The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-03
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
HEADED BY SPENCER B. ADAMS|
Full Ticket For State Offices Was Named
by Yesterdays Republican Con-
vention.
ALL NOMINATIONS MADE BY ACClAMATION|

cay of our most cherished institutions"
The following eloquent and characteris-
tic paragraph is snatched from the con-
Guiding sentences of Mr.. Holtons effort
1t contains many things that the people
of the State did snot know before and is
printed here for its news value:
"The Democratic machine now upon
their tour of the State, with their little
coterie of candidates are witnessing that
the people are turning their backs and re-
fusing to hear the pledges they are now
making only to be broken The history
of their legislation teaches that they are
wofuily wanting in knowledge of our con-
stitution, or that they ruthlessly trample
under foot it's provisions, for almost every
act passed by the Legislature of 1899
which has come under the scrutiny of
the judicial eye, has been declared un-
constitutional
On concluding his unbroken remarks
Mr.. Holton called the Hon. Zeb Vance
Walser Attorney General, to the chair
a> temporary chairman of the conven-
tion.
Mr.. Waser made a short speech in
which he bade farewell, forever" to the
Democratic party and then proceeded to
bury it as the old Scotch woman buried
the devil, with his head down so that the
more he scratched the deeper he got"
(Applause).
He ended with Patrick Henry cry of
"Give us Liberty" AS he sat down
revenue doodler set up long yell while
several others feebly applauded.
The Credential committe was then ap
pointed by the various districts, as fol-
lows:
First district, j. C. Meekins, Jr.
Second district, j. II. Harmon (col).
Third district. Robert Hancock
Fourth district, L. L. Wrenn
Fifth district, J. A. Haskins.
Sixth district, d. @. Houston
Seventh district, II. c. Cowles.
Eighth district, ID. A. Davis.
Ninth district, ]. G. Cooper.
Chairman Walser announced that all
the counties but three We're represented
and there was only one contest-this one
from Wayne.
ITO consider this" he added, ''the COM
mittee will retire to the rooms in the
rear of the stage"
AS the committee filed out the Hon.
Nat Boyden, of Surry, arose and said the
convention wanted to hear from our be-
loved Senator the Hon. Jeter c. Pritch-
ard, the author of civil rights and liberty
not only in this State but in the whole
country
This raised a storm of yells and calls
for sPritchard,'' which that statesman
showed an eager willingness to respond
to.
The applause that greeted him as he
walked TO the front of the stage was
destined to be the loudest that he was to
get during the convention.
He began by declaring that the Repub-
licans have been engaged in many hard
fights in the past, but in his opinion
we've got the hardest one on hand now
we've ever fought"
The Hon. Jeter told his hearers that
they were called on to face IAN issue
which is the beginning of the end and
which is calculated to rob the common
people of North Carolina of their rights.
Mr. Pritchard wanted, he said. to make
reply to Mr. Aycock's speech, but in
doing this Mr. Pritchard wished it dis
tinctly understood that he didn't think
Mr.. Aycock would ever be Governor.
He began this famous reply with
defense of the Republican county govern
ment system and then announced
I'm going to prove to you today that
there is no Negro Rule in North Caro-
lima
But he forgot to do it, and instead he
challenged his Democratic friends to
show a single county, in Eastern North
Carolina that was dominated by negroes
by virtue of Republican and Populist
rule
A voice in the gallery-"Mr. Pritchard,
tell us why you didn't put negro in as
postmaster at Henderson,"
The Senator paid no attention to the
query but dismissed the subject by de-
claring that he was prepared to show
that instead of having mismanaged the
affairs of the State the Fusion party had
given the State an administration superior
10 that given by the Democrats
Nothing would give Mr.. Pritchard more
pleasure. IF only he were foot-loose, 'to
go over North Carolina and reply to the
fallacies Aycock is trying to palm off on
the people,
Referring to the Wilmington riot he
thus slandered the good people of that
city.
They let Manly stay in Wilmington as
long as they could use him. After he
had left the State what did they do? They
murdered a number of inoffensive negroes
on the street-a thing that never oc-
Cured in the State before and 1 hope
never will again"
Be it said to the credit of the conven-
tion this contemplate slander met with
no applause.
''If our Democratic friends really want
to settle this race question: he declared
they have only to enact such legislation
as will settle the matter in the Eastern
counties and the Republican party stands
ready and willing to join in such an eff
fort at any time.
Mr.. Simmons boldly proclaimed here in
Raleigh that the intention of the Amend