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The DeDocraiic cConxresSi0nal Convention, -
tong the snbieet q slecalaion and wager, was
" iookers-on had bsea attracted 10 town. and the
Lnmber VI deifs4ies osld net have been less than
three hpndfed Al The morning session though this
hnmb9 vas serioasiy diminished, the coarse Of
khe day h5 ~ Wishdrawal u those who found il
impessibie eiihrf from party duty OF from sense
Af personal proprIeiy 10 remain.
The moining session was held at the Court
HOUSE. commencing attwelFe o'clock. The Faux
Der delegates iulnedialely proceeded % displaY
their tactics b ptzelng IN he Chair, iof tempo
tough going Faallneriie. The Chair MAS then
| Empowered 10 name committee Of one from each
county % report permanent officers. Az 4 conse-
| Anence, one ct he Harmesi Faulkner delegates
Col. Robet l. Baker. OF this county. was called to
preside oFer the Deliberations Of the conveutiou
hevsral Faulkner men staiked aboui.undsr the i'm
preston thar Veisksy duty devolved upon them
as Vice FresidellA and three Fauiknerites took
she Secretaries seats and prepared for display Of
ipennanshtp. Asii vas understood thatthe adop-
Sion Of The rule by which the convention would
make differentiation, would be test vote upon
The relative strength Of Messrs. Tucker and Faux
:ner, considerable Interest manifested when the
conimiitee on rules reperled themselves " be equal
lily divided uPen.the question The Fahlkneriles
swere in favor Of Nomination BY simple majority,
whist The friendsSf Mr. Tucker contendfd that the
iEiwosthipd rule was part and parcel OF The DEM
ocrztic creed. u order 10 recover breath Tor the
baftle on this pslnt, the Convention adjourned to
meet al half pIsFtwo o'clock in the old Lutheran
III Church. 8kte
The scene thatensued at the afternoon session
beggars descripihR.A The Faulkneriies, conscious
of their simple raiofity strength. and determined
10 carry their - Tfantsd time for debate upon
the important "a ~ with ill-anseied siaee. DIR.
Ii Page Fauiknerie from Berkeley, opened the
discussion in highly forciole manner Ger. Cas-.
/ who had received fwo-lhird nomination, had been
defeated BY Gen. Taylor. Gen. TAYLOR was in the
| land Of spirits and there he was wiingto LEI him
ISy This powerful advocacy Of the simple major
| ily plan brought up Mr.. Angus Mcdonald, OF
/ Ramney Democrat Of some six moiths standing.
/ He wanted 10 know what he was 10 do a. Demo-
Graf. The simple majority principle was not the
one he came there uponi why, underit, they might
nominate a WING. Several other speakers held
their intellectual lanterns over the subject and thens
tke vote being taken the simple majority rule was
4 agreed upon BY a,Eote Of 1851 @ 3.421.
\ Coafasion became worse cehlounded. The con.
vention was Threatened with chaos and aark night-
I Mr.. Bradheld. OF BerryHie, was the FIRST 10 step
forward and formally Withdraw from further par
lticipation in the proceedings. Il was course he
said, his Sceustsueney expected and required. Mr.
Geo. Mason retired, but pledged himself, before
doing 50. 10 support any one, nominated on the
twoihird principle, in whose morals, purity, and
II Democracy" be could conhde. Mr.. Msgson, as
/" one Of The old Hoispurs," withdrew. Mr. Buck
| ner Ashby hoped the meeting would not break up
II Ia a row and was followed in a remarkfrofn
ference ior a preWActed meeting Mr.. Lyder and
several okher delegates from this town and county
H quietly left and 10 your tents, Oh ISTaef came
10 ptophes-iones from The door, as The egess opera
tion progressed Or. J. Faun,leroy and Mr.. Me-
Donald Expressed determination to leave, but the
latter after participated in the proceedings. Mr..
Thornton Pendlei0n made an explanation before
be vac ted his ssal. lie had eGt the Wings be-
K cause he thought The rights OF the South were in
| jeopardy. From what be saw there was as great
q, fkah q
declared he could not vote for Mr.. Faulkner under
any possible eiretnstances The Fan kSerites be-
lfeame liltle alarmed Determined as Iksy were
10 have their man, they began TO perceive tSat u
possible 10 push their schemes too far for u iii
own safety. An adjournment until seven O'clock
took place. ~
Upon iie-assembling, ihe Taalknerites saw that
the ranks Of the opposition had become so thinned
by withdrawal as 10 admit of show Of fairness by
reconsidering the majority rule and adopting the
two-third plan. They meant TO have their man,
bu, as il could be done by the iwothird rule after
large proportion of the friends Of that rule had
retired, so much the better. The Reconsideration
and consequent adoption Of the third rule was
carried BY Eo:s OF ,662 10 1898
II Just before the nominations were commenced
Mr. Tucker appeared ia the CenventoA, aAd in an
honorable manner wihdrew'his name from eonsid-
GRAFTON. 1t was far from his purpose 70 do any
! thing thar would lessen the harmony of The Demo
eselfs -aI IT. QemocIal and Laissd
not played The part Of an caves dropper upon the
Convention but was there TO relieve 1.-THE body OF
his name, because be was unwillngit5 be Iespon-
sille for any diseord in the party he had so much
Al heart The nomin atoms were Proceeded with
interrupted frequently by The noise andconfusion
and once hy regular fight between couple Of del
i egales from this place. Messrs. Faulkner, Cook
Harris and VIM. Lucas were nominated
i The first ballot resulted as fOllowss Faulkner
j 1916; Cook ,463i Lucas, $50 Harris, SIG
4 Byrd. l02. Neeessar, 10 choice, A,7e7 MIR
Byrd was not denomination.
WIN. Lucas. who had been nominated by Mr.
Mcdonald, on the ground that the Democracy ought
- 60 back 70 their FIRST error and correct IT, was
withdrawn, and The second bao, resulted thus
Faulkner, 1900 Cook, 1924; Byrd, pc. Neces
sary to choice 400.
Mr. Cook was Withdrawn, and the third ballo
resulted Faulkner 1866 Cook, ! p37; LeiIh
l47; Byrd. 90 and Beelzebub L. Necessary 10 a
choice 4, 76l; Mr. Faulkner was dscated the nom
inee Of the Convention, but the motion 10 make the
nomination an unanimous vote failed III a very de.
cided manner. In
Il TWAS announced that Mr. Faulkner was neal
at hand and would address the Convention. A
committee Of one from each county found him, like
Hervey Of old, contemplating the beauties Of the
night and mellitating among the iombs Scarcely
minute elapsed before he appeared. Did you
hear bis speech. reader If not, you missed The
most sapremely rtdculous harangue you can eyei
possibly hops = hear. Mr.. Faulkner could no
return thanks enough for this act of ma gnanimity
and justice" twas said be was too yoEnga Dem
ocrat for the honor but he would replT in the Ian
guage Of Pitt thai the fault was correcting iisel
every day. He had been Democrat all his life
and the pfinGiPlee OF the last Baltimore platform
were entirely lh4 own. The honor Of this noTniua
ton would efeetually silence the base insinuation.
Of those arch snenies ef The country the Wings
The Distinguished gentleman had not words enough
TO express his contempt of the Wing party, and
when be concluded, he did so with the assurance
thai the Democracy would find him true now anC
forever. He had drawn crossword andihrown away
the scabbard. He had passed the bridge and de-
stToyed il ahef him. Unfortunately. We cannot
eaish the notice of his speech with the usual paren
thsticsi expression Of he took biz seal amid
rounds ofappiause."
Neither space nor lime is afforded us 10 comment
upon the proeeedines Of fhis-the most extraordi'
nary Convention ever held in this district We
have not yet recovered from surprike sufficient
" to realize the result CHARLFs JAMES F4ULKSER
the regular Democratic nominee for CGngTess from
this district Can Il be possible Two years ago,
supported BY The Wings with whom lie had acted
ali his lie - tafeeted the nnnainee of the very
party lhat has hes made By an arffui cumbina-
lion Of crcu instances. 10 seem his endorsef now.
/ J. RANpoLPH TrcKgn, the standard bearer Of the
Democracy Of this district, who has labeyed long
and arduously IN the cause 10 which be is honestly
devoted has 70 give way TO the necphyte not yetin-
ducted into the mysteries Incapable Of descending
10 any low resort 10 secure his nomination abe very
counties thai had declared their preferences for him
were made tolapp<ar against him. Frederick east
hesrT Eose fpr Faulkner, and Page was represent
ed BY Fauitne men. 4 nomination thus secured
has veto Be confirmed By the peoples We shall
i May arrives.- WIaclesfer Rspnblicsh ~ April %.
GEN. John A. DIX.
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