The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-14

wanted FOenC0ufage tIl6 Ojul4SeFs "a jul
the mountains, especially Cleveland,
which having been next to the banner
Democratic county had been converted
to Populism. He seconded Hanrlck.
Mr. Atwater, of Chatham, seconded
MIR. Sims.
BUTLER GAVE THE WORD.
The counties were called and it
seemed that Hamrick was elected, but
the counties by some unanimous I'M
pulse tumbled over one another III
charging for Hal. Aver, and 1T was
going his way with rush. aver was,
of course. Buffers choice, and he was
greatly interested in the choice, and
as usual Butler won, the con
vention going through the re-
markable performance Of making
the nomination by reclamation, the
result of the ballot not even having
been announced. But Hal. has many
friends in Raleigh, specially in the
newspaper craft, who were glad of his
success Butler only had to pass the
word and it went. Aver made a short
and happy speech of acceptance. Aver
was congratulated humorously by Au
ditor Furman, who sat in the box.
Ohio Wilson moved to adjourn until
tomorrow, but was howled down.
q. Garrett, Of Vance. thought things
Mad gotten so harmonious that they
could now make the nomination of
Dockery unanimous, ard so made his
motion, which was put but there were
fifty or more noes, Te porary Chair
man Hoover, however, declaring it
carried.
Senator Butler came. forward
amidst perfect quiet to second the
nomination of Mayor Caldwell, OF
Statesville, for Attorney General. Mr..
Butler said he had heard something
of this being one mar 5 convention.
but no one, man could run Populist
convention. (Applause.) Mr.. Butler
eNtolled Mr.. Caldwell, the new convert,
and suddenly he said he was going to
ask the convention net to elect Mr..
Caldwell. Then Mr.. Butler went into
an eulogy of a young man who headed
up in Zeb. Vance Walser. This was
on the slate, and it had to go, and so
Caldwell had to go. Butler said he
was man who would add enough
votes to the ticket to elect. He was
sure that Mr.. Caldwell, the man upon
whom the convention was about to
put the honor, would withdraw, and
asked that the nomination be made
by reclamation. Mr.. Caldwell was
about to come forward and Butler
asked recognition for him, bat Skin
ner broke in again saying he was here
to object to suspension of the rules.
Why nominate Mr.. Zeb. Vance Walser2
If it was right to nominate Mckinley
Walser, it was right to vote for Nc
kinely Pritchard. and yet Mr.. Buffers
paper was opposing Pritchard because
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within the sound of his voice and he
asked him to come forward and say
whether he would vote for Bryan and
Watson, if he would do it, he would
support him. There were quite
number Of expressions of approval in
the midst of SINNERS kick. Put you
are going to nominate him at Senator
Buffers word" mo we amt" yelled
Nat. Macon from the rear, IF he is
going to vote for Mckinley" Skinner
said he was in town and could speak
for himself. (''Let him speak," some
delegates cried.)
Mr.. Caldwell said the convention
should follow Butler and nominate
Walser, bst he was followed by a
delegate who said that Walser only
ten minutes ago had told him he was
going to vote for Mckinley and
Hobart Buck Kitchin said he was
sorry to have to say what ne was going
TO say, but if Walser was a Populist, he
had been converted since 1880 o'clock.
Before he was through he was going
to ask for a committee to escort Mr..
Walser here to say whether or not he
would support Bryan and Watson. Mr..
kitchin stood near the stage in the
middle and spoke with tremendous
feryor and force. Kitchin said now the
thing was developing; t was plain
now that they were trying to get Re
publicans and PopuIists together,
when there was no similarity of princi-
pie between them. lie called upon
those who loved the cause not to put
themselves iii q position to be called
deceiYers, pfunder-hunters Some man
ought to get upon that stand and tell
why we should put a Mckinley man
upon the Popnlist ticket. If you put
him there "a voice: 'But we aint go
ing to do it.m VIII not vote for. him un-
less he can proclaim the doctrine OF
the party from the ocean to Murphy,
from one end of the State to the other.
Nat Macon jumped up TO move to
send for him
Kitchin said it vas the duty of the
man who put him up to send for hfm.
Ii was suggested that Senator Butler
would give his word.
'sAfr Buffers word Won't do" ex-
claimed Mr.. Kitchin,
DR.. Freeman, OF Wilson, moved to
table. Butler suggested in an under
tone, that the motion to table came
first, and Senator Hoover put the mo-
tiOn, the result of which was doubtful
Mr.. Wood, Of BERTHE, said he was sur
prised that any motion shotld be made
to table motion 10 ask gentleman
TO come here to express his views. One
delegate raised the poim5 that the
motion 10 table was not debatable.
For Gods sake don't gag u.s." cried
Wood
Afoye, Of Pitt, warned to adjourn.
The excitement was growing.
Mr.. Houser, of Lenoir, got the floor.
Mr. Houser was engrossing clerk of
the last House, and went into some
rambling mix-up uhat he had about
clerks in the last Legislature. (',Well,
what's that got to do with it" yelled
a delegate. "Come to the point.") Mr..
H0user kent on. for the purpose. as