The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-06-22
OUR LEADERS.
GOV. DANIEL G.. FOWLE AND 1T.
GOV. THOS. NJ. HOLT.

GOV. DANIEL G. FOWLE AND 1T.
COY. THOS. NJ. HOLT.
4 short sketch OF Their Liyes---They
VIII be Elected by Not Less Than
$4,000 Majority.
We present to day portraits of the next
Governor and Lieutenant Governor of
North Carolina.
Nominated by the great Democratic
party in the State, by the biggest Conven
ton ever held in the State, their nomina
tion will be ratified by the voters of the
State by a majority not less than $4,000
in the November election.
The nominees are neither new nor un-
tried men. They have both been promi
nent publcists for nearly a generation.
Their record is not hid, but IS known of
all men-and favorably known.
JUDGE DANIEL &. FOWLE.
the nominee for Governor, was born in
Washington, Beaufort county, North Car
olina, March 3rd, 1881, and is now y
years of age. His father was prominent
and successful merchant "a devoted Whig
and a consistent Pres sbyterian. He was
not a native North Caroinian but thor
oughly identified himself with all the in
terestS and institutions of his adopted
home. He came TO North Carolina to live,
and burned his bridges behind him. His
business was profitable. He gave his chill
dren every advantage of education. At
the early age of fourteen the future Gov
ernor of North Carolina entered the cele
brated school of William Bingham, where
be was prepared for College. At II he
entered Princeton, the great seat Of learn
ing of the Presbyterians Here he ranked
with the best scholars in the institution
and was the junior orator of his society.
He graduated with honor at Princeton in
T1s51. He then read law under that great
lawyer. Judge Pearson, two years. Hav
ing laid broad and deep foundations, he
was admitted to the bar in 1888, and one
year after made Raleigh bis home. Two
years later he married Miss Ellen Brent,
daughter of his preceptOr, Judge Pearson.
He practised law with success in Raleigh
until the proclamation of Lincoln, calling
for troops to cOerce the seeding States
He volunteered as private in the Raleigh
Rifles and was elected second lieutenant.
Later he was appointed IN the commlssary
department with the rank of major. In
the summer of 1861 he resigned his com
mission and helped to raise the regiment
known as the 31st in which he was made
captain and afterwards lieutenant colonel
He served with the regiment at Fort Hill,
Beaufort county, and at Roanoke Island,
where he was captured by Burnside's forces
in 1862 He was imprisoned but a short
while when he was paroled. In October
1862 he was elected to the House Of Com
mons from Wake. He was later appointed
Adjutant General of North Carolina with
the rank Of Major General. In 1864 he
ran on the Holden ticket in Wake
for the House of Commons and was the
only one on his ii, ket who was elected
In 1865 he was appointed by Gov. Holden
| Superior Court Judge. The Leg gislature
of 1866 elected him to the same office
| for life Rather than enforce the orders
| of General Sickle, he resigned this office
| in 1867 In the same year he ran in Wake
| for the Convention, leading his ticket but
meeting defeat. In January 1S66 he mar
red Miss Mary E., only daughter of DR..
/ Fabius Haywood. In 1868 he was Chairman
| Of the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee In 1870 he was a candidate for
| the Senate in Wake and Franklin, but was
defeated Again he led his ticket and the
! Republican ma ority of 200 was reduced
| to 300.
1t was in 1876 that Judge Fowle made
/ his greatest reputation throughout the
State, and when he did his most effective
work for the Democracy. He was an
elector for the State-at-Large upon the
Tilden ticket, and spoke in nearly every
county in the State. His speeches made
a lasting impression upon all who heard
| him-apd that included most of the men
women and children in the State. Judge
Fowle's efforts in that campaign contribut
ed largely to the Democratic victory il
North Carolina first Democratic vic
tory since the war This writer-then /
| school boy retains to-day a vivid recol
lection of Judge Fowle's eloquent ORATOR
at Wilson in that campaign. Few speecne
that boy or man hears stick to hin
| more than a few weeks or months. Iht
mastery speech, which stirred his hearers
of Judge FOwle On the occasion above re
ferred to is still fresh in our mind. His can
vass in 1876 has not perhaps been surpaSs
ed for good results in the history of Nortl
Carolina
In 1880 occurred the memorable contes
for the nomination for Governor between
Gov. Jarvis and Judge Fowle. We doub
if any campaign for a nomination eve
secured so great general interest Gov
Jarvis secured the nomination. Judg
Fowle made sixty speeches in th, campaign
In 1884 Judge Fowle was an aspiran
for Congress in the Fourth District. Hi
chief competitor was Hon. VIM r. Cox
who after close, warm, and at times
doubtful contest, secured the nomination
Although defeated for the nomination