The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-14

sab, could it tell who dat chicken be-
longed TO. sah?'
In the Senatorial caucus, one of the
strongest speeches made for Mr.. Over
mans nomination was by Representa-
tive L. l.. Smith, of Gates He said:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Caucus: 1t has not been an easy task
for myself to determine my, choice fer
United States Senator.
Having a warm personal regard for
several of the candidates, and with full
knowledge of their fitness, in character
and qualifications, for the exalted po-
sition to which they aspire, l therefore
regret that l can not cast four ballots
instead of one.
so l shall not choose to vote against
any one of my favorites, but / must
vote for one of them; and in making the
selection l trust that l am entirely con-
trolled by motives of patriotism and
fidelity to my State.
mo mere personal regard, however
warm. no mere local sentiment, however
strong, nor any other consideration
whatever, should suppress the great de-
sire of our hearts to send to the United
States Senate, the man that Will best
represent our grand old State, and that
will most strongly impress himself and
North Carolina upon the attention of the
United States Senate and the country at
large.
after a careful survey OF the field.
and without dispara cement or deprecia-
tion of any other. l believe l have Sc
lected the man who will measure up to
this requirement. His very name would
indicate his relative position in this
man-the Hon. Lee S.
Overman, Of the county of Rowan.
HE halls from the West, but he be-
longs to the whole State His early an
cestors first settled in the extreme
East-'by the waters of the PasquotanE.
where bull frogs jump from bank to
bank and where the sweet-preathed
jasmine festoons wood and field, and
the juniper tree turns water into wine,
that neither ferments nor intoxcates.
1t was there that his early ancestors
first settled and toiird and helped to
transform swamp and forest into waving
fields of wheat and corn.
But the sturdy stock from which he
gprang, perhaps, about q century age,
was transplanted into the beautiful
hill country of the West, where he was
born and reared, and from whence he
has served his State.
How well and in what manner hiss
been told you in words more eloquent
than l can speak. He has never shrkcd
a duty, and has obeyed every call of his
party. Anywhere, everywhere, from
to mountain top, his voice has
been heard proclaiming the eternal
principles of Democracy.
His commanding presence his buoy
ant, sanguine, enthusiastic temperament;
his thrilling voice, as clear as the bell
and as musical as the harp; his con-
slant, never wavering fidelity to State
ard party; his bold and fearless cham
of the right, and above all his
pure and lofty moral character-all con-
bine 10 make him an ideal Senator OF
whom North Carolina would be proud,
and | therefore, second his nomination"
Roy Lcatherwood, Jackson county
boy, has been appointed as messen-
ger in the office of Principal Clerk Hack
EFT, of the House of Representatives
Walter E. Moore, of Jackson Speaker
of the House of 1901, is in the city to at
tend the sessions of the Grand Lodge
He was a visitor to the session of the
General Assembly yesterday, and says
he IS strictly impartial on the Senatorial
question.
Hon. w. w. Barber of Wilkes one of
the best Democrats in all North Carolina,
who is in Raleigh, is the right sort Of
a son. He sent the News and Observer
daily to his father, aged 70 years, and
said: He is deeply interested in the