Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-17
TIE NEGROES WONT Be DOWN[D..
Recent Attempt of White Republicans to Hold
Them Back.

will have bad effect over the State
and the party will not be- able to re-
cover from it,"
c. I. Bailey, postmaster. Of Raleigh,
and J. NJ Milliken, Of Randolph. Mar
shal Of the Western district had pre-
viously been nominated for delegates
at large The negroes called for vote
after .Iohnson's speech
The vote stood M!lliken 20. Bailey l3
and Johnson 10. The Wake delegation
:" hich consisted Of six negroes, voted
for Miiliken in preference to Bailey.
jerr" Smith jumped up and said, Il
cast one vote for Bailey
Jim Young said You take your
*eat; YOU are no delegate
Smith claimed the right to vote AMI
Postmaster Bailey contended that he
Was a delegate, h4t the other delegates
said no.
ni.iiken and Bailey We're declared
the choice Of the convention 10 the Ma
'lonal Republican convention
Dave Lane jumped up and shouted,
move that If any negro in this dis
tfIct votes Tor the scoundrels we lynch
him to the first tree"
Right. several negroes hoIlered.
Savage, the negro professor, said as
he Was leaving the room, The Repub-
iicans have gone ahead and disfran-
chised the negro before the Democrats
could 40 So
Wen remember. tnem," Jim Young
said as he took his seat
The white delegates were WATCHING
their brethren in black, who hung
around the door. The negroes We're
Waiting to see the next move
Somebody placed in nomination T.
,. Jones. o Chatham and H. r. Pace.
OF johnson IS aiternates-
! move 10 make it unanimous ana
carry out tne state of the secret eau
Gus, Jim Young hollered out Well
Do it.. was The response Of the coons
and the election Of the alternates was
made unanimous.
Jim Young moved that Ed Johnson
be reelected chairman OF the Congress
sional committee. Quick as flash
Johnson put the motion and it went
| through. though Bailey of North Car
ciina. tried in vain to object
]. NJ. NIlliken. Of Randolph. was
nominated as the member of the state
4
Al this point Bailey of North Caro-
Ina t@ok the floor and declared that
the next business was the election of 4
! chairman Of the Congressional COM
mittec.
We done and fixed that" Jim
Young declared
Il nomiate J. A. Giles. Of Chatham.
! fer chairman said f. D. Jones
Everybody knows that we have re-
| elected Ed Johnson chairman" jim
Young declared. | made the motion
and it was carried.
G. L. Baliey: i objected"
lin Young: Your objection came
too late.
Chairman Johnson: The conyen-
| tion has already elected 4 chairman
jim Young: Il move We adjourn
The motion 10 adjourn was apparent
~ defeated At this point the negro
| delegates bolttd and left the hall. with
III" exception OF Eaton Vance. Bailey
and tie others did net know what to
do The few white delegates present
conferred for three or four minutes
Then Bailey, Of North Carolina. mount
ed chair and asked for order He
moved i roll call be had and the con
ytltiOn reaSsemble.
Sit down. said J f.. Shepperd
the negro deputy in Collector Duncan s
office Nho was standing in the door
WAY
IN do nothing oi the kind said
Bailey. and there's no one in here
WaO can make me sit down.
The previous action by which John
;On was elected chairman of the Con
rresSional committee was next recon
Sidcred and ] \. Giles. OF Chatham!
chosen in his stead by the few remain
ing delegates present. All the Wake
negroes had gone save one who refus-
ed 10 vote Eaton. OF Vance. said wheI
liS county was called, The delegation
has dlsbandcd.
Whether +. 4. Johnson, or Giles. ;S
ine chairman Of the Congressional
committee remains to be seen and bott
have their following
The convention adjourned about
O'Clock 10 meet at the call OF The
chairman Ii was agreed that no Con.
gress:onal nomination should be madt
until after the Angus, election