The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-01-13
TRYAch!N MONDAY NIGH
Eloquent Speeches Minimizing and Sfcondrg
the Various Cardl5atea---l he lntsres.
Mas !nieas---5all-ries Were
C,opcG.

From News aid Observer Jan l9J
The Democratic caucus met last night
q eight O'Clock. tool, three ballots with
oat result. ard adjourned untll eight
O'Clock Monday night.
TIE time was chiefly consumed il
speaking. The friends Of the candidate
presented them well Some q tEe
r2cecaes were q rare excellence. TIE
most brilliant was that @ Mr.. Self, q
CatawJa. ana the one that gained the
naost genuine applause was that Of Col.
". Il. Lucas. II was in fact q wonderful
speech.
Mr.. Oyeruaan lead on every ballot, He
made a net gain Of SIX votes. one mem
Der, IN Ove.man man who did not vote On
tne first ballot, voted On the subsequent
ballots.
The first ballot stood. Alexander. s
Carr, II: Craig, % Hoke, 9; Overu1a1.
n, watson. 81.
The second ballot stood. Ore-man. =;
Watson, 3, Craig, g; Carr, il. AIexaD-
Ger, &; Hoke. l..
The third ballot stood: Ove-rean, .;
Watson. IS: Craig, .; Carr, Is; Aleza1-
der. &: HoEe, >.
i feel very wel-Detter than al any
tf-e during the campaign" said Mr..
Watson, as he went TO bed early this
morning. MY friends are standing firm.
! am now sure that l VIII Win The fight
The situation is all that ! could de-
sire" said Mr.. CyeTman. My gain il
the vote on every ballot shows that the
trend Of sentiment is IN my favor. and
that / viii be elected.
AS concerns ny own campaign" said
General Carr, on being asked his views
Ct the situation: u received about
.1e umhe CT votes l expected on tn
early ballots. and an not At all dis
outraged. ! am in the contest 10 the
dnjsn and expect 70 gain in the future
baIIots.
An hour after the caucus Mr.. Craig
was found il his room at the Marlborough
with q number Of friends. Being asked
low he felt concerning the situation. h
said: y am gTatifed BY the loyalty and
determination Of my friends, and thu
work they are doing for me. They ex-
.pect 10 win and I believe We will"
Colonel Alexander had retired when
called on, and il was impossible TO get
his views. From those given out
before the caucus il is known that it
Went as he expected, and that he looks
fer gains as the ballots continue.
These two expressions will come as near
giving the sentiment in the Iopbies as a
whole column Of interviews:
FIRST, by an Oyernan man: Over
man is certain 10 win. When the break
comes-and il is certain 70 ~con2e-OYer-
man will get more than enough votes 10
Nominate him"
SECOND, by a gentleman who fayors
another candidate than Overman: over
man has polled his full strength. He
viii never get ten more votes. He has no
chance Of being elected"
When tile doors were opened TO the
Hall OF the House of Representatives
The legislators and the public fiocked in.
The gallery doors were closed until
Senator Morton. chairman OF the caucus.
arrived shortly before eight O'Clock. The
steps leading to the galleries were crowd
ed. many ladies' being among the num-
Der.
Chairman Morton immediately gave
orders for the galleries to be opened and
soon every seat was occupied The som
b1eness Of the background in the gal
leries was relieved by ribbons and gay
%coloTs, and the bright faces OF many
beautiful women.
Senator Mann, Of Hyde, moved to ad-
nit all ex-members Of the Legislature
and State officers. Senator DonnclI Gil
liam said there was not room to accom-
nodate all the legislators would be
pleased to mmod Therefore h.
moved TO table the motion. 1t was tabled
oy a rouslng majority, and the original
limitation to Democratic members Of
the General Assembly, representatives OF
the Democratic press and the officers OF
the two houses was the order.
1t was $50 before the hall was cleared
OF those not entitled to be present. and
then Representative Murphy, Of Rowan.
began to call the roll. lie went al it
with q vim. and here" came as each
name was called. there being I4G present.
At the close Of the roll-call Repregen-
tatiSe Smith. Of Gates, created q great
laugh by rising and calling 10 the attan-
ton Of the Chair that his oyercoat and
hat were gone. 1t once every man was
watching his cwn oFercoat and headgea7
While the employees started on a search
for Ar. Smiths wearing apparel.
Then there came a tangle about the
time Of adjournment, that was mixed up
with various sub-issues. This begun by
Representative Gillian, of Edgecombe.
-Ac nc N@0N 49, ~ ddjOA4 II At I10-
night until eight O'Clock Monday night.
Representative Daughtridge, Of Edge
combe. moved TO amend hv making ad-
~journment after three ballots had been
taken, and Senator Blow moved to table.
This was lost by a vote Of CT against s..
Then Senator Travis, of Halifax, pre-
sented the view that it was unfair tc
the State and to the candidates TO name
an hour for adjournment, and as fol-
Monday night, it might be found that
Tuesday night would be better as some
members might be absent Monday night
Mr.. Gillian expressed his desire to have
things move smoothly and said that later
in the night some member might wish
to prolong the caucus, and there would bf
misunderstanding, that now was the time
TO settle the matter. There is no neet