The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-26
Notes and Comments of
the Great Convention.
AYCOCK ON GLENN
The Governor Says That the Nomina
nation Came in Response to a
Popular Demand and that
Mr.. Glenn Will Make
Great Canvass.
(By II. l.. GRAVY

Glenns nomination. he said:
1.-THE nomination of Mr.. Glenn
came in response to a popular de-
mand. His services to the party have
been so great that the people deter
mined to express their appreciation
of them by comforting upon him the
highest Office in their gift. There can
be no doubt that Mr.. Glenn will make
great canvass of the State and,
recognizing the confidence of the peo-
pie in him, will serve them with the
utmost fidelity and unusual ability
If ever the power of mental con-
centration be needed it is by the
slave of the press sitting amid the
turmoil CT a great convention, dis
tracted by hundred demands upon
his attention, and charged with the
duty of translating from the con-
fusion about him an intelligent story
of the proceedings for the thousands
who are anXiously awaiting nj
words. Not that your reporter thinks
much about his responsibilities: he
is too busy. With the convention
roaring in his front, his ears deafen-
ed With the cries of the rival factions.
he must catch and transcribe every
utterance, every motion, every vote. In
addition he must have an eye for in
cident and color; and he must do his
work sandwiched in between a strug
ging mass of people that elbow him
unceremoniously out Of the way, spill
lemonade down his back and fire.
uuentIy crawl bodily over his table
with a charming absence of self-con-
seriousness. Spectators pluck his sleeve
for information, delegates bawl sug-
gestiOnS in his ears, telegraph boys
demand their copy and the office
sends sarcastic inquiries by telegram
as to whether he is dead or merely
crazy. All this the reporter must
and does endure for hours at a time
with IL placid smile and an unrattled
brain. He must sink his preferences
in impartiality and he must not be-
come enthused. He is of and apart
from excitement. The eloquence OF
the speakers passes him by except as
he must catch it for his readers;
rampant triumph and abject despair
he must see and note and smile at
with equal indulgence.
AS small a figure as the table Of
pencil pusherS cuts in the inspiring
scenes of the convention, it is a sine
qua non of the success of it's deliber-
atoms. And, strange as it may seem
to the man who, afire with passion.
is nominating a candidate, the re-
porter is a judicial officer on whose
placidity his rhetoric makes not
ripple.
If it had not been for Hon. r. A.
Doughton the press would have
Iareu worse at Greensboro. Here's
off with my imitation Panama to him
as gentleman and a scholar" He
was all courtesy. He allowed nothinS
to pass or to happen that our table
did not have a chance to hear. The
megaphone men sometimes forgot
xs..f.N hot N.a1sfi-
thusiaSm-but not SO with Governor
Doughton. He was our friend. "foi
sure"
1T is doubtful if any other man in
the State, could have SO we'll presided
over the convention, as did Governor
Doughton, His temperament is COO
and judicial, his rulings firm, his
courtesy unfailing and his good-na-
ture perennial. The convention was
too big to be handled. 1t was satu-
rated with the spirit of liberty that
was no reSpecter of persons. 1t could
not be compelled and, at times, il
seemed that it could not be reasoned
with / said it so seemed because the
chair, by infinite patience it is true,
always managed to procure in the enc
an orderly procedure. Time afteI
time Governor Doughton arose 70
speak without being considered, y~
time after time his pleasing ano
SiuillHS HISISiCltCC OlOOSht OIuGt
out of chaos. The position
was one that called for
lbility and tact of the highest order
Is well as the patience of Job and
he will of a Napoleon. The success
IF the convention is due, more thar
yil ever be known, to the quiet and
;elf-contained character of its pre-.
siding officer.
What a splendid specimen of manly
beauty is Senator Lee OVerman! As
he rose to nominate DR.. Dixon CoI
Auditor, the convention was thrilled
with the sight of a man as much as
by the glowing words in which he
briefly accomplished his purpose. His
platform presence is magnificent. The
powerful thick-set build of the man.
his broad front and heavy shoulders
is set off by a head of massive mold,
and topped by a perfect name of
iron-grey hair that lends an indie
scribable dignity, even grandeur, 10
his strong and handsome face. Erec,
as a martinez, with chest out and
chin in, his eyes flashing. his head
thrown back and arm aloft Lee $
Overman is a picture of health and
vigor that it is a physical and artistic
joy to contemplate.
Ex-Judge-future Lieutenant Gov
ernor Winston-has, the gift of his
family for quickness of repartee and
genius of application. He is splendid
company. AS a teller of a tale an !.
the driver home of. joke he is mimi
table His stories are par excellence.
Here is one that he told at the Dime;
table the other day-the only trouble
is that the brightness of its political
application was told personally and
cannot be printed. The story, how.
ever, is it's own best excuse
Down in Texas it became the sense
of community that a certain negro
should be eliminated, and in pursT
ance of popular opinion the sheriff
of the county and some close friends
organized q lynching party which
carried out it's program to its entira
satisfaction. The sun having risec