The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-02

Justice. Ohlei
Looking down on the convant;o,
were Tour negroes to be seen down eta;a.
ana a lew old Uncle Remuses in Tho oo,
10y me louf were the regularly q,
poihttu ielegates from Warren conntu
"'aue ny RUNNER Cheatham hut tbav
"1e ia'tr liited out bodily in favor ~
a "hite delegation by the Committaa -
i"'id's. Inc few old colored war
horses IN the gallery had far auov o
presslons IN their eyes, but thair 90
tehances beamed with de,iobt 81
frltchard began roasting the Damocrate
after the appointment of q Committee
Oh Credentials the convention adionrno.
"h'il h'e CLOCK and a caucus was Gallo,
Tor three o'clock.
THE NEGROES TURNED OFT
- d ie" minutes after five o'clock no
IN reaSsembled and heard the re-
- nv COMMITTEE on Credentials
- Noiiihi'tce had Just emerged from .
- session or three hours length.
oHeatl'ain, Otlara and the other naoro
var'e0 iion warren, Craven, Halifax.
vance and several other countiec boa
presented their credentials and fo,ob+ 49,
recognition, but they were tnrnaa 49, -
q man, mostly by Matched nm con+astinn
o'iesatlons of old moss-back whites IN
Joe wood, of Halifax, and Bob Haacook
Of Craven.
Inc committees reported seated botb
delesatlons from Rockingham because
lliel' was no negro in either and seated
the "hlte contestants in every other ron
tested county.
me report Yves adopted and then ]. N.
'oouy nominated the Southern Railroad
III the person of Capt. Chas. Price of
Rowan, for permanent chairman. He was
elected unanimously and was escorted to
Inc chalr by Judge Bynum and G.. A. Rev
holoS. He took the gavel but opened not
ms mouth, thinking perhaps that the
ieast SAID would be soonest rescinded.
MCNEIL, Of Wilkes, was elected perma-
nent secretary, and the following COM
mlttee appointed on Platform and Reso-
nltlon5: Harry Skinner, d. II. Abbott.
+ NJ. Stanton, G. P. Jockey, c.. A., Rev
Eolds, T. II. Sutton, T.. v. Walser. a. n
Price, /. L. Jenkins, and J. J. Britt: a
committee, headed by Judge w. p. By
mum, was then appointed on Plan of Or
ganlzation, after which. without motion
and with surprise and disgust to many Of
the delegates, the chair declared the con-
vention adjourned until $50 O'Clock.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
When the convention assembled after
supper SeaWell, of Moore, offered a reso-
luton endorsing Senator Pritchard and
me records of Congressman Moody and
Blackburn, which was unanimously
adopted. Assistant District Attorney
Price then offered resolutions. agreed on
i'll caucus. endorsing T. n. Hill for Chief
Justice and leaving blank nominations for
Associate Justices, which were adopted
without opposition.
D.. A. Long, of Alamance, was nomi-
mated for superintendent of Public In
struction, by r.. n. Douglass, who, in an
sWer to enquiry, vouched for his Repub-
licanism. and he went through all right.
Assistant District Attorney Oscar Spears,
of Harnrtt. and ex-Judge w. p. Bynum
named D. H. Abbott for Railroad Com
missioner, who was nominated by a ris-
ing vote.
E. w. Timbarlake, of Franklin, Fourth
district, w. S. OBJ. Robinson, of Wayne,
Sixth district; H. F. Seawell, of Moore,
Eighth district; A. L. Coble, of Iredell.
Tenth district; H. R. Starbuck, of For
syth. Eleventh district; R. H. McNeill.
Of Ashe, Thirteenth district; O. b. F.
Blythe. of Henderson, Fourteenth dis
trict; c. d. Mashburn, of Madison,
Fifteenth district; Baylus Cade, of Hay
wood, Sixteenth district, were nominated
without opposition for judges of Superior
court.
L. V. Walser then reported resolutions
of Committee on Platform, which were
adopted without opposition.
Ex-Judge w. p. Bynum of the Commit
tee on Plan of Organization, submitted
amendments to party rules, tending to
increase representation in District. State
and County Nominating Conventions, so
as to bring them closer to the people
and changing section six so as TO leave
no doubt about its construction. and
against that put upon it at Rural Hall
Judicial Convention. Adopted.
COMMITTEE ON PLATFORM.
The Committee on Platform then re-
ported. 1t had had easy sailing eX-
cont when the constitutional suf-
frage amendment came up, the plat
form had been written and agreed upon
in Senator Pritchard's room long be-
fore the committee was appointed, and II
had in il that miserable Subterfuge on
the suffrage amendment, which was nm
a1lv adopted, but Senator P~ritchard had
to appear before the committee person
ally and make an appear III OF
der to prevent the committee from re-
porting a section declaring that the party
accepted in good faith the constitutional
amendment and pledging not to interfere
or encourage any interference with us
provisions.
The resolution was written ana !oHered
by Prof. J. J.. Britt, of Mitchell county
and was in plain and ~unequlVocal ian
plage. The committee was unanimous
in it's support of the Britt resolution, ana
concluded that as nothing had been done
without the sanction of Pritchard lhat
if would send for him before nnally
recommending the resolution. 1he sen
ator appeared, and after an hour OF earn
est appeal persuaded the committee -
omit the resolution and report the orig
nal subterfuge. At the suggestion OIL ooi'
Harry Skinner, q section CONCERNING 'ne
legislature for increasing the governor .
salary. was stricken out. Inc
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