The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-14
A PLATFORM In HIMSELF

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tee on Platform and Resolutions.
Claude kitch;n's Acceptance.
Rocky Mount, N. c., July IA
the Democratic Congressional Con
vention for the Second District her,
last evening, the denomination O.
Hon Claude Kitchin was attended
with proceedings, some of which will
bear elaboration.
The meeting was called to ordel
by Mr.. R. G. Allsbrook, of Tarb orc
while Mr.. John Woodard, of Wilson
was named as chairman and Mr.
John Gold, editor of the Wilson
Daley Times, was made secretary
Of the meeting. The first motion
was that the temporary organization
be made permanent, and upon a mo-
ton and second this was done.
Prefaced by few remarks regard
ing the man the following resolu-
ton was unanimously passed and
the same was ordered placed on the
minutes of the meeting. The res
olutlon was with reference to the
loss that the Democratic party of the
Second District in the death of Mr..
}. w. Granger, of Lenoir.
NO PLATFORM NEEDED FOR SUCH A
CANDIDATE.
The next matter taken up was the
appointing of committee on plat
form and resolutions. Upon mo-
ton by Mr.. Bassett the same was
dispensed with, it being shown to the
thorough satisfaction of every men,
Der of the meeting that the candid
ate to be named was in every sense
a keeper of the faith.
The meeting was then thrown open
for the nomination of a candidate
from the Second Congressional dis
trlct. Mr.. Albion Dunn, of Scotland
Neck, made short speech in behalf
of Hon. Claude Kitchin, of Halifax,
to succeed himself in the next House
of National Representatives. Mr..
Dunn made a short speech and one
that was to the point on the subject.
1t was then moved that the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Kitchin be made unan-
imous, and this was done.
MR.. KITCHIN'S SPEECH OF ACCEP-
TANCE
AS the candidate named was pres
ent in the audience he was called
upon for a speech and he responded
with ffteen-minute talk that was
aptly fitting to body that had
named him as it's candidate. Mr..
Kitchin stated that he believed that
down in the Second district of North
Carolina he had some of the best
Democracy In the nation, and that
this display of staunch Democracy
had been the cause of his strongest
aspiration during the ten years that
he had represented the district. He
stated that it was impossible for a
Republican to represent the Second
district and it's people citing the Re-
publican protective tariff which he
styled as legalized robbery. He
showed his position on the tariff
matter and Of how he had voted
conscienciously throughout and that
while he had been censured for his
stand on the lumber question, which
he voted to put on the free list, he
was following out the Jeffersoian
policy, and after his explanation and
the facts that he cited there was not
a man in the audience that did not
agree with him. He showed some
of the facts that tend to point to
Democratic victory throughout
the nation and of how the recent Re-
publican Congress had adjourned
with more discord and bad feeling
than ever before, democrats
were never before more united and
they voted solid on practically all
measures"
On tariff platform he cited num-
erous instances where a Democratic
candidate had defeatedsshis opponent
even within the territories that have
heretofore been considered Republi-
can strongholds. He showed that
the Payne-Aldrich act was hurting
the party now in power and of how
he expected the Democratic party to
come in to it's own.
The naming Of the executive COM
mittee for the convention was then
gone into and as the various delega-
tions were called they named one
person from their ranks to be a men,
Der of this committee.