The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-14
Raleigh Is Full OF Shouting
Republican Rioters.
RUSSELL OR DockERY !?
Or Will Tt Be Boyd or a Dark
Horse?
PR.TcAARO FOR CHAIRMAN
The Cookery Men Denounce RusseIfs
Tactics in Taking Charge of the
Pritchard and Mckinley
Tactics.
They are all here.

They are all here.
Old grizzly, Mossy-back 1s68-er, his
memory clear with the good old days
when the Radical Legislature adjourn
ed in a drunken jubilee, and danced
hands all round in the rotunda of
the capitol. Visions of a return to the
good old days of Littlefield and free
whiskey; special tax bonds and bride
money in plenty; the negro on top
and the white man on the bottom; big
taxes and lavish expenditures; plen-
ty of jobs and the Legislature in ses-
sion two thirds of the year-visions
of these halcyon days and big pick
ms" have brought up the old-timers
from Abe Middleton and Gee
French to Old Hoola-Boom.
Most Of this class of delegates
havn't been in Raleigh since good gov
eminent and low taxes came in with
Zeb Vance, but the hope of another
term of Republican rule has brought
them back to life.
Then there are the politicians, some
young and some older, who like the
poor are always with US, and who
come regularly to make the biennial
fight for the control of ''the machine"
Did YOU ever hear Of a Democratic row
over the craftsmanship of the executive
committee? No. The reason. is that
the Democrats love to smash a ma
chine:" the machine" controls in the
Republican party. These politicians
are here working for the machine"
because it means power and spoils.
The row for the machine" has been
the greatest factor in Republican con-
MENTIONS ever since there was a Repub-
lican party in North Carolina. Mott
and Eaves were formerly the chief
combatants Now they are both here,
Mott an out-and-out silver man. hop
ing to see his party go back on its re-
cord and go for free coinage of silver.
He is bold to say that no true silver
man can vote for Mckinley, and he is
trying to take the Republicans into the
new silver party. Eaves, too, is here,
but if ne takes any interest in what
is going on, he doesn't show it. He
seems calm and serene amid hustle
and confusion; unmoyed amid hate and
bitterness; an independent man,where
every other fellow is bound up with
others.
Then there are the young fellows
like Blackburn, Pritehard, Walser
Holton, Settle, the Doclzery's who have
had taste of political life and the
sport and the excitement, and who
see greater honOrs in store for them in
the. near future. They are full of inn
agination and hope, and believe that
the Republican party will shortly re
turn to power for all time. And they
are ready to help it into power, but
every one of them wants 70 ride IN the
front chariot, getting the best Tor
himself. They are quick to say to
Democrats: eve had nothing to do
with the rasoaIfby of 186S-'69. That
was before we brought our immacu-
late lives into the party. We are the
lily whites"
And then there is the real Republi-
can voter-the negro, old fashioned,
new fashioned, and with no fashion
at all. who make up 90 per cent OF
the party vote, and give ii whatever
of strength or standing it has. The
new negro is not like the old negro.
He has cult standing hat in hand be-
fore his white Radical brethren, and
taking orders. That's a thing of the
pasf. He is the master Of the feast,
pIays the leading fiddle, calls out the
..figgers" and makes the white follow
ers dance to his music. just
as Jim Young and Rev. Leak are the
real leaders in Wake county, ther and
Daucy. Williamson, Johnson, Nhite
and Cheatham and others are the dc
tators of the party in the State. j.
Wiley Shook, who is somewhat sensl-
tive about having the negroes crack
inc their whip has obtained partial
promise from Russell's 'sayages" not
to take too open possession OF the
convention, as it might hurt The party
in the west Nearly all the coloFed
delegates have promised 70 take J.
Wiley's advice, except the Honorable
Sink Quick. Esq, of the county OF
Richmond and the abraham
Middleton. OF the county Of Duplin.
Sink Quick is the head man of Dock
ery's shouters, and his fog-horn-VOice
can be heard from Rhamkatte 10 Wolf
Pitt anv clear day. Abraham Middleton
is RusselPs" and shouter, and
since the last Legislature elected him
over a one-legged Confederate soldier,
Abe has come 10 feel his oats. 1T these
two eminent leaders of the party are
not to be heard, in the language OF
Flanagan, of Texas, they will eN-
claim: .'Nhat are we here for?" The
colored man and brother is here and
in a large majority, he will be heard
to-day. even if it does CRATE upon the
sensitive ears Of the western Republi-
cans.
Russell and Dockery's ''rooters" are
both the worst deceived men in the
world, or they are the biggest Mum
chausens alive. Each one claims TO
be confident OF a nomination on first
ballot, though it does not now look to
an outsider that this is probable.
Yesterday afternoon the figfs be-
tween Russell and Dockery seemed to
give place to bitterer feeling,if such
thing is possible, over the contest for
State chairman. 1T came to the ears
of Holton and his friends that Senator
p1itcha4d had become afraid to trust
Holton to manage the campaign, and
as he could find no man strong enough
10 put up against him, had resolved
10 do the Quay act, and come out for
the craftsmanship himself This