The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-06-17
THIRD PARTY CLANS.
DISTRICT CONVENTIONS HELD
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
n. 4. Green. of the Wake Delenariou.
in Ia Hopeless Minority
Yesterday

ina Hopeless Minority
Yesterday.
At ten minutes past twelve Yesterday
Immediately after a closed door caucus
OF two hours, the third party convention
OF the 4th congressional district, with
elghty-two members present, three of
whom were negroes, was called to order
by the chairman of the executive COM
mlttee, 5. Otho Wilson, the call read
and business proceeded with. The re
port of the committee on permanent or
ganlzatlon, of which MIR. Wilson. of
Wake, was made permanent chairman
and }. E. Spence, of Chatham, secretary.
was unanimously adopted, and the an.
portionment of the counties based at Il
each, giving Vance, Nash, franklin.
Johnson, Wake, Randolph and Chat
ham, the same poll. The immediate
business of the convention was to an
point four delegates and four alternates
to the Omaha convention and the matter
being settled upon in the caucus. the
gentlemen named were elected by accla
nation: Delegates, G. w. Smith, Nash
}. F. Bell, Franklin; Eli Goodwin. John
ston; w. A. White, Randolph. alter
mites, q. X. Marshall, Nash; G. w. At
water, Chatham; j w. Denmark.
Wake; w. III. Reavis. Vance. In pre-
senting the name of Mr.. Atwater. MIR.
ii. ID. Mason, of Chatham, said Mr. At
water was democratic member of that
sweet old Legislature of 81, and has now
gone clearly over to the peoples party.
''as all other respectable men hare lone y
Mr. Mason, the speaker in question. was
delegate from Chatham and
will be remembered as member
OF the State Senate four wears
ago, then an independent democrat; he
is now store keeper under the republican
administration and figured prominently
in the late republican State convention
in this city.
The election of delegates being over.
Rev. D. p Meacham, who has figured in
the republican party of Wake county for
some years and was the republican nom
lnee for State Senator in 80 against A.
G. Green, another member of the con
vention, offered resolution that the
convention be called on July 18th for the
purpose of naming congressman from
this district and that it was the sense of
the convention to have nom
inee for congress In the field This
was amended by a member from Chatham
that it be also the sense of the BODY
that State and county tickets be put in
the field. This raised breeze and A.
g. Greene opposed the amendment. de-
claring that 1--WE are working for re
forms and the fight must be made on the
National ticket" Mr. Atwater favored
the amendment and asked how couli he
vote for Elias Carr or anyone who
favors sthe Chicago nominee" :" he de-
clared that he would support no one who
was opposed to the st. Louis platform. y
IL. ID. Mason, who was the popular
spokesman for the occasion on all
questions. said there was no common
sense in voting for man for State office
who would himself vote for Grover
Cleveland; he wanted third party
candidates from township constablcs to
President of the United States. His
remarks struck popular cord and he
was voclferously y applauded. Then came
Rev. ID. p. Meacham's time again and
he too favored the amendment, culogized
the cause of the third party, cussed out
the 1.-TWO old parties" and sat down
amid ringing applause. Nathaniel Ma
con, Of Franklin, became excited and
SAID that Elias Carr could do 1.-TWO
things" and that he could do one, to-wit
Vote against him" He apologized for
not being ''speaker," but said he
wanted it distinctly understood that he
didn't ''go into that thing called
the democratic convention. the other
day" He said nothing about the ques
ton under discussion except, "We are
tight and thank God not too late" Some
other discussion followed and at the
first opportunity the chair put the ques-
ton. ''Division" was yelled by some mem
ber and the vote was taken by counties,
90 for the resolution as amended and c
against it; the six against was polled by
the Wake delegation. Mr. Greene was
the only member openly declaring
against the State and county tickets and
was virtually Kissed at by the conven
ton. In private conversation afterwards
he said: THE third party cause il
Wake is killed; if the convention be LED
by man like Meacham they will go tt
the devil At this juncture the same
resolutions of coincidence adopted in the
county third party convention Saturday
regarding the death of Col. L. L. Polk
were again unanimously adopted with
out discussion save few words of eu
logy from Mr. Mason. Here the chair
man of the committee on platform an
nounced that the committee desired tn,
drafting of the same to be deferred
until after the Omaha convention, which
was agreed to. The motion to ad lourl
was carried
Linlie for Congress, Fifth District.
Special to the State Chronicle
DURHAM, n. c., June 16.-M r.
Linlie, of Rockingham county, was to