The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

Held Yesterday at Lockwood's Folly.
In Senatorial Contest Mr.. Meares
Gets 81 Votes and Captain Morton
9-The General situation.

Brunswick county held a convention
at Lockwood's Folly yesterday for the
purpose Of nominating delegates to the
state and senatorial conventions Mr..
NJ. c. Guthrie. of Southport, presided.
and Mr. Jno. III. Mintz, of Shallotte, act
ed as secretary. There were present
about seventy-five delegates from diff
ferent precincts, composed largely Of
representative citizens. After delegates
to the state convention were elected,
and before the senatorial delegates
were appointed. Mr.. Iredell Meares
n Mr.. Geo. L. Morton, at the re-
quest of the convention, addressed
the body. Afterwards, a vote was taken
by precincts, on the question of sena-
tor. The vote was as follows:
Smithville township, Meares Z votes;
Shallotte township, Meares 6 votes:
North West township, Meares 5 votes;
Waccamaw township, Meares 5 votes;
L~ockwood's Folly township, Meares 4
votes. Total for Meares, q votes.
The vote for MI. Morton was: Lock-
woods Folly, 2 votes, and Town Creek
Z votes; total, 8 votes. The delegates
elected to the senatorial convention
were instructed, on the basis of this
vote, to vote in the senatorial conven-
ton, three-fourths Of Brunswick
tvs vote for Meares and o~ne-fourth
for Morton. The convention endorsed
for governor, Chas. B. Aycock; secre-
tary of state, Dan. w. Mclean; state
treasurer, w. ]. Exerett.
Resolutions were passed endorsing
Hon. A. NJ. Waddell for United States
senator, and asking the state owen
tion to hold a primary election for
United States senator
Among those present from Whining
ton were Iredell Meares, Esq, Dr.. w.
c. Galloway, Robert Ruark, Esq, Cap
tain George l.. Morton, Mr.. Frank H.
Stedman, Mr.. John N. Bennett, Jr., and
B. G.. Empie, ESQ.
The following special telegram re-
garding the convention was received
from Southport last night, to-wit.:
"Lockwood's Folly was the scene of
the Brunswick county democratic
convention. There was a large gath
ering of old Brunswick's democrats
n the utmost harmony prevailed. The
of the convention was the
electing of delegates to state and dis
trict senatorial conventions. Delegates
to the senatorial convention were in
structed to cast II votes for Iredell
MeareS and 4 for George L. Morton.
Delegates to the state convention were
instructed to vote for Charles B. Ay-
cock for governor. Endorsements were
made of Hon. A. NJ. Waddell for the
United States senate, Dan. w. Mclean
for secretary of state and w. J. Everett
for treasurer"
1t will be of interest to note in this
connection that as the senatorial con
test between Iredell Meares, Esq, and
Captain George L. Morton now stands
Mr.. Meares has % and 29-97 votes in
New Hanover and y in Brunswick,
giving him a total of "a and 29-97 votes
in the senatorial district convention
and Captain Morton % and 6S-97 votes
in New Hanover and 4 in Brunswick
his total vote in the senatorial district
convention being 26 and 6S-97.
If as Mr.. Meares contends, therefore,
the New Hanover vote is divided be-
tween the two candidates before the
recent primary, he will AVE a ma
jority of about s votes in the conven-
ton.
In the convention New Hanover will
have As votes and Brunswick 16, the
number necessary to a choice being
81 votes.