Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-09-30
MEETING OF DISCONTENTS.
HELD IN THE COURT HOUSE:
TODAY.
4 County Ticket Put In the Field
by "a Portion of the Farmers
Alliance and knights of Labor"
A Mixture Of Democrats and
RepubIicans.

A Mixture of Democrats and
Republicans.
The meeting of n portion of the Farm
ers alliance and Knights of Labor
called by circular, was held in the court
| house this morning and n ticket put out
| The crowd from the country wa not
very large and those present were all dis
contents. The meeting was called to On
der at about II o'clock hv Jas !. Green
wood, who called on Mr.. r. {. Morgan
to occupy the chair, Mr., Morgan az
ceptcd and Prof. \. \. Hamlet wa,
elected scctctary.
Mr.. J. n. Morgan, ono of the chief fac
tors in the call OF the meeting. SAID thai
the object of the meeting had already
been stated in the printed circular. II,
said that it was II portion of the Farm
cr's Alliance and Knights OF Labor, mem
bcrs OF both political parties, aud that
they were there to nominate a ticket Tor
the county offices. Mr. Morgan moved
that a committee he appointed tu select
he ticket. This motion was carried.
Mr.. Morgan announced that the meet
ing would give the Knights ot Labor an
opportunity to make any statement
they wanted to. Mr.. G.. H. Eurnham,
master workman OF the Knight at l.ahors
said: IL will say that the Knights ui lii,
bor, as a body has nothing to do with
his meeting. Applause Sometime ago
mittcc to confer with the Knights OF La.
Dor and the last time the committee met
with that order, ii was decided not t'
put out u ticket until after the prmuriy> :
of both parties were held. 1t WIS also
decided that both orders should abide bv
this. favor labor ticket, provided
he Farmers alliance and the Knights ul
Labor unite on the movement.
Mr.. Burnham stated that Mr.. Morgan
had right To call the meeting and say
"a portion OF the Knights OF Labor" but
hat that order as a whole did not hay,
anything To do with ii.
In conclusion he said: "lfthc alliance
comes out as a whole, the knights oi
Labor will - hand in haid with il, but
it is not proper for us 1" make the move
as portion. 1t would he detrimental
to both political parties and To both or.
CARNATIONS. tell that II we aIc divided
against ourselves we will fail.
Mr.. ]. K. Dubosc. ON behalf of the alli-
ance, said. "Thc alliance is not pOliti-
cal body and does not antagonize any
one. will state that the alliance, aS a
body, has nothing To do with Ills move
mcnt."
Capt. {. NJ McLoud, chairman of the
county democratic executive committee.
spoke after Mr.. Dul'osc finished, and np.
pcalcd to those present not to have any
disscnsion. 1--WE have our party lines, -
he said "and the contest should he he.
tween those parties. There is no antap-
onism between the democrats and Tho
alliance. We must work together. There
can he no hope in n discussion. II We
want to make n party fight let us make
it, but third party would bring hnrttul
results. So far as the democratic party
is concerned, it has nothing to do with
this movement. Disruption can only
breed mischief. | beg of you, Tor the
good of the community andoi Buncomhc
county, as il had been stated that the
Farmers alliance, the Knights OF Labor
and the democratic party have nothing
To do with this movement, to work to-
gcthcr and build up this section"
Mr.. J. ~ Morgan said he was glad Mr..
Burnham had made the explanation in
which he said that he Morgaul had a
right to issue the call. lie SAID hc did
not want any office and would not have
one. Mr.. Morgan also stated that tn,
movement was not III the interest of the
republican party.
MIR. \. i. Corn, of the Knights ot
Labor stated that that organization did
not have anything to do with the meet.
ing.
MIR. Burnham stated that the demo.
cratic part OF the Knights of Labor had
found out that the move came from the
republican part of that body and that
the democrats had withdrawn.
Dr. |. A. Harris, of Flat Creek, stated
that the best democrats and republicans
in that township were in favor OF this
movement and had agreed to stand to.
gcthcr.
Mr. Dul,osc moved that the nominu.
tions bc made IN the open meeting
but Mr.. ]. y. Morgan alleged that this
was n republican trick and raised ohicc'
tion to it. Mr.. DulIosc withdrew his
motion, as he said lie did not want to
breed discord.
The chairman then appointed the com.
mittcc to name the ticket 1t was com.
posed of the following men:
IN. Morgan, W. ]. lIccchbonrd, luo.
Griffin, VIM. Robinson, !. IL. Buckncr,
7. ]. Cole, NJ. W. Harrison,S 5. Morgan,
Robt. pickcns, q. 7. he'll, |. Hawkins, L,
Clark, l.. ]. Morgan, II. +. Buckncr,
These retired at 20 and returned IN
half an hour with the following ticket:
House of Represent ativcs-M. H. Reed
(dcm.) |. A. Harris lrcp)
Clerk of the Superior Court-B, G.
Gudgcr independent
Shcriil'-W !. Morley (rcp.)
Register of Dccds-.J. II. Woodward
(dcm.l
Trcasurcr--l II. Courtney (dcm,)
Survcyor--R. Il. Justice (rcp.l
Coroncr-l.. Il. McBravcr ldcm.)
j. n. Morgan moved that cOmmttc,
bc appointed To confer with the Madison
county alliance with reference to onOmina
ting n candidate tor state senator from
this district. The chair appointed tn,
following; Elisha Clark, A. A. Hamlet
]. !. Fox. II. Il. Miles, S. Hyatt, ". $
Roberts, ]. X. Brigham, W. {. Ellcr, NJ
Thompson and Edwin Clark.
The meeting adjourned.
Both Hard Hit.
LONDON, Sept. 3O.-Slavin aud McAul
| iiIr surrendered themselves To he pplir