The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-24
FLASH LIGHTS Of
THE CANDIDATES
Turner; Davidson, Sted-
man, Glenn.
POINTS BY THE PENCIL
How These Four Men Appear TO a
Staff Correspondent Present at
the Opening Of the Great
Democratic State
Convention.
BY R. l.. GRAY.

BY IL. l.. GRAY.
Greensboro, N. c., June 23-The
convention is on. There is no change
that is visible on the surface-and the
man that goes under is a wizard.
Today all the candidates. except
Lleutenant-Covernor Turner are on
the ground.
Starting in the order of their
strength on the first ballot. CAPTAIN
Robert b. Glenn is a man of peculiar
physical and mental gifts. In height
he is not imposing. In breadth and in
bulk, in the SMOOTH -shaven expense
of his countenance. i'm his erect car
riage and in the gravity and dignity
of his address, he is self-contained
and of dignity that is becoming to
his aspirations.
On the stump Bob Glenn is a DIFF
ferent character. He sheds Democ-
racy as it is preached i'm the South
as we know il, at every pore: his in
vective is awful his wit of the order
of the country citizenship, broad in
text, but pointed in application, his
convictions, once formed, expressed
with a blunt manliness that COM
mands respect and compels admira-
ton. His speeches are pointed to the
soil and, like the sown seed, they
stick in the memory of the people. If
you go on country road and interro-
gate one of the people that live away
from and help support the town, you
VIII find an accurate popular esti-
mate of Bob Glenn. He has cam
paigned from one end of the State TO
another; his voice has rung out with
the eloquence of Henry Clay and
Cicero's the invective against wrong
entrenched behind it's breastwork. The
common people have formed this esti-
mate; and it cannot be in bad taste
n n
didate is Glenn. BY the common peo-
pie l mean those who are not in
politics except in opinion, those who,
with the spirit of the white mans
party in their blood have fought as
partisans the battle of the Democ-
racy and have never paused to con-
slider the objective of their blows be-
yond the fact that they were aimed
in defense of a larger and a more
popular liberty Of the individual in
matters of State control. 1t is to
these people that Bob Glenn has
spoken; and to these he owes his
strength. If it is suggested to one of
them that their candidate has had
fodder enough" he points you to '9S.
and the campaign against negro
phobia of that year, Such man,
especially from the East where the
need was greatest, you need not try
to convince. He will stand you down
to the end. and If you are susceptible
to the real worth of hopeful elo-
quence, you will leave him half con-
Vinced yourself.
Stedman's Picture SI1etched.
Major Stedman is a different type
the artistic antithesis in this con-
test. Similar in aim. he ap-
proaches his subject and gains his
effect in a method that is dissimilar,
different and which one feels intuit-
lively has in it less of effort than that
of Glenn. Where the one thunders
where he holds audiences spell-bound
by the majestic strength of his per-
sonality and the Incorporate passion
of his convictions. the other
holds by the convincing, if
unspoken charm of his personality. A
more pleasing man could not be found
on earth than Major Stedman. His
gray hair, still abundant, slopes back
from a majestic forehead that bears
at once the token of will and gem
erous heart; his blue eyes glitter from
their deep receSseS of strongly over
hanging brows with a light that gives
a first impression of including the on
locker in their sympathies. second and
none the less convincing argument of
the character and candor Of the per-
ception that lies behind of the heart
and the intellect that combine to give
them their indescribable sparkle and
life.
The grasp of Major Stedman's hand
is infectious. His personality flows
like a benedictional greeting to his
his presence charms the
sense. He is the ideal governor of
those with a mind that is swayed by
the sense of the harmonious and the
and chivalrous niceties of
the office.
Major Stedman is an "cx-Confed;,"
who has survived to adopt the new
order without bitterness and with
philosophy that takes note of condi-
tions without a sacrifice OF pride or
He is an old time Southern
a term that correctly APP
piled indicates more than any office,
and one that wins friends at sight and
touch and holds them.
Portrait of Turner.
Lieutenant Governor Turner we all
know. He is n magnificent physical
specimen of commanding presence,
with strength and character written
i'm every line of his strong face. from
the high brushed iron-gray hair above
his wide-set darkly deep eyes, to the
almost oppressive massiveness of his
pugnacious and domineering jaw.
Gov. Turner is known as safe" man
One who is not beyond influence and
with the rare quality of a wisdom
that is both personal and dependent
on sage advice. 1t is to be marked