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[FUH THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT.]Senate Chamber, Jlaleigh, Nov. 27.\\\ J. Yates, Esq.—Dear iir: I receive the Democrat regularly, for wuich 1 thank you. In tin* issue of Tui*» lay la.-t I see an article in regard to the elect ion of i hristmas, colored, as Assistant Doorkeeper. in which you say Conservative members of the Senate can explain if they choose why they voted for at negro over a white man.”It i: necessary for party organization that these, as well as other officers, should be nominated in caucus, and that the party should sustain the nominee. Ill caucus I persistently voted for a white man and did what 1 could to secure his nomination, but the majority of Conservative Senators voted for Christmas, and having gone into the caucus, which, as a good party man 1 was bound to do, 1 was constrained to abide by live result. 1 was anxious to secure the election of a very worthy and meritorious gentleman, a citizen of Charlotte, and so exerted myself, but without avail. Injustice to the Senators whodidered from me I will say that Guilford Christmas was the old Assistant Doorkeeper, a Conservative, a member of the Greensboro Convention and a most excellent and efficient subordinate.1 am, most respectfully, 11. P. WAKING.
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Charlotte Democrat
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Tue, Dec 03, 1872
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