The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-24

when the whole State is i1laI viii
inen who are in every iesrc.t MS
-quai ana whose services to the part
ina 10 the state are eQuaI-Y lDeritori
'uS, L desire to present 10 you til,
lame OF one OF the men 20 whom Ire
Ter, one who has never sought or filled
position upon the State ticket and
Who is the equal in every respect OF
either of the candidates We have here
ofore honored with our votes. lie i
1. man who by temperament is fitted to
occupy the great office of Governor o.
sorth Carolina. He possesses a dig
atty of character. a serenity ano
oundness of judgement which have
ION the confidence of the State. II,
las the patience to hear, the wisdom
nd courage to decide. He is CONTROL.
d by reason and not by passion.
He has a generation for the exalted
traditions of the executive office.
He will carry into office large expo
fence and full knowledge Of pub
C men and public affairs. He wi
eek to preserve public confidence
moving full we'll that is the basi
industrial progress and advance
tent of our State.
He will endeavor to learn the wi
the people and faithfully to inter
ret and carry it into the public la
nd public administration. He be
eveS that is the WiSeSt StateSmanShi
hich seeks to give true expression
ne public purpose.
AS Governor he will not do rasi
Kings, he is conservative. not only il
Judgment and word, but in deed also
AS Governor he will never be VIC.
ent in act or speech. He is familia
With the functions and limitations o
The several departments of the Stat:
government. He knows their severa
rights and prerogatives and will not
seek to Verride them but will main
tain them unimpaired.
He is led, not by force of artifice
but by force of the principles he es-
rouses and by his own inherent vir-
tue.
The people have faith in the integri-
tY and wisdom of the man and believe
il the Soundness of his views. He does
not assume an air of superiority, nor
does he speak for the purpose of self
exploitation, but because he has a
message to convey to his countrymen.
This man viii see to it that public
improvements, including the building
Of good roads. are continued in North
Carolina on Il larger scale than ever
before, and tho education of the white
children will be brought uD,to a still
higher degree even than ever before
and negro children will receive such
elementary and industrial training
as not to disqualify them to perform
honorable labor for which they are
better suited than i'm seeking for high
er education which will unfit. them
to work and which they are not pre-
pared to receive. / present to you the
name of Robert Broadnax. Glenn. of
the county of Forsyth.
But. Mr.. Chairman. it is said that
Mr.. Glenn was not q Confederate
soldier. / am glad the gentlemen have
placed the claims of their candidate
uDon grounds on which Mr.. Glenn
has a strong foOthold. | honor con-
federate soldier. / love u, cause for
which they suffered. For thirty years
/ have honored them by my ballot
whenever an opportunity presented
itself. Glenn was not q Confederate
soldier, his misfortune rather than
his fau,t.
The man | present was less than
ten years OF age when his distinguish
ed father gave his life in behalf of the
lost cause on the bloody battle field
Of South Mountain. and today his
body lies in an unknown and unmark-
ed grave, and like the great leader of