The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Officers of Congressional Con-
vention Reply to Statements
of Manager Clifford.
In Mondays Robesonian was
published a statement by Mr..
JIG. Clifford, as Congressman
HI. Godwin's manager, in regard
to the two congressional conven-
tions held at WrightsviIle Beach.
Hon. G. B.Patterson, chairman of
the first convention, andMessrs.
J.O Carr and Terry A.Lyon, vice
chairman and secretary, respect
lively, have made an official
announcement in regard to the
convention that nominated Mr.. |
O.L.Clark. Much of it is in SUBJ
stantial agreement with the first |
report IF the convention publish
ed in this paper. The additional
facts brought out are in substance
as follows:
Replying to Mr.. Clifford's 8 state
ment that it was known to all the
district after the primaries that
Goodwin was the choice of the
voters and had a majority of
the delegates to the conven-
ton, attention is called to the fact
that no such claim was ever pub
lished by Mr.. Goodwin 8 managers
prior to the convention and the
official returns show that he was
short of a majority. Mr.. Clifford's
statement that in New Hanover
county % delegates were
present at the county convention
who favored the nomination
of Mr.. Goodwin and demanded that
his strength be ascertained is
branded as absolutely false, and
they state that they can produce
sworn proofs that the strength of
Mr.. Goodwin was not demanded
either in a precinct meeting or in
the county convention. One J.H.
Sykes, Of Delgado precinct, arose
in the convention and said, Il
nominate HI. Goodwin. :" Sykes
was member of the executive
committee from Delgadoprecinct,
but he held no precinct meeting
to ascertain Mr.. Goodwin s strenth
and came to the convention with
out any credentials as a delegate.
and presented no authority to the
conventionto vote except as being
self appointed. His motion met
with no second and delegate
offered a resolution that the
chairman be authorized to ap.
point delegates to all the conven
tions, as usual, which was duly
seconded and unanimously adopt
ed.
This official announcement
states that Mr.. Clifford never in
timated any willingness to refer
the question of seating the dele
gates from Cumberland andNeU
Hanover to the credentials com
mittee; that Hon. Jro. D. Bella
my is authority for the state
ment that his brother, the chair
man, told him, in response to hi
appeal that he recede from
his ruling as to the delegate
from Cumberl and and Ney
Hanover, that he had prom
ised the Goodwin forces that h
would mai such a ruling an
that he intended to stick to i,
that the policemen at the cor
vention were not due to the fac
that Mr.. w. E. Springer. tn
chairmanwho succeeded Bellan5
was police commissioner of Wi
mlngton, but that, as the mayo
of Wrightsville has stated, the
were requested a week befor
the convention by the mayor {
Wrightsville and that they wel
used in the second convention a
we'll; that in the New Hanove
and Cumberland conventions r
objection was offered to the tim'
honored custom of the chairma
appointing the delegates and tn:
both Mr.. Goodwin and Chairms
Bellamy have repeatedly recoe
nlzed delegates appointed
county chairmen when it was
their interest to do so; that M
Godwin's nomination four yea
ago was brought about by an a
pointed delegation from Ne
Hanover leaving the candida
It was supporting and going
Goodwin; that when Goodwin w
nominated two years ago he W
supported by ALI appointed del
cation from New Hanover al
made no protest; that in t