The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-29
THEY WANT ARCHIE.
Maury Republicans Instruct for Him
for Governor,
And He RetaIiates by Speaking to
Them Over Half an
Hour.
The country is safe.

The country is safe.
The Republican party of Maufy
County has met and spoken; it has reso-
luted and appointed delegates and lis
tened for the space of thirty minutes 10
"IittIe Archie" abuse the Democratic
party and praise the Q. o. p. to tie skies.
At II O'Clock to-day Col. y. NJ. Hughes,
Sr.. called to order the ragged and tat
tered elements OF the party who, had
convened to select delegates to the Re
publ 1an convention which meets IN
Nas tilIe Nav 4th to nominate candi-
date, for Governor and to appoint dele
gates to the Minneapolis Convention.
The meeting place was in the Circuit
Court room at the courthouse, ana there
were seated and standing around about
fiftV people, about evenly divided as to
color, with perhaps the superiority in
DOiut of numbers slightly III favor OF the
abrOther in black" And the cOlOred
brOt her was not in the least backward in
making his presence known and telt,
and rising to various points OF ORDER
which generally eVOluted themselves
into a SenseIesS harangue OF misprO-
nOunced words and meaningless geSt-
ures. The colOred brethren were listened
to with most profound respect when
thew chose to inIlict themselves on the
convention.
Among the most prominent white Re-
publicans were Col A. Nj. Hughes, Sr.,
A NJ. Hughes, Jr., IL. +. Farls, l.. y.
GOslin and j. Z. Hickman,
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to order, and the call read by one of the
cOlored delegates, selection OF CHAIR
man was made in w. A. Derry berry,
and w. \. Quarterman was elected Sec
retary. ga
A committee on credentials was ap-
pointed, and they reported list OF
those entitled to votes.
Albert q. Green, colOred, }. ID. Shar-
ber, j. NJ. Campbell, ii. f. FarIss ana D.
Ii. Lochridge were appointed COM
mittee on delegation and they reported
the following, who were chosen dele
gates to the State Convention: l.. A.
Goslin, IL. G. Cant, E. ID. Hughes, W.
| A Derry berry, B. ErierSOn, j. X. k1em-
! ing, A. NJ. Hughes, ST., \. M. Hughes,
Jr, w. y. Sherrod, II. f. Fariss, }. d.
| Sharber, II. =. Thompson, w. X. Long
| A. } Green, j. G. Hickman.
| 1t was announced then that the com
mittee on resolutions was ready to re-
port, and the chairman OF that com
! mittee, Mr.. COSIin, read long string
| of WhereaseS and resolves, adding very
much to the weight of the resolutions
| by many impressive gestures and vocal
| gymnastics, the effect being very
! marked when it reached that part Which
| instructed the Maury County delegates
to vote for A. NJ. Hughes, Jr., for the
! Republican nominee for Governor.
| During the reading Of the resolution
| several conferences were held between
| "LittIe Arch" and his ieutenants
| owing, perhaps, to the fact that an
effort would be made to instruct for
Dave Num- for one of the delegates al
large instead of Clay Evans.
The resolutions were very elongated,
and contained about what is usually
promulgated by mOngrel convention
Of the kind. They very tOrcibly de-
ciared for free trade with the countries
with which We ought to have free trade
with, and favored protection from coun
tries we ought TO be protected from
During the reading OF portion OF tE'
resolutions, the negroes Iookeu more
THAN usually solemn, and 1t was suS
Dected they were Instrumental in haV
ing that plank inserted) Harrison
administration was lnd0rSed, peuSloh
were declared too few and altogethe
too small, the Democratic party wa
hauled over the Goals for no particular
reason, but with evident relish; Ten
nessee was declared to be in bad wa,
financially, and the Democratic party
charged with the responsibility
The delegates were instructed to NOt'
for Arch Hughes, Jr., for Governor; TO
Arch Hughes, Jr., and John Schade Jr
for district delegates to Minneapolis
and for j. G. Napier, y. y. Taylor, ii. {
Evans and John c. Houk for delegate
from the state at large,
The resolution were adopted, aftc
some discussion as to whether Nun
should be substituted for Evans. Thi'
was finally voted down after siscech b.
\. NJ. Hughes, Jr.
When the convention had finished th
business for which it met, calls were
made for "Mr. Hughes, of Washing
ton" Mr.. Hughes responded, but IN
sisted he was from Maury county. lIt
spoke for about 80 minutes, and SAT-
Harrison would be nominated and elect
ed, and that Cleveland would be noml
mated by acclamatiOn and defeated by
acclamatiOn, to which they all agreed
What more Little Arch" said the re
porter knoweth not, because his tim
was valuable and he left.