The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-05-24
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
The Organization Completed-Dele-
gates 10 Omaha.


The Progressive Farmer of to-day
contains the following: Last Wednes-
day at 2 o'clock chairman W. r. Lind
say, of Rockingham county, called a
meeting in the conference hall in this
city for the purpose of taking preiimi-
nary steps for the organization of the
peoples party in this State. About
seventy-fye counties were represented
G. n. Jervis, of Marshall, Madison
county, was elected secretary. No
action was taken in regard to State
matters, as the conference could not
foretell the result of the democratic
state convention, then in session. The
chairman of the executive commit.
tee was authorized to take imme-
diate steps to have each congressional
district represented at Omaha, July
4th. A resolution was unanimously
passed endorsing l.. L. Polk as the
third party's candidate for president.
The following order of organization
for the peoples party is announced by
W. r. Lindsay, chairman of the state
executive committee, in an address:
There shall be an executive committee
OF three or more members in each
county in the State, known as the ex
executive committee of the peoples
party. This committee shall have
power to appoint a subcommittee Of
i've or more in each township. The
chairmen of the county committees
shall constitute the executive commit.
tee of the congressional district. The
committees thus appointed in townships,
counties and districts are provisional
and at the first authorized conventions
held the people may elect new commit
! tees, which shall constitute a perma-
nent organization of the peoples party.
The chairman of each congressional
district committee shall call con-
vention of his district on or before
Thursday, June l6, for the purpose OF
electing four delegates and alterna.es
to represent the peoples party in the
! Omaha convention to meet Saturday.
July 2, and TO nominate q candidate for
Congress where desirable. The chair
man of each county committee shall
call mass meeting of his county to be
held Saturday, June II to elect dele
gates to the congressional convention
In case there is no committee appoint
ed for any county, the friends of reform
may call said mass meeting. Eacl
county mass meeting is expected to de
tarmine for itself whether it will put
county ticket in the field. The con
gressioual district conventions for tn
several districts shall be held at III,
following places:
lst district, at Elizabeth City; I'd, a
Rocky Mount; Sd, at Fayetteville; 4th
at Raleigh; 9th, at Durham; 9Th, q
Rockingham; 7th, at Salisbury; Sth, a
Lenoir; 9Th, at AsheviIle
The following are appointed a
chairmen of the several congressional
district committees: 1st District, NJ
6. Gregory; I'd, A. B Noble; Sd, Rev
E. j. Edwards; 4th, S. 0. Wilson; 9th
j. B. Smith; 9Th, NJ. X. McKinnon
Sth, p. H. Rich; 9th, j. C. Brown.
The following were elected delegate
: and alternates for the State at large
Delegates. Harry Skinner, A. C. Shu
ford, t. B. Long, d. H. Gill, S. @
Wilson, A. j. Daily. George f. Hunt
V. n. Seawell. Alternates, p. II
) Massey, J. NJ. Bateman, II. Sears
: c. n. Jarvis, Daniel Worth, H. Fl
Nichols, J. +. Person, A. L. Swinsor