The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-13
ANNEX OF The RADICALS
Pritchard Puts the Screws on Those
Who Are Fighting Clark,
SEPARATE MEETINGS ONLY A FARCE
Whitaker, the Hill Radical Chairman, Covers
His Meetings With Radicals Under the
Plea of Social Conversations"
As Butler Did In 1894.
As Butler Did In 1894.
Especial to News and observer.y

Greensboro. N. c., Sept. 12-The meet
ing here last night OF anti-Ciarh, Sc
called Democrats. turned out to be also
an nti-Democratic aggregation so far as
the completed results proved. While it
was called ostensibly to defeat Clark on
the high ground taken that he was not
cf a. sufficiently high character, politically
or officially, to occupy the Supreme Court
Bench, and while many who engaged in
the meeting to organize for that pur-
pose alone had come fer that purpoS,
only, ret the chief mischief done or at
tempted to be done. was to join with
Republican schemes to defeat Kitchin
for Congress, or by nominating L Demo-
crat against him, so demoralize the coun-
ty campaign as to effect the defeat OF
Democratic local candidates in counties
that were close.
Here was conference OF men from
all parts of the State, high minded men
in financial and ordinary trausa ct ons of
life, who took it upon themselves to
come to the Fifth district for one pur-
pose, and having little 'rrh political
sagacity to be side tracked from that into
passing an edict of destruction oil man
against whose public conduct, private
life and official department rot one word
has ever been uttered. and whose nomi-
nation for Congress was mad by accia-
nation, not a voice being raised in oppo-
sition. An effort was made to make it
appear that the two meetings were held
separate and distinct and had no connec-
tion, the one with the other, and literally
they were held apart for after the con-
ference of the anti-Clark contingent
those from the Fifth district lid separate
themselves, go into different room and
proceed to nominate Mr.. Lindsay Fatter-
for Congress.
The fact is. this whole matter was
carefully discussed in the State confer
encc and some of those present stoutIy
opposed taking up the Congressional
fight for the Republicans III this dis
trict. one of those present insisting that
ii would be great tactical mistake, and
besides it would be utterly impossible to
defeat Kitchin. 1t is said that Mr.. Jno.
w Fries. of Salem, would listen to moth
ing else. He. Mr.. Patterson and w. a.
Blair. of Salem. were especially strong
in their condemnatio of Kitchin's finan-
cial record, and it is said that when the
fact that he defeated the amen ncnt TO
the Democratic State platform repuliat-
ing in terms the Kansas City plat "orm
was dwelt upon at length by Mr. Fries,
the gold bug ire of all present was so
aroused against Kitchn, that the con-
ference came 20 terms AMI after this. the
farce of a Fifth district m Getting was
gone through with, to make il look 1 o
homo folks that outsiders We're not in
termeddling with their local affairs. The
self-constituted actual representatives of
the Fifth district who perfunctorlv met
and formally named Mr.. Patterson were
J. w. Fries, w. A. Blair, of T0rSvth
j. A. Odell. Drcd Peacock. OF Guilford;
James H. Holt, Eugene Holt and L. S.
Williamson. of Alamance, and J. e Stagg,
of Durham. Two Fifth district men who
were in the conference over the anti
Clark organization and in full sympathy
with it, but who bitterly opposed inter
tering with Fifth district Democrats. re-
fused TO 90 into the Patterson nomina-
tion caucus and say today they &ill cor
daily support Mr.. KitGhin.
The facts above recited are in the
main absolutely reliable 1t is well
known here that this Kitchin affair was
agreed upon at the Republican confer |
ence with Pritchard. Blackburn. REYNOLDS |
and others at the caucus Tuesday night |
on the eve of the Congressional Rep,b- !
lican Convention, and this correspondent |
then communicated the intelligence that |
Mr.. Patterson would be the nominee. Mr.. |
Patterson denied it at homo and even !
yesterday. but he was giving his own |
mind and inclinations, not realizing how |
greater political power had decrecd |
otherwise. and the thing was of course |
made such an act of heroism to him last
night that he succumbnd. as had been |
predicted when Postmaster Reynolds. of
Winston, shrewdly conceived the plan,
and convinced Prtchard that with Pat
terson running for Congress in Forsyth |
it would bring about enough bad blood
among Democrats in Forsyth 20 insure
among other difficulties the defeat OF
three Democrats for the Legislature.
have no idea the men here last night |
have any such object in view or would
knowingly aid in such thing. but there
IS no doubt about that being the object
OF the Republican managers in bringing
about this Patterson annex to the Hin
boom.
Mr.. F. II. Whitaker. chairman OF The
now Central Executive Committee, SAYS
that he will soon open headquart 2rs in
Greensboro and begin an active campaign
for Judge Hill. Chairman Pritchard will