The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-19
Mr.. DAVIS IS NOTIFIED
OF HIS NOMINATION


GettefS.
Before taking up his speech prop
er he took the ladies into his conf
vote getters for the success of the
ticket Mr.. Davis did not follow his
closely. though he held it
in his hand. He mentioned the name
Parker and The response was instan-
taneous. A moment later he spoke of
the platform and the contention be-
tween Hill and Bryan over it's provi-
sions. Immediately Bryan's name
was taken up and cheered.
We'll" said Mr.. Davis with meaI-
ing smile when quiet was restored Il
was q member Of the platform COM
mittee, and sat between those two
gentlemen, but the platform was form
ed and and unanimously passed by the
convention and I here today stand
upon it and in November to go to vie
tory
Mr.. Williams IronicaI Speech.
Mr.. Williams pleased his hearers
by laying down to Mr..
Davis in irony, rules of conduct to
govern his official career. each rule
based on some characteristic of The
opposition. He talked for one hour
and was listened to throughout with
marked attention and evidences of ap-
proval. Many times he was inter-
rupted by cheers or laughter.
Senator Daniel Called On.
When both had concluded Senator
Daniel responded TO repeated demands
on him for a speech by calling atten-
ton to the old sign Speech is silver,
but silence is golden adding: And
as 1 recall that we formally adopted
at st. Louis the gold standard 1 shall
show my sincerity in my countrymen
to do so, after being for 20 years
silver and gold man by practicing
what I preach
To the strains of Dixie" and a med
ley of patriotic airs, the assembled
multitude dispersed, not however until
many of its members had mounted the
platform and extended personal con-
gratulations to the candidate. The
invited guests including those in Mr..
Davis private party, who occupied q
rOped off reservation on the left were
the first TO shake the Senator's hand.
Mr. Davis will remain at White Sui
Dhur until Friday, when he will return
to his home at Elkins. His plans for
the campaign have not been fully ma
tured. a pretty incident occurred at
the conclusion of the ceremonies wheI,
a delegation of seventeen ladies from
Atlanta, Ga, headed by Mrs. W. L.
Peal, all bearing the Georgia state
flag came forward to congratulate the
candidate. These same ladies tender
ed Judge Parker a reception in At
lanta last June.
State Central Committee Meets.
a meeting of the West Virginia
Democratic state central committee
was held tonight and A. J. HALEY, Of
Charleston, was made a vice chair
man. Headquarters will be opened
in Charleston and the campaign in the
southern part of the state will be
conducted from there. Mr.. Cornwe1l
the Democratic candidate for governor,
will open his campaign in Williamson
August 81. Many of the state leaders
will remain at White Sulphur tomor-
row to confer with Mr.. Davis.
The necessary absence of National
Chairman Taggart, who was unable
TO attend the notification as we'll as
of nearly all representatives of the
national committee. rendered imprac-
t1cable the formation here of any
plans touching the national campaign.
Mr..Williams in notifying Mr.. Davis
Of his nomination said:
Mr.. Williams Speech.
Mr.. Davis, Sir:
We have been appointed by a most
notable convention as a committee I1
notify you of your nomination by tbs
democracy as their choice for Vice.
President of the United States. We
desire to express the pleasure we feel
In having been selected to perform this
duty and our confidence in you your
faithfulness, honesty and wisdom. The
people see in you one of the best pro-
ducts of the best period of American
institutions, period whose salient
characteristics were local self-govern
ment, individuality, equal opportunity
and freedom; freedom to work, free.
dom to buy and sell, freedom 10 COM
pete in industrial life, resulting in self
dependence, freedom to develop as
ones own master-and not merely as
the well-trained and well-managed in.
dustrial servant of another. They see
in you what Oliver Wendell Holmes
said is rare thing, "a self-made man
who is not yet proud Of his maker
Just before leaving home said thai
L was going to West Virginia. with
some others, 60 notify you of your
nomination. One of my brothers littl;
boys. standing by, said, Uncle John
he must be mighty big goose if he
hasn't heard of it already In a Ger
tain way, the notification with which
we are charged is perfunctory and un.
AGSCSS<liss di1O yet IL Is wen %
tain by some degree of formality thai
respectful observance which is due to
great events. The nomination by a
great party to the great office to which
We call You, the Vice-Presidency, car
rying with it the duty of presiding over
the Senate of the United States and
the possibility of succession to the
presidency, is a great event
AS soon as I learned that 1 was
by resolution Of the convention, to be
the mouthpiece Of the committee for
the performance of this pleasant task
I began to look about me IN order
to see how the duty had been perform
ed by others. / found from recent
performances of a similar character
in the republican camp that fo ra noti-
ficatton speech a historical essay is
altogether the proper tnlng, absolutely
necessary for the emergency We
shall therefore entitle our notification
address: A brief Historical DISGUST;