The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-03

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not adopt silver platform, and we
should not adopt one in the State"
| And then he began the onslaught
on Russell: "a man who writes OF my
race that they came thieves from their
mothers womb's; a man that wrote
| that THE negro was more fit to labor
in the penitentiary than to legislate
| in the halls of Congress such Il rnan
has no claims ON me; he has no claims
on the colored race"
"Name him!" was the cry.
ives all know who he is, said a
delegate.
"I'lI not be personal" said Leak.
Rev. Leak killed twenty minutes
more of good time waiting for the
credentials committee to come in. But
they didn't come in, and he gave up
through sheer lack of breath.
Jim Young was loudly called for.
Russell has, as everyone knows, three
fourths of the people in the hail." he
began. "But / say nothing against the
other fourth who are for Dockery. /
take no laurels from Mr.. Dockery, but
L will say here that in 1892, two years
before Dockery, Mr.. Dan'l i. Russell
advocated fusion. (Yells all over the
hall.) And he was seconded by Hon.
j. G.. Logan Harris, of Wake county"
cloud applause.)
II want to ask you whether Russell
said the negroes were all natural-born
hoodlums and thieyes?" asked Good
win.
Young; Judge Daniel L. Russell
said on this platform that the report
that he wrote that letter was a lie"
Goodwin: Il want to ask you If you
didn't sign a letter saying that Rus
sell wrote that?"
ssWelI, it was This way" Jim replied,
II was for Harrison, Russell was
against him, we were fighting then.
and we whipped him out of his boots.
We beat 'em Just as we have beat the
Dockery men in Wake county.
As to Russell's maligning me, if he
can say more mean things about me
than ] can say about him, / amt going
to make any fuss, but will just say
he's the smaTtest man.
s'As to the statement that Russell
tried to get me in the penitentiary. |
don't know anything about it. He
had nothing to do with lit.
1.-THE Democrats not only want to
get Jim Young in the penitentiary, but
also every black man they can't buy
or control.
Here Ham Jones came in and called
Jim down, carrying him to the COM
mittee room where the contests were
raging.
The whole hall rose in a body and
called for Loge Harris.
He came to the platform,
For the second time :" he said, II
have arisen from sick bed to attend a
Republican convention.
To-day serious condition con-
fronts both races in the State. That one
thing necessary to the success of the
party in this State, cooperation, is in
danger. Without lit, success is impos-
sible. There is no sacrifice that an hon
ora,ble man can make that / am not
willing to make to secure this end.
He worked up the fusionists by de-
daring THAT lit they did not get to-
gether and have fusion, that the DEM
ccrats would carry the State and dis
franchise every one of them. He de-
claIed that if the Republicans had lis
tered to him in 1892 they would have
had fusion then, and would have car
ried the State. He predicted fusion and
success in November by $4,000. He
praised Russell and declared when he
was Governor and they had the legis-
IatlITe. they would wipe out that law
that requires a man to own land before
he can sit on jury, and said laws
would be passed making positions on
school boards and other like places
available to negroes. Russell viii con-
tend for these, and If one of you color
cd men goes TO see him you won't have
to stand out and cool your heels, while
he sits in his office and talks to Demo
Gratis He said Russell on the bench had
recognized the civil rights and opened
public halls and like places to a colored
man and his wife and children. After
announcing himself for free coinage,
he retired.
Stewart Ellison and Z. A. johnson
were called for simultaneously Elli-
son arose. but the johnson crowd kept
Yelling until Johnson himself came for
ward and insisted on their hearing
Ellison.
When Ellison sat down Ed. johnson
was called for.
Just because we are wrangling here,
the Democrats needn't think we are too
far apart to get together inNoyember, >
lie said, as ne stepped to the front.
He said. The respectable portion
al the Republican party in North Car
olina are fer Dockery. The reason we
think Russell is the weakest candidate
III the State, is because he has said SO
0uch against the Republicans. The
idea Of voting for a man who called you
savages."
swell, we are going to vote for him,
anyway" yelled dozen Russellites.
And then Rome howled, on the right
hand and on the left Eat him up,
savage" was one Of the fayorite cat
calls.
As soon as he could get in word
sideways, Johnson said Russell called
on a young coHored newspaper man and
be told the Wilmington man, Get out,
don't want any such damned cattle in
my office"
And then the row broke loose agin.
IF the Democratic party ever has an
excuse for DISTINGUISHING the negro, it
would be the election of Dan Russell.
Russell has paid for this coun-
tv; Ii remains to be seen whether he
gets il. "(l}ussell! Russell'). Some
men have gone to the primaries i'm this
county and shut out all white Republi-
cans. How are you going to get your
votes counted unless the White Repub-
leans stand at the polls.
I'VE haye no right to surrender the
Governor to the Populists," Ed. John
son said; s'but If we can get the POpu-
lists to vote for our candidate, we are