The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-22
TON NORTH CAROLINA, thursday,
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Held in Lumberton Tuesday-A
Partial Ticket Nominated,
Other Nominations to be
Made Liberalization Butler
Causes disappointment by
Failing to Show Up.
Robson county Republicans
met in convention in Lumberton
Tuesday and nominated the fol-
lowing partial ticket: For State
Senate. Angus Shaw of Maxton:
for House of Representatives V.
H. Taylor of Lumberton; for
sheriff, ex-Sheriff J. w. Hall of
Lumber Bridge; for county COM
missioners, J. H. Currie of Max
ton, w. G. Mclean of Smiths
township, A. B. Mercer of How
ellsville township. Nominations
of candidates for other offices
will be made at a meeting to be
held on the first Monday in Oc-
, tober.
; Quite large number Of Re-
publicans attended the conven-
> tion, partly by reason of the fact,
: perhaps, that a false hope has
s been aroused of there being some
n chance of winning in the coming
n election on account of dissentions
3 in the Democratic party; partly
V because Marion Butler was eX-
4 pected to address the faithful on
that occasion. But Mr.. Butler
; failed to show up. He was ex-
,s pected on one of the morning
# trains, and as he did not come
n the opening1 of the convention
d was delayed in the hope that he
J. would come by private convey.
a. ance. Col. S. A.Edmund. county
j. chairman, used the wires freel,
p in efforts to locate Mr.. Butler
10 but it was impossible to locat,
ot him, so at 1915 o'clock Col. Ed
,s mund called the convention tt
9 order. The roll of township
no showed that all were representa-
n except Alfordsville. Mr.. Angu
Shaw Of Maxton was asked
act as temporary chairman an
after prayer by Mr.. S. L. Parke
of Britt's township Col. Edmun
was elected permanent chairman
lst Mr.. B. F. Mclean, secretary {
the county executive COMMITTEES
being elected permanent seer,
tary.
ot. Chairman Edmund then mao
as a rousing speech. After ii
ne most approved manner he glor
M fed the Republican party, givin
it credit for all the blessing.
n temporal and otherwise, whie
ter the inhabitants of this good
er- land enjoy; and that his remark
met with hearty approval w:
I'll, evidenced by frequent applaus
in He took the whole business il
national, State and county, speaI
at ing flor a full hour. And, q
n. though this scribe could not fo
on, low him in some Of his conclu
on ions, it was a good speech, w.
he thought out, we'll hung togeth
ant and-despite the fact that h
voice almost failed him at tim
J. well delivered. In referril
rip to the tariff he was careful
say that President Taft has pr
is, nounced it the best tariff law e
'?' er enacted, and then he got in
ers deep water by attempting t
un- impossible task of showing WI
and how it is good tariff la
her He declared that the Democra
AK party Of Robson is in the midG
md of a bad fix and on the eve of d
integra+ion, but in thunder tor
I'M declared mis- further belief til
nd ''some of them would have to S
lay burning bush like the apos
,me Paul did before they wol
at change" Which was just a
as tie slip, both as to his Scriptu
reference and as to the conditi
Of of the Democratic party, VIII
Of has just been trying to do lit
and cleaning up within the party.
and At 2 p. m. the convention ;
journed for dinner and at the
AS ternoon session Col. Edmund v
ting re, elected chairman of the col
ty executive committee, VIII
the concluded the business of
pht. convention. The nominees pr
,een ent. Messrs. Shaw, Taylor {
bod Hall. were called on and respon,
the with brief speeches of acce
ance. DR.. r. NJ. Norment, .
noblest Roman of them ALL" Y
at called on but declined, and
ent, w. H. Kinlaw, who made a g