The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-14
Con ore ssIonal Convention.

ne KepuDllcan JongIeSSipnal
convention, of this, the fifth dis
trict, met at the court house Tues
day afternoon at 100 o'clock and
were called to order by j. F.
Wray, chairman Of the congress
sional executive committee. M.
N. corbett, colored, was chosen as
temporary secretary.
The chairman announced the
committee on credentials as fol
lows. ]. +. Sykes, of Granville:
j. A. Cheek, Of Orange, J. Zeb
Walker, of Alamance; Mr.. Eckles,
Of Guilford. and w. 7. O'Brien,
Of Durham. The committee made
their report in a few minutes,
which showed that each of the
nine counties were represented.
S. M. Holton was elected per
manent chairman and M. N. Cor
bett, colored, permanent secretary
both by reclamation. Mr.. Hol.
ton was escorted to the chair by
Messrs. Waller and O'Brien, of
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Alamance and Durham, respecti
vely, who were appointed by the
temporary chairman. Chairman
Holton stated the object of the
convention welcomed the. dele.
gates here in the name Of the re-
publican party of Durham county,
and said nominations were in or
der.
]. F. Sykes, of Granville, nomi-
mated Hon. Thomas Settle to sue
coed himself as representative
from this district in congress
Webster, 'colored Of Caswell ncm-
mated S. B. Adams of his county.
Both nominations were seconded
and a roll call Of the counties
showed ~ in favor of Settle and
2 in favor of Adams On motion
the nomination Of Mr.. Settle was
made unanimous.
At this point Mr.. chyme, of
Guiliord, started to offer a resolu>
tion to the convention but was
called down and a lively squabb,e
ensued. The chair finally got or
der and over.ruled the question
and announced that nominations
for delegates to the national con
vention were in order. Col. j. H.
Holt OF Alamance; w. I. 0'Brien,
Of Durham, and H. d. Tilley, col,
ored, of Granville, were put in
nomination. Roll Of counties
were again called and Messrs.
Holt and 0'Brien were elected.
A c lored man was quickly on
his feet and said he noticed that
several of the counties did not
vote for Tllley, colored "They
will need us. yet,n he exclaimed,
"fnd will hear from us in No
vember." w. III. Crews, col.
ored, and E. +. Parham were
put in nomination for alternates
to the national convention. Til
ley, colored, of Granville, said
he did not consider that the ne.
groes were given any recogni.
ton at all and asked that two
white men be elected to 60 with
the delegates. He was cheered
and cries Of "that is right" and
"they will hear from US mex
ELECTION" were heard, Crew,
and Parham were elected alter
mates.
The matter Of electing an cleo
tor for this district was left will
the congressional committee.
| When the chair announced
that the next thing in order wa
the election Of a congressional
executive committee, some on,
yelled out, "name them you;
self. You have been doing tn
whole business. Judge Cobl
entered at this stage OF the pro
ceedings, court opened and tn
chairman announced that the.
) would adjourn to the mayor
Office.
When they got the delegate
all together down stairs the cor
Igressional executive committe
was elected after considerabl
wrangling. The committee wa
. as follows: j. A. Cheek, 0rang,
! J. Zeb Waller, Alamance; K. ]
/ Petre, Stokes; s. b Adams, Ca
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