The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-05-31
THE STATE CONVENTION
Editorial Correspondence.

Capitol-anyNhere, everywhere, ana
they are getting warmed up, too
suppose the usual Swapping horses
has been going on, but as yet | have
seen very little Of it.
The convention will meet in about |
two hours, and will telegraph all the
proceedings to the SENTINEL later.
First let me describe how the Capital
city prepared for us. | have been to
Stronach's warehouse, where the ses
sion is to be held, and it is a mass of
flags, flowers and NOTES. Seats from
the Metropolitan ball have been
placed there and others provided, so
as to seat exactly l 200 people. There
will be standing room for 800 more.
1t is needless to state that the conyen
ton will be an immense affair The
platform is spacious and neatly car
peted. It is draped with the national
colors and two state flags fall in grace
full folds in its rear. All around The
hall are national flags, ard the wood
work is in great part concealed by
bunting and flowers Three electric
lights, each OF 1000 candle power, are
in Hosition. On the sides of the plat
form is this inscription Raleigh We'll
comes the Convention" Spacious
rooms are provided for the use of COM
mittees, and telegraph instruments are
on the platform.
Tonight, after the convention is all
over, We expect to have a big bonfire,
and rousing speeches from Senator
Vance, Governor - | don't knew
his name yet, but will know it in a few
hours and other Democratic leaders.
There will be procession by the
young mems Democratic CLUB who
have over 200 white beavers especially
for the occasion. They will carry
canes and were handsome badges The
club has 400 members, and if they
/
then am badly mistaken,
| Now lets turn to the convention. Its
objects are to elect delegates to the
| National Democratic convention, to
meet in St. Louis on June 9TH /; to
nominate a state ticket to nominate
| three Associate Justices of the Su-
preme court to nominate electors at
large for North Carolina to frame a
platform of principles for the party to
stand ON in the coming contest at the
polls; to choose an Executive commit
tee tor the State to manage the cam
paign.
| Each county is entitled to one dele
gate for every $50 democratic votes,
4 taking the last Gubernatorial election
as the gauge. According to this, the
aggregate vote of the convention will
be 961 votes.
| The winning candidate must receive
a majority of these votes, that is 46l.
1t is utterly impossible at this hour
to say who the Governor will be, and
1 shall desist from guessing. My tel
egrams will give you the news.
To day wednesday, Mr.. Richard
H. Battle called the convention to or
der at 2 clock and made brief adj
dress in which, among other good
things, he said Cleveland had fulfilled
every pledge made to the people
Then you ought to have heard the
cheers They applauded to the echo
whenever Cleveland's name was men
toned. Mr.. j. Turner Morehead, O.
Rockingham county, was appointed
temporary chairman and Messrs. Z
F. Lamb, J. P. Caldwell, III. G. Wall
R. M. Furman we're appointed to assis
Mr.. w. 6. Burkhead as Secretary
The roll call found every county vel
and ably represented. The following
gentlemen were elected from their re
spective districts to select candidates
for a permanent organization LIST, S
Spruill; I'd, d. Y. Cooper; Sd, G. G
Lyon !, 18th, J. A. Turrent;ne, Gala
nance; 5th, w. w, King, (Stokes)
9th, R. E. Little, (Anson) 7th, T. B
Eldriege, Davidson; 9Th, E. B
Jones (Alexander); 9th, R. D. Gil
mer, (Haywood.)
1 The committee en- organization nom
mated the following gentlemen and
they were unanimously elected Presi
dent, Gen'l VIM. R. Cox; Vice Pres,
idents Gone from each district y list
| G. F. Irelett I'd, f. A. Woodland
Sd, A. B. Williams 4th, A. d. Aaron
9Th, J. Turner Morehead 9Th, j. T
LeGrand 7th, w. Fl. Greene; 9Th
| W. G. Newland 9th, E. T. Ebbitts
| The committee on platform was as
follows: LIST, A. L. Blow; End, w
H. Kitchen; Sd, G. B. Aycock 4th,
Calvin E. Parrish 9th, G. B. Wat
son; 9th, w. J. Yates 7th, j p
Caldwell; 9Th, B. C. Cobb; 9th, Geo.
A. Shuford.
| Before beginning nominations, Mr..
Z. B. Womack introduced resolution
providing that all fractional parts Of
votes should be in decinals. Then
came the fun.
| Mr.. w. A. Branch, of Beaufort, nom