The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-18

formed and UNANIMOUSLY passed by the
convention and I here today stand
upon it and in November to go to VIC
tory
Williams Irony Pleased them.
Mr. Williams pleased his heaHrs
immensely by laying down to Mr..
Davis in irony rules of conduct to gov
ern his official career, each rule based
on some characteristic of the oppo-
sition. He talked for one hour anG
was listened to throughout with mark
ed attention and evidences of appro-
val. Many times he was interrupted
by cheers ana laughter. When both
had concluded Senator Daniel re7
sponded to repeated demands on him
for a speech by calling attention to
the old saying that speech is silver
but silence is golden" adding: -,
And as L recall that we formally
adODted at st. Louis the gold stand
ard l shall show my sincerity III ad-
vising my countrymen to do so, after
being for twenty years a silver ana
gold man by practicing what
preach"
To the Strains of ''Dixie."
To the strains of Dixie" and a
medley of patriotic airs, the assem-
blage dispersed; not, however, untll
many of it's members had mouHteu
the platform and extended personal
congratula tionS to the candidate. Inc
invited guests including those III
Mr.. Davis private party who occupied
a roped-off reservation on the left
were the first to shake the Senator
hand Mr. Davis will remain at
White Sulphur until Friday, when
he will return to his home at Elklns.
His plans for the campaign have not
been fully matured. "A pretty incident
tcin nf
ceremonies, when IL delegation or
seventeen ladies from Atlanta. Ga,
headed by Mrs. w. l.. Peel, all bear
ing the Georgia State flag, came for
ward to congratulate the candidate.
These same ladies rendered Judge
Parker reception in Atlanta last
June.
A meeting of the West Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee
was held tonight and A. j. HALEY, OF
Charleston, was made vice-chalrman.
Headquarters will be opened in Char-
lesion and the campaign ana South
ern part fthe State will be con-
Quoted from there. Mr.. Cornwel the
Democratic candidate for governor,
will open his campaign in illiamson,
August 81. Many of the State lead
ers will remain at White Sulphur to-
morrow to confer with Mr.. Davis.
The absence of National Chairman
Taggart who was unable to attend
the notification as wei! as of nearly
all representatives of the Natonal
committee rendered impractlcable,
the formation here of any plank
touching the National campaign.
SPEECH OF NOTIFICATION.
Mr.. Williams in beginning his mott
ficatIon speech said:
Mr. Davis-Sir:
We have been appointed by a most
notable convention as committee TO
notify you of your nomination py the
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 ia you, your
faithfumess, honesty and wisdom. The
people see in you one of the best pro-
ducts of the best period of American
institutions a period whose salient
characteristics were local self-goVern-
ment. individuality, equal opportunity,
and freedom; freedom to work. free
dom to buy and sell. freedom to 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 Homes
said is a rare thing. "a self-made man
who is yet not proud of his maker
Just before leaving home / said that
/ was going to West Virginia. with
sorna others. to notify you of your
nomination. One of my brothers lit
tie boys, standing by, said: Uncle
John, he must be q. mighty big goose
it he hasn't heard of it already" In
certain way, the notification with
which we are charged is perfunctory
vat tS tp
maintain by some degree OF formality
that 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-Presi-
dency, carrying with ii 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 / learned that i was. by
resolution of the convention. to be the
mouth piece o? the committee for the
performance of this pleasant task. /
began to look about me in order to see
now the duty had been performed by
others. l found from recent per-
rormances of similar character in
the Republican camp that for notj
fication speech historical essay is al
together the proper thing, absolutely
necessary for the emergency. We
shall therefore entitle our notification
address: "A Brief Historical Disaui-
sition upon Some Of the Blunders of
Our Ancestors as Viewed from the
Standpoint Of the Wisdom of Repub-
lican Statesmen. who Have Embraced
the Strenuous Life.
The Indian and Suffrage.
The first OF these consisted in dis
against the red man-the
Image of God in Cherry--on account
of his race and color and previous
condition. Our ancestors said it was