The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-24
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celism IN that vicinity and were so,. '"ar
bany Penitentisry from the adiac.r. \
OF Rutherford. IN truth. honever 2,5
not clsim 10 belong 10 anv county
ton as ours is the "Fourt1 Esta,,
we have lived about the same len, "
time IN Eastern, Middle. aud WesteT a. o
oiina, and at all times have la5orers
the whole State R. \. S. ".
Col. }. t. Morehesd nominated a.,
Anls. Mr.. Dortch nominated CO. "
Roberts. Hon. A. VI. WaidelI
ted Col. J. G.. Burr. of the en- !
Edmund Jones, OF Caldwell. n6mi.
Thus. Sparrow, Of Beaufort. VI IA
nominated L. A. Nicholson. of RI
II. Exum nominated W. 4. n,r3@r
Green. Several counties were ais, n
ted for Senator McEachern. Col "a
Avera, J. Sol. Reid, Esq. etaL l. m
allowable To state that ShotwcII W.
ed two weeks previous that he w, ,a.
beaten for having the independents M.
trot at the Executive coat-tails, and ,h..
would be accomplished not by open s,,s.
but by the encouragement of a larrs NJ
Der of county candidates To digifs
the Eastern and Middle section ~ =.
State leaving the extreme North-ea
Southwest to carry the day b. a solid -.
Ihe programme came near being 2 riIn.
Maj. Chas. NJ. Cooke, of Franklin, Gn@ II
Snow, Esq, and Col. Thcs. c. FulIer ma
speeches IN Shotwell's favor, which -
applauded with a zeal and enthusiast -.
bespoke the hearts of the large ma;nr;,~
the Convention with them. 1t i s,j -
those who were present that a popular -.
would nave nominated Shotwell by a,cl,..
ton. Col. Duncan McRae and ID II. Nj.
seconded the nomination of Col. Barr
E. Moore and W. B. Glenn spoke for NJ.
Sparrow. Capt. T. J.. Skinner and n
VIM. 1. Dortch urgently urged Gen r.
berts Mr.. n. b. Cannady, of Granville :.
turned thanks for the nomination Of n.
Rufus Amis, but desired to say that the -.
egates of that county wished tn ,unn'-
Capt. Shotweil. Great cheering epsnIe5
and Col. Octavius Coke who climDed ln,,
the platform was loudly called to CON.
down. But his tall figure. easy a13raI.
and sonoreus voice which has not an enr.-
in North Carolina enable him to gain atfeo
ton. Cemplimenting Shotwcll with H..
tact of areadv orator. he proceeded 70 soe..
fer his friend, Gen Roberts, with great .
fectiveness. Meantime certain Scnenk man
ayers and Aides" aud ''Colonels' We.
passing rapidly from delegation to deleg
ton whispering that it would never do :.
nominate Shotwell, that it would defeat The
National ticket, that the West wouldn't yo,.
Tor him &c. The latter Was q SANDER on ia,
people who have al ways voted for the non.
lnees, and would as lief vote for Shytwra
as any other man. True, he was for a Goa.
pie OF months connected with a secret a,,c.
citation, organized to preserve order. punlsb
crime, and protect our noble women from
brutal violence; but if that be a,bar to OF
flee why are Maj. VIM. l.. Saunders. Ma.
Kerr Craige, Col. II. &. Jones. Juig.
Schenk, Jr fge Kerr, Judge Avery solictor
Strndwick, and ten thousand other wei
known gentlemen in North Carollnt
not equally banned ? However let that pas
Sufflce 1t that when a vote was held, may
changes occurred, and though shotwell
apparently received a large vote, the Sc
retaries, as in the case of Carr. seemed IN
able to announce the ballot definitely; AMI
Gen. Roberts having a majority was on
motion Of Edmund Jones unanimous
nominated. 1t was a decided triumph r.
the Machine, and we learn caused great r.
joicing at the Jarvis Headquarters.
FINALE.
For superintendent Of Public schools,
Hon. W. e. Troy nominated Mr.. John {.
Scarborough. w. S. Roulhac nominated
Senator A. II. Merritt of chatham. Capt
q. 5. Bradshaw nominated Rev. {. {
Dodson. Thos. W. Strange nominated Capt
G. B. benson. Capt. Chas. A. Cooke nomj-
mated Prof. Digger. II. F. Granger non
Rev. n. 3. Cobb. Col. Cowles nom
Prof. Hill of Watauga.
Mr.. Merritts name was Withdrawn though
an excellent man for the place. Mr.. Sea-
N, vi Q vro - thn Enl,1 IS ,,,ro
A large numoer OF names were p%resentea
as delegates to Cincinnati, including Co.
NJ. Holt. The following were cleo
ted w. L. Dortcb, John S. Henderson, /
A. NJ. Waddell, with Col. WhArton
Green, Gen. Cllngman; Maj. Long, am
.ol. Chas. 4. Jones as aIternates.