The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-15


the convention.
At last at three o'clock in the morn
ing Holton and Pritchard got togther.
Pritchard agreed that Holton should
be reelected chairman, and Holton a.
greed that Pritchard should appoint
an advisory committee of five to as
sist in the conduct Of the campaign.
And thus the fight that threatened
was ayerted.
SOME OF THE FACES IN THE HALL.
j. Elwood Cox, one of the most pros
porous business men of High Point, sat
a few seats back of Judge Russell, who
looked milder of manner than ever.
Your Uncle Jack Sharp, of Nash, and
his nephew, Jack, ex-postmaster of
Wilson, were well up i'm front Your
"Uncle Jack" looked happier than since
the day he sat in ''them thar percush~
| ion cheers" lin the State House. Charles
A. Cooks red beard waved in the
| breezes, sometimes touching the coal
Diack face Of his duslxy companion, who
was MS close to the ex-Attorney as two
| sardHes in a box. Congressman
0'Hara usoyed up and down the aisle,
| while eN-C0ngressman Cheatham sat
quietly In the rear of Cook. Hallibur-
| ton, Sergeant-a "A rms of the Senate,
moved about, imagining ne would get
a bigger plum next time. John Will
| liamson's big blue badge and Ben C.
| Sharpe's gold chain maintained parity
| between the blue and the got John
| II. Smith and j. Frank l)ybs0n, of
! Wayne, who are i'm for fusion till shey
| get long term office, with the youth
| full face of Cox, of Pitt, made a white
/ relief for the back ground of dnky dark
| ness that oyerspread the hall like
| black cloud about to burst. John i.
caves came into the hall unnoticed.
his "Beliables" having gone over to the
| new powers that be. He made his way
| to the front without so much as a sin
| gle cheer. Six years ago his arrival
| was the signal for an ovation that al
most shook the building. Gee Zee
| French who sat well down the aisle III
| conspicuous place, had q far away
| look i'm his specialized eyes, and seemed
| to be debating whether the Littlefeld
bonds repaid him for the loss of repu-
tation, or it may have been that he was
| trying to figure out whether the Rus
| sell delegates were honorable enough
to "stay bought" Who shall say
what mighty thoughts revolved in the
| upper story of the statesman from PEN
| der and New HanOver2 Jeems /. Moore
| now of Franklin, who hourished as
Sheriff of Granville in the good old
| days OF rampant Repubhcanism, sat
| with his white and venerable looking
| head breathing out threatening and
slaughter against John Williamson,
| who had gotten the seat in the cOnyen-
ton the ex-Sheriff coveted. Not far
| away was Sheriff Smith, of Richmond
| a Dockery shouter, who got the nomi-
nation In the Sixth district, not because
he has any idea OF going to Congress
| but because he didn't want any Russell
| man to capture the plum. Oscar Spears
| of Harnett, who contested Shaw's seat
| in Congress, is fat and forty, if not
| fair, and the convention had not fairly
got down to business before he wanted
more air and room, and arose to de-
| nand that the windows be cleared Of
| spectators. Oscar can't keep silent
| much longer than John Williamson.
and as he is a candidate for Electoral
Large, he wanted a chance to exhibit
| himself early, so as TO make a good inn
| preston. The happiest man i'm the
body was Hon. Claudio Bernardo. Of
Pitt. The News and Observer had on
Wednesday caught one of his favorite
| poses and printed it. The fat Solicitor
was going around buying up all the
papers containing his pictures that be
could get to send to admiring c0nstit-
uents. John Nichols, looking as wise
as an owl, was on hand, and wondering
where he would cnana q ''at, /" if at all.
Tom Deyereaux walked down the hall
as Holton was finishing his speech, and
supposed the applause given Holton was
an ovation to his entrance. and he
smiled almost as sWeetly as did Tom
Settle when the convention gave him
| applause as he entered, with customary
hauteur, late, in order to give his audi
ence chance of applauding his half
way victory at Durham. r. s. White,
of Bladen, chairman Of the House com
nIttee on Fducation IN the last regis-
latuIe, who would like to go to Cor
gress from the Third district if Cy
| Thompson didn't demand it, was on
hand
/ After a while a figure came down the
aisle that was the observed Of all obser-
yers. The distinguished new conner
| vas first recognized by the reporters
on the platform. who began the APP
plause that swelled into a tB.rent of
| housekeeping that made every man in
| the ball turn his head to see what great
| patriot had arrived. 1t was the honor
| able Atwood Allgood Campbell, editor
/ Of the Murphy Bulletin, member Of the
Legislature from Cherokee, Statesman
from Hanging Dog, chairman of the
| Peedybees, and Republican High Muck
a Muck from the Ninth district The
applause that greeted this entrance
| did not give the gentleman from Hang
| ing Dog the big head. He simply bow
/ ed his thanks, and shook hands with
his journalistic friends, greeting Mr..
| w. T. Christian with, 'Are YOU any.bet-
ter Christian than you were last year?''
The lion Of the day was Senator
Jeter G. Pritchard, who was given a
warm and rousing reception. His com
pleXion is whittier than before he enter
ed the Senate, his bearing is a little
more and dignified and Senatorial.