The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-01
He Pulls His Clans Together az
Metropolitan Hall.
CONSERVATIVE SPEECHES
Russell and His Crowd Severely
Scored by the Dockeryites.
scRuoes MAKES a SENSATION
His Denunciation of Russell was
Scathirg and whitening and
Was Generally APP
pIauded.

It is the truth, ana mourning put the
truth that the effort to control the ne
groes in Wake county that has been
going on for more than a week, rs dis
gushing and shameful, and the appeals
no their ignorance, superstition and
prejudice has been little less than I'M
cendiarv. but it must be said in per-
feet fairness that the meeting held by
Leak and his crowd in Metropolitan
Hall last night, but for few utter
ances of Pat Stewart and one or two
other speakers, would have ben reason
ably decent, compared with the meet
ing held by Russell and his crowd Wed
nesday night. 1t was really genteel.
Leak got his brass band out early after
supper, and by o'clock the hall was
about half full of the more respectable
class of the negroes of Raleigh, with
a small sprintling of white men,
1t had been announced that JOAN Z.
Dancey, of Salisbury, would be one OF
the speakers, but he wired that he
could not get here. The nesting was
presided over by G. ii. King a decent
looking colored preacher OF Green's
moro. VINO. oh Ndh4A2 ,llIC ENAAeb&As
nounced that he was a Republican, and
one who was not willing to be going
about begging the Populists to fuse
unless they wanted to fuse. He thought
more of the Democrats than he did of
that little runt Populist party any how,
because ne could always tell where TO
find the Democrats, but you never
knew where to find a Populist.
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white man. and it is strange, but true,
that the white Republican speakers are
ten times as bitteras the negroes. Stew
art, after cussing out Butler and the
PopuIists, and declaring that Butler
was no better than Benedict Arnold,
turned his attention to the Democrats,
and declared that for twenty years
they had disfranchised every citizen in
North Carolina, and that in November
next they would "hurl from power ey-
ersy one of these terrible wretches."
DR.. Shepperd, a slim young Pill roller
from Durham, was the next speaker TO
speak for ten or fifteen minutes, said
that the Republican party was going
to stop running after fusion. that it
was regaining its manhood and was
determined to make a straight Repub-
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cipIes and tell the Populists that if
they didn't play in our backyard we
won't play in theirs. He spoke of RUS
sell as the meanest judge that ever sat
on the bench in North Carolina and
declared that no self-respecting negro
would vote for him.
Mr. T. p DeNereux next spoke, de-
claring himself for Docl1ery and for
straight old-fashion Republican fight.
lyon don't find DoclIery down here
apologizing for a lot for things that
has been said and printed" said Dew
ereux.
DIR. T.. a. Scrnggs was next called for.
He resisted the call at first but the
crowd yelled louder for him. So he
advanced TO the stage, and before he
had spoken three minutes he had
created a sensation. II am no politi-
cian," said ScrHggs, "but | desire to
register my a.ernal and everlasting pro-
test against the effort that was made
here last night to array the black man
against the white man. 1t is wrong. 1t
is wrong; it is nnSyise, il is unjust, it
is dangerous and damnable, thunder
ed the speaker, and the crowd went
wild. Hold your political meetings
if Won wish to- he continued, 'sbe Re-
y
for your sake. for my sake, for your
children's sake, for your country's
sake, and for Gods sake keep
down such inhamatoTy political
haranges as was delivered In
this hall by Daniel Il. Russell last
night, The white man and the black
ggiaza tive here iii this Southland to-
gether, tits out country out homes are
here our interests and our firesides are
at stake. We have no wars with our
white friends. Needn't want any and
1t is our duty tosspurn any MAJ who
attempts to arose the prejudices Of one
race against the other / condemn
ssuch vile ntterances, I despise them
and any man or men that utters them,
and if j was a God, / would forever
damn the man who utters them DIR.
Seruggs was terribly in earnest and
every man present. white and black
cheered every sentence. 1T was
hnmiliating 10 the white men present
to hear a negro denOuncing white
man for infaming the race prejudice
of the negroes. but they thanked him
for ii"
u. a. johnson, the colored lawyer.
follow ed Scruggs amt spoke of RUS
sells bitter denunciations Of the me-
gToes. declaring thas no unbought,
self-respecting negro could support
him for Governor.
Leak was the next and last speaker.
He arraigned Young for making
Roberts a magistrate, and declared
that they might call him What they
pleased but be would rieper vote for a
man for anything who had done this.
He scored Russell and luaded Dockery.
and said thaf Russell had declared ttat
the negroes always followed the rascals
bat Russell was one rascal they would
never follow. He paid his respects to
J. c. Logan Harris. and produced the
copy of the Signal inrwhich Harris had
had said that the negroes smelled
worse than the rankest brand of g.uanO.
HOG CHOLERA NEAR CARY.