The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-04-19

Wayne: Tor Lieutenant u lillian
u. Turner. OF li-edell: for State Treasurer.
Renjamin X. Lacy, OF Wake: for Secretary
Of State. j. Bryan Grimes OF Pitt: for
AUDITOR +. +. Dixon. of Cleveland; for
Attorney General. K. d. Gilmer. OF Hay
wood; for Superintendent Of Public In
structiOn. 7. T. Toon. OF Eobeson: for
Commissioner OF Labor and Printing. H.
3. Warner. OF Davidson: for Commissioner
Of Agriculture. ). F. Patterson. Of Cald-
well: for Corporation commissioners
Franklin Mcneil chairman. OF New
Hanover. and Samuel l.. Rogers of
Macon: for Elector>-at-Large Dan Hugh
Mclean OF Harnett and Lee :. Oyerman
OF noWan
Deiegates-;it-Large to National Con
yrl.iOn. Julian :. Carr. Of Durham. +. J
Hale. Of Cumberland: Walter L. Moore.
Of Jackson. Th0~. \. Jones. OF Buncombe
What Il alaXy OF thorOughbreds'
SOME CLOSE CONTESTS.
Their Were several close contests. chief
among them being those for the nominal
ton for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Secretary
81 State State Treasurer and Attorney
GENERAL
Mr.. Turner received 555 votes and Col.
I
ern0r: IL change Of 10 votes would have
changed the result Mr.. Turner nomi-
nation was largely due to an eleventh.
hour agreement among the majority of
Delegates that the West should have the
Lieutenant-Goyernor That settled upon
no gentleman haiilng from another sec
ton could possibly have received the
honor
So Col. Cunningham ; defeat is no re-
Election on his popularity and strength,
which was recognized by every delegate
i'll the convention.
1t is also but simple justice to say that
had this demand OF the West been mani
tested earlier Col. Cunningham would not
have permitted the Use OF his name As
ii was. he did so only after great pres
sure and demands from more than two
| thirds OF the counties Of the State, and
| there Is no doubt of the fact that up to
Tuesday night more than 600 votes We're
ready to be cast for Cunningham
But Col. Cunningham, like the strong
party man he has always been feels not
the slightest heartburning: he did not
| have his heart set on this nomination by
| any means. but became candidate only
| after strong appeals We're made to him.
| Talking with him after the convention
|
| with tie unseltishness OF the mans ut
t~rances and manifestations of his true
| blue Democracy.
| VOTE FORsECRETARY OF STATE AND STATE
TREASURER.
The first ballot for Secretary OF State
| gave Mclean $50. Grimes 333 LleWellyn
| 100. Wood 100: the second ballot was.
| Mclean 312. Grimes 10. Llewellyn 1873
Wood 81: on third ballot Mclean re-
ceived 1923. Grimes 4J6. Llewellyn III.
| Wood IS.
| While the roll of counties was being call
ed on the 18th ballot Mclean came for
ward and withdrew his name and Grimes
was then nominated by acclamation.
| 1t was a great speech. worthy of the
old Confederate soldier and Democratic
| veteran-iust such a speech as all who
| knew Dan Hugh Mclean expected from
| him.
The fact that both the Gubernatorial
nominee and the candidate for Lieuten-
| ant-GOyernor We're lawyers operated
against Mclean and was largely the
| cause OF the convention turning to that
| splendid representative OF the farming
| classes. }. Bryan Grimes. who is worthy
| OF the Office and will make a splendid
| official
Lacy led for State Treasurer from the
| start. On first ballot the vote. stood
Lacy 361. London 243. Burgwyn 1872
Everett 12I. Boushall los On the
second ballot Lacy received 5O3 votes
CLOSE VOTE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
On the first ballot for Attorney General
GiIl.ier and Winston each received BIZ
votes. Justice getting 40 and jerome
200
On the second ballot Gilmer received
3I6, Winston 25S Justice 1872. Jerome
10. Gilmer was nominated on til.
third ballot. and made a beautiful and
eloquent speech Of acceptance.
| HOT TINE WHEN MEBANE's NAME WAS
MENTIONED.
Some OF the leaders thought it would
be good policy to nominate the present
Superintendent of Public instruction for
| reelection. Mr. Mebane; that this Office
should be divorced from partisan poll
ties. &c. But the convention was over.
whelmingly the other way. Mebane
never received as many as 100 votes. On
first ballot the vote stood: J. Allen Holt
OF Guilford. 3O7: Gen. T. F. Toon. O,
| Robson 261: Mebane. 90: burlington
| 13; j :. Hill. OF Lincoln 90: r. +. Hunter
OF Mecklenburg II: W S Long. -: W
+. Alternately, II; f. NJ. koonce. OF Ons-
low, Is; B, +. Grady, OF Duplin. 80: Cad.
dell. of Wake Is; and a few scattering
On the second ballot Holt led. receiving
249 to Toon 345, Long %. etc On third
ballot Toon led Holt by two yotes-47G
TO IA, not quite enough to nominate
On the fourth ballot Gen Toon received
30 to Holt i61. and WAS declared the
nominee. He made a most sensible
speech OF acceptance, stating among
other things. that although an old Con.
fede2ate soldier" he did not live in tile
past; is heartily in favor OF progress and
would do all he could TO advance the
! school interests and education generally
in North Carolina.
THE NEWSPAPER MEN ARE RECOGNIZED.
Through the nomination of Henry B
Warner, OF the Lexington Dispatch. for
Commissioner OF Labor and Printing. and
the election OF that splendid veteran o;
the quill and knight OF pure Democracy
Maj. f J. Hale. of the Fayetteville Oh
s7ver- the press was recognized