The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-18
MEETS AND CASTS the STATES VOTE
FOR BRYAN AND STEVENSON
HON. D. H. MIEAN PRESIDING
All the Electors Present-Bryan Put I'm
Nomination by III. L. Cook and stew
enson by w. l.. Dowd-Mr. Cooks
Speech in Placing Bryan In NOMINEE
tomb. c. Beckwith Appointed Mes
senger to Take the Vote to Washing
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for Inauguration
(Specia, to The MessenSer1


lege met at 1910 o'clock. There were
man, c. L. Alternately. T.. C. wooten,
H. L. Cook. B. C. Beckwith, w. A.
Guthrie. W. g. Pearson. w. c. Dowd,
J. r. Blair, w. T.. Campbell.
Mr.. Mclean presided. He thanked
the college for paying him this honor.
He called for nominations for presi-
dent. H. L. Cook. of Cumberland, NOM
mated Bryan; w. A. Guthrie seconded
it, followed by Beckwith and Wooten.
Overman and Blair were appointed
tellers and reported eleven votes for
Bryan.
w. c. Dowd nominated Stevenson for
vice president. and w. S. Pearson sec
onded h nomination. The tellers re-
ported eleven votes for Stevenson.
B. c. 3ckwith, of Raleigh, was elect
ed messenger to carry the vote to
Washington.
The electoral college was officially
invited to attend the Inauguration GER
enonies tomorrow. Seats for 1000
people have been prepared in the CAPT.
NON - NlC IN SldluS
| n the speakers stand, which is built
out from the east portico. The legis-
lature will have seats in the center.
The banks will close tomorrow.
Mr.. Cook in nominating Mr.. Bryan
said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Electoral College:
I have the honor and privilege of
placing before this college for the ex-
allied position of president of the United
States the most Industrious citizen of
the republic.
In doing So 1 but obey the command
and voice the sentiments of a great
majority of the best citizens of North
| Carolina, at whose behest, and in
whose name, We have the honor to
meet this day to perform for them one
Of the most Important functions which
! a state a exercise IN it's re;atiens
with the federal government
L "a important advisedly for
upon the integrity, ability and patriot
ism of the chief executive OF the nation
depends, in a large measure, the sta
b1llty of government, and the preserva-
ton of the constitutional rights and
liberties of the American people.
I In view of the vital issues of the
late campaign as affecting the funda-
mental principles upon which the
structure of our government and it's
institutions rest, and the conspicuous
fidelity Of the people of North Carolina
to those principles, it might be profit
able as Well as appropriate to recall
the prominent part North Carolina. has
always taken in the affairs of the gov
eminent from it's inception to the
present day.
1t will be of benefit to the people,
and especially ito the youth of the
state that we should briefly refer to the
leading part u people took in the for
nation of the general ~overnmen as
this part of our history is inspiring and
unusually interesting at this time as
indicative of the most natural position
assumed by our people in the late con-
test upon h new and untried expri.
ment upon which the republican ad.
ministration has launched the govern
ment.
1t was at Me~cklenburg court house
now the beautiful and thriving city o.
Charlotte, that he patriots met OF
November Goth. IT'S. and gave utter
ance to the first declaration of indie.
p~endence, in which thew asserted theil
right to be free. and their determine
ton to no longer submit to the domin
ion of a foreign potentate.
This was followed in June bout on,
month later by the people of Cumber
land at Cross Creek. now my own tow
OF Fayetteville. who met at the ok
historic spot to this day called Libert,
Point and gave forth a similar decla
ration and that too before the news o
the Mecklenburg declaration ha,
reached them. From that time forwar,
their lives and fortunes were freel
given to make good that declaration
and right nobly did they sustain it a
Moore's Creek. Kings Mountain
!. Guilford Court ous and other grea
battlefields Of that memorable confic
| OF W years Duration. and their valo
and patriotism illumine the pages %
history and excite our pride.
Consecrated as our soil and peopl
We're to the tenets Of individual libert
consistent with the rights of Others
their descendants have always prove
worthy Of them and stood Loyalty b
them, and as a people we have aIway
assumed an attitude of uncompromis
ing hostility to any encroachment b
> the federal government upon the re
served rights Of the states. and insiste
upon a strict construction of the cor
stitution. as n Of the m essentia
[ doctrines to insure the permanency G
a government founded upon the will {
h people.
Thus by right of inheritance We ca
justly claim to have been h pioneer
in h establishment OF this great re
public.
In the sometimes rapid evolution {
P&A Odk pGOplC Idtc Ia
urally attached themselves to thu
e party most pronounced in Its purpos
C to preserve that equality before til
law, which animated our forefather
. They have quickly found where the
Z belonged and in the changes and n
adjustments which time has wrougl
y they still cling to h position of I'll
forefatherS of the republic upon tho.
vital principles.
t. With this history as a guide it is b,
g natural that in the late campaie
ol North Carolina stood Loyalty by IL
party and candidate most pronounce
in their devotion to the ideal repub.
of h fathers. and the spirit of tr,
Americanism.
Il In hat campaign the democrat
y party stood for the constitution al
d the flag in all its pristine purity-f
- equal opportunities for all and speci
2. privileges TO none.
T. It was the champion of the gre
1t common people in its contention (