The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-27
The Democrats o etropoli
tain County Meet IN Con-
vention.
a STRONG TICKET NAMED
And a Determination Evinced
TO Carry the County For
Democracy In Novem-
Der.
FREE SILVER THE SLOGAN
And Only the Stanuchest Friends of
Reform Are Named as Candidates
"A Strong Fight to be Wag-
ed Against the Gold
Combine

ed Against the Gold
Combine
For the Senate, I'll. C. Olive, of Apex.
For the House of Representatives,
n. B. Broughton, of Raleigh
Fab. A. Whitaker, of st. Mary's.
J. H. Fleming, of Neuse.
For Sheriff, NJ. w. Page, of Norris
vile.
For Register of Deeds, Willard Mial,
of Marks Creek.
For Treasurer, VIM. S. Harris, of
Raleigh.
For Surveyor, Geo. w. Atkinson, of
Swift Creek
For Coroner, DIR. L. p Sorrell, of
Houses Creek.
For county commissioners, VIM. n.
Smelling, of Raleigh; DIR. M. L. Fowler,
of Little River; T. S. Lynne, of Oak
Grove.
The aboFe is the ticket that was
named by the Wake county Democrat
ic convention yesterday. 1T was one
of the largest and most harmonious
conventions ever held in the county
Every voting precinct in the county
was well represented ard there were
nearly 400 Of the unterified Democrats
of the county present. The ticket is
on of the strongest that has ever been
named by a Wake county convention.
There is not a man on it that was
a candidate for the position he holds,
and yet there is not one on it that is not
willing to make any sacrifice in the
interest of the people of Wake county,
there is not man on it that any man
in Wake county would be afraid to
risk in any position, and there is not
a truer, more honest, or more patriotic
set of men to be found in Wake county
or any other county in North Caro-
lima. There is not man on the ticket
that owes his position to any trade or
deal with any Mark Hanna Clique or
gold bug combina ton, there is not
man on it that will vote for any gold
bug for President of the United States.
and there is not a candidate for the
Legislature on it that will vote for any
man for the United States Senate I'M
less he is a staunch and answering
friend of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at a ratio of 16 to /. There
was no voting down or tabling of free
silver resolutions in yesterdays con-
vention, there is not a man in Wake
county that will walk out of that con-
vention and say that free silver has
been stabbed in the home of it's
friends.
There is not a candidate for the Leg
islature on that ticket that will not
pledge himself, if elected to vote a.
gainst Jeter c. Pritchard or any other
gold bug for the United States Senate.
There was no enc man power that
pulled the wires in yesterdays Woke
county convention, there was no ghost
of Mark Hanna lurking in the wake
of the honest yeomen that controlled
that convention, there are no dissatis-
fed delegates to come out and say,
oh for a chance to expose the rotten
ness of the power that controlled that
convention" It was a meeting of the
people, a coming together of men who
had principles, and not pelf at stake,
a mingling CT minds whose every nm
pulse was honest and whose everv mo-
tive was pure. It was an aSsemblage
of men whose only desire was to lift
up a banner untouched by the fingers
Of suspicion, a banner having written
on its everv corner VIM. j. Brian and
free silver with not a corner left on
which to write the name of Mark
Hanna, or 6ne of his allies.
This was the character of yester-
days Wake county Democratic con-
vention, and these are the kind of men
this convention named as its candi-
dates The voters of Wake county
may rise above prejudices and personal
chickering's and elect this ticket. il
they do there is not man among them
that will not the night after the cleo
ton peacefully sleep in the full assur-
ance that so far as Wake county is con-
cerned all is well. The voters of the
county may let party prejudices and
personal jealousies sway their better
Judgment and defeat this ticket it they
do there is not one among them that
will not reflect and say to himself,
"Have I not in an unguarded mo-
ment allowed men who are not my
friends to lead me away from those
who are my friends" We have faith In
the integrity of the men of Wake, and
we believe that when election day
comes they will spurn the mongrel
Mark Hanna gold bug mixture that
has been fixed up for them by the IN
natural alliance that held sway in Raj
eigh on Thursday last.
Yesterdays Democratic county con-
vention was called to order at l2:5O
o'clock in Metropolitan Hall by Mr.. j..
Newton Holding, chairman of the coun-
ty Democratic Executive committee.
Mr. Holding made short speech in
which he predicted success for the
ticket that the convention was about
to name. He called upon Mr.. ARMS
tead Jones to act as temporary chair
man and Mr.. f. B. Arendell as temper
airy secretary. Mr.. Jones in taking the
chair congratulated the Democrats of
Wake county in having assembled to-
gether such a large determined aud
enthusiastic convention, and declared
that it was an evidence Of the deter
mination of the people of the county
to reclaim it from the hands of those
who seemed to care only for the petty
offices they held.
A roll of the townships was called