Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-16
JUDGE GRAY'S BOOM
Is To Launched Today at the
Democratic State COnVen-
ton in Delaware.
There are Few Leaders of either Party
Who do Not Say UnhesitatingIy That
Judge Gray Possesses the Quail
tiles to Make Him a Strong
Candidate.
Especial to the ARGUs.)

Washington, d. G., April 1.-THE
candidacy of Judge George Gray for
the Presidential nomination on the
Democratic ticket is to be launched
today at the Democratic State owen
ton in Delaware. The convention will
elect delegates to the Denver conven-
ton and instruct them to stand by
DeIaware's favorite from the start to
the finish.
Democratic leaders here entertain
various opinions as to the probably re-
suit of Judge Gray's candidacy. Many
of them believe that he has entered the
race too late to cut much of a figure.
That his friend intend to push his
candidacy III all seriousness, however,
is evi,ltnced by the tact that campaign
headquarters have already been es-
tablished in this city and quantities OF
literature i'll his interest are being sent
broadcast throughout the country.
There are few leaders OF either party
who do not say unbesitatingly that
Judge Gray possesses the qualities to
make him a strong candidate. -Four
ear g he probably could have had
the nomination if he had expressed a
Willingness to accept it. But at that
time he positively declined TO permit
The use of his name in connection with
the Presidential contest.
His many admirers regard him as
the type OF Democrat of the old school
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candidate for the Presidential chair,
aud having the qualities to bring to
his support a large number of voters
not Particularly welded to party al
1~egiance. Among the conservative
members ni his party Judge Gray I'M
doubleday has more supporters than
any other man mentioned for the
Presidency.
Fourteen years in the Senate, a term
on the Joint High Commission to settle
the dispute etwee the United States
aud Canada, a member of the Peace
Commission of1s98, a member of the
Observation-Disclosures Commission
to the Hague ins1900. eight years as a
Judge OF the United States Circuit
Court and the presidency Ut President
these are the positions when have KEEP,
him more or less before the public eye
for upwards of twenty year and have
made him as conspicuous as any other
Democrat in public life.
Judge Gray is sixty-eight years old,
and looks considerably younger. He
is a man OF philosophical temperament,
amaible personality and attractive APP
p~earence. He is q polished orator, and
while IN the Senate was regarded as
one Of the foremost leaders of that
body. Judge Gray entered the Senate
as a Democrat of the old school, stand
ing for State rights and tariff reform.
He did not reach the very forefront OF
the Senate until the Harrison admins
tration, when this Democrats had be-
days he made a national reputation in
advocacy OF State rights and in op-
position to the Force bill which Presi-
dent Harrison was com mitted to pass
ing
Mr.. Gray, in the Senate, vas a sound
money man. In the strife over the
financial question:, when President
Cleveland was sending. message after
messages to the Senate, warning it OF
the necessity tor prompt action, he
WAS in the front rank of those who
sought to have something done. Thus