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

d drop OF inice in it fall into some white
Republicans mouth And all this was
done in the face of colored demands and
colored conventions. aud nigger talking
and whooping.
Negroes are Still Solid.
White men of Wake Don't fall into
apathy because you think the niggers Of
Wake will split, aud that this split will
make it easy for Democrats to win the
county. The NEGROES WILL VOTE AGAINST
You EN- MAssE. Will you be found want
ing in your efforts to bring out and poll
the FULL WHITE MANS strength Of Wake {?
THE CONVENTION.
The county convention was called to
meet at II o'clock.
Shortly after that hour, the delegates
began to assemble. And oh! my soul,
What combination of colors and grease
| and dirt. But the convention did one
good thing 1t made one white Repub-
llcan put OH clean shirt and black his
shoes, and no mortal man remembers to
have ever seen him on such a stupen-
dous "dike'' before He had set him
Self to do some tall Grating in the con-
vention. but when he saw that gang his
soul sank in q sink Of sickness, and his
voice was not heard during the day.
But about the convention. There W ere
just about one hundred delegates Twen-
ty of them were white men. The other
eig ghty rep esen.ed every color from that
of hight yellow clay flower pot to the
strongest suggestion Of Stygian dark
ness.
If the convention had been thorough
ly clean and bright looking, it would
have produced something Of kaleido-
scopic effect; but as it was it preseD ted
the appearance of a crazy quilt, which
had been dragged over muddy yard by
''yaller' dog. *,ss 5,
The delegation came close up around
the stage, and the rear Of the hall was
filled By g great many people who drop
ped in to see the circus.
They didn't exactly see the fun they
wanted to see, for the experience of TOR
mer coE. entioDs Of this ilk told Loge
Harris what he would have to contend
with, so he was careful to have every
thing cut aud dried and ready to be
rushed through at a moments notice.
And that's the way most OF the business
did go through.
The Proceedings.
Loge Harris was made permanent
chairman.
, Harris accepted the nomination. He
} made 2 few remarks, in which he SAID
: that I'VE have never failed to carry the
! county when we we're united.'
Democrats should note this and fee
the necessity OF great and close unity
among themselves.
IF ALL THE PROCESSING DEMOCRATS II
WAKE COUNTY SHALL VOTE THE FULL
+. TICKET, THE DEMOCRATS WILL not FAIl
: TO CARRY THE COUNTY Do YOU MINI
THIS
5 Harris delivered a lecture Oh orae
to the crowd, and announced that 4,
E personalities would be allowed Harri
talked for some time ia the spirI
e agreed upon in the caucus to his mig
e gers" and office seeking dangers On,
and then announced that nomination
for permanent secretary were in order
A ''yaller man" with gray, grizz!e'
beard, nominated F. NJ Sorrell for per
;, manent secretary. This was a sort Q
. q bombshell to the big ring" which ha'
. been in the committee conference in th
= morning. The negro had forgotten hi
; piece and it was such surprise to ther
! that they were stupefied. The bargai
: had been that Jim Young (col was t
be elected secrea ary, and here breac
l. was about to occur. Nobody seconde
Sorrel's nomination, and somebod
= wanted to know if Sorrell was delegate
Sorrell said: 81 don't want it." The
= :. somebody nominated Jim Young (col.
and he was elected with whoop.
n Upchurch's Particular Friend Nomi
IS mated Him.
st Sam Clemens, black delegate frol
Holly Springs, nominated Charles [
Upchurch for clerk of the superior cour
, Nobody else was presented and Charlie
?. Upchurch was nominated by an accl;
= matory and stentOrian VIVA vOCE vote
! about eighty negroes and twenty whi
:, men. And then there was an effort
}, unanimous yell. The negroes wei
!, enthusiastic at the nomination of u
81 church and gave vent to their enthus
:, aSm
- - Nomination for Sheriff.
~ ~ Stewart Ellison (col nominated
i. Rowan Rogers for Sheriff, and he VI
:, greeted with yells.
- But the yell was little dampened |
ffe Jno. R Ray, (white) who got up al
nominated Robt. W. WyDne, for Sheri
bo There was about 10 be some talk al
~ some wraugling over this which had Il
.. been determined in the caucus, VIII,
IS oil was poured on the troubled waters
y Mr. Wynne's son, who himself want
At the negroes to nominate him for Trea
h. urer, got up and said that his pap
wouldn't accept the nomination if te
d,red. Then John R. Ray got up a.
said, "SINCE SEE IT'S NO USE TO PRESE
= A MAN WHO HAS NOT BEEN ALREADY NOn
~ MATED | will withdraw Mr.. Wynnt
a name"
as az Then j. Rowan Rogers was, on n
u - ton, nominated by acclamation, a
w there was another negro yell.
-, Nominated for Register of Deeds.
ok Seth NOVEL; (col } arose and nomiI
nd ted J. P. H. Adams, for Register
he Deeds
IN VIM. n Brown, Jr, (white) nomil
ed ted Kemp Merritt. This vas not on
cut and dried programme, and H;
old Jones called Brown to him and began
u,orl ~, him 70 oot him IN ith6 r