The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
FEW DELEGATES PRESENT
Candidates For Congress in Sixth Dis
trict to be Nominated.
CHAIRMAN sossAMoN GIVES HIS VIEWS
He Has Found a Great Numb Ct Populists in
the State Who viii Support kcKi,Isy
Even if PopuIist Ticket is
Nominated.

A Middle Of the oal Populist conven-
ton will be held here today.
The time named in the call for the con-
vention is 10 o'clock. and the place Sc
lected is the court house.
According to we'll known Populist pa
per "all who are opposed to fusion and
trafficing for spoils are invited to this
general mass meeting of men who put
principle above the art of getting Office
The convention will be called to order
by Chairman ]. p Sossamon, of Charlotte
who issued the call for it,
Mr.. Sossamon arrived in the city yes
terday morning and was seen at the Var
borough yesterday afternoon by a News
and Observer reporter with whom he
freely discussed his proposed convention,
the condition Of his party and it's pros
poets for the future.
Fusion" he declared, twas a terrible
mistake, and l think most of the Popu-
lists now realize it. l have long been OPP
posed to our alliance with the Republic
cans, but was in too small minority to
successfully fight it. Most of our leaders
favored 1.-THE fellows anxious to get to
the trough-but the Populists in the
country, as rule, were against it,
do you think independent action at this
late day will remedy the harm done?'
''It will, hope, to some extent at least.
The only way for any party to make real
progress and gather to itself strength is
by hoeing its own row. We would be
Infinitely better off if we'd always fol-
lowed that policy
do you expect pretty large conven-
tion tomorrow
mo On the other hand it will be a
very small one. Delegates will tonight
come in from Iredell, Catawba, Burke,
Mecklenburg and perhaps a few other
western counties. Then tomorrow morn
ing some will come from Union, Arson and
other counties along the Seaboard. Wake
county will be represented as will also
Onslow, Sampson, Duplin and other coun-
ties in the east. Altogether we hope to
have quite a little handful of delegates
present, but we'll put out full electoral
ticket if there are only half a dozen men
here
as that the extent of what will be
done?"
Eyes. that is the purpose for which
the convention was called. OF course
We'll also select permanent State COM
mittee and otherwise perfect our organi-
cation. To aid in this, our National
Chairman, Joe A. Parker, of st. Louis. viii
probably be here.
Besides this, it is pretty certain that
Populist candidate for Congress in the
Sixth district will be nominated. The
Populists of that district are anxious for
this course to be pursued. 1t will save
them the expense of a convention. | have
a letter to this effect from s. A. Edmunds,
chairman of the district"
"The nominee, I suppose, will be mid
dle-of- the roader?"
''Oh yes. No man will be put UP for
Congress anywhere in the district unless
he is strong middle of the reader. Shu-
ford who was recently nominated in the
Seventh district. was required to state
his position before he was put on the
ticket No Mckinley Populists will be ac-
ceated.''
who will the Congressional nominee
for the Sixth district probably be-"
II don't know. I've heard several