The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
THE REVOLT SPREADS
A Checknate to the Plans OF
Boss" Pritchard.
Jim Young And his Little list Of Delegates 10
Republican Sta'e Conventio' Lost IN
the Shuttle.

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The Executive Committee Of the Wake
County Republicans was in session in
Raleigh yesterday-cxecutivc session
and but little information OF the Official
kind was handed out.
The sort that did receive the official
ukaso was that al the townships OF the
county were represented. u. II. Young
resigned IS tounty chairman OF the
Executive Committee ana l.. VI. Green,
of <euse. was elected 10 the position.
F. A. johnson. the colorcd Assistant
United States District attorney was the
secretary of the meeting Ihere was
some discussion about he selection OF
delegates for the Republican State Con
yention to b held in Greensboro, August
%. and the meeting adjourned 10 August
9th when the matter will be arranged.
The above is what may be termed the
censored news, but back Of it Is 4 pretty
little story of checkmatc which inc
.Dickey Bird got hold of and when
shows that the revolt is spreading III
the Republican ranks and that Senator
Pritchard. aided by Federal officeholders
including OF course, the festive revenue
Goodies" and odorous "bung smellerS.
is trying with might and main 10
squelch it.
Yes. the executive committee net and
elected Green as chairman. Up to 4 lew
days ago, it is whispered, Postmaster
Bailey expected to become the chairman,
but Pritchard sent out word that Federal
officeholders must not be chairman.
They could be members of the committee
and delegates to the convention, the
Boss agreed, but he did not want them
to be too prominent about it. as some
one might begin a cry OF 'perniclous &C
tivity', and lose him the support OF some
of his ready l~ieutenants in the game he
is playing.
The committee was talking about
things when the "Dickey Bird says jim
Young came in. 1t would not have done
for Collector Duncan to appear and so
to keep his hand from being seen he
had gone to cool off in the sea breeze
at Beaufort, but jim had been seen, and
Jim could do the marionette act while
some one else pulled the wire.
So Jim came in. He had some papers
in his pocket and some argument ready.
He tchinned" the committee to the effect
that the thing to do was for the exc
cutive committee to at once name dele
gates to the Republican State Convention,
and thinking it was a go, the "Dickey
Bird says he reached down into his
pocket and pulled out a list.
But he was too quick on the trigger.
There was a man and some printed
stuff there too. The man was ~ex-Sheriff
Ham Jones, and he produced the Re-
publican plan Of organization rules and
read article five. This says that the
executive committee can't appoint dele
gates. This being read the members
looked at each other and then at jim.
Jim grinned for he saw that the corn
was on him, and that his plan, and his
partners plan, had slipped up.
That's why the delegates were not
appointed yesterday, but that is not why
| August 8 was selected as the next meet
ing day. Senator Pritchard is expected
here between the fourth and sixth of
August and his lieutenants secured the
adjournment till that time. so that he
might come and "see' that things were
all right for his endorsement. The
"Dickey Bird seems to think that he
may bring some of Mark Hanna,s s., 900
with him. but that if a convention is
) held that it won't keep Pritchard's
course from being condemned.
Back Of all this Is another story lead
ing up to it. Some time ago a circular
letter was sent out by Raleigh Repub-
licans who are after Pritchard's scalp,
in which they spoke of their disgust and
asked that resolutions of condemnation
of Pritchard be passed at conventions
despite the revenue yelpers. This circu-
lar has gone to every portion Of the
State. Pritchard heard of it after JULY
18th and wrote that Federal officials
keep from being chairmen of executive
committees, but control things so the
"Dickey Bird says, and adds that he
favored the executive committees. where
his henchmen controlled them. APPOINT
ing the delegates.
TO prove this Cumberland county is =
case IN point. Last week A. d. Nor
rissey. a United states Commissioner q,
Cumberland county, ACCOMPANIED by the
FORMER Fuslon Supreme court clerk came
to Raleigh. They We're here to see
Prltchard's lieutenants and to kick. he
cause the executive committee of the
Republican party in Cumberland had
appointed delegates to the State Conven.
ton, without the formality of a count,
convention.
And SO it goes. The revolt in Renuhli.
can ranks against Pritchard is snread-
ing and growing IN volume. The %outlool
IS for a merry row over his endoreeman,
at Greensboro, and the 'Dickev R;rd.
says tnere IS to be a lively old time
III wake II q convention is not held. anf
rough sleddin" is in store for "Rosc,
Pritchard.