Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-10-20
fAJ. GRANTS
lie Met I'm This City To-day,
Adopted Resolutions and
Nominated q Ticket.

Dell rang and subsequently anumDer
of old line Republicans and all Of
their recent recruits from the defunct
Populist party who have now be-
come Republicans, nearly all of the
best POpulists having long since
joined the Democratic party, met
in the Court House and were
called to disorder by Major H.
l.. Grant, who on coming to the
chair delivered himself of one of
his characteristic TRADES of de-
nunciation against the Democratic
party. He denounced it for passing
the constitutional amendment, there
by, he said, depriving the negro of
the right to vote. He then assailed
the Watts Law, and attempted to
array the country people against the
town people, and to hear him one
would think thathe was the apostle of
the anti-prohibitionists, whereas in
fact he has been one of the most &C
tive of prohibitionists; and now for
the mere purpose of advancing, if
possible, domiOn of the Republican
party, he makes the Watts Law the
burden of his TRADE against the
Democratic party. And in the midst
of his unfair assault upon the Watts
Law he was interrupted by Judge
w. S. OBJ. Robinson, a lifelong Re
publican and a delegate to the con-
Yention, who called Maj. Grant
down sharply for his unfairness and
Inconsistency. This resulted in a
spirited parley between the two, but
the crowd were with Maj. Grant,
who stands for .'anything to be at
the Democratic party" but Judge
Robinson by his eloquent and man
ly defense of of his position or the
temperance question and yet adj
heres to the principles of the Repub-
lican party, won the admiration and
applause of all fair minded men who
heard him. Judge Robinson de-
nounced the resolutions, prepared
by and hidden away in the pocket of
Maj. Grant as a ''gag measure" and
demanded to know where they had
originated, as he had never seen
them. He moved that a commit
tee of five be appointed to prepare
and report resolutions; but the auto
cratic Major simply patted his breast
pocket, and eXultantly told the
Judge that he had the resolutions
safely awaiting his own sweet pleas
ure of producing them, and that
they wauld be passed by the con-
vention without an appointment of
any committeeman they were. In
fact, Major Grant was the conven-
ton. He was entirely 1T, and
when it came in order to nomitate
candidates, and some delegate hap
pened to nominate some one for
some Office whose name YVES not on
the Majors slate, why 1T simply
t'suggested" that-oh- well-it was
the most disgusting assumption and
exercise of one man rule eve yet at
tempted in the name of any party.
And here is the ticket-nominated:
Commissioners-Jos. L. Pearson,
.. A. Cogdell, Dan'1 Jones, Benz.
Deans and M. T. Johnson.
Register of Deeds-Marion T.
Sherif-Jno. r. Smith.
Surveyor-Louis Goodwin.
Senate-Dr. M. w. Parks.
House Of Representatives-I. z.
Cox and Jno. I. Mozingo.
Treasurer-H. d. Ham. |,
Jno. r. Smith for sheriff was Rus-
sells Superintendent OF the Peniten-
tiary anu afterwards was transferred
to tEe Agricultural Department.
According TO all accounts he Was
not a great success in either depart
ment, but having been very activei
in securing Russell's nomination, he
had to be taken care Of. Mr.. Smith,
has been for many years the leader
of the Republican party in the
county and was regarded as q good
manager Of the negro votes in the
days before the constitutional amend
ment.
EHe was once elected sheriff Of
Wayne county, but Col. Humphrey
collected his taxes during his term.i