The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-02

At noon the call o. the roll began.
There were 10 less than ten men
voted for Tor this position The result Of
the first ballot WAS announced As follows
Scarborough, us, Finger. 81, Graham,
80; Neble, II Long, II. Dagger, -,
Abernaihy, ), Gn1y. -, Merritt, -,
Tomlinscn, 80.
The second ballot w& a. once taken.
SOts rapidly changed to Finger, and II
was soon seen THAI Finsers eiscaou "a
ASSURED. The vote stood Finger, 200,
Scarborough, lis, Noble, L. At wAs
made unanimous Tor Mr.. Finger, upon
motion
For associate justice OF The supreme
court hon. A. : Merrlmoas name vas
placed in nomination. There were demands
tor sn election BY reclamation, aud Mr.
| ID. +. Caldwell moved that IL be 30 made,
saying sone pleasant vor.s Tor Judge
| Merrm u. The ru.cs were u pended
and he W ~au-uIuUas4y oom'u.t>d amidst
applause.
The members ol lie ) ate executive
committee he'd a uec,in& 10 choose a
Central executive mluittoe. The State
executive - composed Of four
delegates rom ,aoh C9b-ressl nal district,
as follows. The hrs GIs.lct Il 7, represented
BY Samuel b opruIil, Fl.nk + Vaughan,
W. u P4uicn, Charles + Warren, the
second, II l.. Sta;ou, VI ID W. Stevenson,
III. L. Granger, X B Pcyo.e-, Inc third,
u. }. Galloway, } IL ClArk, j ID stan
ford, A. T.. Williams, the fourth,
III A. London, " ii. Pace,
A. W. Graham, J. IL. Abel
tbs fifth, a. t.. Henderson, y. W. Nor
feet, K. b. Glenn, n. Is. Canady, the
sixth, W. j. Montgomery, j. ID. shaw,
n. A. Mclean, Ii. Il. Short, Jr, the
seventh, Geo. S. Bradshaw, j. q. Hall,
j. Z. Caldwell, X. {. Barringer; the
eighth, q. T. Bison, j. e. W~ilbourn, W.
Z. Erwin, NJ. A. III oke; the ninth, John
stone Jones, W. W. Springfield, w. b.
Troy, Frank Coke.
General tombstone Jones, chairman,
announced that the following we're
chosen to compose the Central executive
committee. X III Battle, chairman; Oct.
Coke, Charles NJ Busbee, George Ii
Snow, j j Litchford, K q Dunn, l.
Fleming, 5 A Ashe, W j Yates, Of Meek
lenburg; X b Glenn, OF Stokes, James 5
BiJtle, of Nash; John Hughes, OF Craven,
Thomas w Nilsson, of Northampton, Jas.
w Wilson, OF Burke; Paul +. Falson, Of
Wake; Paul b Means, Of Cabarrus, j
} LltchfOrd, secretary.
The election OF delegates to Chicago
then began. The names presented were
Julian 5. Carr, Of Durham; George IL.
Brown, OF B5auto-t, Tnomas Rutf:n, OF
Otange, William I. Dortch, OF Wayne,
Il. Y. McAden, of Mccklenburg, Charles
NJ. Cooke, Of rrankliu; A. IL. A. Vii
lians, of Granville, h. NJ. Pearson, Of
Buncem5e; Il. X. 5 amps, Of IKE; Hon.
4. B. Vance, (Hoa. L. q. Skiaaer with
drew this name by authority Walter l..
Steele, OF Richmond; John Il. Woodland,
of Wilson; Ma msdake j. Hawkins, OF
Warren, v. V. Richardson, of Co!u nbIs;
w. +. Beasiey, of Granville.
Tbs ballot WAS taken amid considerable
noise and confusion. Each county voted
for eight names, it being agreed tnat the
four men receiving the highest votes
should be the delegates aud the fouI
next highest the slternates. IL took &
very long time to tike the ballot, AMI the
hall ceased to be crowded. MIR ID 1
Caldwell, of Gailford, occupied the chair
for a couple of hours, relieving Col
Rufin, whose discharge OF his arduous
duties had been so admirable as to VIII
compliments from all who attended the
convention.
1t was after 2 O'Clock before the vote
was announced, as follows Thos. Ruthn
1871; Julian s. Carr, 704; w. L
Dortch, o52 Geo. II. Brown, Jr., SIS
(these being the delegates; Richmond
Pearson, 400; Charles NJ. Cooke, Sd
Rutu. Y. McAden, 549; Walter l. Steele
462 (these being the alternates), h. h
Stamps, IA, A. Ii. A. Williams, lis
w. +. Beasley, 209 NJ. j. Hawkins, 80.
O,tavius Coke, 80; j. K. Woodland, 233
V. V. Richardson, 236.
Theneft business was the election Of two
Presidential electors. The names OF Vii
liam NJ. Robbins, John N. Staples, William
Ii. Kitchia, Octavius Coke, were prese nted
Mr.. Bum withdrew the name Of Capt
Coke by his authority, declaring that his
best services should be given the party,
Three cheers were then given Capt
Coke.
The vote was taken amid cheers for the
various candidates. 1t resulted as follows
Kitchin, '685; Staples, 542; Robbins, 81,
Messrs. w. Ill. Kitchin and John N,
Staples were declared to be the electors
for the State at large.
Nj. r. III. Smith, of halifax, moved
that a committee OF three be appointed by
the chairman to notify the different gen
tlcmen of their nominations by this con
v%ention. The motion prevailed, and the
chairman made the following appointments
To notify the Governor, Messrs. A. J.
Galloway, of Wayne; J.. j. Davis, OF
Frankiir Thomas Rufhn, OF Orange. To
inform the Lieut.. Governor, C. w. Nc
Clammy and V. V. Richardson, to inform
the other officers, j. w. Reid, +. Ii.
Busbee and 8. A. Ashe.
Col. John N. Staples again read the
platform, particularly that plank in regard
to the appropriation for public schools,
which in the earlier hours OF he session
had caused so much excitement.
Capt. J. b. Thigpea asked that the res