The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-10
THE CONVENTION
WILL Be A BIG ONE.
Many Delegates Have A.
ready Arrived.
CANDIDATES. HERE TOO
Prospects For the Largest Convention
Ever Held Here.
CANDIDATES. HERE TOO
MEETING OF STATE COMMITTEE TONIGHT
II viii Take Some Steps in Regard to The VIII
mirgton Senatorial Dispute. District
Meetings to be Held Tomorrow
Morning at O'clock.

Tomorrow the convention will meet
that is to nominate the next Gov
ernor and State officers Of North Car
DINA.
The prospects are that it will be
the most largely attended meeting OF
the kind held in the State.
the kind ever held in the State.
Already delegates. alternates, can
didates, boomers and visiting
statesmen" are pouring into the city.
The stream began Sunday night and
il has grown larger with each sue
ceeding train. 1t will continue to
swell until tomorrow morning when
the biggest crowds will come in.
Yesterdays arrivals consisted prin-
cipally of the candidates and their
immediate friends, with a very liberal
sprinllling of what are termed party
leaders, Todays trains will bring
still more such, coming thus early
TO attend the meeting of the eXecu-
tive committee in the Senate Cham
Der tonight. or to help their friends
who are candidates. The great ma .jor
ity of the roo delegates and the 700
alternates and visitors will come IN
tonight and early tomorrow morning.
Last night the lobby at the Yarbo-
rough was a mass OF moving, talking
humanity. Candidates were candidat-
ing and boomers were booming till
a late hour. This morning the mis-
sionary work will be taken up where
it was left off and will grow in fervor
as fresh accessions to the crowd ar
rive.
The work of yesterday and last
night did not. / take it, amount to
much beyond the lodging of several
motions to Lets trade-if your coun-
~ will go solid for my man | think
] can do something for you All such
propositions were taken under adj
visement and all went merrily along
with laughter and jest, good humor
and tobacco smoke.
Today and tonight things will come
down to a more solid basis and the
real ante-convention work will be
done.
That it will be an interesting con-
test nobody doubts. There are many
able men in the race with strong
backing and he who wins must first
fight There will be none of the thar
mony of death" about this convention.
Most of the candidates are already
here. They have asked off their respec
tive claims and are camping on them:
and so far there is no sign of ;-disposi-
ton on anybody's part to pick up his
kit and bow himself off the scene
to please his neighbor.
THE CANDIDATES PRESENTED.
Here are the candidates, so far as
they have been heard from. If You
are prophet try Your hand at pick
ing the winners:
Governor-Charles b. Aycock OF
Wayne; Theo. f. Davidson, of Buncombe.
Lieutenant Governor-John s. Cunning
ham. of Person; w. c. Fields, of Ale
ghany; w. d. Turner, of Iredel.
Secretary Of State-J. Bryan Grimes, of
Pitt; J. +. Lewellyn, of Surry; d. H.
Mclean, Of Harnett; ". p. Wood, Ran
dolph.
TREASURER. D. Boushall, of Wake,
w III. s. Burgwyn of Vance; w. J. Ever
eft, OF Richmond; B. r. Lacy, of Wake;
H. A. London, of Chatham; n. w. Taylor,
Of Carteret
Auditor-B. f. Dixon, of Cleveland;
Frank d. Hackett, of Wilkes; W. S. Pear
son, OF Burke.
Attorney General-T. J. Jerome. of
Union e. j. Justice, of Mcdowell; Z. d..
Glmer, OF Haywood; Chas. f. Warren,
of Beaufort; Francis D. Winston, of Bor-
tie.
superintendent of Public Instruction