The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-07-09

| unsuccessful fight, loving MN as L
| have ever loved him, loving him as
no man knows how to love except
the love of a soldier to his comrade.
Cheers and applause,) l leave this
convention thanking you Tor the
| courtesy shown him all through this
| fight. to 90 away in tears for Ashley
| Horne.
"He desires me further to say to
these splendid men who have stood
by him to the end that he now re-
leases them and says to them cast
their ballots from now until the close
| OF this contest AS best they can, rep
resenting the sentimentso of the people
| they represent after this release upon
his part.
Governor Aycock said:
EX-GOVERNOR AYCOCk,S
SPEECH.
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of
| the Convention: | rise for the pur-
pose of making unanimous the NOM
ination of William W. Kitchin.'
Several minutes of cheering fol
| lowed.
| 81 am too fresh from the conflict to
| be able to share with the ylctOrs
their enthusiasm. | come with Il
| heart that is sore for the defeat OF as
gallant a gentleman as ever led an
| army in any conflict To those
splendid gentlemen from the noun
tains who have stood by their leader
as no man was ever stood by before,
| wish to express 81 profound sense OF
| gratitude To the scattered men
from the center and east who had to
stand frequently alone, wish to pay
my tribute to your fidelity and cour-
age to the cause you have espOused.
Your conduct was worthy OF the
conduct of Democrats everywhere.
To the men who have won the vic
tory | want to say that you have
fought great fight and it is no
mean thing to have won a victory
after the fight we put up against
you.
"For four days we have been fight
ing one another. For four days we
have been creating resentments and
bitternesses that may rankle in our
hearts for some time, but we will
take and transfer them to Il powerful
argument to be used against the
common enemy, the Republican
party. You shall not have the
glory of this victory which you have
won. but we shali$make it ours by
winning the greatest victory in No.
vember that North Carolina has ever
known. | trust that this great
strong, aggressive people will return
to their homes determined that what
ever hostilities may have been
AS one man for the preservation OF
the great things we have heretofore
achieved in this State Iagain move
to make the nomination OF William
W. kitchin unanimous" Prolonged
cheering followed and cries of ''Hur
rah for Aycock.'
NOMINATION SECONDED.
Mr.. Cameron Morrison followed Mr.
Aycock He said
MR. MORRISON'S ADDRESS.
Ladies' and Gentlemen: 1t is pref
ty hard upon me and yet [ am going
to come to the scratch as courage
Ously as [ can. | think a Democrat
is very poor Democrat who will not
submit his individual Judgment and
choice to the Judgment and choice O
the great majority of his party
applause and cries of good,
good y Wehave had hard fight
At times during the combat we have
| fIn11o.hf hn ne
things were discourteous and unfair
but we were mistaken about it, and
if we ever hear a Republican say that
there was anything unfair about this
convention, we must stand together
to vigorously deny it. | love Locke
Craig as | do few other men, and it is
sad to me to see him go down to de
feat i'll this great organization. And
yet my heart, and | believe the heart
of every friend of Locke Craig will fol
low the standard of W. W. Kitchir
in the coming campaign with all the
ardOr and devotion with which We
would have followed the standard OF
Locke Craig.
II am so near worn out that cal
not say anything very much, and o.
course | would not attempt to make
a speech after the first of Southern
orators, but | want to assure you
that from the convention | will carry
no sting and if [ have been discour.
J teous in the combat and struggle We
have had to any gentleman, | hope
he will forget it as | will forget any
, thing | thought rude or discourteous
, to me in the heat of the contest
MIR. BECKETT ALSO SPEAKS.
Mr.. L. W. Beckett who made sucl
IA brilliant speech in nominating Col
Horne, spoke for the supporters oil
his man. He declared:
Ladies and Gentlemen: In thi:
hour | take great comfort in tile
words OF Robert E. Lee in his farewell
address to his great army when they
. went down in defeat, when he tOlC
them to go home and make the vic
; tories of peace greater than the vic
! tories OF war. We feel that we hav,
put up good fight for good man
We have gone down in the fight, but
there is not a sting left behind anC
no man in the ranks of William W
kitchin will do more valiant service
i'll the great fight in November thar
will those who conducted the figh1
. for Mr.. Horne in this convention.
+ NOMINEE-ELECT kITCHIN TIC
THE FRONT.
The crowd yelled for kitchin an(
| Craig. Mr.. kitchin came first ant
, made most taking speech. HI
5 looked we'll and his voice rang clea
and sweet. Being a striking look
ing man, one whom men ant
women like to look upon, Mr.. kitchiI
. had no trouble getting silence, TO
; one and all wished to hear him.
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