The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-10-14
WAKE WAKING UP.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ON
THE W AR PATH.
The Progress OF the eCampai.n--Our Cam
didates are COnductin. an Earnest
Campaign and Winning Votes.
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ON THE CAMPAIGN. October Il 1856.
Monday last Wake county Democratic
candidates met with the people Of Cedar
Fork township at MorrisyilIe There was
a representative crowd of the citizens Of
this staunch old Democratic township out
to meet and shake hands with the candl-
dates, and to hear them discuss the issues
of the present campaign. There was 4
noticeable absence of any disturbing ele
ment. There We're men of course holding
different views politically, but they paid
most respectful attention, and all seemed
to be greatly interested in what was
said. There was not the slightest
disturbance, everybody quietly mani
testing interest in the candidates and in
the speech's they made. Mr.. J. Robert
NOVEL; was the first speaker. He thanked
said that since be had held the position of
sheriff he had striven to do his duty he
had collected the taxes, and turned them
over to county treasurer and had his re
cept for the same. He had served the peo-
pie to the best of his ability and hoped
that he had thereby merited their con
tinued support. Mr.. NOVEL; was followed
by Mr.. y. d. Jones, who came forward
and gracefully announced himself can
dldate for county treasurer. For the past
two years he had tried to serve the people
honestly and fairly He detied any man to
bring charge against him for any failure
to do his full duty as county treasurer He
touched briefly on matters pertaining to
politics, and thought that upon continued
success Of the Democratic party depended
the future welfare, prosperity and happi
ness of the people of the State and of the
county. He thanked the people for their
flattering support two years ago, and
hoped that they would come out to the
polls and give him their support again
Mr.. Thomas Badger then came forward,
and in very pleasant and modest man
ner announced himself candidate for
clerk of the Superior court. If elected
he promised a faithful discharge Of the
duties Of the office, and due regard to
the interests of the people whose servant
he would be.
Capt. NJ. W. Page was the next speaker.
This was Capt Pages home and every
body in this country, even the cOlOred
people, seem to be red hot Page men. He
announced himself a candidate for regis
ter of deeds. He had striven to serve the
people in that capacity fairly and Impair
TALLY. He beat his present opponent two
years ago over seven hundred majority,
and he expected to add a few hundred to
that MAJ jority on the I'd day of November.
Mr.. Rufus II Jones announced himself
the regular Democratic nominee for seat
in the Senate of the next General Assem-
bly,. He was not a candidate of his own
accord, but his people had called on him,
and he felt it a duty that he as a patriotic
citizen owed to his fellow county men to
accept this trust. He had been charged
with having brought petition to the Leg
lSiatur1 stock
and for having lobbied in its interest, each
of which charges were positively untrue.
He had never in his life seen a petition on
the stock law question, and he had never
spoken to a member of the Legislature on
the subject. If elected, he promised to
serve the people to the best of his ability,
always regarding the wishes of the people,
and guarding their every interest.
The next speaker was Mr.. Chas. F.
Lumsden, who announced himself Demo
cratic candidate for the Legislature. Hav-
ing spent sixteen Of the thirty years Of his
life at the work bench, he had had little time
to study politics. He was never an aspi-
rant for office, and accepted this nomina-
ton because it was a recognition of that
class of workingmen to which he belonged,
and with which his interests were allied.
No other party had so recognized or hon
Ored the WOrklngmen of the cOuntyt and
he felt that it was an honor not only to
him, but to his fellow workingmen as we'll.
If elected to the Legislature it should be
his chief aim as well as his imperative
duty to serve his people, especially the
working classes, the farmers and mechan
les, to the best of his ability, and he should
strive to promote such legislation as would
rebound to their good, and to the good Of
the country. In his opinion much de-
bor f
the great questions of labor and capital.
The workingmen, of which he was repre-
sentative, were not antagonlzlng leglti-
mate enterprises nor were they in conflict
with necessary capital, and he hoped that
the differences existing between the two
classes would be harmoniZed, and that an
era OF industrial prosperity would set IN.
He hoped that the people would come out
and vote for him, and not only for him,
but for his colleagues on the ticket.
Mr.. Bertis I. Strickland followed Mr..
Lumsden. He was glad to meet with the
people, and while he would prefer being
on his farm in the eastern part of the
county quietly pursuing the avocations
better suited to his tastes and to his in
cilnatlons, yet his party had placed one of
Its flags in his hands, and be felt that it
was his duty to bear that flag through the
campaign. If elected, he should do all in
his power to serve the people faithfully
aud lmpartlally. He was opposed to the
passage of the stock law over the heads of
the people, but he couldn't see how anv
redress could be obtained by going out of
the party. # the Wake county Kepubli-
can ticket was elected they would find
themselves poWerless in a legislative body
overwhelmingly Democratic, and if any
mistake was corrected or grievance re-
dressed, it could in his opinion only be done
by sending men to the Legislature in sym
pathy with majority of that body If
elected, he should be guided in his actions
by the wishes OF the people, and listen to
the appeals OF the people, from any section
OF the county, and try to heed their wishes
Capt. +. K. Stamps next came forward
He is very fluent and forcible speaker.
He entertains practical ideas, and he de-
fines and simplities the issues involved in
the campaign in a way that impresses his
hearers, and wins their confidence and re-
spect He has considerable experience in
public matters, and if elected will be a
valuable legislator. He was candidate,
he said not of his own will, for twice he
declined the nomination tlatteringly
rendered him by the Convention, but after
repeated solicitations on the part of the
delegates of the Convention, he had
finally consented to accept the nomination.
and like the soldier in whose hands Is
placed the flag of his regiment, take up
tbe colors of the grand old Democratic
party of Wake county and bear them
through the campaign. He alluded briefly
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