The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-30
GREENSBORO CONVENTION.
Names Glenn as Standard
Bearer of Democracy.

All the Present State Officers Re-
nominated-Brown and Hoke for
Supreme Court Justices-0reatest
Convention of Democrats Ever Held
In the State.
OF the Democratic State cOnven-
ton held in Greensboro last week
much might be said but perhaps We
could not do better than give the
following account from the Progress
siVe rarner::
Victor S. Bryant placed in nomination
Mai. Charles NJ. Stedman, of GuilfOrd,-
a knightly old-school Southern gentle
man. a veteran of the Civil War, dig
nified and conservative candidate. Locke
Craig nominated THEODORE F. Davidson,
of BuncOmbe Confederate vet
eran, ex-AttOrney General OF the State,
the candidate of the mountain counties.
W. A. Self presented the claims OF W. ID.
Turner, of Iredell, the present Lieuten-
ant-GovernOr, q safe, trusted, level-head-
ed man. Lastly J. c. Buxton appeared
for Robert b. Glenn, of Forsyth,-a vet
eran campaigner, an lmpetuOus, enthu-
siastic partisan orator who had the adj
vantage OF the other speakers in that he
has canvassed in nearly every county in
the State This was really the CONTROL
ing factor in the nomination. There
was feeling that Glennis too impulsive,
inclined even to be rash; there were
rumors that the Southern Railway was
backing his candidacy But his badge
bore the legend-''Robert B. Glenn-the
Horse that pulled the PlOw''-and from
the first the majority of the delegates re-
solved that he should have the fodder.
On the first ballot Glenn had $50 votes,
Stedman 419, Davidson 1913, Turner
11S. Glenn gained on the second ballot,
Davidson losing. On the third and
fourth ballots Stedman and Glenn each
made considerable gains, the Davidson
and Turner forces breaking The num-
Der necessary to nominate was $50, and
on the fifth ballot-ended at 6 a. M,
Friday, after the Convention had been in
session all night-the report OF the secre-
taries showed that Glenn had received
65441, Stedman 1853, Davidson
1864, Turner 1929, DOughton, .O3.
Glenn 8 nomination was then made unan-
imOus
For other State Offices there was no
long drawn out contest Francis ID.
Winston, of BERTHE, was named for Lieu
tenant Governor on the first ballot, hay
ing nearly four times as many votes as
| George l.. Morton. Senator Joseph A.
Brown, of Columbus, whose candidacy
| was not definitely announced till last
week, received over 200 votes and would
probably have won had he entered &C
! lively into the canvass at the first of the
year. OF the present State officers. Sec,
rotary J. Bryan Grimes, Treasurer B. r.
Lacy, Auditor B. F. Dixon, Attorney.
General X. B. Gilmer, Superintendent J
Y. JOyner and Labor Commissioner II
| b. Warner, were without opposition and
| renominated by reclamation. Commits
| sioner OF Agriculture Patterson found an
opponent in Mr.. Rom II. Cover, Of
Johnston, who finally withdrew, stating
that he would begin his campaign earlier
| next time. Corporation Commissioner
S. l.. Rogers was nominated for third
term over Capt, S. B. Alexander Of
Mecklenburg For Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court to succeed Messrs
Douglas and Montgomery, Judge Geo
| ii Brown, Jr., of Beaufort, was chosen
as the eastern representative and Judge
| W. A. HOke, of Lincoln defeated Judge
| NJ. H. Justice for the western nomina
ton. +. s. Spruill and W. A. Self were
named as presidential electors, and J. S
! Carr, Locke Craig, j. Z. Woodland and
E. j. Hale as delegates to the Nationa
| Convention.