The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-16
NEGROES CONDEMN
SENATOR PRITCHARD
Continued from First Page.)

! emphasize self-respect, and encourage
race enterprises, thereby showing the
falsity Of the answer, "Oh, the negro
don't care. He will forget. He will
work for and spend his money foolishly
with us regardless of our treatment OF
him. Let us leave off aping and strain
ing to live above our income, thereby
wasting our surplus earnings. Let US
pick our friends with care and then
stand by them.
18th. And finally make an effort to con-
troll our surroundings, and become SUI
perior 70 them. Seek country life, the
farms. own them and study to vary your
crops. Keep your children in good schools
and endeavor to become necessary, wor-
thy and honest property owning citizens
in your community.
DIR. c. o. II. Thomas. Carteret.
A. ID. Dawson, Wilson.
Scotland Harris, Halifax.
G. W. Herring, Sampson.
II. H. Taylor, Warren.
~ C. Bruce. Wake.
H. w. Hunter, Nash.
J. T. Ruffin, Durham.
W. S. Hagans, Wayne.
After Thompson had read this address
he explained it, declaring that he was
tired of being led about by white Re-
puhlicans, who having used the negro
then kicked him; those, he insister, were
not true Republicans. He denounced
the Republicans of North Carolina VINO
were now leading the party, but SAID
the principles were al right, and Illus
trated his remarks with the Rilly Ma
hone story of riding a, negro to the
gates of Heaven and leaving him hitch
ed outside, where the old negro kicked
ur his heels and cried 'yee."
He was applauded vigorously for his
denunciation of the white Republicans,
vet this was not exact enough for the
meeting, as was soon shown.
John Williamson was recognized. and
in a hot speech he declared that once
he had been driven out of the Repuhli-
can meeting by Richmond Pearson and
Pearson gecause he would not swallow
fusion. He said some o''a was at The
head of the movement to kick the negro
out of office, and that he wanted to
name the man. He YVES not afraid to
10 so and the convention ought to nave
| manhood enough to put the blame where
it belonged. He was not for milk and
cider business; that he was in the meet
ing as a negro, not as Republican or
a Democrat. That even now one of the
best negro postinasters IN the state,
| Sam Wick, of Wilson. was about to be
ouste6 for some broken-doWn politician,
and that he would not give cent for
such party.
"Some of you men here" he said.
| lust want your names in the papers. L
was driven out of the party by Butler
and his harde after / had worked to
get an education for you, and you ought
to be ready to denounce Senator Pritch-
ard and his Lily White party The ne
groes have got the worse of fusion, for
| its been confusion and now the white
Republicans and the renegades think 1T
| a disgrace to appoint negro to office.
| Where's Jim Young and pancy! They
are being taken care of and are not
| here and after awhile they will have a
convention and undo what you arc do
| ing"
Here Williamson was interrupted by
| McClain, of Concord. who declared he
| was AS good as Williamson, as he had
| been against fusion. After Williamson
| had said he was glad to know it, Grant
| Foster. of Wilson. was heard from.
| Foster believed in naming the man.
This was the third convention he had
come to and all amounted to nothing.
| He liked to come TO Raleigh and be-
| lieved it the place for conventions, even
il they were going to Greensboro TINS
year. Name Pritchard as the man who
is responsible for the treatment OF the
negroes. follow him to the polls and
vote against him or any man who acts
as he does. This was greeted WITH g"ea:
! cheers.
After various motions and sub motions
in which McClain. of Concord, and
Thomas, of Carteret, tried to keep the
convention from naming Pritchard
while Williamson, Grant, Foster and
w. Y. Fl. Woodland all spoke for the
resolution, it went through with a
whoop.
This resolution was as follows:
Resolved, That we condemn Senator
Pritchard in his course OF having com
petent negro officials dismissed from
office.
This was adopted amidst cheers. while
Williamson exclaimed, pointing over t.
where sot Rev. McClain: go telegraph
the news to Senator Pritchard.'
After this exciting fight was over, X
H. w. Leak introduced a motion to APP
point a committee of five TO arrange tG
haze newspaper organ for the negroes
published in Raleigh One delegate
wanted to leave ii open for bids from
other places. but the Raleigh plai, car
ried and the following committee was
named: r. H. W. l.eake, of Wake: "A
c. Bruce. of Wake: w. S. HashTs. OF
Wayne; c. O. III. Thomas. of G. rrus
and Scotland Harris. of Halifax