The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-31
Alex. Nj. Powell the Next
Mayor.
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accepted.
Armistead Jones moved as a substitute
that a committee on credentials b
named.
Mr.. Ellington said he saw no necessit
for a committee of this kind.
Mr.. Jones declared it was absolutel
necessary. From what be saw in the pf,
pers. there had been one set Of delegate
on Friday right and another set on Sat
urday night There were contesting dele
cations. We must act in accordanc,
WITH the plan of organization of tn.
Dc hocratic party.
lir. Jones then read from the rules O
the primary, that at said precinct meet
ings each candidate shall appoint theii
respective delegates in accordance witt
the rule (Applause)
He declared that this made il abso
lutely clear that each candidate in per.
son or in writing, should name his dele
gates at those precinct meetings
But after those meetings one of the
candidates had seen fit to change the
names appointed at the primary. Nc
man had any right to alter anything
done by the primary.
He believed the party should be above
any candidate for mayor
Mr.. Ellington asked if any of the lists
was certified to by a candidate as being
that, as Mr.. Jones claimed. required b.!
the primary.
Mr.. Jones said that the candidates haC
nothing to do with certifying their lists
Nothing but the primary could settle
who were the delegates.
answered his question.
Mr.. Jones' Here is the rule, read Il
FOR yourself, and you will see" Q4augh-
teri.
linen warm discussion followed be
tween Mr.. Jones and Mr. Ellington as t.
the meaning of the rule.
J. n. Holding asked if delegates could
be named after the time the rule said
tney Were TO be named
Mr.. Ellington said that here was ?
clean-eut issue. If Mr.. Jones and Mr.
Holding were right, then we had no con-
Vontion. 1t was a illegal body and coult
transact no business.
A. A. Thompson said that Mr.. Jones
contention was intenable for several rea-
sons. First Mr.. Ellington had made i;
very clear that none of the candidates
had done as he said they ought to do.
Then the candidates for other offices
should nave named delegates. Further
all factions should be counted Then the
candidates had furnished their lists anG
they had been accepted by the chair
man of the executive committee, and
read by him TO this convention, and
there We're no contesting delegates
Mr.. Arthur asked which list was the
official one, the one the candidate had
first named or the one he had named
last.
Mr.. Thompson said that any gentleman
had the right to change his delegates.
That courtesy should be accorded him
We wanted the people of Raleigh to say
who the mayor should be- Great APP
plause).
Mir. Holding then spoke for adherence
to the letter of the law. He too believed
that the people of the city should have
the right to name the mayor. (Applause.)
But this convention had no right to
make rules for itself
E. l.. Harris: HAS the executive COM
mittee a right to make rules"
Mr.. Holding: I'm the absence of any
iutut ny TUE party iuS tAcCuliNe COIL
mittec has the right
While Mr. Holding was speaking. there
were cries Of: 'Sit down sit down."
Mr. Holding, pointing his finger to the
quarter from which the voices emanated
Il have not told any enc to sit down
and / shall not sit down. if l stay here till
2 o'clock"
Mr.. Ellington asked if Mr. Holding
considered that this convention was null
and void.
Mr.. Holding said he considered that nc
man not named in accordance with the
rules should be allowed to sit in this
convention.
Mr.. Snow gave notice that Mr.. Nick
DeBoy and Mr. Hubert Belvin would
contest for their seats as delegates.
MIR. Arendell: an the presence of a
contest. is not committee on creden-
tials necessarv?"
Mr.. Harris said that the executive
committee had decided to give the can
didates more time in which to name their
candidates.
w. b. Jones gave notice of his protest
to sit as a delegate for Badger TO be
heard at the proper time.
Mr.. Habel said that he had been a
mmebr of the executive committee. apc
lie had himself proposed that more time
be given to the candidates to name their
delegates.
Col. Saunders asked if Mr.. Habel was
a delegate, and rose to the point of order
that he was not delegate applause
and cries of "sit DOWN.
MIR Habel claimed that he had right
TO speak in order to explain matters,
Chairman Smith ruled that Mr.. Habel
was out of order, as none but delegates
could speak.
Mr.. Beckwith' moved that the conven-
ton proceed 10 business.
a voice: who will do the voting?'
Mr.. Beckwith: The delegates whose
names have been read by the chairman,
and who. just like members of the Lesis-
lature or Congress- and they have right
to sit as delegates and vote, until de-