Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-03
A HARRISON DELEGATION
SENT FROM THE NINTH DIS
TRICT TO MINNEAPOLIS.
In the Republican Convention
To-day NJ. l.. Mott Talks for the
Force Bill and Ex Congressman
Ewart Talks Against 1t.


Force Bill and Ex. x.COngresslnan
Ewart Talks Against 1t.
The republican convention for the
rinth congressional district was called
to order i'll the court house today at
noon by X. o. Patterson, chairman OF
the executive committee.
The following committee on crcdcn-
tials was appointed; W. L. Tompkins,
+. X. Axlcy, DR.. Brock, W. ]. Ncsbitt
and II. c. Goodell.
While the committee was out Jcter G..
Pritchard was called to the stand for a
speech. Mr.. Pritchard pitched into the
democratic party at once with gloves off.
Hetook up remark made by Judge Jas.
H. Mcrrimon in a recent speech, that
Jesus Christ was democrat" Why,
said Pritchard, did you ever hear of Jesus
Christ stuliing ballot box? lie talked
about the Mckinley bill, tin cups and
gourds, and gave the democrats and
alliance members of the legislature a
raking down for giving the public print
ing to )oscphus Daniels at fancy figure.
He said it was no wonder the democrats
are frightened by the third party subject.
God speed the day." he declared, when
the alliance or any other party in
North Carolina will free this state
from ring rule. The alliance people have
sense enough to know that the republi-
cans have given substantial relief when
they have had chance. They know
that we took hold of this state when
everything was in chaos, and built it up
under our splendid system of protcc
ton"
The committee returned and made its
report, and committee, composed OF +.
X. Axlcy, F. =. Davis and d. l.. Green,
was appointed on permanent organiza-
ton.
| During the absence of this committee
Maj. W. W. Rollins addressed the con-
vention. He told of recent visit to
Cleveland county, where he had had
every courtesy shown him, although he
was republican. Democrats down
there, he said, had told him that the
democratic politicians and leaders had
deceived the people and they proposed
to cut adrift and support the party that
would beiriend them. He talked tariff
at some length and said he wanted to
see a campaign of education. North
Carolina, he assured his hearers, would no
longer submit to the tyrannical
rule of the democrats. There would not
be twenty-five people in the next state
legislature who would favor county
government.
The committee then recommended the
following permanent officers:
Chairman-H. G. Ewart.
Secrctaries-R. b. Roberts and J. Wiley
Shook.
The report was adopted.
| Jetcr C. pritchard, G. II. Smathers ant
II. c. Hunt were appointed to wait upol
Mr.. Ewart and conduct him to the chair
While waiting for the committee S return
M. l.. Mott addressed the convention. Mr.
Mott made the prediction that inthiscam
paign every issue would be lodged by
the democratic speakers. He related a
!jokc told week or more ago by John
W. Starnes, and said that the democratic
party had killed itself in trying to re-
duce the tariff. The democratic party
has for twenty years been an organiza
ton of ballot box suffers and election
thieves. He commended Benjamin Har
rison as the greatest man in the nation
because he had the courage to say tC
congress that the elections in the south
were unfair. He appealed to the dele
gates to Minneapolis to cast their vote
Tor Harrison.
Mr.. Ewart was then introduced to tho
convention and greeted with the widest
yelling. He said that the republicans
had the hardest fight before them they
ever had. He sincerely hoped that the
republicans would not make the fore,
bill the issue. If they did the party
would 60 down to ignominious defeat
+ He had voted against the bill in congress
because he believed it would do great
harm to the people of the south, among
whom he lived. There was no bal
lot box stuffing in Western Nortl
Carolina, Mr.. Ewart declared. Hi
was interrupted right here by Mr.
Mott, who asked him if he Mott hat
not been asked by him tEwart) to pros
ecute case of illegal voting in Poll
county. Mr.. EwaN answered that h
did do So, but the trial had been held AM
the indicted parties had been discharged
as not guilty. Mr.. Ewart's speech wa
enthusiastically checrcd.
The convention then went into the SC
lection of two delegates to the nationa
republican convention. The names o
Chas. ]. Harris, of Jackson; Robt. W
Logan, of Rutherford II. {. Hunt, o
Buncombe, and j. NJ. Moody, of Hay
= wood, were presented, Mcssrs. Harri
and Logan were selected. W. w. Rol
Inns and II. {. Hunt were elected alter
mates by acclamation.
+. w. Gurlcy, of Henderson, suggestc,
that the convention hold an executiv
session for the purpose of mapping out
plan of campaign. but as the member
were getting hungry by this time, tn
f suggestion did not meet with favor an
the convention adjourned.
The delegation sent to Minneapolis
, solid for Benjamin Harrison.