The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-08-18
How MIR. SKINNER GOT LEFT
The Colonel Learns That the Trans
grGSS0r'S Way is Hard.
A MR.. EXUM FOR GOVERNOR.
Twenty-Five Counties Not Represented
in the COMMUNICATIONS Butler
Wouldn't be Nominated Because
He Does Not Want the Papers to
Say That He is An Office Seeker.

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Say That He is An Office Seeker
The ticket of the Peoples part,
just nominated at Raleigh, consists
OF w. 7. EXum, of Wayne. for Govern
Or; X. A. Cobb, of Burke, for Lieuten
ant-GOvernor: DR.. L. W. Durham. O
Cleveland, for Secretary of State
ThOs. b. Long, of Buncombe. fo
Auditor; r. Ii. Lyon, of Bladen, fo1
Attorney General; Rev. J. W. Woody
of Guilford College, for Superinten
dent of Public Instruction: Marion
Butler, of Sampson, and Harry Skin
ner, of Pitt, for Electors at Large: w
y. Guthrie, of Durham, for Associate
Justice Supreme Court: W. ii. Worth
of Lenoir, for Treasurer.
/ The Peoples Party State Convention
met in Raleigh on Tuesday. About
twenty-five counties were not repre-
scented: Alexander, Camden, Chero-
| llee, ChOwan, Clay, Dare, Davie, Ora
ham, Henderson, Jackson, Mitchell,
Pender, Polk, Stanly, Stokes, Surry,
Swain, Pennsylvania, Tyrrell, Union,
| Watauga, Yadkin and Yancey
There were $50 delegates. w. r.
| Lindsay called the convention to order
and it maintained more or less order
during the day and evening Marion
Butler presided and saw himself twice
defeated for nomination, and on the
third and last call he was made Elec-
torat-Large.
There was punster in the hall by
the name of Eaton, of Vance county
lie was highly cOlOred delegate and
lie said that the Peoples party could
make their own clothes because it had
Weaver and it was going to skin the
other parties with Skinner.
There was great deal of enthuSi-
assn about Col. Harry Skinner. He
was spoken of as the next Governor
and everybody seemed anxious to sec
Ond the nomination. Col. Skinner
was greeted with great enthusiasm
when he began his speech and with
none at all when he concluded He
said that he would make the fight
square from the shoulder. He concIu-
ded as follows:
If at any hour there appears such
division wrought among the white
people of this country that the Re
publican machine. the common cause
of all our evils and the enemy of us
all and of our country, has and is sur
reptitiOuSly taking advantage of our
division and white supremacy is en-
dangered, L want to advise you of it
l shall be patriot to North Carolina
and advise you of the dangers in
which you are"
Then there was confusion. The
delegates didn't know what to do.
There was no more cheering for Skin
ner. One delegate cried out Il move
that SINNERS name be taken down"
Others cried: Take him down." Skin
ner was called back to explain, but his
explanation left him where he was
before. The. delegates were still as
tonished and at sea. a motion that
his nomination be reconsidered was
seconded at once by score of men.
Then there were motions to adjourn
so that the convention could recover
its sensations and the delegates be-
come cool. y third time Col. Skinner
came forward to explain and this time
he said: Il will support the men you
nominate today" This was regarded
as Il Withdrawal, but Marion Butler
said that the conditions spoken of by
Col. Skinner had been magniffed and
would not occur; there would be no
Republican State ticket.
Col. L. b. Long got up and said that
they had been fooled. He withdrew
his second to SINNERS nomination.
Nat Macon declared that ifhe thought
Skinner would surrender the party
he would cut the COlOnel's throat with
an old jack-knife. Elias Carr. t. r.
Jerrigan rand f. NJ. Simmons looked
down upon this turbulent scene and
smiled. Finally the convention de
cided to adjourn till SD o'clock
In the afternoon session DR.. L. N
Durham was nominated for Secretary
of State. Somebody nominated Mari
on Butler for this office, but Butler
said he hoped that the ticket would
be made up without calling on him.
He was III this fight and ready to
fight to a finish. He talked again
about his ''change of heart" saying
that if he accepted Office the partisan
press would say that the change was
for the purpose of getting Office. He
said that it was his purpose to get all
the Alliancemen in the Third party,
and that he could not do so much for
this work if he were ii candidate.
The ballot resulted Durham, 302,
Butler III.
Long, the life long Buncombe Re
publican. was ~ 4Iinated for Auditor
w. }. Peele, H. Ii. Lyon, w. III. Ma
lone ana II. j. Linncy were nominated
for Attorney General. Lyon was NOM
mated, the others with drawing.
Rev. Mr.. Woody, of Guilford Col
Iege, was nominated for Superintend-
ent Of Public Instruction.
Mr.. Macon gave away a secret by
saying that Mr.. Buffers constituents
proposed to run him for Congress. A
Sampson delegate thereupon called on
the entire convention to support Mr..
Butler for this office. Mr.. Butler
thanked his friend, but said that he
wished him and others to vote for an
other man. He did not wish to be
candidate, but if he were nominated
of course he could not decline
EXum was nominated for Governor
over j. NJ. Mewborne, of Lenoir, by
vote of 263a to 2201.
The other nominations were made
in due form. The best received speech
of the convention was that made by
negro named Eaton. He said the
blood of thousands of negroes was
dripping in sight of the Declaration
of Independence, but not one of the old
party'S had come to the relief of the
negroes. The delegates crowded
around him and shouted SEQ on.''
A noticeable feature at intervals
during the day was the action of a
delegate named Egleston, who wore a
dusty black suit and beaver. He had
crowd of negroes about him fire.
quently in front of the hall preaching
the necessity of civil rights, etc, and
said it was the intention of the Peo-
pies party to recognize them as social
canals of tho whites