The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

tlOn OF ngureS ana business sense. foD-.
Coke in veIce as a brass dram SCARED with
Gen. Roberts among the clouds and clad
him in immortal garb for the office that
PLAIN old DIR. Love Is now filling Capt.
Shotwcll had a good following Half a
dozen others were nominated in the most
eXtravagant style Roberts got it. The
superintendent for Public instruction was
next set on track, aud war records were
hauled out to fit a man there. but the pres
ent incumbent Scarborough was finally
nominated" "
ANOTHER VIEW.
The editor Of the Warrenton Ne,cs favor
able to Jarvis) gives this ac .ount:
THE managers of the Judges canvass GER
tainly made a mistake but no greater than
the Jarvis men In putting forward Col.
Jones, of Charlotte, to nominate their candi
date. His speech would have been good
enough. if he had not alluded to some mat
ters that the convention thought out of
taste. For this he was interrupted, as he
ought to have been, and although he
was champlonlng our cause, we applau-
ded Mr.. Ben Davis, as he called out to Col
Jones during his speech that we did not want
dead mems votes now, but live ones this
was said In answer to Jones sentiment that
the dead of Malvern Hill and other battle
fields In which Jarvis had horne a part, were
calling 10 tne men OI TO- uay ana UeIlng tnem
to vote for Jarvis.
Judge Fowle was brought upon the stand
after the convention adjourned on Thursday
evening, and after the nomination for Gov
ernor had been made, and made magnani-
nous and magnificent speech. He was re-
seived with deafening applause and retired
under the same manifestations by all the
assembled multitude. He is graceful and
accomplished speaker, and we told some of
boys, when we were asked what We thought
of him, that they ought to have shown their
man sooner; it might have made differ
ence in the ballot. We had no idea,
seriously that it would.
Governor Jarvis, though con nfidently ex-
pecting his nomination, was not prepared
for the spirited manner In which the votes
were cast and the great enthusiasm which
greeted him, and to this fact we will try to
attribute his failure to make a speech suit
able to the great occasion. His nomination
had been made unanimous; those who had
supported Judge Fowle with all the zeal
and earnestness that they possessed; who
had worked for him night and day, and who
had taken advantage of all lawful political
means to insure their triumph, had now
buried the hatchet and united their voices
shout for Jarvis and victory-Gov. Jarvis
should not have alluded to the dlsoordant
features of the campaign, and should have
left the people to say whether by their ac-
tion in convention, they intended to vipdi-
cate his character and pronounce 'Tem
Jarvis an honest man."
That there were some of the biggest fools
in this convention that North Carolina
holds might be expected from the vast
number and those who expected that this
would be the case, were not disappointed.
They we're there, and they made their pres
ence felt, as they always do.
We are telling things just as We saw
them, and not for the purpose Of pleasing
any one. On the whole, the speaking was
very poor; there were one or two good
speeches and with the exception ct Mr..
Dortch and Judge Fowle, all, we believe, by
young men,