The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-02
FOURTH JUDICIAL uEnocRATIc co.,
vEMTISN.

FOURTH JUDICIAL UEnocaATlc co.,
i vEMTl1M.
Protest Filled by Wake Couaty delegates
which Leads 70 Abu sise Language ssd
fighs-Poa Nomin.s ed.
The Fourth Judicial District Con-
vention WAS held in Raleigh last Wed
nesday night. The convention Was
called to order BY John ". Thompsoo
In the absence Of Ch aiF0an W. G.
Monroe.
Hardly had this been done when M.
w: c. Douglass, Of Raj eigh, read the
following:
Protest Of Wake County D..oocrats
'WHKREAs, In the pla q Of O9Gaai1e-
ton OF the Democratic party, Il 10 di-
rected and prescribed tn d the Exon.
tive Committee of the Senatorial, Con-
gressional and Judicial DistriofA ~
spectively, shall, at the cali Of their
respective chairman, meet 1T some
place in their respective districts de-
their duty to appoint the time and
place for holding Convictions in their
respective districts; and the chairman
Of the said respective csmmittees shall
Immediately notify tbe chairman at
the different County Executive Conn
mittees OF the said appointment, and
the said County Executive Commit
tees shall forthwith call conventions
In their respective counties, in con.
formity to said notice, to send dole
gates to said district conventions,'
and,
whereas, This 10 the organic law Of
the party, and Tho only authority for
calling and holdi1g judicial cSnven-
ton, and
"Whereas, We have besn informed
and advised that the above rules and
regulations have not been complied
with, and
"Whereas, Any attempted action on
the part Of this body would be illegal
ana void and not binding, and
~ hereas, An attempt is made TO
bold judicial convention for the 4th
District in violation Of the Aforesaid
organic law, and at night when q CREST
number of delegs.tes-espeoiany those
from the cOuntry-are unAkle to At
tend. Now, ther efore, we, as Demo-
Gratis OF Wake county, most respectful
~ protest against any action or at
tempted action of this body exercising
any of the functions of q judicial con-
venti0n.
This May %, 1893.
(Signed) VIC DOUGLASS,
H. E. NORRIS,
BIC. BEcKwIrH,
J. II. FLEMING,
e. p. MAYNARD"
In connection with the protest there
was filed the followi ug statement:
Estate of n orth Carolina,
"Wake County.
Il, B. G. Beckwith, do hereby certify
L that 7 q ~f hn E~anspts~n
Committee of the F0M tn judicial Dis
| trict Of Wake county, and the secre-
tary Of the said committe That At
no time have I received any notice
from the chairman or any other men,
Der Of said Judicial Committee to-
meet at any time and pla &c in said dis
trict, designated in any call for the:
purpose of performing Il .e duty of ap-
pointing the time and pl ace for hold
ing the convention of the said Judi
cial District. That 1 am informed
and believe that no call for any such
meeting of said committee has been
made, and that no such meeting of the
committee has been held by said COM
mittee, and that no call or q conven-
ton has been made by 81 lid committee.
This May Is, 1898.
(Si9ned, "B. c.. BEckwrrH."
MI. thompson insisted that snefe
must be some organization before =
motion or resolution could be heard
and that Judge W. r. Allen, Of Wayne
should take the chair as Temporary
chairman. Judge Allen thereupon
took the chair, under protest from the
Wake county delegation, IN d announc-
ed his belief that there shou Id be tenn.
pOrary organization at le asst, before
DrOtests cOnld he heard
Mr.. B. G. Beckwith annou need that
Wake county refused to vote. John w
ThOmpsOA declared that ii he county
did not refuse to vote, and thi It the del
egattoH had had no meeting 4 nd organ.
izatio1.
Things we're getting lively and du.
ring the discussion on the pro4 sest some
ungentlemanly language was INDUCED
in which resulted in Beck with, OF
Wake, striking Abell, Of J.ohnston
Friends Immediately interrup ted the
eombatants and separated the, n. The
convention then proceeded to b usiness
Mr.. E. w. Pou was placed in nomina'
ton for Solicitor: The vote by coun-
ties is IS follows:'
For Pou.-Wayne, 81; Johns ton, 81
Harnett, %.
The roll call Of the Wake county del.
egates was called and there v ere six
teen votes cast for Pou, none in oppo
siti0n. The chair ruled that the entire
vote of the county Of Wake should b,
counted as rolled for Mr.. Pc, ], under
protest of those who had sign led tn,
written protest filed in the bea inning
Mr.. Douglass stated in Be ,half o.
these parties that they did not desiF'
to be forced into the position Of oppos
ing Mr.. Pou's nomination, b .oaus'
none Of them were opposed to hi a To-
the Solicitors place, hut that thea di'
not believe the convention was II ALI
called and did protest against IL q II
gality Of its action.