The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-29

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When the speaker referred to Mr. Az
COCK his words were greeted by a thumb
er OF applause. He said: II tell Won the
hohor was worthily bestowed. He is =
great ana gallant leader, and If you~half-
way 90 your duty he will in August car
ny the Democratic hosts to victory (Ap-
plause). The temporary organization was
on motion of Capt Thos. L. Emery. made
permanent.
The following Committee on Credentials
was appointed, one from each county.
Bertie, A. T. Eason; Edgecombe, ]. 2.
Cobb; Greene. T. f. Barrow: Halifax.
John o. Burton; Lenoir, H. ". Davis:
northampton 3. NJ. Pugh; Warren, d.
NJ. Collins: Wayne, j. T. Hooks; Wilson.
John r. Dildy. Committee on Platform
and Resolutions: BERTHE, c. ". Mitchell:
Edgecombe, D.. E. Cobb; Greene, Swift
Galloway; Halifax, David Bell; Lenoir, W..
d.. Pollock; Northampton, G. G. PEBBLES:
Warren, DR.. l.. j. Picot; Wayne, w. r.
Allen; Wilson, Dennis Worthington.
These committees having retired for
consultation, Capt. Thos. W. Mason. was
called on for a speech. Coming forward
amid great applause, he thanked the con-
%vention for the honor done him and at
ded: when we were assembled in Raj
eigh looking for a leader the searching
eye of Democracy found that man in this
town. | know he Will be the next Cover
nor. | believe as the years go bv and our
children and our children's children read
the history We are here making. they
will say that days work was one % the
best we have done in a quarter OF a cen
fury. Applause). We must stand by
him. There must be no faltering or sulk-
ing in the Second district we have held
the first convention. and we must set
the pace"
Speaking of the amendment. he said
Its not a question of party politics. It's
q question born of the heart-beats CT the
white men OF a proud State. (Applause).
Talk about DISTINGUISHING people. We
don't want to d~isfranchisc anybody. but
we are determined that the Second dis
trict shall no longer be misrepresented in
the halls of Congress-"
1t is coming, l can hear it: you can see
it, it has spread 10 other States. and
even now Virginia, the mother of states
men, is preparing for it. (Applause.}
w are not going 10 be laggards. We
have taken up this fight because the voicy,
Of the people or North Carolina demard it.
and the votes of the people Of North
Carolina will carry it through in August.
whoever this convention says shall bear
the standard We'll wear his cOlors from
our head to our heels. AycCcll / regard
as practically elected. The man we non;-
nate today We'll elect.
Good by, George White: you declared
two years ago that the negro must hold
office. How about it, George? YOU in
vited the issue of White Supremacy Two
years ago, George; now you've got it, and
you, too. Marion and Jeter. George, Jet@r
and Marion. go together, stay together
and sleep together if you want to-
At this point the Committee on Creden-
tials came III and Mr.. Eason for the COM
mittee reported that all the counties il
the district were represented and no con
test. The number of votes given iI the
| convention to the various counties were:
Berthe y, Edgecombe SO, Greene 20, Hall
fax 10, Lenoir 81. Northampton 33, War
rem IS, Wayne 81 and Wilson 81: total
291. This vote was appOrtiOned on a basis
of one vote for every fifty cast in the
last gubernatorial election.
The question of allowing prOyios being
raised, the Chair ruled that under the
Democratic rules and laws Of organization
proxies were not permitted.
The Committee on Platforms not being
ready to report, the convention on motion
OF Capt. Thos. L. Emory, proceeded to the
llOilll1dlIoD VI 81 VI Ooio 80
The following names were placed before
the conventions: R. B. PEBBLES, by DR.. D.
B. Zollicoffer, of Northampton. seconded
by C. w. Mitchell, of Berthe; Donnell Gill
liam. by L. Y. Bassett, of EdEecOmbe.
j. NJ. Wood of Wayne; Claude KitChin, by
Walter E. Daniel, of Halifax, Il. A.
Boyd. of Warren; Fred A. Woodland, by
Judge H. G. Connor, of Wilson; by L. V.
Merrill, Of Greene, DR.. E. G. Moore, OF
| Wilson.
This completed the nominations and the
Committee on Platforms made its report
which was read b. Capt. Swift Galloway.
Following is the platform adopted by the
convention: Resolved. That we pledge
our allegiance and devotion to the prin-
ciplcs enunciated in the platform adopt
ed by the Democratic rational convention
at Chicago in 1896, and in the platform
adopted by the Democratic State cOnVen-
ton at Raleigh, on the 18th day o. April,
1900.
Resolved, That We see III the recent
unseating of the Hon. William I. Craw-
ford, the duly elected representative of
the Ninth Congressional District by the
vote Of George II. White, the negro repre-
sentative from the Second District a new
illustration of the dangerous power OF the
negro vote in North Carolina, and we
nefeDy D1euSt Tie people VI a 1ioS
we will do our full duty toward rightine
/ that wrong to the Ninth District and
| that disgrace to the Second"
Roll call for the first ballot commenced
! at $50 O'Clock. It resulted: BERTHE, q
for PEBBLES; Edgecombe, SO for Gillian;
Greene. G % each for Woodland, Gillian
| and Kitchin; Halifax, forty for Kitchin;
Icnoir. ; each for Woodland and Gillian,
AZ for Kitchin. 17% for PEBBLES; North
| ampton, SO for Peebles; Warren, 10 for
Kitchin. 4 for PEBBLES, . each for Wood
ard and Gilliam: Wayne, 1872 for each of
! the four candidates; Wilson, 81 for Wood
ard. Totals-Woodard So, Kitchi1 a,
PEBBLES %, Gillian 63.
The second ballot showed a gain of 5
for Woodard, lost by Kitchin and PEBBLES
from a change in Greene's vote. On the
third ballot Kitchin regained his strength
and PEBBLES lost it. The tOufth ballot
was exactly like the third. Fifth ballot.
n..I1ac loct : moro votes. Gillian gained