The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-18


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COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
FIRST District-C. G. Pagan.
second DISTRICT r. Lloyd.
Third District-E; n; E9Dlllsoh'
E l,,etL ni iytrtttc' Il IEon
,!..th nistrict- Apous Shaw.
ss,i,,tt n;str;ot M II II Caldwell.
IN,.Ltb nis+riat ~ n Uollvburton
,,. ri" District "A I Dnlo
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COMMITTEE On PLAIfOKM'
First District Harry Skinner.
Second District-W. E. Bowers.
Third District Marion Butler.
Fourth District. II. Garrett.
Fifth District-T. Il. Lindsay.
sixth District. II. Schulken.
seventh District. r. Click.
Eighth Districts. G. Hurley.
Ninth District-A. j. Dula.
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First District. II. Parker.
Second DISTRICT. Nj. Cutchin
Third District. Nick. Byrd.
Fourth District. I. Paschal.
Sixth District-A. A. Maynard.
Seventh District-W. +. Gibson.
Eighth DiStrict-W. w. league.
Ninth District. Il. JARVIS.
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i lrSt llls!flct-N. - Leary'
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1hlrd Dislrlct-teo. ncoA.
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ruin DlStrlct-N. -. MERRITT
olAth plstflct-N II. suffers.
seventh DISTRICT. IL. Shefrhl'
Elghth DiStrlct-R. \. Todd
Ninth Distrlct-k. =. turner.
Nat Macon was called on again ana
said, Il will give you some fun" He
said the Populists wanted to elect BRYAN
and in order to get him they voted FOR
Goldbug SeWall Next time we VIII
vote for him provided they will give Ma
rion Butler or walter clark. Referrlne
to the last election, he said, 1 voted Tor
Russell against our nominee for GoYef
nor as the least Of two evils He got
down to his level before he got through
and proceeded to denounce the News and
Observer He scored Butler and Skin
ner for not being at their posts in Wash
ingt0n. He paid his respects to StroWd'
said he carried Strowd through the last
election, and yet Strowd could not now
get any votes if he favored cooperation
with Democrats. He jumped into the
county government question and said:
Let MS take the negro by the hand, If
you will treat him right he will do
alright he is as much a silver man as
you are the negro is not fool; | don't
care for color; whenever y0u vote the
white and the white metal you are
giving Democrats a chance to disfran-
chise the ignorant; there is no virtue in
white the godbugS of all parties arc
going to get together; | never did vote
for Grover Cleveland; next election the
Republicans will vote for gold Demo
crat; II the silver Democrats, PopulistN
and Republicans get together, they will
get there Eli.
Some one called out, You have the
Republicans on trial now. hayn't your
He replied: Yes, and they are doins
pretty well.
When he was pressed to tell something
about Republican rule, Old Nat took ms
hat and said, Now let some other fnol
get up mere ana talk.
At O'Clock these two committees mel
in Metropolitan hall and 1t was ut once
evident that they could not agree. 9th
ers were invited 70 JON them. II. a.
Moye OF Pitt, presiding over the caucus.
Al last even the professional speech
makers tired OF talking, and though the
whole layout, from Dr. Cyrus Thomp-
son down to Walter Henry was called
for. nobody would respond.
Finally Harry Skinner was called for
and responded. He said: We have met
here to mark out the policy of the Popu-
list party for the next two, four, sin
years or perhaps forever. 1t IS crisis
in our party's life. Personal differences
must be buried. The principles of the
party are higher and greater than per-
sonalities. As for myself. | want to
say I'm willing to surrender any
ambitions / may have for the good of
the Populist party.
We are hear TO again enunciate the
principles of the 0cala platform and re-
vvify the teachings of the beloved
l.. l.. Polk. (Cheers).
we are not vet beggars. we are not
petitioners-yet. am convinced that
any utilization with the Democratic mar
tv means an Acknowledgement on our
part that we are wrong. I'm too proud
for that. and / believe when we make n
nroposition for fusiop, with them II