The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-20
MONEY BEING USED.
Jim Young Denounces the Dockery--
Settle-Reed Combination.

Jim Young OenounCeS tne boCkeFy--
Settle-Reed Combination.
Circumstantial evidence is abundant
that the ettle-Dockery-Holto COM
bine is using money to carry out their
plans. Who is furnishing the money
we do not know, but il the managers
of the Reed campaign are doing so, we
warn them that no candidate for the
presidential nomination has ever
helped his cause by using
money in the South to Sc
cure delegates, nor did any man
unless he already occupied the Of
fice) ever receive the nomination who
had too many of the Southern dele
gates clinging to him. The time has
past in North Carolina when with a
few dollars a man can take colored
delegates to the National convention
in his vest pocket and trade them off
at will. Such has been done, but it
will not be repeated, especially in
1896. Men who have heretofore been
as silent as the tomb are now rushing
about the State blowing blantantly for
the combine and its plans, and they
are men, too, who are never known
to espouse a cause until they have
been fixed. Newspapers that have
been dead for months, and even years,
are being revived, and coming up in
great shape, squalling in loud tones
for the aforesaid combine. And one
paper (the 'Outlook') has received so
much of the swill that, more than
Chameleon-like, it has not only
changed its color, but size and spirit,
and now splits forth both venom and
fire in the interest of the combine, and
also attempts the heretofore unsuc-
cessful feat of riding two horses (both
of which are going in opposite direc-
tions) at the same time. OF course
the consolidation of the Estate Re
publican" with the outlook" and the
running of the same by the late man
ayers of the said Republican, was ex-
pected to make some changes, but not
quite SO many and to such an extent
as has been witnessed. 1T is well
known that John Williamson always
gets out a live paper, and since he il
in command of the "0utlook" there is
no reason why the rule should be de-
parted from. The giving of a free
supper at cost of about fifty dollars
to such men as Leak might see fit to
invite to partake of it, after calling on
Chairman Holton and the two Dock
erys Thursday night of last week,
after the close of the Emancipation
convention, is also evidence that some
ones money il being spent by the
combine. Let the colored men Of
North Carolina rebuke the set of men
who think they can control the negroes
of our grand old State by giving free
supper after the midnight hours to a
few of our so-called leading men.
What would have been the result If
colored men had rendered banquet to
Chairman Holton and other white
men that he might select for the pur-
pose of influencing their action?
Colored men, resent the insult, and pro-
tect your manhood. We should by
this time be men, and respected and
treated as such. We submit, that IT
was improper for Chairman Holton
and the Dockerys to be hanging around
this convention of colored men and
seeking to control its action They
made a signal failure, however. which
doubtless is a sufficient rebuke to
them. In our opinion, Chairman Hol-
ton has his hands full in looking after
the interest Of the entire party, if he
would only attend to it.-Jim Young's
Gazette.