The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-28
FOR PLATFORM FIRST
The North Carolina Delegates Have No Per-
SOnaI Preferences for the Presidency.
BRYAN AND BOlES HAVE SUPPORTERS
The Nebraska Man IN Perhaps the
General FRvoritc-TheS state Plat.
form Delights Democrats Repub.
licnns VIII Endcnvor TO Bring
About Fusion With PopuIists.

Raleigh, n. c., June 27.-(SpeciaD-
ex-senator Jarvis, who is to be the
chairman OF the North Carolina delern-
tion to the National Democratic Con
thought of the Presidential preferences
Oh the delegation. He replied: The
North Carolina delegates will 20 to Chi
caEo without any personal preferences.
.heir sole object being to make Il plat
form for the coinage OF gold and silver
at IL to l. that cannot by the ingenuity
of man be misunderstood and to nomi-
nate for President the ablcst man that
can be found whose sincere convictions
are IN harmony with that PLATFORM"
IL Is no secret that many OF the dele
sates favor Bryan; in fact, he is perhaps
the general favorite. Boics has some
warm supporters. The fact is the dele
gation wishes TO look over the ground
AFTER It's arrival at Chicago and not
TO commit itself to any man until after
Il careful review
The North Carolina delegates will go
TO Chicago via Ashcville, Knoxville and
Cincinnati and their special sleeping
car VIII leave Greensboro July l. via the
Southern railway. ut s 80 Il. m, ARRIVING
al Chicago at 5:30 the afternoon of the
3th. The Palmer House will be head
quarters.
The Populist State Committee is call
ed to meet here July Sd, to call n State
Convention
Judge James G. NIacRae said this
morning of the new State ticket: II
thinA Watson and Mason az strong n
ticket as could have been nominated
and they shall have my heartiest sup
port"
state Chairman Pou would have been
Reelected yesterday for the two years
term by the State Executive Commit
tee. but for his desire that before such
action was taken the full committee and
the candidates should meet and confer.
me Democrats are delighted with the
state platform. Ii is no secret that
most of 1t was drawn by Mai. l.. j.
Hale. the very able chairman of that
committee.
1t is u belief of many of the Republi-
cans that their party will now make the
most extreme efforts to induce the Pop
ulists TO again fuse with them
1t now seems that North Carolina will
be represented by nine companies of
troops at Richmond. The Governors
Guard OF Raleigh goes with sixty four
escorting Junius Daniel Camp. c. ".
which carries forty-two.
There are those who contend that the
negro vote is of peculiar interest in this
campaign. Negroes of prominence say
their race holds the balance. of power.
and add that they earnestly hope the
campaign.
The Commissioner of Agriculture is
making plans for the farmers insti-
tutes. which are to be held in such num-
DcrS TINS summer and autumn. They
Will be on a larger scale than ever be-
fore. The Agricultural Department is
determined to extend its sphere of work
and put itself face to face with the
farmers. The hardest task of all is in
ducinE the latter to attend meetings.
An earnest effort will also be made TO
double the number of students at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
here
Last year Il large and handsome wing
was added to the institution for coloretl
deaf-mutes and blind here and this
wear n similar one will be built
The Congressional Conventional
Democratic of the Third District is
called TO be held at Jacksonville August
18th.
While some fear is expressed that DR..
George II. Winston may accept the office
of the presidency of the University OF
Texas, yet your correspondent Is assur-
ed to-day that he will not accept. but
Will remain at the head of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina for which he
has done such grand work.
Col. a. Nj. Waddill will place in nomi-
nation for the Vice-P Presidency at Chi
cago Convention the name of Walter
Clark. The North Carolina delegates
will do earnest work In Clarll's interest.