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

suspicious were true. / wished to see
the trend of events. You see them now
for Yourselves. You've been soId out
and by a lot OF office-holders. IL you
don't rise up here to-day and demand
your rights: don't demand that you
have place on this ticket, then you
are not worthy Of a place on II, no" VI
hereafter. You've been sold out, ana
simply wanted to tell YOU about IT, :,
\ delegate: They IL never Fo It,
Nichols speech was another bomb
among the delegates, but it had no efect
on the bosses They had affairs well
in hand and they knew it. They, there
fore. made no attempt to reply
The only reply made was to give inc
machine another turn. Ihls was zone
by Ed. Johnson, who has recently pc
come wonderfully tame, and has deserted
the negro-rightS crowd, over whose con
vention he presided year ago. inns
conversion was wrought by nothing bug
ger than $500 clerkship in Claude
Rernard's office.
Jobnsons occupation of the platform
was for the purpose Of nominating Loge
Harris for the House On this peg ne
hung a bombastic Jim Young speech ol
most abusive and inHammatory charac-
ter. He told the negroes that the oeiho-
Gratis were trying to disfranchlse them'
and that their experience IN ante-pcliuiii
DAYS were as pastime compared 10
what they would have to undergo II the
Democrats ever won again.
Toe Brann. (coll. the Governors olfIce
how seconded Harris nomination, say
ING that he (Joe) had ALWAYS stood ny
fhe Republican party like the anchor by
n shin, and he expected to always stahu
there I've stepped out on the piank
and stood for the destiny of the kepuoi. !,
can marty in the law of the dark ages.
II would be interesting TO know wheth-
or or not the Governor wrote Joe ;
speech for him.
DAVE LANES HOT TAMALIGS.
While Johnson was making his speech
I,oge left the chair, surrendering the CAV
ell to Tom Bailey.
Berry O'Kelly (coloreD, Of Method
was nominated by Louis Mason tcoi-
ored Dave Lane seconded the nolIl-
nation. and threw another bomb.
"It,s heen said here that the RepubA'
can marty has sold out. It's SO. why
do men who have been talking for Ii
nogro until today come up here against
him. There's been Il deal. There are
1 oOO negro voters in this county and SUI
white Republicans and Populists.
Haven't we got a right to place OIL
the ticket that we are expected to elect
eve have and if we don't get 1t N
meet your candidates on every stump
in the county, and the negroes shaH
know what you've done today. You say
7 went wrong in 1890. Yes, and III
90 wrong again if you don't put.a Niger
on that ticket.
Berry O'Kelly is one of the best men
in this county. Why is the machine
against him? Because he's negro, Dut
he's worth twice as much money as any
other two men you've got on the ticket
and has as much sense as any OF theio'
II tell you, you are between the sap
and the bark: that's your condition. Tut
= Niger on the ticket and Mr.. Pop am
o-~oin, to vote it. Leave him off and
Mr.. Niger amt a-goin' to touch it. SO
what are you going to do! III tel you
what to do. We've got the voters me
ponulists have only handful. Put
your niger on, then say Look here, Mr..
Pop, you vote this ticket.
"Stand by and see that he does it. If
he scratches Mr. Niger you scratch Mi.
Pop. and he won't be long coming down
to his knittin.' Unless there's niger
on this ticket Dave amt going to vote
for it,
THE LIE IS PASSED.
Several times during this speech Tom
Bailey, who was in the chair, had tried
Ia
Finally in desperation Ed Johnson
iumped ND and made the point of order
| that Dave no longer had any privilege
ON the floor for the reason that he ac-
knowledged himself Il bolter.
Lane: IF you say that you lie"
Everybody jumped to their feet and
| confusion held sway. The hall resembled
nothing so much as a cage full of infuri-
ated animals.
| AS Dave Lane walked down the aisle
|. toward johnson several delegates tried
to stop him, but he shook them off and
| walked up to the rostrum in front OF
Johnson.
Put him out" yelled several delegates.
| Lane asked to explain. Bailey said he
couldn't do it,
| Lane: "Id like to know why"
Johnson: Because ! make the point
that having declared Won won't vote the
ticket, you are not entitled to be here.
Lane: '.Well, Wen see" and he climb
ed on the rostrum. Things were grow
| ing interesting.
/ Bailey decided that Dave could explain
in spite of Johnson's insistence on his
point and Stewart Ellisons drunken
murmuring about killing Democratic No
groes.
The delegates yelled for Lane. II
took ten minutes to restore any sort a
order Finally things quoted down, ant
4 Dave said:
I First, last and all the time / will MOI
; support Il white Republican ticket, 81
help me God. Put a negro on the tickle
and I'm with you. Don't and I'm agil
YOU"