The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-12
NEGRO DELEGATES
WAS THEIR CHOICE
Wake Republicans Give Way
10 the Blacks.
HAM JONES PLACA1ED
Has Green Bounced As Chairman And
]. P. H. Adams Put In.
STATE DELEGATION AGAINST pRlTcHARO
Four Out Of Six Are Reported Thus. An Able
Northern White Man An Alternate While
Dave Lane, Negro Politician Is
Selected as Delegate.

A gathering Of black and white Repub-
hcans was held yesterday. The meeting
took place in what was once the dining
room of the Park Hotel. AS one dele
gate remarked, they were after pie" and
a dining room, even an unused one, had
memories of pie.
The spirit of the meeting is best shown
by one instance. In the west there is a
shout of white Republican party, man
aged by the aid of manufacturers. Geo.
b. Hiss, of Charlotte, is about to pull in
a Congressional nomination on that plea.
But yesterday, as a delegate to the Re-
publican State Convention, Dave Lane, a
negro lawyer politician, was chosen,
while H. B. Greason, superintendent of
the Raleigh Cotton Mills, a Northern
man OF ability and a cotton mill man of
unquestioned WORTH could only be made
an alternate. 1t is the old negro Repub-
lican party, and the negro is going to
keep his hold on it and wont be pushed
off,
The meeting was originally called as
that of the Republican Executive Com
mittee, and it's purpose was understood
to be to call county convention. 1t
weeks ago which was broken up when
ex-Sheriff Ham Jones waved Article Five
of the Republican plan of organization
as war flag when colored Col. "Jeems"
Young wanted the committee to name
delegates to the State Convention. The
regulations of the Republican party re-
quire a county convention to do this, as
for Article Five. but this was set at
naught yesterday and county conven-
ton was made back number.
To cover up the irregularity the
Bosses called in some black and white
Republicans not members of the commit
tee and called it Mass Convention to
select delegates. But before this was
done ex-Sheriff Jones got in his fine work
and allowed the proceedings to proceed.
He didn't want l.. M. Green to be the
chairman of the executive committee and
he wanted to figure on the delegation to
the State Convention. His demands, so
it is said, were complied with and he
was assured Green would get out of the
way so that the procession might pro-
cesh.
>. Then the meeting opened up. Green
presided, but as E. A. Johnson, the negro
Assistant District Attorney and secre-
tary of the committee, was absent an
ether negro, the redoubtable Jim Young,
was made secretary Having mapped out
the work there was no farce of a county
convention attempted, but Green resigned
as county chairman. and J. P. II. Adams,
revenue doodle deputy collector was
voted in to fill his place. Score victory
number one for Ham Jones.
At this point the colored contingent
frightened their grip. Col. Jim Young
arose. He had list and he read it and
it was voted and adopted as having the
trade mark blown on it. 1t was the dele
CATION to the Republican State Conven-
ton, and it had on it this choice collec-
tion of regulars, insurgents and negroes:
c.. Il. Bailey, postmaster; j. c. l.. Har-
ris, RusselTs man Friday, supposed to
be an insurgent; Claudius DockePy, ex-
Republican legislator, wearer of Adams
mantle as revenue doodle" lawyer Bill
Chamblee, EXPULSION office-seeker, sup
posed to be Pop until yesterday; Ham
T. Jones, ex-Rep. sheriff and placated
insurgent leader; Dave Lane, negro law
yer AS alternates Jim Young read H.
b. Greason. superintendent Raleigh Cot
ton Mills: w. A. Stancill, a Republican
farmer; Charles McNamee Radical poll
tician: w. ]. Rudy. former Radical Off
clal; Il. il. BANKS, eA-ftdulCdl oeHdtOF1
]. T. Anderson to political fame I'M
known. The ticket went through with a
whoop.
Then Dave Lane performed as reader.
Jim had nominated him and he nomina
ted Jim. His list was of delegates to
the Congressional Convention, and
throwing out his chest and holding up
his head. he Grated the following:
j. P. H. Adams, revenue doodle;
Col. Jim Young, negro politician and ex-
soldier. W. H. Ray, former Populist; j.
w. Upchurch, EXPULSION offce-holder; c.
II. Bailey, postmaster, and Jerry Smith,
country negro Radical politician, Alter
mates. Vance Hudson and Frank Free
man, unknown to fame; J. ]. Reynolds,