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amendment to the resolutions and plat
form reported by the majority as FOL
lows:
q. That the delegates to the National
convention at Sioux Falls, May 9th, be
and are hereby instructed to vote for
the nomination of the man of Populistic
principles, William j. Bryan for Presi-
dent; and to show our earnest faith we
name Dan Hugh Mclean and Lee S.
Overman as the Bryan electors at large.
'2. AS substitute for the commit
tees report on the amendment we rec
Ommend the repeal of the 14th and 18th
amendments of the Constitution of the
United States and the exercise of the
States reserved powers on suffrage on
racial lines
Mr.. Skinner spoke in favor of his re-
port and DR.. Thompson opposed it. Their
remarks are printed in another col
umn.
The debate which was of most sem
sational nature, Col. Skinner charging
Butler and Thompson to their faces with
political dishonesty and trickery.
Thompson replied in a fiery speech
whose real intention was to avert the
CdllluS VI luc IOIl vi lLo duOpIlOh WIiSh
number of delegates had requested.
When this call for the roll came, But
ler Thompson, Shuford and Fowler
rushed protesting to the chairman who
was about to order roll call; and finally
to whoop the boys up and prevent a
show of strength Thompson spoke. Con-
Guiding his speech he moved to table
SINNERS resolution and endorse the
platform as presented by the commit
tee. The motion prevailed, the vote be
taken by rising.
Nominations for Governor were now
declared in order.
DR.. Cyrus Thompson, of Onslow, the
present Secretary of State was nomi-
mated by a rising vote, there being no
other names before the convention.
The other nominations were as above
printed all but two cf them being made
by acclamation. These two were chair
man of the Corporation Commission and
Commissioner of Agriculture.
For chairman of the Corporation Com
mission there were three candidates
voted for the ballot resulting: A. S.
Peace, of Granville, 1862 J. T. Paschal,
of Chatham, IS; B. T. Person, of Wilson,
571a.
For Commissioner of Agriculture there
were also three candidates. The vote
for them stood: j. NJ. Mewborne, of
Lenoir, 474; Hill E. King, of Wake, 2S6;
r. A. Cobb, of Burke, 1872
PLEDGED TO BUTLER'S RE- ELECTION
On completion of these nominations the
convention, at 6 o'clock, adjourned till s
81, fo,, On, u 1i,,er %
that hour it finished the appointment of
committees and then passed a resolution
declaring in favor of the election of Uni
ted States Senators by the popular vote
and endorsing the course of Senator But
ler 1t was introduced by the Hon. w.
J. Leary, of Chowan, and passed by "a
rising vote. This resolution pledges the
party to 1.-The earnest and cordial sup
port" of Butler lin an honorable effort to
secure his recollection to the Senate
AS this vote was being taken short
haired delegate mounted the rostrum
and proposed three cheers for Butler. and
then gave a wild whoop. But nobody else
whooped and SO he too stopped.
This done, the meeting came down to
it's real purpose-giving the nominees a
chance to exercise vocal plants.
In this Improbable performance Dr.
Thompson led off He was followed by
the Hon. j. b. Schulken. Both of these
abused the Democrats, called them
liars" and "rascals" and other things no
better. Thompson pointed his gun partic-
ularly at the Amendment. Schulken
picked out the Election Law as his
mark.
NO POP DAILY NEWSPAPER.
Then the Hon. Hal Aver came forward
with a mellow, ox-eyed proposition that
the convention establish here daily
paper But the convention didn't some
how seem to take to the idea.
"How many of you will pledge your
selves to get twenty subscribers to such
paper?"
Il WILL" said one man.
''Who else?'
Nobody answered.
"All right, if you don't want it. very
we'll"
And down went the Populist daily paper
idea like McGinty in the song.
The other candidates accepted the
nomination, most of them taking advan-
tage of the opportunity to abuse the
Democrats pretty roundly. Seawell the
wOuld-be Attorney General said, for in
stance:
THE gentleman from Columbus, Mr.
Schulken, called the Democrats rascals
and then sort of apolgized for the ne
cessity for using rough language Why
that's about the mildest language he could
have employed for such people,
Evidently neither candidates nor dele
gates were in the best of humor at the