The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-14

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| ard.
| After the Pritchard meeting and en-
| dorsement, the Dockery men who
were formerly for Pritchard for Uni
| ted States Senator, were vehemently
declaring that they would fight him
| to the last ditch, many of them declar-
1 ing that they would never support
| Pritchard nor vote for any man who
| favored him for United States Senator.
| The Russell men came to Raleigh
with boots full of knives for Holton,
and they began using them imme-
/ diately. The failure of the executive
committee to meet and make up tenn
| porary roll, only intensified the fight
| aginst Holton. 1T was said that Boyds
friends had joined cheerfully in the
fight against Holton and some declar-
ed that the proposition to make Pritch-
ard chairman came from the Boyd
faction. Moody lay low and said moth
/ ing. His contingent from the Ninth
district was so busy with Pritchard
that the gubernatorial candidate from
/ beyond the ridge was almost lost
sight of i'm the fracas. They want
Moody for Governor if they can get
him, and get Pritchard for everything
else, but they want Pritchard for ey-
erything else first.
Lusk and his six votes got lost in
the scuffie and had not been heard Of
at last accounts.
Clarke with an accent ON the Ike,
of Craven, backed up by O'Hara and
few others are here protesting against
the seating of the Craven county Rus
sell delegates, claiming that Liquor
and Lucre controlled the Craven coun-
4 ty convention.
John Williamson, of Franklin, stalks
about exhibiting conspicuously the
scalps Of Jim Young and ex-Sheriff
Moore, that he took in the Fourth dis
trict convention yesterday.
Ed. Johnson and w. III. Martin are
happier than Loge Harris was when
/ he was elected chairman of the Wake
county convention, they go to Chicago
uninstructed and that's what's the
/ matter with Hanna.
LAST NIGHTS GERMAN.
The Capital Club gave very pleas
ant german last evening. Mr. Henry
Miller lead
The couples dancing We're:
Mr.. G. X. Turner and Miss Mary
Calder, of Wilmington: Mr.. w. J. An
dreyFs and Miss Maben, of New York
Mr. NJ. III. Boyden and Miss Sophy
Busbee. Mr.. w W. Robards and Miss
Gertrude Bush, Mr.. A. p. Massey and
Miss Mary benson, Mr.. B. w. Baker
and Miss Kathryn Haywood, Mr. A. n.
Andrews. Jr., and Miss Lydia Hoke,
Mr.. r.. l.. Gray and Miss Mary Ship,
Mr.. S. J. Hinadale and Miss Jane An
drews, Mr.. A. G. Avery, Jr., and Miss
Elizabeth Hinsdale, Mr. r. G. benson
and Miss Ethel Bagley, Mr. i. NJ.
Stronach and Miss Elizabeth TAYLOR.
Mr.. G. III. PrDtchett and Miss Janet
BADGER, Mr.. III. III. King and Miss
Mamie Simmons.
Stays Thos. II. Bush, A. J. Cowan.
Jno. Howard, Perrin Busbee, Jno.
Stronach and S. g. Bachelor.
COMMITTEE DIDN'T MEET.
The Republican State Executive
/ Committee didn't meet Yesterday. II
was to have convened at ten O'clock to
make mp the list Of delegates but chair
man HoltOn and the Dockeryites stay-
ed away, and the committee never did
meet.
So "Russell's Returning Board" fell
through.
Holton will this morning name the
committee on credentials, a majority
OF whom will be DOckery men: and
then the contests win be fought out
ia open convention.
WHAT ABOUT FUSION?
Col. James r. Boyd said: Il am in
| favor of fusion on the lines laid down
| by the Republican executive commit
tee, if it can be had. / think the rank
SIC e +T,a DCr,,lsg+t-
MS on these lines"
Judge Russell said last night: 81
| think this convention will approve of
what the Republican executive com
mittee did regarding fusion, and will
| offer that as basis Of fusion with
| the Populist party"
TO-DAY'S CONVENTION.
| Chairman Holton will call the con-
yention to order at noon to-day in
Metropolitan Hall He will then am
nounce the committee on credentials.
1t is plain that there will be no nomi-
nation on the first ballot. After that
the instructed delegates may go for
whom they please, and there is like
~ to be some swift changing of votes.
The matter of nomination is all con-
lecture. Russell and Dockery are so
close together that each really fears
the other Boyd viii go in with thirty
votes Col. r. M. Douglas viii nomi-
nate him. Moody claims he will enter |
the convention with 26 votes, and that |
he is there to stay. Dockery claims III |
and Russell puts his figures even
higher than that.
FUSION SCHEME FAILS.
The Gill-Amis Populists held a meet
ing yesterday afternoon and appointed |
Spier Whitaker a committee of one to |
consult with the Republican fusion
committee and arrange the basis Of fu- |
sion between the Republicans and Pop |
ulists Plummer Rowland, of Vance, |
claimed that there were seventy dele |