The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-21
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mittee on Credentials. reporting al
counties represented except Cherokee,
Graham, Macon. pender Stanly. Stokes
and PENNSYLVANIA. Two contests were
reported~one from Cumberland and
one from Union-and the committee rs
to them made the following report:
I'm the Cumberland county contest
the committee recommended the seat
ing OF the following delegates: Charles
IA smith. :. III. Cotton. q. A. Z. VIII
lmson and A. II. Slocumb. tIhis
was defeat For the. sutton Waddell
faction.l In the Union county contest
the report gave each side vote ny con-
sent of the contrasting factions
I.oge Harris tholds seventeen ouices'
moved first to consider the Union county
matter. Claude Bernard District At"
torney) wanted the report adopted as 4
whole. Jim Young tchief Fertilizer IN
spectorl backed up l.oge Harris from
his seat on the floor, by saying: The
District Attorney ought TO know enough
law not to make such a motion. The
convention voted down the motion OF
Harris and adopted the motion OF
Bernard that the report be adopted as
a whole.
SpENCER'S SOPHOMORE GUSH.
Spencer Blackburn nominated for
permanent chairman, in hnncomhe
speech, Congressman l.inney. we pro
nose TO show that the Republicans can
govern North Carolina, He told Inc
same story he has told about the French
drummer hoy in every State Conven-
ton in which he has ever spoken
tragically calling out, Il cannot beat Il
retreat" The first time Spencer told
that thrilling incident. he had rractic.d
il i'm the mountains of Ashe untll ne
could thrill the convention with it. This
time the boy orator fell down and the
story fell flat. I'VE say to the Populists
we want every honest Populist TO march
hand in hand with us" exclaimed the
Young sky-scraper. and he brought down
the house by this doggerel:
1.-THE Populist wants his silver straight
The Republican wants his gold,
But the Democratic party warts any
thing
To null him out of the hole"
.,The populsts and Republicans DO
not agree on financial questions, he
declared and proceeded to give the GUS
tomary election law harangue that
warmed up the boys.
.For wears" he said, "we in the South
have had hard feelings to the Repub-
lican party, but at Santiago the Repub-
.lican party made us all love it.
1--WE have done more for the people
than any other party has done. That's
why we are going to win in North Caro-
lima this year"
"The man | shall name for chairman
is the equal of any man III the Stare III
uoint of ability. He predicted that the
Rul of the Bushes would be reelected
to Congress in the Eighth District.
Oscar Spears seconded the nomination
OF Linney and it was made by accii-
tion. Blackburn. and Cook were ap-
nointed to escort him to the chair.
LINNEY'S SPEECH.
Mr. T.inney was received with applause
which soon subsidized into restlessness.
while he i'm ponderous sentences declared
that the Republican party, Stare anu
national, was the greatest organization
IN the world, and talked the central IDEA
than ran through its plans. lie told the
convention that ones seventh of the world
is United States territory, but did not
give any idea as to what he Thought
nnght to be done with Cuba and Porto
Rico. He declared that Mckinley was as
great a man as Washington and Hamli-
ton. and went off on platitudes that
made his black and tan audience nod.
Linney is something of an actor. and
when he saw that he was shooting over
the heads of his hot and sleepy audience
two on the front bench We're noddlng)
he took another tack" and began to
plorify the Republican party because u
had made the son Of Ham the equal OF
the proud Caucasian. I'VE did not de-
stroy anybody else's rights when we
gave liberty to the negro. The social
excellence that belongs TO the son Oh
Ham has been preserved, both are TX
allied" He brought in Hawaii again and
said the island would not be converted
into a State or Territory, but kept as
townships or counties.
The foreign talk again put his audi
ence to sleep. This is said to be new
thing with Linney. He is "roustica-
for is the ssBnl of the Brushes. and he
now went off into election fraud and bnll
pen talk. II used to be a Democrat my
self" he said. significantly intimating
that he had been in some scheme to stuff
ballot boxes or knew about some such
things. He told some of Private Aliens
Jokes which he applied seriously. and
warned the negroes that if ever the
Democrats get chance to rule. You
will go down like a log slips down hill on
ice." BY this time he was hot and the
convention was tired. and r0nsing him
self he closed by saying: "Let us work
this year to elect everything from consta-
bles to Bishop-if we have any bishops
to elect"
A NEGRO FOR SECRETARY.
Claude Bernard district attorney
nominated Jno. c. Dancy. colored.
UNITED States collector of customs ut
Wilmington for secretary and he was
elected. After his election Dancy became
motion maker and ran things during the
balance of the session. His first motion
was to have one from each district to
serve on resolutions committee. GiZzard
French deputy sheriff Of New Hanover
and eX-assocate of Littlefield wanted IS
and there was some opposition by little
Glaudius Melnotte Bernard. When the
Federal and State officers FLASHED. the
State pap eater had to succumb. and q
committee Of nine was chosen. The
rotlou,;p,. ,,,aro oppointaI m oonnoca tho