The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-16
CONTENTION NOTES.


1T costes sunthin to be a Repub-
Ican in the East, said a negro, from
Peruuimans, "and il you put the stand
ard bearer in his hands, he will stand
up to the rack,
The chairman busted the gaHel be-
fore o'clock last night trying to keep
order.
The first real Republican yell and the
ONLY one that animated from Senator
Pritcharrl, came when Gudger was
nominated and it was a regulation
mountain yell that went reyerbel ating
through the inanimate leaves thu are
painted on the Metropolitan Hall seen
cry.
Let the negroes talk, said frank
spoken white Republican, when one
by the colored brothers began second
ing the Gubernatorial candidates THAT
is ALI the colored brother gels out OF
tlae whole shoot-match'
The lamb that was most completely
shoIn in the great struggle was little
ToInlnie Settle. His feeble fight
against the adoption of Ehe minority
report of the credentials committee
was about the last Of Tommie in the
convention.
Fl. G. Dockery said at the beginning
of one of the roll-calls on the contest
ing delegations: 'sThe majority sus-
tains an honorable gentleman 90. III.
Dockeryl; the minority sustains
man (Dan. RHssell.'0
Jim Moody was approached yester-
day, and a Castor county delegate
said: s..SYho anust ] vote for for Gov
ernol?" He didn't know Moody, and
the Haywood statesman replied
.Nhy, vote for Moody. OF course.
With IN oath. the fellow said: 20.
Moody's Zoo young. He can wait forty
years for nomination" Jim replied:
But YOU know the good die young"
And then the fellow, with another oath
said: If that's SO Jim Moody Will live
a hundred years.
This is ,Jeter," called out a negro
as Chairman Mott said that everybody
knew Senator Pritchard, and it was
not necessary to introduce him. Social
equality reigned supreme yesterday.
Palemon John, editor Of the Eliza
beth City North Carolinian, was on
hand, voting his own county for Rus
sell, and turning down the Dockery
men every time. His newspaper breth-
rem in Raleigh were glad to greet him.
II decline To have anything to do
with it," said pritchard, when his man
Friday, John G. Dancy (col.), put him
in nomination for chairman.
'Lusk crowed on Wednesday III that
little Fourth district convention, muir
mnred Jim Young as the vote on the
Wake county contest was being taxi
en-, "but where Oh, where ii Lusk and
Nichols now2''
Little Tomnlie Settle and Little
Eugene HoIton are just Beginning to
realize what small potatoes they are.
remarked an eastern delegate as one
by one the contested counties were
dropped into the Mckinley, Pritehard
anti Russell columns
There has been and will be more
prominent young men Of brains and
capacity sacrificed on the altar Of gold
during the sitting of this convention
than were ever offered UP before on a
similar occasion. declared the erst-
while Iron Duke.
II didn't know that there were as
many ward heeIers and political hang
ers on in North Carolina as arc as
sembled here to-day" said prominent
populist, "bnt when they get out in
the country and begin measuring mp
along with that phalanx Of free silver
farmers they will look mighty slim.
"There are not two dozen farmers or
men who live in the country in the
entire convention" remarked one gem
tleman. 1T is made up both white
and colored Of the pie hungry horde
that you find around the cities and
towns in the State. There are abso-
lnfely no farmers or country delegates
here"
lyon must confess that this is a rep
resentatiye gathering Of North Caro-
lima Republicans" was d remark adj
dressed by prominent Republican
to DR.. j. j. Mott Yes sir" replied
the Doctor. 1T is the most distinguish
ed representation of pie counter fell
lows that ever assembled in North
Carolina
Cook, Reynolds and Pearson, who
were on the platform al one time yes
terday were class mates at Prince
ton.
"Haye order I'D the court" said Hoi
ton as the vision Of the promised Assoc
ciate Jnsticeship doomed up before
him."
II did the best / could no beat the
ID sconndrel." said Reynolds, of
Forsyth, while the crowd was cheer
ing Russell.
'I'ge got d little money left" said a |
Western Republican, land I'll bet
ST. 900 that Russell Is defeated for Gov
ernor 0f North Carolina"