The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-15
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
VENTION.

nesday. July 18th, at noon, will DC com
posed of PA delegates. 1t will, there
fore, require 623 votes to make a nomina-
ton. Each county is entitled 20 ore del
egate for every $50 votes cast for Cover
nor Aycock in 1900, and one delegate Tor
every additional IS rotes. The gentle
man making the cal ,ulation has taken
the official vote for Governor from the
office of the Secretary Of STATE and care
fully computed the nurnbec Of delegates
to which each county is entitled,
The business of The convention VIII be
as follows:
l. To adopt a platform. This work will
be assigned to a committee of ten; one
from each Congressional District. Too
little attention is ordinarily paid to
nunciating the party's creed. 1t is i'm
portant tina the platform should not only
declare. the real attitude of the party on
all pending questions, but that it should
do SO with clearness, terseness Nigor and
freshness. In most States it is usual for
the platform to be drafted by party lead
ers, and the committee then has a draft
which greatly assists it in it's important
work, which must necessarily be done
in a short time. 1t would be we'll if the
Wisest men of the party would write
such planks as they think ought to be
incorporated in the platform, take then.
to Greensboro. and present them to the
Platform Committee. In the National
Convention it is always a rule to adopt
the platform before the candidates are
named. That is made feasible because
the convention arranges to remain IN
session two or three days. In North
Carolina it is customary to try to crowd
all the business into one day and night,
platform is adopted by a handful Of del
egates about sunrise. Is it not possible
to make a change this year, hold the con.
vention two days, and give ample time
for the consideration of the platform.
and afterwards nominate the candidates?
This is worthy of consideration.
2. To determine the method by which
the next United States Senator is to be
chosen. The last State Convention or
dered a State primary. The Executive
Committee at it's last session in Raleigh
instructed the State Chairman to bring
this matter to the attention of all the
counties to the end that in the primaries
and county conventions the voters might
instruct their delegates as to their
wishes. AS a matter of fact very few
counties, not more than half a dozen, il
SO many, have given any consideration
go to Greensboro without Instructions.
3, To elect an executive committee OF
four members from each Congressional
district. These will be chosen in the dis
trict conventions to be held on Wednes-
day morning and ratified by the corven.
ton. 1t is important that the best men
in each district, men Of sound wisdom
and judgment and of approved Democ-
racy should be chosen. They are the
custodians of the party, charged with
carrying out its declaration Of principles
and nominating its candidates.
4. To nominate a candidate for Chief
Justice, two candidates for Associate
Justice, State Superintendent of Public
instructions. and a Corporation Commits
cinnor J,I~o IJ~J ~
ly nominated for chief Justice and it is
certain that Mr.. Joyner will be named
for State superintendent.
3. To nominate a Superior Court judge
, for the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth.
Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fourteenth.
Fifteenth and Sixteenth districts. The
candidates will nave already been desig-
mated by their respective districts before
the convention meets and will be nomi-
mated without division.
The outlook is that the leading Demo-
Gratis from every section OF the State
have their faces turned toward Green's
boro, and that the convention will be one
of the most notable gatherings in the
history of the State. It is the first State
convention held since the adoption of the
Constitutional Amendment, and the first
since the Democratic party regained con-
troll of the Legislative and executive de-
partments of the State Government. With
the election Of the members of the SUI.
preme Court, who will be nominated bv
this convention, all three branches or
State Government will be again in the
hands of the Democratic party, and the
people will give it another reign of TWEEN
ty years.
1t is to be hoped that the Convention
will transact it's business in a way to
add to the prestige Of the party. The