The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-15

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that the republicans did not sympa
thlze with or understand the negroet
n the Eastern counties. Th'
Western republicans demanded this
the negro s'a1d up for his righ'a
but this was all they did. A Wes,
ern republican, by the name o
Millikan, protested against tni'
Price sail the New Hanover case
was prejudged and "msde up Jas
Young denounced the minority say
ing that Rlce had begged the county
convention 10 nominate him a dele
gate and said Rice was serving God
and the devil al the same time. he
| said that Rice was d democratic t.5tl
and that there we're others. tie re>d
q statement signed 10y J. ID. Dudley
handed him by O'Hara in which
Dudley swore that Jockey had ask ed
the editor Of the ObSerUer, a republi,
can paper published in Wilmington.
TO suppress the cali Of Eaves for the
present conventiou. saying that II
the call was published it would
render the deles yates appointed bv the
April convention Illegal and they
could not represent New Hanover IN
this convention. Lockey sprsng up
aud SAID it was an "jnfaWOus lie
Young then denounced bis opo"nents
There Was an attempt to choke of
the discussion, and Geo. H. White
;leo-ously denounced the gag rule
which was SO apparent. Geo W.
Price OF New Hanover, said things
must be done fairly. He denounced
the method of the convention thus
far as having been "Hxed" to order.
Chairman Schenck s4ld the chair was
given the ris ht to appoint the com
mlttee. Price saId that the pro-
gramme hads been arranged. The
negroes, he said, demanded recognl>
ton aud fairness. Lockey said he
and Jim Young could get more
negro votes than anv men in New
Hanover. Young said Price and
others on bis side had not voted the
republican tloket in ten years. He
sailed Price q "boodler.'
The discussion continued an hour.
Rice demanded to be heard on q
question of privilege. A great up
roar arose and the chairman was
''cussed' on every side. Negroes
and white men denounced each other
Rice shook his fret in Jockeys face.
J. &. l. Herriss told the chairman
that be could not rule the convention,
to which the chairmau replied: "We
| dom mind your calling us liars;
that dnn't hurt anybody" Great
| noise and much uproar. "Question'
| was called for by hundreds of voices
and the ",luestion" was rushed up
by the chairman. Jim Young was
'prompter" on every question, and
when things didn't suit him he re-
minded Schenck and Schenck "obey
ed ORDERS" The roll call began on
the motion made By Rice aud the
Young delegation was seated by an
overwhel ming majority. Without
further debating, the entire report
of the committee was adopted, amid
great cheers. Then came more cons
fusion. Negro delegates, many OF
whom, certainly never saw the in
side of a convention hall before rose
TO their feet simply 'to be heard"
and some even asked, after the adop-
tion OF the report, that the "com-
Mr.. Black burn, of Ashe county, the
State elector at-Iarge, and perhaps
the best young orator iu their party
stepped to the front, and, in fifteen
minute speech about the grand old
party" BeEj. Harrison, Mckinley,
etc., etc, finally moved that L. V.
Walser, OF Davidson, be made per
| manent chairman. Walser was evi>
IDENTIFY favorite and loud cheers
went up at his unanimous election.
The temporary chairmaD, who was
''disgruntled' at the proceedings,
inquired the name of the gentlemen
with disconsolate tone, and the in>
cident created amusement. Perhaps
he had never heard Of WaIser before.
| Agsio came al amusing Incident.
Toe temporary chairman called on
Messrs. OHara Eaves' Friday"
Henderson to escort the chairman to
| the rostrum. The Henderson idea
didn't suit Jim Young and he arose
and gave another order that Black.
burn should be substituted for Hen.
derson, and Schenck acqulesced in
the suggestions. J. w. Parker was