The news & observer., 1897-01-20

I mere WIS UuENG a slHAilDIOlS NOtltithAS
between MIR Mccarthy, who wanted the
Senate clock changed, so as to conform to
| the clock in the House OF Representa-
tives, and Mr.. Abel who resented the
! suggestion that the time Of the Senate
should be regulated by the House clock.
As the Senate is the higher body, the
| House should conform to it.
Mr.. Ramsey said the time proposed in
his bil was the time kept by all railroads.
I'VE are all governed by railroads." he
| said, land must fix our time by their
| schedules" Bill passed.
| ELECTION OF SENATOR.
A message was received from the
House that the House was ready to go
1 into the election OF a United States Sen
I ator.
Promptly at noon the Lieutenant Gov
efpor announced that, according to law,
| the time had arrived to go into the cleo
tion of United States Senator. He
| named Senators Smathers and McCaskie
| as tellers and announced that nomina
| tons were in order.
| MIR SMATHER,S NAMES PRITCH-
ARD.
| Mr. Smathers nominated Jeter c..
! Pritchard, OF Madison. He traced his
| history from early youth, his struggles
| against poverty and adverse circum-
stances, his devotion to Republican prin-
! c:ples, his unfiagging zeal IN marching at
! the head of the Republican column, HRS
| legislative career, his success as a lawyer,
| his earlier political campaigns-al ap-
| preciatiyely and with words of warm
| eulogy. He then touched upon the duty
| the POpulists owed to support him, de-
| claring that it was due TO Senator Pritch-
| ard that the POpulists have a United
| States Senator, five members of Congress
| and half the State offices. They have
| only 10000 votes, whereas the RepubE-
cans have $4,000 whites and over 100,-
900 negroes, and get half OF the Offices
Personally" said Mr.. Smathers, Il
| am opposed to the free coinage Of silver
at the ratio Of is to /. | disagreed with
Senator pritchard two years ago on that
question and | disagree with him now.
But he is 50 true a Republican in every
other respect that | am for him. He is
always true to his friends and his pr0mis-
es." He then took up the matter OF CO.
operation between Republicans and Pop
ulists, and said that it was entered into on
the basis OF one Senator for each party,
and honor demanded that Mr.. Pritchard
be reelected. Mr. Smathers touched up
on national politics at length, charging
the Democrats with bankrupting the
Treasury, and declaring that it was Dem-
ocratie bond issues and such things that
caused the existence of the PopuEst par
ty."We want" said he, "a tariff law like
that We had when the Republicans were
IN power" Returning to Pritchard's sill I
yer record, Mr.. Sma theirs said, you Pop
ulists ought to vote for him, although his
money views may not be in exact accord
ance with theirs. Pritchard believes he
can accomplish more for the white met
al as Republican than by leaving the
party. But he will not vote for it as a
rider" Concluding he said that he be-
lieyed the 10000 white Republicans,
more than 100000 negro Republicans,
and over half the Popul:st party wanted
Pritchard elected.
THE COLORED SENATOR SPEAKS. 4
Mr., Person, (col), seconded the nomin-
alton Of Pritchard. In behalf OF 10000
negro Republicans, he said, | did want
to introduce a colored man for this place
The vast number of colored Republicans
marched to the polls and voted for coz
operation with the understanding that the
P0pulists should vote for Pritchard
There were not ten coloTed men who
voted for a Populist who did not expect
him to vote for Pritchard. The day OF
retribution Will come. 1t looks like in
gratitude IS to be our lot If we had
known we were to have this opposition
of the result We would have been very
different If-Populists vote against
Pritchard they will never know this place
again except ON the map
THOMPSON NOMINATED.
Mr.. Maxwell, Senator from Duplin,
nominated Cyrus Thompson. AS Popu-
lists we know what we have endured and
suffered. We know the burden the people
bear
We started out as Populists with the
knowledge that our government had been
badly administered, and to remedy the
evils under which we suffered We have
never sweryed ONE iota from our du-
ty. AS Populists we stand here for equal
nights to all and special privileges to
none.
While there may have been misunder-
standings, and there was no agreement,
as to Senator, it was left to local CO.
operation. ] cannot do otherwise than
support middle-of the-road Populist
| rise 20 name a man known to every
voter. AS honest as Gods blue day sun,
who has the confidence of all parties,
whose big sympathetic heart beats in
sympathy with the oppressed people, who
would sacrifice himself for the masses,
the aqual in ability TO any son in North
Carolina.
put in nomination DR. Cyrus Thomp-
son.
MIR. DOUGHTON NAMED.
Senator Abel of Johnston, said
In behalf OF the Democratic Senators,
the minority party upon this floor, l de-
sire to place in nomination for United
States Senator, Ex-Lieutenant Gov. r.
4. Doughton, of Allegheny county.
"And in placing Coy. Doughton in
nomination for this exalted position, we
do so on account Of his eminent qualif-
cations, great merit and fitness for the
place. His private and social life, is an
example, well worthy of imitation those
who know him best love him most; his
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