The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-17
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. ". G.. April IL.
The democratic ticket is as follows:
G b. Aycock. governor: wilfred d.
Turner, lieutenant governor: ]. Bryan
Crimes. secretary OF state: b. r. Dix
on. auditor; X. u. Gilmer. attorney
general: Il. K. Lacy. treasurer: Thos.
F. Toon. superintendent OF public in
struction: II. +. Warmer. taoor GEM
missioner; :. L Patterson. commits
/. sioner OF agriculture; FRANKLIN Nc
Neill and Samuel l.. Rogers. corpora
ton commissioners 1.-THE former for
six years. the latter for four years.
The state convention adjourned at
$40 O'Clock this morning. after a total
session OF twenty hours. and a con-
tinuous session of seventeen hours. Its
work was magnificent and the party
will sweep the state like a cyclone.
The events after the nomination OF
Gilmer for attorney general. which oc-
CURED at ) o'clock. on the fourth bal
lot, were as follows:
For commissioner OF agriculture
Patterson and j. F. PARROT were plac-
ed in nomination: the former was far
- NN AN1d HAAa o1AoiS NHt III Mdk
finished was nominated by acclama-
ton.
For labor commissioner H.. B. Warner.
John T. Britt. H. T. James and II. Il.
Hunter were placed in nomination.
Warner had an easy victory.
For corporation commissioners. Nc
NELL and Rogers. J. ". Campbell and
u. w. +. Harper were placed in NOM
ination. Harper was withdrawn and
Campbell personally withdrew.
There was a long fight over the plat
form and many amendments were Of
fered- This discussion was by sec
tons. All amendments were voted
down The chief discussion was of
the method OF holding senatorial
primaries, some western counties diff
fering from the method offered by the
platform committee. This difference
was on the question whether the same
rule would prove as suitable for all
or whether individual coun-
ties might not use discretion i'm the
matter. Seventeen counties fought
h primary: as they wanted county
primaries. They filed a protest
against the primary plank OF the plat
form.
The convention elected the following
delegates-at-iarge TO the national con-
vention: Julian s. Carr. f.. j. Hale.
W. +. Moore and T.. A. Jones.
Dan Hugh Mclean and Lee $. Over
man were elected presidential electors
at large.
Much interest is expressed i'm Gen.
Thomas F. Toon, the nominee for su-
p~erintendent of public institution.
whose nomination was perhaps the
surprise of the convention. He was
born in Columbus county in 1910. was
educated at Wake Forest college: en-
tered the Twentieth North Carolina
regiment May Goth, 1861. as a private:
returned to the college and graduated.
4 a
once; was promoted by the
vote of his men to lieutenant.
captain and colonel. the latter I'm 1863:
was wounded six times. In 1864. upon
the wounding of Gen. X. ID. Johnson.
Colonel Toon, who was also wounded.
remained on the field and was for
gallantry promoted to b%rigadier gen
eral. After the war he was in the rail
way service sixteen years; then be-
came a teacher at Fair Bluff: taught
there until last year. when he engag-
ed entirely in farming. He has three
farms.
n convention delegates have gone
home in high spirits and the best of
good humor. They rejoice I'm the states
most memorable convention.
| The populist state convention meets
!, here on the 18th instant. Cyrus
Thompson. its chairman said today
that Senators Pettigrew and Allen
would address the caucus the night of
the 18th, and probably speak at the
s convention also. There will be other
speakers, populists. he says. but he
; doesn't know them. He says ii will
: be a large conventions: but that he does
not know what IL will do regarding the
constitutional amendment.
Rev. DR.. B~lasingame resigns as
president of the Baptist female univer-
sity here. ii is said by reason OF some
friction with the trustees His resig.
nation is accepted and takes effect ir
June.
The Second district democratic
convention is called 10 meet at Wilson
May 18th.
J The members of the North carolins
Press convention. who were in this cit,
e during the convention. discussed tn,
matter of holding the annual meetin,
. OF the press. June 18th and 18th has
been announced as the time. The exec
utive committee, and the members n
the association agreed with the com
mittee that June was too early, that /
interfered with the business Of tn
press. which had much to do befor,
the August state election. The middI
. or latter part of August was recon-
q mended as the best time for the con
Il vention.
The state today chartered the SIEVE,
Springs Hotel Company, OF La Grange
The Wake county republican execu
tive committee has decided 10 have n,
convention this year to nominate dele
gates to the state convention or tn
congressional convention. The com
mittee- held a secret session. The ne
gro republicans were clamorous TO
recognition, and a compromise wa
made with them by the whites. b
Tlich all the delegates to the staf
n convention. May 2nd. will be whites
and all the delegates to the congres
slonal convention negroes. The ex.cu
tive omnitte has named both s.ts 2
delegates. Among the whites are j. G
e L. harris, Postmaster c. T. Bailey an
the negroes jim Young and Z q
Johnson. the latter being the assist
n TO the United States district al
torney-