The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-02

A STORMY CONVENTION

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/ Nominaaea on the sfss RArln<--w
c. Newaznd~ fo~ Ls~af-nans Gov,
| ernor-ss~se Oele~rx R~-souai.
n&aed--Bistev Fight On simman,
When His Name Was sf~usianed
for Delegate 60 the Naslenal Gun.
vention.
W. W. Kitchin. Representative In
ICongress from the Fifth District. was
nominated for Governor on the sixty.
first ballot by the Democratic Con
vention at Charlotte Saturday after.
noon. after Mr.. Ashley Horne. oi
Clayton, had withdrawn from the
race. The final vote was Kitehin.
| 473: Craig. 3s1: Horne. one and a
fraction: necessary TO nominate 42s.
The nomination vas not made until
after the Convention had been In
session for three days and nights.
Kitehin made slow gains from the
beginning. The Horne men would
have gone to Craig or the Craig men
to Horne. but the leaders were
afraid to make the break for fear
votes would go 10 Kitchin TO nomi-
nate him. When Kitchin's vote had
reached the neighborhood of 400,
Mr.. Horne withdrew from the race.
which gave Kitchin the nomination
on the next ballot.
After the nomination for Cover
nor was made. the various candi-
dates for Lieutenant Governor were
| placed in nomination. The names
of w. H. Wood, T. c. Bowie. W. c.
Newland, w. T. Lee, Walter Moore
and F. w. Harget were placed be-
fore the Convention. Lee and Moore
were withdrawn, and the first bal
lot gave no election. On the second
ballot Newland received the nomi-
nation.
One of the greatest rows of the
Convention came Saturday night
when the four delegates at large to
the National Convention at Denver
were placed in nomination. Senator
Overman, Gov Glenn, Major Hale
and Senator Simmons were put In
nomination. Overman and Glenn
were named without trouble. but
Simmons name was like waving a
red flag in bulls face. There was
almost an insane protest against
Simons. Some of the leaders plead
for Simmons, but the opposition was
like a bowling mob and would not
hear, and Simmons name was with
drawn, and the Convention ad-
journed until Monday morning. The
leaders patched up matters on Sun.
day, and decided to let Simmons GO
to the National Convention, and on
Monday he and Major Hale were
named as the other two delegates.
| The State officers were nominated
Monday. There was a bitter fight
over the Offices of Attorney General
and by a secret trade a dark horse
Mr.. T. W. Beckett, of Louisburg, was
trotted out and nominated for the
place. The following is full ticket
nominated:
Governor, w. w. Kitchin; Lieu.
tenant Governor, w. c. Newland
Attorney General, T. w. Beckett;
Secretary of State, J. Bryan Grimes
Treasurer, B. r. Lacy; Auditor B
F. Dixon; Commissioner of Labor
and Printing, M. L. shipman; Cor.
poration Commissioner, B. F. Ay.
cock; Commissioner of Agriculture
w. A. Graham.
Mr.. Beckett was nominated to paci
fly the Horne forces, and B. F. Ay
cock to please to some extent the
Craig forces. Mr.. C. C. Moore would
have been named for Commissions
of Agriculture had not the Neck
lenburg delegation knitted Mr.. Glenn
ent for Attorney General, and thu
Rowan delegation then knitted Mr.
Moore to retailiate, but even theI
Mr.. Graham won by only five votes
Democratic Politicians Against the
/ Confederate Soldier.
4 There were several candidates TO
, the Office of Commissioner of Labor
Mr.. Shipman had a long lead on th'
first ballot, and Mr.. L. e. Powers
of Rutherford, Confederate soldier
who was also a candidate, arose an,
made little speech, withdrawing
from the race. He said:
"T thought my achievements woul
count for something, but I have sa
here and seen the Convention turl
down Confederate soldiars so fas
that now / see that it initiate
against a man to be one. was fool
ish enough to think that 1t woul
help me to be a soldier, but I Sc
7 that it hurts one and he can't be a
old confederate and aspire to a
Office. This Convention don't wan
} me and therefore withdraw"
. There was another hot fight whe
: the motion was made to endors
2 Bryan, but the motion finall
prevailed
] The Platform.
The platform endorses everythin
the Democrats have done for the pas
eight years, including the actions G
! the last Legislature and the Glen
and Justice turmoil last summer. ]
also denounced all the National RI
( publican administration has don
land even denounced Presider
e Roosevelt for stealing" Bryan
t | thunder They declared for State
i rights, but failed to declare for couI
a ty rights, or local self-governmen