The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-21
BEST MEN WALKED OUT
Wanted To Endorse Democratic Principles
and Candidates.
DAZeD RUMP CONVENTION STATES TICKET
The Gathering of Radicals, Revenue Doodles
and PopuIists Listen to Few Choice
Harangues From Flamboyant
SpeIibinders,

81 MOVE THIS MEETING ADJOURN
SINE DE- said Mr.. Bryant Smith.
"ALL IN FAVOR WILL SAY AVE.
said Chairman L. r. Wyatt, and a num-
Der of voices responded. CONTRARY,
NO" and there were few noes.
81 DECLARE THE MEETING AD-
JOURNED," said the chairman.
Then came voices of protest but Chair
man Wyatt reached for his hat and leav-
ing the judges stand said 81 am chair
man no longer, / resign and with DR..
l.. T. Sorrell, Mr.. Bryant Smith and
other Democrats left the court house,
those left in the room looking dazed.
This was the elimination of a twelve
minute meeting of what has been termed
an Independent" Democratic movement
against some nominees of the Wake
County Democratic Convention" After
a failure at primaries over the county
called for Thursday by a meeting held
in Raleigh two weeks ago there was an
other meeting held in the court house
yesterday, which began at II minutes to
one and ended at minutes to one
The anti-elimax came when. after or
ganiZation and the adoption of a series
of resolutions setting forth the alleged
grievances of those assembled, the fol-
lowing resolution was introduced by DR..
l.. r. Sorrell.
Resolved. That we do hereby reaf-
firm our allegiance to the principles OF
the Democratic party and most cordially
endorse its nominations as made for
judges, and especially do We commend
i;
the Hon. Edward w. Pou, the brilliant
and rising statesman, who so faithfully
and efficiently now represents this dis.
trict in Congress-. We do furthermore
endorse and commend to the voters of
this county the candidate for the Legis-
lature as nominated at the recent prI-
1naries"
Immediately after DR.. SorrelI read this
resolution Tha1 Ivey of Cary, a Popu-
list-Prohibtion- partyite- Republican asked
that they be read again. Secretary D.
L. Fort lid 50. As he finished John AL
len. of Barton's Creek. said 1--WE can't
support that" In a moment A. L. Tay-
Tor. of Swift Greek, an original Popu-
list. was on his feet with a motion to
table. saying that was not what the con-
vention had assembled to do and that
they were not going to endorse the Dem
ocrats.
Before there was any attempts to put
the motion G. Bent Afford, of Holly
Springs. was speaking. He announced
that he was against any such resolution
and he wanted the people present to he
truly Independent, that he was an Inde-
PENDENT himself. While he was talking
there were cries that the motion was not
debatable
At this juncture came Bryant Smiths
motion to adjourn and the close of the
meeting which was followed later by
feeble effort at a meeting, led by ]. F.
Ballentine and participated in by twenty
three, of whom at least eighteen were
Radicals Revenue Doodles and Populists.
The meeting yesterday made no at
tempt at organizing or ut finding if the
crowd in attendance was composed of
delegates. In fact it is understood that
from only very few places in the coun-
ty were there any elected delegates. all
others who came to participate doing
so of their own accord There were in
the court house during the meeting about
ninety people. and of these at least sixty
we're spectators only. The meeting was
smaller by seventy people than that of
two weeks ago.
At twelve o'clock the hour for the
meeting there were about fifteen people
in the court house. 1t was said that
tie leaders were holding a caucus some
where. At twenty minutes to one DR.. L.
p. Sorrell, Mr.. L. r. Wyatt. Mr.. Thad
Ivey and Mr.. D. l. Fort appeared. 1t
was known in minute that there was
trouble. Mr.. Bryant Smith came in a
few minutes later and said to friends
that he was not going to submit to hav-
ing an attack made on the whole Demo-
cratic ticket as ne was a Democrat
In the audience among others were
John w. Atwater, INDEPENDENT candidate
for Congress: r. B. Davis. Populist
from Wilmington, who has been in Rail
righ for some weeks talking up indie
pendentism: Ceburn Harris. old line Re-
publican; G. Bent Afford Independent.
Gold. Palmer and Buckner man: Lum
Holding. Radical whiskey store-keeper
and guager: w. D. Meacham. Radical:
e. T. Bailey. Republican postmaster OF
Raleigh; J. y. Arnold. of Barton's Creek.
Populist: Charles Cooper, of Houses
Creek. voter of negro tickets. who de-
clares he would sooner vote for dog
than a Democrat; H. S. Keith. of Rail
cigh. Republican. and other lesser lights
&C Radicalism and Populistism
Chairman WYATT, Of the last meeting.
called the assemblage to order and D. L.