The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-03

Norwood.
Oak Grove.-W. A. Pugh, w. d.
Peed.
Swift Creek-Jno. r. Upchurch, w.
p. Powell, Rufus Powell.
Raleigh City.-Jno. Nichols, j. b.
Hill, c. T. Bailey, H. e. King, Luther
White, l.. M. Green, j. Rowan Rogers,
{. M. Bernard, j. r. Chamberlain, A.
G.. Glenn and W. w. Wynne.
When the convention broke up Col.
Jim Young was a-laughin' and Ed.
Johnson was a-smilin', while Postmas-
ter Bailey looked happy.
Dave Lane denounced the meeting
to Jim Young, but Jim smiled.
Roosevelt will need us yet" called
out Dave. "You lilly white crowd
will be in a fix after awhile"
Says w. D. Upchurch, delegate:
81 would not be caught in dog fight
with such a crowd" "Nor would /, y
said Stephen Johnson, of st. Mat
Johnson, and E. L. Watkins, of st.
Matthews and ]. A. Moore, of Raj
eigh while many others expressed dis
gust as they drifted out the hall.
Two belated old darkies who came
in just about this time exclaimed:
Fore de Lawd, de convenhun is quit.
The convention was mixture. The
postoffice department crowd was
there, so was the doodle crowd, and
the little job holders, black and white,
about the Federal building. An effort
was made to get the list of delegates
to the convention, but the secretary
declined to give them out, saying that
heretofore they had not been pub
lished.
Dave Lane, after the convention of
Bailey and Adams, announced that the
thing was a shame, said he.
IF Mr.. Roosevelt endorses such an
outrageous affair / will speak against
him and go into doubtful States where
the negro has the balance of power
and fight him. Tom Bailey is Pritch-
ards echo, but they can't fool the ne
gro all the time. They expect Jim
Young and Ed Johnson, who are
housed to move us into line, but they
can't do it. The illiterate negroes are
out of it. Tom Bailey never did two
days work for the Republican party in
his life, but is looking out for Tom
Bailey. 1 was showed away from the
last State convention as they did not
want a negro there, and they persuad-
ed me to go to Danville, but they
gained no white votes. Bailey is not
going to lead me around. I'm a Lin
coin Republican, not Pritchard Lii
ly Wnl
Jim Young called to see Dave Lane
shortly after the meeting but Dave
could not be coaXed into silence. Just
give them fits. he said to the reporter
And last night it was said that in
the first division of the Third Ward
the meeting was composed of Andrew
Rogers, A. j. Simmons and Postmas-
ter Bailey, who named the delegates
to the convention. 1t is said also that
Postmaster Bailey had his ward meet
ing on Thursday night, so as to keep
an eye on the other meetings on
Thursday night, and that at his ward
meeting there were Postoffice Carriers
Bashford and Swain, BaShford'S ia
Their and brother and c. 7. Bailey. 1t
is also said that except in two or three
wards in Raleigh the only meeting was
that of a postoffice employee and a
doodle, who named the delegates.
Now, is that not a pretty county
convention for the Metropolitan dis
trict? Just think of that sort of an
aggregation asking folks to join their
party. 1t makes a real man tired to
think of it.
But hist! 1t is said that the office
holders don't want any new recruits,
as they want to keep the jobs in
close corporation.
And again. Just read the list of
delegates and count up the postoffice
and doodle grabbers on it. The whole
thing is q beaut. That's all.