Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-08-16
THE STATE DEMOCRACY.

AS will lie Srcl i'll our spec al
from Raleigh i'll this issue the
State Democratic convention
was great gathering Of the clans
one of the most numerously at
tended and ono OF the most repre-
sentative the State has ever had
and they did their work we'll
They were true to the principles
and true to the customs Of the
party, and all credit should be
gfT Gn them.
The unanimous denomination
of Shepherd for Chief Justice,
MacRi,e, Clark and BurWell for
associate JUST ;es. aid Tate fol
Treasurer, was highly proper.
The compliment to President
Cleveland WAS right and just anu
salutary. The restoration Of the
financial plank Of the Chicago
platfOrm was sound to the core
and the overwhelming defeat Of
the primary makcsllift was the
essence of patriotic Democracy.
This move for Ii primarj- at al
the polling places IN North Car
olina was brought forward and
has been constantly urged in
numerous cpistolaly correspond
ence through the public prints by
Senator Jarvis i'll his own be
half He thought he was the
most popular man in North Car
olina. and desired to prove by
primaries that he was; the popu-
lar choice over Senator Ransom
for the u. S. Senatorship. The
vote by which his pet scheme
was defeated in the State con
vention-694 10 21S-shoWs the
relative popularity of Matt W.
BansOm and Thos. j. Jarvis in
North Carolina, and it shows
also how badly Ransom would
have beaten Jarvis even if the
primary test had been adopted.
From whom does the editor OF
the Concord STANDARD obtain his
information concerning the rela-
tive strength OF Ransom and
Jarvis in eastern North Carolina:
In this section the opposition
to Senator Ransom is largely
sustained by disappointed Office
seekers. But notwithstanding
that fact. Ransom is far in the
lead. How can the people OF
North Carolina forget to uphold
and support, by their suffrage,
the man who freely gave every
bale of cotton Oh his farm to be
sold for the defence of r. A. Shot
well: Can they Forget the su
perb man who, 5lone, went tC
Elizabeth City and persuaded
Judge Brooks to go to Raleigh
and open court that he might
hear the habeas corpus cases
which released the political pris
oners held by Kirk, under orders
from Holden?
Judge MerrlmOn. Ex-Governor
Bragg aud others Informed Ran
som that there was no law to
justify Brooks in issuing the
writs. However, Ransom-the1
a farmer, now farmer and Sena
tor-tore from a law book al
old Federal statute, placed it il
his pocket, FASTENED to Norfolk
thence, by canal boat to Eliza
beth City. For two days, at th'
residence of Judge Brooks, HI
argued the cause Of the people
pleading that the prison doors
be thrown open. Brooks at las
consented to go to Raleigh anc
issue the writs now famous il
the history of North Carolina
Ransom telegraphed the attor
neys of the prisoners that al
was we'll. Brooks goes to Ra
leigh" Then, returning to hi
farm in North Hampton and re
suming his quiet pursuits, drop
ped out of sight as the solitar.
movc1 to begin the work which
resulted in the downfall of tn
Republican regime in North Car
olina.
The people of North Carolin
are not forgetful of their chival
rous men, nor unmindful of pub
lie benefactors nor ungratefu
for self sacrificing deeds don
for their welfare. No man i
North Carolina is so welded t
their hearts-and deservedly sc
as Matt W. Ransom.