The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-22

RALEIGH. n. c., March 2O.-Now
let's nominate Avcock with Il whoop,
ana hv exclamation Col. john :, Gun
NJ. A ycock's chief coTnpeti-
tor has withdrawn from, the contest Tor
Governor, aud oa Sunday iast,h letter
OF Withdrawal was made public.
This action was s s;,rar..a to many
who were aware of the fact that Col.
Cunningham still stood at least Il Eight
M c;iatlce" OF securing thu nomination
while not few claimed, even as late
as today. that they believed that it he
had remained in the field Ii was by 10
means improbab)e that he might have
proved to be the strongest man in the
convention.
But those who know the man init
mate,y. and ara aware of his love of
his party and his people, those acqua-
inted with his unselFish patriotism and
the zeal with which he Is working for
the adoption of the Amendment,
whereby White Supremacy can be &C.
| cured for all time in North Carolina,
are not surprised at the patriotic stand
he has taken.
! PARTY SUCCESS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
SELFISH AMBITION.
1t "as this very possibility OF his
S i'll having ''fighting chance" in tie
invention thai figured hard in his de-
cis,on-he ~ no fight in tbs con-
vention
| He came to the conclusion that the
| bast interest OF the party would be
subserved, and the chances 0: the M
endiaent materially Strengthened, II
:be action Of the convention was M
anlmOus and wholly enthusiastic il
the selec ton Of the head CT the ticket.
Therefore, Col. Cunningham ''decl3s1 10
sacrifice self and personal am b;tion for
the party's good. I know this, be-
cause the conclusion is forced upon
nae by conversation [ had with him
last week, and know the people of
North Carolina we'll enough to cay
that tiley will throughly appreciate
his uuseiflsh action and will not fail
to remember it with admiration in the
failure.
God bless John Cunningham I say p
was comment al! good Democrats
can endorse.
| THE FEB. Vance MONUMENT.
The large model Oarge- than life
!! size) OF the Zebulon Balrs. Vance
statue, from which the bronze itself Is
to be nodded, and which lettar IS to
be placed in the Capital Park here,
on the east side of the capital build.
ing, has been completed, aod last week
the ommit.ee went to Washington,
where the sculptor performing the
work resides, to inspect 1t.
This committee includes Hon. Rich
ard H. Battle OF Raleigh (who was ths
private secretary OF the great North
tCarollnian during his first term al
Governor during the civil war;, J. G
Brown, J. D. Roushall, &. II. Speight
ct al, the latter Of the Legislative com
mlttoe.
/ I have seen this model and it car
be truthtully said that it is splend,,
counterfeit OF the great man 1t is in ten
ded to assist in perpetuat,ng in tn
memory of his people, people VIII
loved him better and more UNIVERSAL
!, than any man ever born within tn
borders of our State
The cast Of the statue and the mon
ument proper are to he executed ye1
and there is other work to be don
r which Viii necessarily make 1t i'm pract
icable to place it in position for SON
little time yet. The date OF the s'un
yelling" has therefore not been del.
nitely ixed, yet. Many suggest thu
. May 20 should be selected for reason
obvious to every intelligent and patrj
: otto North Carollnian, bu. it cannc
be unveiled before July 4. at least.
More will be said in these letters Q
this subject when the information dos
: lrei can be obtained from the prope
!