The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-07-07

S"ms.itss~s~~s-tsr~~ a~O Oss ssi
the Ma~his~rsss.-
There hAs been some commeas as to |
The number Of lawyers ssd railroad |
and coFposatioo attosasys that Were !
and are on the various cam @iss~es sp-
pointed by the late Great Rsilroed |
Ceovents0o. which assumed the name
of the Democratic STATE cooventioa.
There can Be no denial that iavysss
manipulated this political corpossiion
machine. They are prominent |
in ns@bers and were peon,sesi
in noise in every phase Il tAas
most remarkable gsthesing. In
order that those interested may
easily discern the facts. the various |
machine committees. the nembers !
thereof, and the profession Of esch |
member are presented below. is Will |
be seen that there Are seventy -four |
members Of the machine, and that at |
least vIyTY- RIGHT and perhaps sixty Of |
them are lawyers. Here Is the organ
ixation:
Chairman Of convention u Cook, |
Lawyer.
Chairman OF state Committee, FM
Simmons-LaWysr.
Osmmitsss Q. Orchestral.
l. d moore. Pitt county-Lawyer.
Kerr, Warren county-Lawyer.
j b smith, Cumberland county
Unknown.
w B Shaw, Vance county-Lawyer.
ID McCauley, Orange cOunty-Aer-
chant.
Cam. Morrison. Richmond county
Lawyer.
w Robinson, Lincoln county
g W Henshaw, Forsyth county
JIG Bird, Mcdowell county-Law.
yer.
Committee ON Orgasinatisa.
VIC Lamb. Martin county-Lawyer.
w A Dunn, Halifax c0uhty-Law-
yer.
W E Murchison, Cumberland coun-
tyw1L,s.wyer(D ty1
w Yarboro, franklin county
Lawyer.
is Cunningham. Person county
Unknown.
JD Mccall, Mecklenburg county
Lawyer.
J Il Huffman, Iredeil county--Mer-
chant.
EFF Lowell, Watauga county-Law-
yer.
RD Gilmer, Haywood county-Law-
yer.
Committee ON Platf0rm.
T j Jarvis, Pitt cOunty-Lawyer.
Claude Kitchen, Halifax county
Lawyer.
r Duffy, Onslow county-Lawyer.
Josephus Daniels, Wake county
Unknown.
WV Kitchin, Person county-Law-
yer.
| J "A Lockhart, Anson county-Law-
yer.
Lee Overmsn, Rowan county
Lawyer.
i R A Daughton, Allegheny county
i J c Martin, Buncombe county
Lawyer.
Vice Presidsnts.
CT Warren, Beaufort county--Law.
yer.
WR Allen, Wayne county--Lawyer.
B. F. Grady. Duplin.
f l Abel, JOhnsOn-Lawyer.
n Wilson, GuilfOrd-I.awyer.
JnO ID Shaw, Richmond-Lawyer.
r L Ryburn, Cleveland-Lawyer.
. Il b Bailey, Davie-Lawyer.
ii F b Twitty, Rutherf0rd-DOctOr.
First District.
. CT Alternately, of Carteret-He 10
lawyer and editor and . corporation
D lawyer, or il he is not, he wants to be
y b B Winborne, ,Of Hertford-COrpOr
Q alton lawyer.
q F. G. James, Of Pitt-Lawyer VII
a gets fees from the corporation, or !
looking for them.
w. d. Rodman, of Beaufort--Lawye
= and would be attorney for the COas
9 Line.
y SecOud District.
FL 7. w. Mason, Of NOrthampton-Ex
- Railroad Commissioner who served 10
|. years without ever attempting to Gu
q railroad rates or make them pay take
n according to their true value.
l. F. ID. Winston, Of Bertie-Lawye
y and generally employed by the rail-
!. roads in their cases in his section.
,e n. O'Berry, of Wayne--Merchant.
= X. II. Speight, Of EdgecOmbe-DOt
= tor.
y Third District.
10 Jas. A. Bryan Of Craven-I.awyeP.
o. Jno. N. Faison, Of Duplin-A golt
D. bug Democrat who was put on Il
,h COmmittee In place Of Mr.. Steven
le silver man. Stevens had to be di
le charged.
"A III. Mclean, of Hafnett-LaWyer.
/. A. MurchisOn, Of Cumberland
=. Lawyer.
NJ Eoorfh nistrfct-
W j. r. Young, Of Vance-MeFchant
ae E. C. Beddingfield, Of Wske-E
~ Railroad Commissioner, who nes
ID, could see how he could make rsilr0s
ed reduce rates or pay taxes like 9th
/. people.
F. s. Spruill, of Franklin-Railro
nv lawyer.
~ Wiley Rush, OF Randolpb-Railr"
lawyer now or hopes to be.
Fifth District.
is Manning, of Durhsm--Soutbe
railroad lawyer.
WA Bobbitt, of Greenville-Merc
ant and speculat0f.
Gar A w Haywood, Of Alamance-Ra
road lawyer and railroad lobbyist.
ver r Reed. Of Rockingham-laWyel
,~t sixth District.
ve- II Clarkson, Of Aecklenburg-La
lps yer.
lne w II Neal, Ct Richmond-Railro
m lawyer.
the w II Bernard, New Hanover-E
)st- tor and runner for the g0ldbug n
ere road crowd for several weeks bef'
the the convention.
hey G Patterson, OF Robeson-LsWy
IN. Seyeoth District.
A. PB Means, Of Carbarrus-Lswy
n:s goldbug and corporationist who
achieved distinction By refusing
tell lies about his true sentiments.
WI Wiiliams, Of CataWba-Fol
eFly Q manufacturer and now O
IL l.s to be . drummer aud always . g
~, H.1 bug.
oea JR HcCleliand, Of Iredell-Doc
~ OF Mason, Of Gast0n-LAWye1.