The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-02
kATSoN aud MASON Head the tt

ket OF u Cong Calling it-sii
D.mocracy-Th..eT Two SONS Prom
1s~ that victory shall Perch Upon Their
8npp.,s-son. Of Toi, Not Ia the scheme
~ Iu,,, sIt-A Merry. Ho~iing scrosch-
~ Mob of "Ke.peotaDiiity'' tncids"t"
ON came the Postmasters,
Federal office men,
Revenue officers,
over Six Hundred.
Lawyers in front of them.
Lawyers to right of them,
Lawyers To left of them,
Some one Has Numbered.
For Governor, CYRUS u. WATSON, of
Forsyth.
For Lieutenant Governor, THOMAS
N. MASON, of Northampton.
For Secretary of State, CHARLES NJ.
ookE, of Franklin.
For State Treasurer, Il. i. AYCOCk,
i wayne.
For State Auditor, Il. NJ. FURMAN,
NJ RuncOmbe.
For Superintendent Of Public In
ltructions, JoHN g. SCAEgoRouGH, of
Ohnston.
For Attorney General, +. /. Os-
oRNE, of Mecklenburg.
For Associate Justices of the Su-
preme Court, A. &. AVERY, of Burke;
Ind GEORGE Ii. BROWN, of Beaufort.
The above is the ticket nominated
BY an assemblage which met in Raj
gh on July 25th and called itself the
Democratic party.
The fellow who undertakes to tell
how it was done faces tough job,
kyen though he may have seen the
Fhole programme from beginning to
ind.
A description of the crowd that did
he work would defy the tongue or
pen of any mortal man.
It is unOrthodox to call Democrat
e convention "howling mob" The
Democratic organization embodies all
he respectability in the State (?) you
know, and their silk woven sensibili-
les would be Jagged and frazZled at
being called mob. But If this con-
gomeration was not "hOwling mOb,
hen the eternal Almighty can never
let gang get together on this earth
hat would deserve that epithet.
4 POpulist or a Republican Conven-
ion that would be as altitudinously
hnd lOngitudinOusly uproarious and
nmultOus a. this convention was.
would be heralded the country over as
he most unruly, disrespeCtful, hOOt-
ng, bowling rabble that ever got to-
kether since the days of the canaille
n France.
But it must be said that the conven-
ion was of good temper and vast hu-
por. There was nothing really acri-
honious about it. 1t kept up ar
Pternal and internal din from start tt
inish, but it was all devoid of harsh
hess.
THE BEGINNING
The Democratic party (not the De
mocracy) began to come in on Mon
day. On Thursday morning ther
were enough people in the city t.
make = big convention, numerical!
speaking.
We want it distinctly understood
that we think it was big convention
but we want it more distinctly under
stood that NOBODY Is SCARED. Ant
the reason for not being scared will
appear later on.
II the various kinds and grades o
Democrats who were present could b'
turned into textile fabrics and joined
together, they would make crazy
quilt of such intricate and complicated
pattern and such diversity of Demo
cratic party color as would give 8
weak minded observer the pOlitica
"jim-jams. The goldbug Democra
was here: the high tariff Democrat
tine low tariff Democrat, the silve
Democrat, the corporation Democrat
the antitrust Democrat, the plai,
trust Democrat, the "my -daddywas
Democrat, the "I-was-born" Demo
crat, the "I-was-rocked-in-the
Democrat, the Observation-Disclosures
at-her-knee" Democrat, the "I-didn't
seek-this-nOmination" Democrat. the "
am willing to make any sacrifice
Democrat, the money -gOOd-in-I \ ur
rnp" Democrat, the victory will
erch-upon-our-banner Democrat, th
drunk Demo oorat, the sober DemOcra
but what's the use of tryin
to name all of them? 1t would TAX
too much time and space. The peopl
already know about them. 1t was
collocation of pOst-masters, revenu
agents, Federal office holders and Law
yers-mostly lawyers. If the trut
could be ascertained THE CAUCAsIA
would bet sixteen to one that MOI
delegates came to this convention {
free railroad passes than ever came
any other convention held in the Sta
Of North Carolina.
ABIG CAUCUS.
The first movement toward anythil
like conference was big cauC
called together on Wednesday mig
in Metropolitan hall. "A question
whether it would be advisable to no
mate a State ticket before the Chica
convention met had arisen, and IL
led to a suggestion that it might
the proper thing to elect delegates
Chicago only at this convention, a
call another State convention ali
the Chicago convention met to non
nate full State ticket. This sugg
tion seemed to be gaining sol
strength and the understood purpC
was to discuss it. The caucus dev
oped, however, into vain, silly, fool
errand chase of some scheme by whi
the Populists might be fooled il
voting the Democratic party ticket.
The very first man called on for
speech in this caucus was Kope Eli
the rankest goldbug Democrat in
State. He said he was gold man
would subordinate his views and I'll
The views of 47,0OO more gold Den
Gratis in the State would be subOr
mated to the will of the majority.
was wildly applauded. Democra
partyites always applaud a man
Will crush down the principles for
sake of party.
Ex-COngressman Thos. G.. Skim
was the next to speak and he decla
4 that it made no difference to this G.
ventiOn whether gold standard II
or a silver man was nominated.
was the Democratic party and I'll
y were going to elect him. He refer
TO the two convention movement &
said 1--WE did not come here to adjOur
Then he strayed away from the mat
before the caucus and by cute IN
ied little stampede in favor of Cy
q ID. Watson for Governor.
II. b. PEBBLES and ThOs. w. Ma
e advocated two conventions. Capt
son had sense enough to acknOwle