The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-11
Wake County Convention

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Congressional nomination brought out
the largest convention of Democrats IN
Wake for a long time. The division Of
sentiment for Gen. Cox and judge
Fowle caused a close race for chairman
the nominees being Mr.. All. ID. Jones
and Mr.. Henry {. Olive, both young mel
of character and popularity residing IN
Cary. The vote as reported in the
Da,Ig OJserrer, from which we condense
this account, stood So! for Jones to 500
for Olive. The former was introduced
by Mr.. Samuel Wilder. chairman oil the
| county executive committee and at the
close of the meeting received a vote OF
| thanks. on motion of Mr.. Olive, for the
| able manner in which he had presided.
\ good deal Of heated discussion arose
over the power Of township chairmen to
fill vacancies. The question whether
the townships should vote as an unit, or
allow each delegate to vote his choice,
was decided in favor Of the latter
! method.
There was no attempt to instruct"
the delegates, but a resolution was
adopted almost unanimously recltlng
Col. Octayius Coke's services to the
party. and presenting him as the pref
erence of the county for Governor. de
was invited to address the convention,
| and Il delegation, Messrs. Armstead
Jones. John W. Thompson and q. ID.
Rand were sent to escort him thither.
He was received by enthusiastic cheer
inc and made a speech which was high
~ a%pplauded.
TIE DELEGATES.
On motion Of Mr.. u. b. Lewis the
several precincts selected their dele
gates as follows for the State Conyen-
ton -
Raleigh, Fast Wara: A Haywood,
T III Busbee. Second Yard. w II
Womble; alternate, Andrew Syme.
Third Ward. Z + Faison alternate,
G ID Rand. Fourth Ward: George III
snow; alternate, George W. Poe. Fifth
U-ord: Charles NJ Busbee, Charles f
Johnson alternatcs, w G. Upchurch,
w III Bledsoe. outside: George NJ
Smcdes; alternate, II G. Dunn. Bar
TOMS Creek: w G Bledsoe !; alternate,
+ \ Allen. Buckho,n: w III Wheeler,
alternate, J c Bright. Cary: A G.
Jones; alternate, A ID Jones. Cedar
Fork: L Sears; alternate, w III Beas-
ley. Houses Greek: w G. Allen; alter
nate, G. W Lynn. Little Ricer:: w G
Moore; alternate, II Nj Barham. Marks
Greek: Joseph Blake. Middle Greek:
u G Adams; alternate, j ID Ballentine'
Neuse Ricer: II w Jeffreys; alternate,
j Dunn. NeW Light: L Woodliff;
alternate, J G Thompson. OAK Grore:
Geo w Perry; alternate, J w Jones.
Panther branch: G. Z Partin; alter
nate, j w Jones. st. Wary'S: ThoS
Johns, { n Allen. st. Matthews: BIB
Buf1aloe; alternate, \ w Pool. Swtt
Creek: S o Wilson. Hake Forest:
Forestville, w III Pace; alternate, S NJ
Dunn. RolesriUe: Bennett Snipes ;
alternate, J A Haywood. White OAK:
II E Norris; alternate, HCO Olive. To-
tai, 81.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Raleigh. First Ward: w ii Pace, b +
Montague, & w Lambeth L O Moring,
n j Broughton. Second Ward: J j
Johnson, NJ l. Haynes, A Syme; alter
mates, j. g Bagwell, G r Stronach.
Third Ward: + Faison, G Rand, B
b Lewis, f A Jones. Fourth Ward !:
David Anderson; alternate, L Askew.
Fifth Ward: A M McPheeters, w II
Bledsoe, A a Thompson, Armistead
Jones, Sherwood Badger, Brown Pc
gram. Alternates: b L Park, Chas Sc
park, ii J IIammill, Jas A Briggs, Sey-
mour Whiting, J S Lumsden. Out
side East: S + Mordecai, alternate, II G.
Dunn. Outside West: Il + Ellis, J A
Haywood; a~lternates, --, Spier
Whitaker. Barton's Creek: n III Nc
Cullers, E a Allen, E L Bledsoe, w {
Blensoe. Buckhorn: Il 3 Freeman, NJ
{ Nichols, J & Ballentine, G. Il Afford.
Cary: G III Clark, II III Jones, T Is Gull
ley alternates. w NJ Jones. J Young,
4 w Moye. Cellar Fork-Morrisville:
w t Herdon, ) r Horne; alternates, J
NJ Pugh, w III Edwards. Cedar Fork
Pollard's: o III Page; alternate, w b
Scott. Houses Creek-Edwards' Store:
J ID Hayes, W f Foust; alternates, J
L Edwards, w L Smith. Houses
Creek-Harris' Store: J ID Whitaker;
alternate. John Virgins. Little River
Wakefield: | NJ Proctor. A j Monta-
que; a~lternates, Eugene L Jones and
w Fl Jones Little Rivei-Mitchell's
Mill: II NJ Barham alternate, Rufus
Barham. Marks Creek: w + Richard
son, Needham L Jones, A L Mial, Jr.
Middle Greek: w Ii Holland. w NJ
Ballentine, 5 NJ Jones, f Goodwin. w
II Jones alternates, J L Johnson. BID
Gotten, L A Council. Neuse River j
L Hunter, L Robertson alternates,
W III Dean, y Chappell. New Light:
III II Chappell, J Z Thompson, A l. Ly-
nan altcrnates, w II Lassiter, w II
Ray, JP Beck. Oak Grove: Geo w
Perry. \ = Stallinys. Panther Branch:
L. Gullcy, ; { Hobby, w 5 Turner;
alternates, J w Wyatt, J NJ Turner, o
II Rand. st Mary's: G y Allen, Rom
Sturdivant, Z f Rand, III b Bagwell,
Jesse Langston, Thomas Johns. st
Matthew's: J J. Watson. f II Broad
foot. Swift Greek: L Il Peace. T l.
Stephenson, SOtho Wilson; alternates,
b ) Franklin. Il Harrison. VIM Powell.
Wake Forest--Forestville J \
Hartsfield, j Nj Crenshaw, L L Dunn
~alternates, w B Smith, FP Dunn. w
{ Brewer. Wake Forest--Rolesville:
J r Watkins. w + O'Neal aIternates,
Sam Stell, f II Stamps. White Oak
III L Norris. Wiley lIolleman, l. d Bau-
com, III Z Olive, VIM Upchurch alter
mates, J G Dowd, G w Atkinson, G w
Woodall, A c Council, A L Olive. To-
tai, 50.
Mr. Geo Ii Snow read the concluding
paragraph of the Republican platform
adopted at Chicago, calling attention to
1T as an important matter for the Dem
ocrats of North Carolina to consider.