The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-19
POLITICS and
POLITICIANS

There isn't but one Independence
| publican populst-a anything to- beat the
4 Democrats voter in Rhamkatte. He has
been getting lots of literature from a
clerk of Pritchard's at Greensboro by
the name of Whitaker. 1t is the first
time he ever got any mail except when
his wife went to Georgia ten years ago,
an he is powerful sot up to be recognized
! ty the Hill billies at Greensboro. He
totes his letters around in his pocket
and spouts to anybody who will listen
to him about the glorious privilege of
being Independent and eusses out as
slaves every man who votes straight
| ticket. con the sly he is in secret COM
munication with the Radical leaders,.
| I met him in the road yesterday, just
below the Swift Creek bridge. and this
| is the conversation that ensued
Good morning, Mr.. Hill-billy"
| Good morning, Mr.. Rooster"
"How's politics over your way, Mr.
| Hill-bilIy?"
| "Nothin' doing. The niggCrs amt
| registerin, the white folks are nearly
all slaves to the Democrat machine and
wearin' collar. and swearin it feels
good on their necks. None of it for me-
l am an Independent man, | am, and
votes as l please"
| Who are you going to vote for this
year, Mr.. Hill-billy?"
| Il am goin' to vote agin' Clark for
| sure. / don't like no man what thinks
| he is a bigger man than AleX.Andrews
and Bill Day He's sure to bust"
''Who will you vote for as Superior
Court Judge in the Fourth Judicial dis
trict?'
q don't know until I can see sotho
Wilson"
who will Sotho vote for"
"He don't know till he can see Billy
| Day"
"And who will Day vote for?"
HE don't know until he can see a
| Teller named Whittacur from down here
in Halifax"
| And who will Whittacur vote for?'
"He don't know till he can see Billy
| Blair up to Winston Salem.
And who will Billy Blair vote for?"
He don't know till he axes his daddy
in-law. Mr.. John Fries -the,-fat.'
"And who will his daddy-in-law vote
for"
He don't know till he can see MIR.
Ioose-me Patterson, his candidate for
Congress.
"And who will Patterson vote for?"
"He don't know till he can see Jeter
Pritchard.'
"And who win Jeter vote for?"
He won't tell till the Council COM
posed OF Joe Caldwell, Bill Clark.
| Charley Price, and others hold a grand
mass convention in a little hall bed
room in Greensboro and decide who is
! the strongest 'agin' the true blue Demo-
Gratis. Then when the Council advises
! Jeter, and Jcter tells Loose-me he Will
| tell Fries out-the-fat and Fries Out-the-
| fat will tell his law and son-in-
law Billy will tell Whittacur, and Whit
tacur will tell Billy Day and Billy Day
| will tell Sotho and Sotho will send down
| the word along with his sow-paw. and all
we Ipdepend ents will vote the ticket jest
as it is printed. "-Rhamkatt Rooster.
! was talking with a prominent Gull
| ford county Democrat few days ago
about the situation in that county and
he said:
| I'm the Legislature Of 1901 when the
resolutions of impeachment were intro
duced. Messrs Robertson and ~ hitaker,
representatives of Guilford county in
the House. knowing Judge Douglas Che
being from their county,, thought he
| should have the benefit of the doubt
and worked and voted against impeach-
| ment The action of these honorable
young men had very great influence on
| members of the Senate. and no doubt
helped to save Judge Douglas from be-
! ing forever disGraccd. Both of these
young representatives were unanimously
| rcnominated by the Democratic conven-
ton of Guilford county on September
9Th. 1902 The canvass in Guilford is
| on in full force. but Mr. Robertson is in
! the hospital with typhoid fever and Mr..
| Whitaker has been absent with a sick
| child. and Mr.. S. A. Douglas, son of
| Judge Douglas, has had himself APP
pointed candidate by the Republicans
and is canvassing the county every day
doing all in his power to defeat the men
who had helped save his father from
| disgrace. Could anything be more un-
| grateful. but Mr.. Douglas will be de-
featcd by at least $500 majority.
Ben. T. Gable, of Chicago, who is no
rainbow chaser. predicts that the Demo
Gratis will elect a majority of the Con
grcssional delegation in Illinois this
year.
We notice a convention or committee
met in Onslow few days ago with at
tendance of five and put out ticket
Durham can go them one better, as foul
men assembled here one day this week
and did business.-Durham Mornn2
Herald. Wake can beat this. The Ring
tail convention here was composed oil
only one man. He nominated the whole
ticket.
Iredell Meares, Esq. of New Han
over county, who was nominated by tho
Citizens mass convention for the Sen
ate, has declined to accept the nomina-
ton. The Southport Standard learns tina
another man will be placed on the tickle
at an early date, and the Star learns
that Mr.. r. M. Wescott, of this city
viii be the man. At least that is the
talk on tho streets in Wilmngton.-Wi1