The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-02
TREAT LAWYER CONVENTION.
\ Curious Combination OF Comrades Call
ing Themselves the Democratic Party.
they COME TO THE CAPITAL CITY In NUMBERS-THEY Y
CATCH NEARLY EVERYTHING IN SIGHT AND CALL
ON THE PEOPLE TO HELP THEM HOLD IT DOWN.

were cou,ng Lglk 10 their principles.
| They could not come back unless they
had gone of, and when they persisted
in going of the honest, patriotic men
refused to go with them. These men
are now IN the Peoples Part" and they
| iriU Sffg MGfC. C.-ED.
Several other speakers participated
in the discussion, but no action was
taken, it being only a sO-cailed in
formal caucus. But the stampede to-
ward Watson for Governor had been
begun. II was cute, clever machine
move.
THE EEGINNING OF FUN, FAST AND FU-
RIOUs.
The convention began to assemble
in the Academy of Music little be-
fore noon on Thursday. 1t was Il
} sweltering hot day. The hall is badly
ventilated and 1T was emphatically
warm. Every sultry" said one dele
gate. "Sultry indeed" said another
"its sui lphurous." "It's Id hot in here"
snapped one old sinner while a shower
Of perspiratiOn rolled off his face. An
other said: 81 would like to know
why the committee wanted to select
the sub-cellar of HI 10 hold "A cOnven-
tiOn in." Another replied "Oh they're
just getting us ready for what we are
going to catch in this campaign"
The hall will seat nearly six hum
dred people. 1t was not big enough
to accommodate the delegates (and
alternatesJ present, and it became
, necessary to move the delegations
from the first and ninth districts up
into the galleries. Spectators We're
, present in such numbers as to densly
: pack all available space.
, 'hair Vu- Do, I.I k,,x,
vention to order. 1t was difficult to
bring the gathering to that condition.
But when view could be had Of it,
it was painfully evident that the sons
of tOil-the producers of wealth were
: not much in evidence. The News and
Observer had said:
"They have left their factories, their
: workshops, their stores and their Of
fees to meet in State convention to
confer together"
That was right. The farmers were
+ still at home. There were a few OF
J them scattered there and there, but
they evidently had little part in the
: conference.
y Chairman Pous opening address
d was a good one. He wanted bygOneS
;, to be bygones. 1t was a kind Of q
5 walk into my parlor said the spider
: to the hy" speech.
y lie announced that Mr.. T. +. kluttz
e would be temporary chairman. Mr.
Kluttz came forward and in a speech OF
: acceptance was graceful and eloquent
= He did not commend the financial pol
i icy of President Cleveland, but he did
n laud very highly everything else that
o has happened under the present ad
l. ministration. He thought it neces
sary to say that "the Democratic part,
is not dead" This shows he had hat
some suspicion that it was, aud wa
t trying to get rid of it. He said: "Ws
i need to win back the allegiance o
re thousands of good men in North Car
~ Olina, who have gone out from us
y This statement did not correspond
-, with an idea conveyed the night be.
" fore by Capt. Thos. Mason. Mr.. Ma
= son left the idea that a mistake hat
=, been made and that the Democratic
~ y, party had gone wrong, and that thes'
II good people" bad refused to go will
it. 1t follows then that the "goOt
y people" did not go out from the Dem
., Ocratic party, but that the Democrat,
~ party went away from the good peo
:; pie.
- We did not try to straighten ou
, these two conflicting statements.
a was too hot. We let them pass just Z
- :. we diu many others of the same anti
!. - thetical relation.
=, The various committees were ar
y ranged for and the convention ad
y, journed for dinner.
~, AFTER DINNER.
o- At the after dinner session the com
~ mittee on permanent organization re
o. ported Hon. Clement Manly, of For
f. syth, for permanent chairman. Tn
~ re'Ort was adopted. Mr.. Manly, in
ar short address of elegant diCtion &C
r cepted, and declared the Conventio
l. ready for business. The committee o
,e platform not being ready to repOr
NJ the delegates began to call for enter
,o tainment in the way of speeches. .
l call went up for Bennett. He aros
lie and tried to respond from where h
a stood, but the crowd yelled "platfOrnl
II. with such gusto that it nearly Sle'
W. him over.
tn 81 heard of a man who went tishin
AN for trout" he exclaimed amid silenc
,re { A voice: Was it Cleveland?) CUT
on roarious laughter.) He finished h
to joke and said he would later have
ate message fro II the people" for the col
vention.
Several other speeches were calle
who responded, among them Kitchi
ing the Democratic nominee for COngre
Gus from the Fifth district; Pou, the nor
ght inee of the Fourth; Adams. the nom
of nee of the Ninth Bower, who expec
)m- to be the nominee from the Fight
ago LOckhart from the Sixth: Col. We
his ster, of Webster's Weekly; Bob Glen
be Federal Otlice-hOlder; F. NJ. Simmer
to Federal officeholder; Hon. Il. j. ia
and Wis; G. B. AycOck, Federal offce-hol
fter er; M. II. Justice, goldbug.
mi The question concerning the holds
yes- of one or two conventions was sprul
,me by motion to proceed to the nomin
Ose tIon vi candidates. n tremenuO
vel chorus of noes was the response to I'll
i's- before the chairman could put the II
,ich tiOn. and in second the convent
nto was in a state of most animated turk
leuce and disorder. 1t had been lit
r noisy during the speaking, but it "
las, just getting up good head OF steam
the the purpose of breaking the record
but fuss making conventions. Its elf
hat in this direction was one stupendC
mo- success. w. z. Bachelor made n
rdi- tion to proceed with the election
He delegates to Chicago. w. A. Du
attic said it would meyer do to nomin;
who any body before the platform v
the adopted. The factions then begaI
battle which for tumult, furOre, ba
lner and bedlam has never before be
,red equalled in the State. There was
con- respect for anybody, yet there was
man harshness TO anybody. A man
1t arose or who even started to rise wo
hey be squalled at py Thousand volces
rred "sit down." Ii ne ESQ tne cheek TO
and to say anything ne would hnu hlms
rn," accompanied by whoops, hot
liter screeches, TIN horns, moutn nal
,ove pounding of the floor, Indian "
yrus and every other conceivable sort {
noise. Twenty, yes forty people wo
ason speak at one time. AS many would
Ma squalling out mi. Chairman
edge many more would be yeiling Il rls'