The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28

<real disorder. But the men were not there to hear
speeches. AT the very outset they refused to
quiet down to hear the carefully prepared address
of Senator Simmons, and he had to sit down be-
fore he had half finished. Congressman Small
who followed met the same fate. Only Governor
Aycock's combination of strong lungs and persua-
sive eloquence could prevail against the turbu-
lence of the crowd. Within five minutes after he
began the Governor-orator had the attention of
the entire audience, and he held it to the end. He
reviewed and defended his party's record during
the past four years and earnestly presented his
policy of universal education and fair treatment
of the negro. The ovation given him ought to be
a lesson to smaller men who court the favor of the
rabble and fear to stand for broad-guaged policies.
Nominating a Governor.
But the nomination of a candidate for Gov
ernor was the chief work before the Convention,
and the impetuous delegates refused to abide by
the recommendation of the Executive Committee
that a platform be first adopted. At the after
noon session Victor S. Bryant placed in nomina-
ton Maj. Charles NJ. Stedman, of Guilford,-a
knightly old-school Southern gentleman, a veteran
of the Civil War, a ~dignifed and conservative can
didate. Locke Craig nominated Theodore F.
DdV1uSOn, OI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OOuI0u0IdUc
veteran, ex-Attorney General of the State, the
candidate of the mountain counties. W. A. Self
presented the claims of W. D. Turner, of Iredell,
the present Lieutenant-G Governor, a safe, trust
ed, level-headed man. Lastly J. c. Buxton ap-
peared for Robert B. Glenn, of Forsyth,-a veter-
an campaigner, an impetuous, enthusiastic parti-
san orator who had the advantage of the other
speakers in that he has canvassed in nearly every
oo11p4u IN tho S+oto Thic woo roa11v tho oontro1-
ing factor in the nomination. There was a feel
ing that Glenn is too impulsive, inclined even to
be rash; there we're 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 resolved that he
should have the fodder. On the first ballot Glenn
had $50 votes, Stedman 419, Davidson 158, Tur-
ner 118. 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
number necessary to nominate was 625, and on
the fifth ballot ended at 6 a. M, Friday, after
the Convention had been in session all nigbt-the
report of the secretaries showed that Glenn had
received 654.41, Stedman 416.53, Davidson 11O.54,
Turner 1928, Doughton, .O3. Glenn's nomination
was then made unanimous.
For other State Offices there were no long
drawn-out contests. Francis D. Winston, of Ber-
tie, was named for Governor on the
first ballot, having 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 actively into the canvass at the first of
of the year. Of the present State officers, Sec
rotary J. Bryan Grimes, Treasurer B. r. Lacy,
Auditor B.. F. Dixon, Attorney General r. D. Gil