Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Republican convention.
A Breezy Time.

| Convention met here yesterday
and It proved 10 be anything
other than the "happy family
At the appointed time, 5 O'Clock
the delegates met In caucus
While quite a number OF the
brethren hung about the doors
chatting pleasantly, but evidt Mt
ly awaiting with no little degree
of i'm patience is adjournment
They expected to have the pr;v|
1lege of sitting in the convention
OF their party and seeing their
standard bearer nominated and
joining iii the general applause
which usually attend so momen>
tous an occasion. Imagine their
chagrin when after a session of
of perhaps All half hour they
were notified that the work of
the convention was over, that
the nomination had been made
behind barred doors and that the
honor had fallen upon MI Elihu
White, of Perquimans county, a
gentleman who had strongly adj
vised against fusion.
This news raised pandemo>
mum. Cuss words flew thick
and fast. elimination and 1e>
elimination was tie order OF the
day. Charges of having sold
out to Palmon John & Co. were
boldly made. 60 up to the of
fee and get paid off, fell upon
the heated atmosphere and the
ears OF heated and still heating
delegates. Tie waves of dis
content dashed back and forth,
growing wilder and 6ercer every
moment, Until they swept the
crowd into the court room and
a vociferous demand was made
to call a convention of those
present for the purpose of de
nouncing the secret, barred door
proceedings of those who pre-
tended to represent the people
but betrayed their trust and solo,
out to the bosses; also to nomi-
nate a candidate for Senatorial
honors.
Mr.Peter Ship took the chair;
John Griffin, colored, assumed
the duties of secretary. Then
Sheriff Banks took the floor and
showed himself a master of Wig
orous if not elegant English
He denounced in unmeasured
terms the would be bosses and
leaders of the party and hoped
the day would soon come When
the colored men would assert |
their rights. His speech evok
ed wild applause. He was follows
ed by Ferrebee of color, who said
DR.. John had been gagging the
negroes of this district for the
last twenty years. They were
getting tired of it and did not
intend to submit to it any long
er, He denominated the COM
gressional Convention a "Buf-
falo Convention and dubbed
Harry Skinner as a "three~leg,
sed candidate" a sort OF com
pound consisting of Democracy,
Repub1icanism and Populistic
These utterances of
he ebony brother were greeted
with round after round Of APP
olause. But the climax was
reached when he poured forth a
stream of frey dsnunciation
against preachers who sold their
congregation like SO many cattle
and hogs. Several other speech
IS of the same character were
made, after which two OF the
delegates had a word or two to
say in vindication of their
course.
Mr.. James Wilcox was put in
for the Senate and
lie went through like creased
streak Of lightning-not a dis
'enting vote in the convention
Resolutions vigorously pro-
estlug against the gag~law in
'iituted by the bosses were pass
ID with wild enthusiasm. Then
he convention adjourned.
So we now have three candi>
lates in the field for Senatorial
lonors: Mr. Shaw, nominated
~ the Populists. Nj. White, the
Republican Caucus nominee, and
Mr. Wilcox, the regular Repub
lean candidate.
Roll up your sleeves, boys.
md pitch in.