
chair announced that only the name o
Meacham was in nomination.
, John Ray insisted on his nomination
Of Keith, but the chair said, "Keith toll
me he couldn't and wouldn't accept tn
, nomination, and l will not allow hi
name before the convention" Meach
am was then declared the nominee o
J the convention for the Senate
Nominations for the House.
. When this part Of the business wa
reached there was a cyclone of nomina
, | tions which rolled down upon the con
| vention under dark cloud for nearl
every man who got up to make a nomi
Y nation was niger, and most Of theI
very dark. Eight or ten men were pu
f in nomination and eight or ten delegate
E | seconded the nominations and there wa
( some whooping nominating speeches.
q BallOting began, and after many 70
) calls and much gas and more confusio
j. the result was the following nomint
tions for the House:
G. W. Hoover (colored barkeeper) s
votes, Thos. r. Purnell 65, L NJ Gree
8 sc, and w. F. Upchurch 50.
The convention cast 102 votes all Il
. gether and the colored barkeeper got
/ good lot of them on the ballot that non
F mated him. We heard gentleman sa
4 "Heis the best Republican of the gang.
It Watch the Professor.
n This ended the business of the CONVEX
y ton, and Prof. Alex. McITer, the Z
d publican nominee for Congress from th
$ district was called on for a speech.
/" He had come into the hall during Il
l. proceedings and was on the stan
ID He said Abraham Lincoln was Il
Vt founder Of the main plank of the Repu
/ lican party, that Of the restoration
s the Union. That was what the Repu
lican party was striving to do. He 6
O. tempted to expound some great constit
Id tional question which fell as a Greek e
say upon the minds of the cOngregat
negroes. One by one, and in lit
groups the delegates vacated the hs
e until about two rows Of seats in fro
- were occupied by coal black negres, wi
little sprinkling of white Democrats
a the hall, who were watching the Pl
nc fessor" out Of curiosity. The Profess
- - saw that any effort he could make wou
W fall fiat, and he cut short his remarks.