The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-09-07
THE REPUBLICANS HERE.
STATE CONVENTION MEETS AT
NOON TODAY.
Wake OC Last Nights Caucus The
Ticket To he Nominated


The republican State convention meets
at noon to day. All yesterday tie trains
brought numbers of delegates to the city.
and the dark lineage of the streets. es-
pecially the corners, late in the afternoon,
was evidence enough that the col
ored representation predomina'ed All
together the personnel of the oorven-
tion will not be so good as has \
formerly been, and the strength.
numerically, will be smaller than usual. |
Hand shaking and general interming- |
ling was the order of the afternoon. and |
all eyes and all attention was turned TO |
the evening caucus. The negroes were
free in their political prognostications,
and 1t was not unfrequently the case that
one of them could be heard discussing the
recent ''great document" as was termed
Harrison's letter of acceptance. John
| williamson was moving to and fro like
worm in fire, and it would not take
one long to catch glimpse of Loge Har-
ris, Tom Pernell, Devereaux and other
leaders, manipulating with their usual
ease. About the hotel could be seen
hand and wild gestures with the other,
he was the centre of attraction, always, in
a certain gang" Zeb Walser and Edi-
tor Goslin kept quiet but had an eye
open to the surroundings, and they
were among the first delegates to
make their way to the Federal
court room about eight o'clock
last night By nine o'clock the court
room was full, three blacks to every
white, and the fumes of the cigar and
darkness of the surroundings, made it a
little uncomfortable for a CHRONICLE re
porter, about 9:15; however, the
famous "Dickie" was on hand and the
caucus reported. Business proceeded
by the election of T. r. Pernell,
chairman, and T. w. Parker, secretary
A motion was made and carried
to exclude all except republi
e cans from the caucus. Lee Pearson
: negro postmaster at Rocky Mount, wen
/. further by moving that if any person wa
D in the meeting, who had declared tina
e he would not support State ticket, i
Il nominated, that he, too, be excluded
8 This motion was aimed, evidently, at
G. l.. Harris, being the only member VIII
t. | udu suCu ucCldIdliOI. III
n aroused a discussion, and JAS. II. Young
;; Geo. II. White and James O'IIarra spok
re in turn against it, and or motion, it Wa
tabled At this juncture Oscar III. Spear.
white delegate from Harnet count,
introduced resolution that no Stat
n. ticket be put in the field. This raised
row. j. G. l.. Harriss made the fir
~ speech favoring the resolution, review
1, ing IN fact what he has before declare
e. in his paper, the Signal. Delegate Mi
n likan, of Randolph, who is trnsferer
he mails at Greensboro, jumped to the flo
I'll and said. in speaking against the resol1
u ton, that "Harriss' solicitude for Hsrl
e. son was a piece of colossal impudence
at assigning as a reason that Harriss had o
er posed his nomination. To this MIR. Harri
said that Millikan was either wilfully
knowingly mistaking the truth or tn
his ignorance was SO gross and inexcus
BILE that he ought to be ashamed of
lry said that it was known that he had ia
he ored Harrison openly and publicly.
he E. Henderson, negro deputy collector frc
he Cabarrus. and more familiarly known
he Eaves' Friday" then claimed recogl
1T ton, and said that state ticket shou
gn be nominated, if for no other reason t
IN cause "Loge" opposed it-that LOG
hin had said in his paper that the lis, 600 I
we groes in Carolina ''stunk like Guano
er- Harriss, in a feeling of bitter ire jump
Ter to the floor and called him damn Ii
ity in that statement, and Henderson aga
declared it to be true, to which Harr
reiterated the ''lie," and said that he v
lying when the truth would serve a
ter purpose. Friday" proceeded W
am his speech, but said nothing more abe
,ck the editor of the Raleigh Signal. Spe
ain and Geo. H. White then made speecl
de- favoring the resolution, and seve
ant rather insignificant negroes together W
the John G. Dancy, col, collector of the p
ore at Wilmington, and Chas. A. Coz
United States District Attorney in
Eastern District, made speeches agai
the resolution. The discussion las
for two hours and the caucus adjourn
war without further action.
ted TO-day's Work.
~ At the convention to day full ST
:, tas m ticket will, in all probability, be
10 70. out, headed by d. NJ. Furches, of
'"'o dell, for governor. 1t was the intent
of tho Eovoo foctiop to ta RI