The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-12
NEGRO DELEGATES
WAS THEIR CHOICE
Wake Republicans Give Way
10 the Blacks.
HAM N PLACAIED
Has Green Bounced As Chairman And
]. P. II. Adams Put In.
STATE DELEGATION AGAINST PRlTCHsRO
-Four Out Of Six Are Reported Thus. An Able
Northern White Man An Alternate While
Dave Lane, Negro Politician Is
Selected as a Delegate.

A gathering of black and whit Repub-
lcans 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 a white Republican party, man
aged by the AID OF manufacturers Geo.
d. Hiss, OF Charlotte, is about to pull in
a Congressional nomination on that plea.
But yesterday, IS 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
tnlttee, and it's purpose was understood
TO be to call a county convention. 1t
was an adjourned meeting from a few
weeks ago which was broken up when
eX-Sheriff Ham Jones waved Article Five
of the Republican plan of organization
as a 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
Taught yesterday and a county conven-
ton was made a back number.
To cover up the i~rregularity the
bosses" called in some black and white
Republicans not members of the commit
tee and called it a Mass Convention to
| select delegates. But before this was
done cN-Sheriff Jones got IN his fine work
and allowed the proceedings to proceed.
He didn't want L. NJ. 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. H.. 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 a list and he read it and
it was voted and adopted as having the
trademark blown on it. 1t was the dele
1 cation to tho PonJh1ican Ctato Conuon-
ton, and it had on it this choice collec-
ton of regulars, insurgents and negroes:
G. 7. Bailey, postmaster; J. G. l.. Har-
ris, Russells man Friday, supposed to
be an insurgents; Claudius Dockery, ex-
Republican legislator, Wearer of Adams
mantle as revenue doodle" lawyer Bill
| Chamblce, EXCLUSION office-seeker, sup
posed to be d Pop until yesterday; Ham
II. Jones, cx-Rcp. sheriff and placated
insurgent leader; Dave Lane, negro law
| yer. AS alternatcs jim Young read: H.
b. GreasOD, superintendent Raleigh Cot
ton Mills: W.. A. Stancil1, a Republican
farmer; Charles McNamee, Radical poll
| tician: W. ]. Rudy, former Radical Off
cia1; T. l.. Banks, eX-Radical Senator;
J. T. Anderson, to political fame I'M
known. The ticket went through with a
whoop.
II boNt IaAS ~ ~ GO ophNl
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. II. Ray, former Populist; j.
w. Upchurch, cx-Fusion office-holder; G.
T.. Bailey, postmaster. and Jerry Smith,
country negro Radical politician. Alter
mates. Vance Hudson and Frank Free
man, unknown to fame; J. J. Reynolds,
cx-Rcvcnue 'doodlc": Samuel Thompson,
negro politician; w. H. Utley, former
Populist; Fletcher Lockhart. negro.
This was the work of the motley assem-
blage and it was accomplished by dick
ering and counter-dickering. Postmaster
Bailey got all he could on the delegations
and Ham Jones worked it so as to put
on a majority against Pritchard. The
State delegation is reported to stand
Postmaster Bailey and Claudius Dockery
somewhat weak) for Pritchard: j. c.. l.
Harris, Bill Chamblee, Ham Jones and
Dave Lane, against Pritchard. Ham, it
is said, will be heard or the floor OF
the State Convention and will tackle the
big Senatorial Boss"
Bailey, Lane and Young are said to
have feared a county convention, as they
could not have been made delegates and
| hence they were more than willing &c
nlacata Ham Jones. They got on the
delegations one of which is said to have
on it a white man who has hanging II
his parlor an enlarged picture of jim
Young. Some of the delegates themselves
admit that the whole affair was lrregu-
lar. and are doubtful as to whether OF
- 49, will no allowed tn sit in the
conventionu. For obvious reasons. they
saw it was thought best not to have any
county convention, and to risk it in the
state Convention.
The meeting yesterday was a fair sam