The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-16
ANNEX OF TIE RADICALS
Pritchard Puts the Screws on Those
Who Are Fighting Clark
SEPARATE MEETINGS ONLY A FARO
Whi.okr, the Hill Rad cal Chairman, Cove's
His Meetings Wi \ Radicals Unirrthe
Plea Of social Cons creations"
A. R,l.r hid In QQd
As Bu.Isr Did In 1894.
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Greensboro, n. c., Sept. 12-THc meet
ing here last night of anti-Cta1i,, Sc
called Democrats, turned out TO be also
an anti-Democratic aggregation so far a
the completed results proved. Whit it
was called ostensibly to defeat Clark on
the high ground taken that he was no,
Il a sufficiently high character, politically
OF officially, to occupy the Supreme Court
Bench, and while many who engaged IN
the meeting to organize for that pur-
pose alone had come ter that purpO>:
only, yet the chief mischief done or at
tempted to be done. was to join with
Republican schemes TO defeat kitchin
for Congress-, or by nominating asDemo-
orat against him, so demoralize the coun-
~ campaign as to effect the defeat OF
Democratic local candida,es in counties
that were close.
Here was a conference OF men from
all PARTS of the State, high-mindcd men
in financial and ordinary transa ct;onS OF
life, who took it upon themselves to
come 10 the Fifth district for one pur-
pose. and having little frh political
agacity to be sidc~tracl;cd from that into
passing an edict Of destruction Oh q man
against whose puDllc cOnQuC', private
life and official department rot one word
has ever been uttered, and whose nOlmi-
nation for Congress was mad by accja-
nation; not a voice being raised in oppo-
sitiCn. An effort was made to make it
appear that the two meetings were held
separate and distinct and had no connec-
ton, the one with the other. and literally
they were held apart. foe after the con-
ference of the anti-Clark contingent
those from the Fifth district did separate
themselves, go into a different room and
proceed to nominate Ny. Lindsay Iatter-
son for Congress.
The fact is. this who'll matter Was
carefully discussed il tho State confer
encc, and some Of those present stoutly
opposed taking up the Congressional
fight for the Republicans IL this dis
triCt, one of those present insisting that
it would be q great tactical mistake. and
besides it would be- utterly Impossible to
defeat Kitchin. 1t is said that MI. .Tno.
". Fries. of Salem, would listen to moth
ing else. He. Mr.. Patterson and w. a.
Blair, of Salem. were esDecially strong
in their condemnation of Kitchin's fnan-
cial record, and it is said that when the
fact that he defeated the amen ncnt to
the Democratic State platform repuliat-
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was dwell upon at length by Mr.. Fries,
the gold bug ire OF all present was so
aroused against kitchin, that the con-
ference came 90 terms an after this. the
tarce of a Fifth district meeting was
gene through With. to make il look to
home folks that outsiders Were not in
terlneddling with their local affairs. The
sClf-cOnstituted actual representatives of
the Fifth district who perfuEctorilv met
and formally named Mr.. Patterson were
J. ". Fries, ". A. Blair, OF FORSYTH;
j. A.. Odcll. bred Peacock. OF Grilford:
James II. Holt, Eugene Holt and L. S.
Williamson, Of Alamance, and J. z Staeg,
of Durham. Two Fifth district men who
were in the conference over the anti
Clark organization and in full sympathy
with ii. but who bitterly opposed inter
terjng with Fifth district Democrats, re-
fused TO go into the Patterson u0mina-
ton caucus and say today they all cor
daily support Mr.. Kitchin.
The facts above recited are in the
main absolutely reliable. It is well
known here that this Kitchin affair was
agreed upon at the Republican confer
Cnce with Pritchard, Blackburn, Reynolds
and others at the caucus Tuesday night
on the eve of the Congressional Repub-
lican Convention, and this CORRESPONDENT
then communicated the intelligence that
Mr.. Patterson would be the nominee. Mr..
Patterson denied it at home and even
yesterday. but he was giving his own
mind and inclinations. not realizing how
a greater political power had deCrccd
otherwise, and the thing was of course
made such an act Of heroism to him last
night that he succumbod. as had been
predicted when Postmaster Reynolds. of
NFinctnn chrnrll, ,o~oo;-ol ~. -
and convinced Pritchard that with Pat
terson running for Congress in Forsyth
it would bring about enough bad blood
among Democrats in Forsyth to insure
among other difficulties the defeat G..
three Democrats for the Legislature.
l have no idea the men here last night
have any such object in view or would
knowingly aid in such a 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.. +. H. Whitaker. chairman of the
new Central Executive SAYS
that he viii soon open h~eadquar-srs in
Greensboro and begin an active campaign
Tor Judge Hill. Chairman Pritchard will
also have his headquarters here, where
he VIII shell all Democrats from Clark
Z hlLtiiiu tbNn TO lOWOS1lD Democratic
nominees for constable.
Chairman Whitaker also desires mo r.
deny the report that he was in a formal
caucus Tuesday night with pritchard
Reynolds, blackburn and other Republi-
cans, or that he was present at the eau
Gus here Wednesday nigh with Page,
bolton, Day and Blackburn. Asked If
he did not have repeated conversations
with them. he said they were only social
1h1s correspondent only desires to give
absolute facts, and while he gives Mr..
NhitakerS disclaimer with pleasure as
to his being in a formal caucus. vet il
IS absolutely true that he was in a closed
room some hours with the parties named