The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-12
M|DDLE-OF-ROAD
ELECTORS NAMED
A Small Convention Held in
Raleigh.
A FILL BARKER TICKET
No Congressional Nomination Made
by the Convention.
A FILL BARKER TICKET
A DISTRICT CONVENTION WILL DO Thai
Chairman Sossamon Says Every One Of His
Nominees Must Stand Flat Footed in
the Middle of-the Road or
Its M Co

The Middle-of-the-Road Populists
met here yesterday and nominated a
full Barker and Donnelly electoral
ticket.
only about a dozen delegates at
tended, hence no ''convention'' was
held, but with true Populist instinct
the gathering resolved itself into a
caucus-two caucuses, in fact.
Ihe first one was held at II O'Clock
IN the office of the Secretary of State
thompson. The second one met at
o CLOCK In room No. ~ at the Yarbor-
ough House.
Al the first caucus names were su0
gested Tor the electoral ticket but. as
NUMBER OF delegates We're expected
on later train their final acceptance
was postponed till the latter caucus at
the Marlborough
Inls last caucus made no change in
the names, however, and the list of
electors as originally suggested and
finally nominated was as follows:
AT large-George E. Boggs, of Hay
wood county, and DR.. V. n. SeaweiI.
of Duplin.
District Electors A. j. Moye, Pitt
county; 2, j. NJ. Mewborne, Lenoir: 3.
Charles ID. F'rancks, Onslow; 4, j. f.
Spence, Chatham; 5, Il. J. Oldham,
Orange; 6, S. A. Edmund, Robson; Z.
l.. A. Lawrence, Iredell; s, S. G. Ker-
ley, Burke; 8, Lindsay Purgason,
Rutherford.
~ The provisional executive committee
was made permanent with j. p. Sossa-
man, of Charlotte, as chairman, and
p. L. Gardner, of Cherryville, as sec
rotary.
No nomination was made for Con-
gresham for the Sixth district.
Il had a letter from Chairman Ed
munds. recommending j. 4. Green, of
Union county, and asking us to make
the nomination. said Mr.. Sossaman,
land | read this Letter to the caucus,
but we decided that it was not in our
province to make the nomination, and
so | will recommend convention in
the district for that purpose"
''Will the electors named accept?"
''Ne will write to them at once
notifying them of their nomination
and asking them to define their posi-
ton. II they do not want to accept
or do not stand fiat footed in the mid
die of the road, why We'll put up
another man instanter."
mo Mckinley Pops for you them
mo sir, they must be all wool. a
yard wide and 10 flies on them or we'll
let them slide"
"How is Harry Skinner, did he at
tend your convention? ?"
''No. Harry says he doesn't know
where he stands. He'll not vote, he
tells me. / think he's in about as bad
a fix as Joe Caldwell. He's going to
take out his jack nife and sit ON the
fence and white as the procession
passes by. That's Harry's position as
/ understand it,
''yVas DR.. Cyrus Thompson at your
convention?
HE was at the first caucus and help
eel us select the names of electors. He
was not at the last caucus"
Mr.. Sossaman and the other dele
gates left for their homes on the af-
ternoon trains. He expressed himself
as much pleased by his reception in
Raleigh and, contrary to the usual
rule with Populists and Republicans,
declared that he had been fairly and
politelv treated by newspapers.