Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-14
NEGRO In EVIDENCE.
DELEGATES TO NORTH CAROLINA's
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
One of the Bonner Murderers Makes
Confession-The Safe Was Rob-
bed-The Anti-Holton Faction
Wanted Elsewhere.


The numerousness Of the negro delegates
is one Of the special features OF the big
gathering Of Republicans here. Red
badges with McKlnley's picture are seen
everywhere. Both Russell and Dockery
men wear them. Dockery men wear as
their regular colors llght-blue badges. with
the words. 1886 For Governor, o. II.
Dockery."
The reason why the Republicans OF the
Third District at Warsaw yesterday de-
clined to nominate a congressional candi-
date was that a deal might be made
and Populist Cy. Thompson endorsed as
reward for his revolt against Senator
Butler. 1t was said at the time he re-
volted that this would be the price MS
Republican allies would pay him.
W. H. Brantley. one Of the four white
man who so foulIy assassinated John Il.
Bonner. i'm Beaufort county, last year
and who Is now IN the penitentiary' yes
terday made n confession that the mut
derers got at least 5000 from Boiihet
safe: that after the murder they went
10 his store and opened the safe. brah'-
lev SAYS he did not see the money pu'
that since his stay in the penltentiary
Bell. another OF the murderers, mas tol'l
him and another convict the story Oh
the robbery. -
Yesterday. when the Russell delegation
from Wilmington arrived they display u
much money, and offered 10 oet 10
that Russell would get the nomination
TF a
Uere purchasing or Offering to purchase
Docl,erv delegates votes. IL was rumor
this morning that Russell men were say
ing that he could not get the nomina-
tion but that a third man must be put
No. Russelrs stan officers deny TINS.
THE ANTI-HOLToN FACTION.
II was openly said last night and thls
morning that the anti-Holton faction had
backed down from their aVowed purpose
10 have the State Committee make up lhe
roll OF the convention. Secretary harris
of that committee. says the resoi .i
adopted by the committee was that II
sboi,Id meet here to-day and, II neces-
sary. make up the roll The Iact - II
was frightened out Of It's proposed AZ
ton. IN,
last night and to-day there was talk
Of having Senator Pritcnard as Ihe ~ ~
state chairman Of the party This was
started By one Of Pritchard heutehdh'9'
Senator Fortune. of shelby.
senator Pritchard has all along peen
,,osipy az the apostle Of Mckinleyism III
North Carolina, while II Is now Know
nat lanes T.. Boyd is the real Mchlniey
leader. and that Mckinley wants MN ~
oct the nomination for Governor.
THE POPULIST ANNEX.
-rbts afternoon the meeting Of the Pop
Mist annex to the Republican party was
held mere. This movement was ehBlheeIeu
bv d II. Gill and James Amos, two once
seeking Populists Gill told me TINS morn
ing he and his crowd were Keeping III inc
da1L az much as possible; that they pro-
posed to run their part or the business
and let Senator Butler run his; that many
co,Irties had elected delegates TO their
ont-DutIer conference: that nothing in the
,yorld could break up fusion IN the coun-
ties between Republicans and Populsts
that Butler Is doing all he can TO get
these fusion delegates away; that Butter
has great power: that this whole business
IL a rest OF whether he controls the party
or not. that this is the ultimate result.
In the state convention tomorrow Rus
soil yvlli,have the loudest takers. HIS toi-
lowers are extraordinarily aggressive.
WANTED ELSEWHERE.
covernor carr is advised that W. l..
Winters alias W. T. Whitney, an insu-
rance agent. who was yesterday In Rowan
county sentenced to fifteen months III
The cbain-gang for swindling Is wanted
bv the Governor of South Carolina, ana as
soon as he serves his sentence he VIII
bo turned over to the South Carolina
authorities. He is a confidence man.
rho Sheriff Of Buncombe brought two
oon,,icts TO the penitentiary to-day. The
Sboriof of Rowan brought Bob Boyden,
who gets five years for manslaushter, to
which offence he pleaded guilty. Boyden
SCI fire 10 the guard-house at SALISBURY
and escaped, but Sam Kinmons. who was
in the building, was burned. The charge
against Boyden was the murder OF Kin
mons.
The free-silver-party people say that
they have literally "undermlhed tne GU
narties west Of the Mississippi. and init
mate that neither Populists nor Demo-
Gratis can DO anything with straight, old
fashioned tickets.
W. A. Guthrie, so prominently talked OF
as the Populist or free-silver candidate
for Governor publishes three-column
letter I'm Senator Buffers paper to-day,
in which he says the States have the
right under the Federal Constitution TO
make gold and silver coin Of the United
states. including trade dollars" legal
tender. This is following I'm the lead or
Senator Butler He declares the time
has come for the States, each acting Tor
itself. TO exercise this constitutional power
Of making all silver coin Of the United
States a legal tender In the payment OF
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