The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-08

Vance yapplause) found the man who
should lead this Israel into the promised
land. He was young lawyer of large
practice not schcoled in the art of mon
ey-making and not Nersed in political
manipulatioh. He had no eloquence eX-
cept the eloquence of the heart and no
comliness except the comliness of perfect
manhood. He was called by the people to
lead the great fight to rescue the State
from Negro Rule then; he responded How
well he came up to the expectations of
the people you all<do know. AS long az
he lived-as long as the voice of Vance
was heard-this good State remained true
in it's allegiance to the Democratic party.
Today, in yonder capital, the foundations
are being laid for statue of this great
tribune of the people. 1t will stand there
when the youngest man among us has
been gathered to his fathers as the mute
advocate of the principles for which we
stand today.
'"When this prophet among men had
passed from us, We turned to find the
Elisha, upon whose shoulders his mantle
had fallen. But, cropping in untried paths
by the uncertain light of Pickering can
dies, the people saw not that as cur
Elijah passed from us his mantle fell
upon Charles Brantley Aycock (applause),
the orator and statesman of Wayne coun-
ty. Some of us thought we beheld it's
folds around him as he went about pro-
claiming the gospel with Vance's fire,
freshness and elcquence. But many did
not know his voice and needed it not,
and because of this deafness we were
doomed to wander for four years in the
wilderness of bad government. AS the
children of Israel wroshipped the golden
calf when they knew not Moses, and had
to suffer for their sins, so North Carolina
suffered because it followed the strange
voice of the demagogue and shut it's ears
to the elouuent appeal of the states
man."
1.-The hour and the man have met. The
old order changeth, giving place to new.
The State is nerving itself for a master
struggle to purify it's suffrage, to en-
franchise white voters, to liberate negro
slaves, to give stability in government
and open the doors of the school houses
and keep them open at least months
for all the children of the State. We
have many big men who would fill the
position of Governor with ability but.
men, history has repeated itself. AS In
1876, by spontaneous movement of the
people, Vance was called to lead, SO to-
day from the rugged peaks of Ashe to the
surging waves of Dare, with one voice and
with one accord the people have called
Charles B. Aycock TO lead the forces of
Democracy. Like Vance he is young
lawyer with large practice, with no gift
at money making or party manipulation.
His equipment is his faith in the people,
his devotion to their interests, his un-
selfish patriotism, his clean life, his elo-
quence and sincerity. He is today, with the
plaudits of two million people ringing in
his ears, unchanged from the unaffect-
ed and modest youth who as boy won
the hearts of his play mates. No honors
will turn his head or cause him to forget
that he stands in politics to be the
evangel TO lift up, educate the humble
and the lowly. He measures up to the
definition of Macauley who said, The
truly great man is he who is not in
fiuenced by those who are near him and
who can advance his fortunes, but by the
thousands ,afar off whom he can never
know, who can never know him., and who
can never show him appreciation. or give
him assistance.
such is the man who is to lead us in
the struggle for purified suffrage and
clean government. AS Elisha walked in
the ways of Elijah, so will this young
leader follow in the footsteps of Vance,
and che day after he has fought the
good fight and finished his course, we
will rear in capitol square monument
to cur second Vance"
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
After call of the roll. showing ev-
cry township and precinct fully repre-
scented and without contest, the tenn
porary organization was made perma-
nent.
On motion of Mr.. Armistead Jones
the chair appointed committee OF
five TO apportion the thirty delegates,
to which the county is entitled, among
the various precinct. This commit
tee was composed of B. X. Partin, f..
c. Beddingfield, w. L. Watson, Armis-
tead Jones and j. ID. Allen.
As this committee was retiring from
the hall, Mr.. w. II. Penny, Jr., intro
duced a resolution instructing the
county's delegates in the next State
convention ''to use their best efforts
to have placed upon our State ticket
none but true, able and influential
Democrats of the unterritied class.
This resolution aroused considera-
bic discussion on the question of it's
immediate adoption or it's reference
to committee on resolutions.
The motion to refer was made by
Mr.. w. c. Douglass.
This was followed by an amend
ment from Mr.. w. B. Snow making
the resolution apply to the Congress
sional, as well as the State, conven-
ton.
Mr.. a. w. Moye opposed sending the
resolution to committee. He was
ready to vote on. and pass, it at once
and he thought every other Democrat
ought to be.
Mr.. Douglass, speaking to his mo-
ton to refer. said he feared the con-
vention didn't realize the full purport
of the resolution. I'm in favor of
referring this resolution to a COM
mittee of five of the best Democrats
in Wake county, let them scrutinize
every word of it, let them see if it
closes the door of Democracy single
inch. If it does it ought not to be
passed" (Applause.)
Mr.. Penny was heartily tired of
supporting men who are not Demo-