The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-04

rs Mr. Harris could; dat boss done
broke the Bride" 1t was decidedly the
hit Of 40 lay and j. e. L)%aE WAS
visibly d'scriapos,
Mr.. Harris told of the beauties of the
present ci. ction Jaw and piousiy declared
that ne won ] have no seat i'i no rtis-
lature that WAS tainted with fraud. Dan
Young could not suppress q chuckle at
this stroke The Democrats arc not
honest in wanting free silver and white
government or they would support Lloyd
and Jenkins for Congress. In 1900 Popu-
lists will put out q national ticket and
Democrats will have to support it or
show their insincerity. He quoted
Marion Butler as saying at Monroe that
fusion with Republicans is the thing.
Returning to the race issue again Mr..
Harris sublimely declared that the Demo-
Gratis wanted to put the negro in jsil
where not ray of sunlight nor twinkle
Of Il star could reach him." If the negro
is capable of holding office let him hold
it; he will hold it modestly. He declared
that the Democratic party won't let the
negro vote with it, but failed to explain
why it should then appoint negroes 10
office North Carolina is the only
Southern State in which the negro has
his rights and the Democrats want to
make it like the rest. owe amt gwine
stand it, yelled two or three negroes.l
Mr. Harris then modified his convention
utterance far enough to say that he
would be representative of the whole
people where nothing partisan was in
volved and sat down, having spoken
about an hour.
Thaddeus Ivey. who had been potter
ing around among the crowd like a ma
tronly hen deprived of her chicks, and
wondering whether dignity or effusive
cordiality were best as vote-getters, and
trying desperately to compromise, was
called out by Ham Jones and after en-
dorsing all Loge had said in a dubious
voice subsidized. Mr.. Raines, was Of the
opinion that it would afford everybody
great pleasure to vote for him and said
so. Buck Adams pulled off his white
hat, laid down his cigar. called upon
everybody to help down that old enemy,
the Democratic party" picked up his hat
anud cigar and went off TO talk TO stray
negroes as he had been doing all morn
ing. Barbee, for commissioner, said that
he had received an inkling that somebody
was going to vote against him. The
premonitory warnings will probably be
justified by the event.
Then Ham Jones, who had been spoli-
ing for chance to get at EN-, mounted the
goods box Mr.. Hamuel Jones made
precisely the speech that everybody
would have expected him to make-a
cheap, dirty, vindictive and incoherent
TRADE, so rank that it took all the mel
lowness and tonic out OF the October
air. After ten minutes or so of silly
abuse of the News and Observer he got
down to praise Of himself. He admitted
that he had not settled when the law
said he should, but had since settled in
full. lie had been reared in Il family n
hundred years old, he said, though why
he should have said so since the family
was not running for sheriff nobody knew
The Republicans lit was noticeable that
he gave all credit TO his own party), had
reduced Wakes Indebtedness $11 900
since they came in. Going j. G. Logan
one better, he said the Democrats would
disfranchise everybody but Democrats
He said he associated with the best
Democrats in Raleigh and they Ill said
they would disfranchise the negro if they
got the Legislature. lie gave the name
of one gentlemen who so expressed him
slf. The latter. when seen, pronounced
it a lie out Of the whole cloth
If the fusionists carry the State they will
obliterate the Democratic party. Loge
Harris had contented himself with say
ing the Democrats would disfranchise
all but 10000 voters of whom 10000
would be Democrats; Jones disfranchised
everybody Il beseech you negroes to
register. / have voted with you all my
life then go home and say your prayers.
vote the Republican ticket and God will
bless you." Exit Ham. Jones made
the most demagogie speech Of the day
and received most, in fact the only APP
plause given a speaker.
Guy Barnes, who is far and away the
most pompous man ON the ticket, bullying
with self-importance Of the truly asinine
brand spoke next, saying. .'Fusion is Il
case of we must. There is no other way
to beat the Democrats" Evidently
Barnes belongs to the school OF Aver.
He promised to keep his office open
every day in the week, which would he