The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-16

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Gentlemen of the greatest convention
that ever assembled in North Carolina,
| express to you my heartfelt
thanks. Every loyal Republican ac-
quiesces in the viii of the majority and
bows his head to the result (applause.)
Looking over our candidates for Gov
ernor we commence with the rugged,
aggressive Moody. Going to the Pied
mont Section we have the invincible
Boyd. Going farther east, there stands
the old giant oak on the banks of the
Pee Dee, the Hon. Oliver III. Dockery,
tremendous applause and enthusi-
asm); and going farther, to the banks
Of the Atlantic there we are confront
ed with that brilliant son, d. L. Rus
sell. As chairman, / will sit here and
decide honestly and if / were to do
less | would not be Republican, Af-
| ter exclaiming that the Republicans.
would put into the Executive Mansion
the choice of this convention, Mr.. Mott
thanked and came down to business.
Jim Young was upon his feet at once
nominating for secretaries Messrs. j.
G. i. Harris, John G. Dancy and j. Il.
| Ellinger. They were all unanimous
| ly elected.
ENDORSEMENT 1F PRITCnARD.
I Judge II. G. Ewart came forward
| with the following resolution:
Resolved, that it is the sense of
/ this convention that the Honorable
Jeter G. Pirtchard be named and he
is hereby named as the candidate of
the Republican party to succeed him
/ self as United States Senator from this
State, and that the delegates of this
convention pledge themselves to use
/ all honorable means to secure his re-
| election" This resolution was re-
/ ceived with great applause and was
carried by acclamation by rising vote.
| Senator Pritchard came forward af-
ter having been good humoredly intro
duced by the chairman simply as
/ "Jeter" The Senator said he pre-
4 ferred to be thus introduced and began
/ to review his record in the United
States Senate, and expressed great sat
/ isfaction at this warm endorsement.
! lie said he had steadfastly worked TO
maintain ReGGGittoan principles as he
understood them lie blamed all the
4 trouble to the alleged unwise tariff
/ legislation of the Democratic party,
and then strenuously advocated the
! establishment of the Mckinley tar
| iff Senator Pritehard was warmly
! applauded when he predicted a Re-
/ publican Senate and VIM. Mckinley
! after 1851. The speaker contrasted
| past conditions with fnose of the pre-
sent, and claimed that even Calhoun
had been protectionist. He said he
did not believe that any native-born
citizen with sectional pride could go
with the Democrats if lie would re-
view their record on the tariff ques-
ton. Senator Pritchard proceeded to
score the Democrats and the former
Democratic Senators from North Caro-
lima accusing them, by the zig-zag log
ic that ran through his speech, of
joining in with the New England tar
iff robbers. Senator Pritchard touched
upon his course as to the Dingley bill
and continued to thresh our campaign
material. He accused the Democrats
(Without any foundation, however) of
having opposed the Dingley bill only
after he Pritchard, had amended it
by putting on all the raw materials
Of the South. (This is brand-new).
The Senator went into silver. 81
made you a pledge on silver" he said,
"and went there and voted for it, and
SO help me God, / intend to vote for
it again" He maintained that all the
benefits from silver had come from
the Republicans, and accused the Dem
ocrats of trying to raise the silver
question and befog the tariff. Senator
Pritchard here delivered eulogy up
on his own habit of boldness in poll
tics, and closed by reviewing the
great record" of the late Douglass
legislature. He praised the Populists
and eounselled fusion again, saying
that the Populists could never be led
back into the Democratic party After
congratulating the convention and
pleading for harmony the speaker sat
down amidst great applause.
THE MCKINLEY RESOLUTION.
Just before doing so, however, he
introduced with considerable beating
Of tom-toms the-fo1lowing resolution:
Resolved, that the delegates elected |
by this convention to the National |
convention at st. Louis, are instruct |
ed and directed to vote for that typical |
American and ideal citizen VIM. Nc