The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-29
THE FIGURES GIVEN
The Russell Men Put Them
selves Away Ahead in the
Gubernatorial Race.
CLAIM SIXTY VOTES
From Counties in Which Con
ventions Have Already
Been Held.

These, Says Jim Young, are the Mu-
Millions of the DockerY Warfare
in Wake County.
Republican politics in Wake county
are boiling over and the two contend
INC factions are claiming everything
in sight. and lots CT things tnat are
out of sight. Forty-eight hours ago
the Dockery crowd were claiming the
county by good big odds and their fig
ures would easily establish the claim,
the report of the Hon. Samuel Gle
ments, from Holly Springs printed in
Yesterdays paper, set the Dockery
men to whooping, but the visit of the
Holly Springs leader to the capital and
his frequent chats with Harris, 1oung
and Company has had much to do with
loosening up the bow knot with which
the Holly Springs instructions were
tied and even bets of from 70 cents
down. could be had yesterday that Rus
sell would get Holly Springs.
The publication from the Whining
ton Sentinel in which it was claimed
that Russell had said that 1.-THE ne
groes would steal six days in week
and shout it all off on Sunday" was, SO
said Jim Young, the subject of Leaks
sermon on Sunday last, in which SER
mon he took occasion to roast the New
Hanover candidate in unmeasured
terms.
Leak also had printed either at
Leaks or somebody elses expensea cart
load of circulars containing this nubli-
cation. But Jim Young, Loge Harris
and other Russellites say that these
lies are so old that they are bald-head-
ed, and can deceive nobody.
The Dockery crowd declare that Rus
sell viii not have twenty delegates in
the convention Saturday. The Rus
selIites in turn declare that Dockery
will hardly have a bakers dozen when
the convention is assembled. The en-
tire fight has been transferred to Wake
county and the results Of other county
conventions are used only as they may
effect the result here. Saturday last was
a sort of a Red Letter day for DockeTy
and nearly all the county conventions
that met that day declared either
equivocalIy or unequiyocally for the
Richmond county candidate, but the
Russell returns began pouring in yes
terday and before sun down jim
Young had added to his list the dele
gates from Carteret, 0nslow, Bladen.
Caldwell. Edgecombe, half of Johnston
and half of Chowan and after sun
down came a despatch from Dare say
ing that Russell had carried that cOun-
tn. All this new Russell news was
spread over Raleigh almost immediate
III and sent out all through the county.
III was said that ex-sheriff =. Rowan
Rogers was out in the country going
from precinct to precinct whooping
mp the Russell forces.
Jim Young, Loge Harris and Bailey 4
OF North Carolina declared that Hand
Jones had been shut out by the Russell
crowd in his own precinct, Rolesyille,
that he had gone from there after his
defeat to try his hand at Mitchell's
mills, where he was again shut out and
that at last accounts he was making
a campaign for delegate at large from
Wake Forest with the chances two to
one against him there.
IT was said that Hamilton had d fair
III good show to be elected delegate
from RolesvilIe until j. Rowan Rogers
arose in the meeting and charged him
with being gold bug and dared him
to deny it, this put Hamilton f., in
hole from which his friends could not
extricafe him and lost the precinct
to Dockery.
The Raleigh ward primaries are TO
be held on Friday night and the indi-
cations are that all past Republican
primaries, were deaf and dumb insti-
tutes compared with what these meet
ings will be.
JUDGE DUsSELL HERE.
The Russell BAH in Raleigh will be
put 10 rolling III Metropolitan Hall to-
night when Jim Yonng's promised
overflow meeting viii be held. Judge
Russell arrived in Raleigh yesterday
and will be the lion Of to-night's meet
ing. J G. Logan Harris win preside,
provided there be a quorum present,
and the speakers, in addition ID Judge
Russell, will he James III. Young, e.
Thomas Bailey and Joe Braan.
I've viii show tslat little DJclsery gang
that they can't hold a meeting a little
bit iii Raleigh, said Jim Young last
night "And we viii show them, TOO,
that their campaign Of Leak. lies, lucre
and liquor will not work in Wake coun-
ty"
JUDGE RUSSELL TALKS.
Judge Daniel IT, Russell was seen In
bis room at the Park Hotel early LAST
evening. He was surrounded by sew
eral Of his Supporters, and when asked
for his version Of the present status
between himself and Dockery, he said:
Il don't care to be giving out figures
myself. but we have got the figures,
and these gentlemen can give them to
YOU, If they care 70.
4 table Of figures from ali counties
where conventions have been held was
then made out in Judge Russell's room,
and il claimed by Harris, Young, Bal
ley and other Russell managers to be
correct
FIRST DISTRICT.
For RUSSELL Dare, 2; Carteret, 2;
Currituck, 2: Camden, 2; Chowan, i:
Tyrrell, 2. Total, IL
For Dockery-C howan, 4