The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16

son. of Haw River; S. A. Edmunds,
OF Lumberton; F. w. Haynes, of
Charlotte; Chas. H. Cowles, of Wilkes
boro; Chas- E. Green, of MI. Airy,
and +. A. RAINING, of AShevilie.
Platform Adopted.
The platform committee then re-
ported and though a fight was made
on the first section, the report was
1lnaiiy adopted as received.
II pledged continued loyalty to
Iatt; congratulated him and Con-
sress on the work done: affirmed the
protective policy; approved the ap-
pointment of the tariff commission
urged election of Senators and Con-
Sressmen h would stand for South
ern interests; endorsed various fea-
lures OF interstate work;
commended conservation methods;
commended work of monetary COM
mission; commended definite plans
pursued by Republicans; asked for
laws for reclamation of swamp lands
IN State affairs; repeated platform of
two years ago; stood for liberal pol
lty IN e~ducauon; for higher institu-
uOnS OF learning for both sexes; free
text books in the public schools; APP
prlatlon for charity and Confederate
veterans; for laws protecting labor
and proper care of capital; for good
roads policy; for r~eformatories for
both sexes, and juvenile courts;
against extravaganza and condemn
ing bond Indebtedness made; better
election laws; regulation of p
atoms; for local self for
keeping higher courts out of poll
tics; for a greater Republican party
and the open door to it, declaring
for liberty from a Republican ma
chine for federal jobs and election Of
delegates with no dictation or dicta-
tors in the party, inviting Republi-
cans of the South to unite in this as
a vote for freedom.
Virgil Lusk wanted to change the
first paragraph so as to reatfirm al
legiance to the national Republican
party, commend the zeal of President
Taft, but cOndemning the appointment
by him of Democrats to high offices in
the South to the exclusion of Repub-
licans, thus bringing neither votes or
thanks from the Democrats and
wounding the Republicans.
BY big adverse vote this was killed.
Lusk Denounced.
Mr.. Harding. of Alamance, de-
noupced Lusk for his assault on the
President, that he and the men beaten
had hurled all kind of cOntumely on
Taft. There was great confusion at
this, and Chairman Settle ruled
Harding out of order. In his pound
ing by his time Settle had broken his
walking cane as we'll as the table on
which he raped; after s~quelching the
Alamance delegate the platform was
adopted in steam roller style, a dele
gate who called for a roll call beina
shut off by quick work.
Plan Organization.
The plan of party organization was
then presented by Rey-
nolds. The only special new features
provide for minority rights in
meeting, to be d~isregarded after the
first ballot and the increase of the
bers at large.
Nominating Speeches.
Speeches in the nominations fo1
State officers were limited to two
minutes and with delegates leaving
the hall, some counties being left with
no representation the ~cOnVent1or
named candidates for the Supreme
Court and for corporation comnIs
sioners. the confusion getting greater
as different officers were filled
anv old name being accepted. Some
of the nominations were by delegates
whom the chairman did not know
AMI there was a general mixup time
with confusion worse c~onfounded.
j. J. Parker, Of Monroe, Republican
candidate for congress in a sepecf
filled to the brim with laudation
/ leu ! iotoh
of Henderson, for chief justice, w. +
Raglan, of High Point, sec
onded the nomination as die
Zeb. Y. Walser, Of Lexington
An Alamanee delegate put up the
name of e~x-Judge r. NJ. Douglas, OF
Greensboro, and this was seconded bS
~Idgeconbe and Scotland delegates
An Allegheny man nominated eS-
Judge w. p. Bynum, Of Greensboro
and there was a ballot, which resulted
Douslass 4S1. Hicks 337, Bynum 24S.
A Guilford delegate said Bynun
wanted his name withdrawn ana thf
chair authorized the reading or a let
ter OF ex-Judge Bynum to XII udge
Douplas in which Bynum said he
would have no place on the ticket anC
that he supported Douglas
Hicks for Chief Justice.
On the next ballot Hicks won by q
vote Of GIL against 40 Tor Douglas
Then Postmaster Reynolds urgeo
that poloIaS be nominated for aSSO-