The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

it took half an hour for the delegates
to sift themselves over from the court
house to Metropolitan Hail.
At 2:25 Dan Young and Tom Bailey
advanced to the front of the rostrum
simultaneously. Young took the clinir
while Tom raped for order and re-
quested delegates to take the bad-head
row seats This consumed five minutes
more, Tom Bailey experimenting the
job.
THE MAIN CIRCUS.
1t was exactly 230 o'clock when
Chairman Young raped for order again
and asked Secretary Debnam, (col.), toI
call the roll of precincts.
All the precincts being represented ana
no contests,t he appointment of com
mittee on credentials was dispensed with.
and permanent organization was declared
in order
Tom Bailey nominated j. c. L. Har-
ris. Dave Lane. (colD. nominated Kemp
w. Merritt, Stewart Ellison, jim
Young's father-in-law. seconded Loge's
nomination Dave Lane interrupted
Stewart.
stop that niger. Mr. Chairman, and
make him set down." said Stewart
There's more fools in the law than
anywhere else" Cheers !and APPLAUSE
Dave Lane: Il am a lawyer and II
may be fool. but I'm not drunk" (Ap-l
plause) Stewart was drunk.
Stewart: TN tired OF lawyers. They
cause hard times. They expect to run
this convention. and us people too, but
we amt going to let EN-. do it,
Ed. Johnson: NO we amt. Logo
Harris is a lawyer though
This made Stewart mad. He glaTcJ
at Ed.
Here's another fool niger lawyer
This old Ed. Johnson what's got Il 1T
tie office and rides bicycle. I'm agin
EN-"
After considerable wrangling and yell
ing for Harris, Merritt asked that his
name be withdrawn and Harris be elect
ed by reclamation. 1t was done.
FIRST SAVAGE" YELL.
1t was the first chance the 'savagcs"
had had for Il good hearty yell and they
took advantage of it.
On assuming the gavel Loge said:
Time, time again you've conferred
| this honor on me-"
Stewart Ellison: I'VE gwine to-
keep it up too, long as you do right"
Loge promised to do that A fair
| showdown,h said, should be given each
player, and the cards should not be
stacked Oh any man.
The convention Individually and col
lectively declared that was right, APP
parently forgetting that the cards had
been stacked for two days already.
Closing his few broken remarks, Loge
called attention to the fact that several
representatives of the press were present
and it was therefore incumbent upon
| every delegate TO be on his best be-
hayior.
Tom Bailey again advanced to the
front and put Frank Debnam in nomina
ton for secretary
A delegate: Look here: are you go
| ing to run this conventions"
| Tom made no reply.
Debnam was elected. J. ID. Pair was
chosen assistant secretary.
THE FUSION CONTRACT.
Loge Harris now read the agreement
| of the Republican conference commit
| tee on fusion, with a similar committee
appointed by the Popuists. This report
was as follows:
"The Republicans to nominate can
| didate for the Senate, one member of
| the House Of Representatives, clerk.
sheriff. coroner, and one county com
missioner. The Populists to nominate
candidates for two members of the
| House of Representatives, register OF
deeds, treasurer, surveyor and two c0un-
ty commissioners.
! This is the same agreement as in
| 1891 and 1896, except that the Republi-
| cans are accorded the Senator and one
| member of the House. Heretofore the
Populists have had the Senator.
| Dave Lane objected to this arrange
ment, on the ground that the Republi-
cans east most of the votes and were
entitled to two county commissioners in.
stead Of one, given them in the agree
ment.
MY precinct is the largest he
| publican precinct i'll the county' and my
people say they will not vote for two
| populist commissioners. They have
tried to get places at the workhouse and
they are turned down for Popuists.'
| Stewart Ellison said things were not
| like he wanted them, but, he added:
"Since I've got to cooperate with
| Demcrats-no, with POpulists-(they are
the same thing I'm willing to do most
anything to beat the Democrats
The committees report was adopted.
NOMINATIONS IN ORDER.
On motion of j. j. Reynolds, of Buck
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