The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-09

thing in any sort OF way, and for sow,
tihe, by his skits and antics kent tn,
convention In roar Of laughter.
w. =. Dowd called out Dr. j. r
DIXON. This delegate got in a question
or Two That rather phased the conyen
tion. lie said: 81 have heard it mt
mated that goldbugs are running tbi,
convention. ls that sO?" There wer,
one or two voices that answered "yes.
but the railroad and monopoly contin
gent had the pull in the matter of luns
power and they sent up a volley ol
mos" You had better settle tbal
question:" said Dixon, land settle Il
right" "If it goes out from here ths,
TINS convention is dOmi mated by gold
bugs, you are going to be badly hurt
81 have heard that all anti-fusionist.
are gOldbugs." ''
"A lie" ""nO," yelled The delegates.
u peileVe THAT is lie myself" said
"How are you on fusion?" asked 8
delegate.
81 don't know that my opinion i.
worth much, but if you want to know
II tell you. | am against it,"
MAJ Dixon got burst Of applause
as he took his seat.
Judge A. G. Avery was called for
lie arose, aid as he did there were
some hisses and some applause. He
SAID that he did not desire to address
the convention at that time. He had
information thGt the committee on
resolutions would not be able to report
before Z o'clock. When that report
was made he might desire to have
something to say. lie then paid his
respects to the hissers. He told them
that he had served the Dem. party for
thirty years, and when the time came
he would demand his rights to a hear
ing and would maintain them: that he
could point to those who had Kissed
him as political recreants who had
been unfaithful and had scratched
their party ticket in the last election
Night Session.
The first work of any note at the
night session was the reading of the
platform. 1t will be easily seen that
all it contains of any special conse-
quence is almost bodily "stolen" from
the Peoples Party State platform. \
The platform was published in full
last week.
Report on ths Popullst Communication.
In presenting this report Governor
Jarvis said:
"As to some matters that came be.
fore that committee the committee
was divided; three members of that
committee desired that in reply to a GER
tain proposition sent to the committee
from this convention, we should make
counter proposition. These men
were as good Democrats as we are and
had at heart the welfare of the party
rs much as the other members of the
committee, and as an evidence of their
loyalty to the party, their unaltera BILE
allegiance to its interests, they have
consented to present no minority re-
port to this convention"
The report was as follows:
The Committee on Platform and
by direction of the con-
VentlOn, having had under cOnsidera-
tlon the proposition for fusion made
by committee of the Populist Party,
recommend that this convention
adopt the following resolutions in re-
spect thereto:
RESOLVED, l. That the proposition
Tor fusion submitted by the POpulist
committee, be, and the same is hereby
declined.
RESOLVED, 2. That the Democratic
Executive Committee be, and the same
IS hereby, instructed to entertain no
further proposition for fusion.
The reading of this report was wide
|y cheered. 1t suited the convention ex-
ictly. It was in accordance with the
boss. AS soon as its reading was con-
,luded several voices yelled: 81 move
mat the resolution be adopted by a
rising vote.
The motion was put without delay,
and the entire convention arose to it's
feet widely whOoping. Hats went off
ana cheers rent the air. The cOnven-
ton had done the work.
"a delegate hallOOed. "Thf ee cheers
for the committee on resolutions" and
they were given.
During this procedure came the sur
prising periOn. 1t had been given out
aud boldly talked during the day that
the POpulist communication could not
be disposed of without big fight. Men
like Avery, Davidson, Mason, Hale,
w Webster, Frank Winston and others
had permitted intimatlons that they
were in for getting all reform forces"
together and that some mighty good
reasons would have to be given for not
etfecting such union. But 10! not a
mouth opened In debate, not voice was
raised for the people. The railroad
forces had cowed these doughty cham
plOns, and when they opened their
mouths at all it was to bow to the lash
and renew their allegiance to the
Democratic party.
After the adoption of the platform
and rejection of the POpulist PROPOSE
tiOn for cooperation of the silver for
ces calls were made for speakers.
Visiting statesman" Jarvis who ran
from the silver convention In 1895
was called but he said nothing worth
repeating.
Capt. ThOs. w. Mason came next. He
said he came to extend the hand of CO.
operation to the POpulist party, but he
knew no higher duty than to follow
the flag OF the Democratic party. He
bowed to the lash of the railroad ele-
ment that controlled. Almost anybody
would have expected better of him.
"Buck Kitchen followed. Ifyou ev-
er get q chance don't fail to hear him
He is an entire aggregation by him.
self in his new role, and is worth the
price of admission, which price il
nothing. He was wildly applauded by
the convention. He howled about
what he called "nigger rule" and then
the gang would whoop. He started in
to roast Grover Cleveland. Some fel.
low yelled: "Leave that out" The
Honorable "Buck" saw he was losing
there, and adroitly turned the
tide in his favor again by saying that
he had recently been in q crowd sight
worse than Grover Cleveland. The
railroad manipulators were caught
again and they whooped up "Buck'
with amazing energy. This encour.
aged him to the point of wildness and
he roared out that I'VE will have Just
such government As we want. II w
can't get it by votes, we will resort Il
those means which have never vel
failed" He ranted on saying he wal
in favor Of cooperation, but not suct
as was offered by the Populists.