The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-05-26
ELIAS CARR FOR GOVERNOR.
R. 4. sOushton, Of Allegheny, Nomina
ted for the Second Place,

Names of the Other Candidates
Ex-Governor Jarvis Made Perma-
nent Chairman-Work of the Con-
vention-The State Executive Com
mittee-The State Convention Har-
monious.
RALEIGH, May 19.-Hon. Elias
Carr, of Edgecomb county, received
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor at 1890 this morning on the
sixth ballot.
Nominations began at 6:45 O'Clock
on yesterday afternoon. J. A. Long,
of Alamance, nominated Gov. Holt;
Alexander; 81. F. Freeman nominat-
nominated Elias Carr; g. S. Brad
There was great demonstration at
the placing of Carr's name before the
convention, lasting several minutes.
There was great demonstration
| when James NJ Leach seconded the
nomination of Holt in the convention
| for several minutes. 1t was 7:30
| O'Clock when it was announced that
all the nominations were in.
| 1t was S:15 when the first ballot
ended. The chairman announced
| that the vote was as follows:
| Holt 4O7, Sanderlin 2S3, j. S. Carr
157, Elias Carr 112, Alexander IA,
Jarvis g.
Mr.. Merritt, of Person, withdrew
the name of Alexander in favor of ].
S. Carr. At this there was great
cheering.
| On the second ballot there were no
marked changes. Sanderlin got
more of the Alliance strength The
result was announced at $50 as
follows:
Holt 4O2, Sanderlin 3O5, j. s. Carr
159, Elias Carr 1913.
The third ballot showed little change:
Holt 3S5, J. S, Carr 157, SanderIin
332, Elias Carr 127.
The fourth ballot resulted as fol-
lows:
Holt 81, Sanderlin 31s, Elias
Carr ITO. s. Carr 1877.
Elias Carr made the largest gains.
| On the fifth ballot there was
| greater excitement and more ap-
plause than at any one save the
first. Elias Carr continued to make
| gains.
The result of the fifth ballot
| showed gains for Julian S. Carr also.
Before it was announced there were
demonstrations in favor of various
candidates. The vote was Elias
Carr 344, Holt 295, J. S. Carr 227,
Sanderlin 1876. There were great
cheers by Elias Carr's friends, he
having doubled his vote.
ELIAS CARR THE NOMINEE.
The sixth ballot began amid much
stir. 1t showed from the start many
changes in Elias Carr's favor.
Franklin gave him her Is votes,
halifax II, Harnett 10, Hyde 6;
| Mecklenburg gave j. S. Carr %
votes. New Hanover gave Elias
Carr 5 and J. S. Carr z. 1t was
seen by the time the vote was two
thirds completed that Elias Carr was
the choice of the convent ton. Mr..
T. B. Womack, on behalf of Cover
nor Holt's supporters, moved to
make the nomination of Elias Carr
unanimous. Chairman Jarvis an
nounced that he had received 636
votes, 504 being necessary to a
choice. There was a rush of dele
gates and no end of cheering. A
motion was made to make the nomi-
nation unanimous, and it prevailed.
The convention went wild as chair
man jarvis announced Elias Carr as
the nominee.
The convention met Thursday
at 1870 and proceeded to the nomi-
nation of the remainder of the State
ticket. R. S. Doughton, of Allegha
ny; 81. A. Gudger, of Buncombe and
Lee s. Overman, were the leading
candidates, Mr.. Doughton being nom.
mated on the second ballot.
4 The first ballot resulted: Dough.
ton 436, Godger $40, Overman IT'S
with scattering vote. Second bal
lot: Doughton $40, Gudger 227
Overman 90.
| Mr.. Doughton is well known as
the Speaker of the last House o1
Representatives. He is well known
, in this section and had the solid sup
port of Forsyth from the start. He
| is q staunch Democrat and familiar
with the affairs of the State.
l. Octavious Coke and Donald Bair
were nominated by acclamation fol
Secretary of State and Treasures
respectively.
There was warm contest for the
Office of State Auditor. The candi
dates put in nomination were: G.
W. Sanderlin, of Wayne; Willis R
. Williams, of Pitt; j. F. Spainhour
of Watauga; A. ii. Merritt, of Chat
ham; Robert NJ. Furman, of Bun
combe. A. 81. Eller seconded tht
nomination of Mr.. Spainhour. Ths
balloting resulted as follows: First
Sanderlin 1862, Furman 214, William,
211, Merritt 128, with considerable
scattering. Second, Farman 5O7
Sanderlin 331, Merritt 40, William,
IS, Spainhour 38. Furman havius
received majority was declared
elected.
DIR. Sanderlin, in moving to make
the nomination of Mr.. Furman
unanimous made touching speech
He recited some of his services tt
. the party and the State and declared
that, though defeated, he would still
be found in the thickest of the fight
The assembly that had been impa
tient and restless was now most at
tentive.~ Though showing plainly
that he was deeply affected by two
defeats before the convention, ht
was addressing, he made q speech
i that thrilled his hearers, and anothe.
ballot doubtless would have changed