The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-06-13
DEMOCRATS In CONVENTION.
Locke Craig Named for Governor and
Other State Officers Nominated.
A STRONG STATE PLATFORM ADOPTED.

"A STRONG STATE PLATFORM ADOPTED
The Democratic State Convention
was called to order in Raleigh, a
noon Wednesday, the 9th inst.
Chairman A. H. Eller named ex
Governor r. B. Glenn as chairman
who made the keynote speech of the
convention. 1t was great. Rev
Harry M. North, pastor of Edentor
Street Methodist church, offered
prayer. After the speech of Gov
ernor Glenn the various committees
were named and the convention
took a recess.
Meeting again at 9 o'clock the
committee on organization recon.
mended Hon. Francis D. Winston
of BERTHE county, as permanent
chairman. and Walter Murphy and
F. B. Arendell as secretaries.
The next business before the con.
vention was the naming of Hon.
Locke Craig, of Asheville, for Gov.
ernor- The nominating speech was
made by Felix Alley, Of Jackson
county. The nomination was made
by acclamation and with enthusiasm.
The following officers, having no
opposition, were then re-nominated
by acclanlation:
Secretary of State, ]. Bryan
Grimes; Treasurer, B. R. Lacy;
Auditor, W. P Wood; Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, J. Y. JOY
ner; Insurance Commissioner, J. R.
Youny; Commissioner Of Agricul-
ture, W. A. Graham; Commissioner
Of Labor and Printing, M. L. Ship
man; Associate Justices of the Su-
preme Court, George H. Brown and
and w A. Hoke; Attorney General,
T. ". Beckett.
For Lieutenant Governor, J. G..
Shaw, of Cumberland, J. D. Boushall,
OF Wake, w. E. Daniel, of Halifax.
E. F. MacRae, Of Robson, and e. l..
DaugIltridge, Of Edgecombe, were
placed in nomination.
Five ballots were taken before a
nomination was had. Daniel led on
the first four ballots. but while he
led on the fourth his vote was 60
less than on third. There was at
this juncture a great effort made for
the farmer candidate, with the re-
suit that Daughtridge won on the
fifth ballot with sol to 278 for Dan
iel and So fer Shaw.
For Corporation Commissioner,
short term, E. L. Travis, of Halifax,
was nominated on first ballot.
Long term, Judge Pell, Of Wins
ton-Salem, was nominated on first
ballot.
A. W. Mclean, Of Robson, made
the motion that the convention rati-
fy the action of the State executive
committee in ordering the primary
for selecting the next United States
Senator. The motion was carried,
the Kitchin forces voting for it SOL
idly, while many of the Simmons
men opposed it, they preferring a
preference primary.
The real fight Of the convention
took place when the committee on
platform through it's chairman, Cam
eron Morrison, of Charlotte, made
its report. The report contained a
plank endorsing the record of our
Senators and Representatives, &c.
A minority report offered by Judge
J. S. Manning, was also presented
to the convention. This brought on
a warm debate by the friends of
Governor Kitchin and Senator Sim
mons. The majority report was
finally adopted by vote Of 598 to
1853.
The platform as submitted by the
majority of the platform committee
and adopted is as follows:
We, the representatives OF the
Democratic party, in convention as
sembled, reafirm our devotion to
the time honored principles Of con-
stitutional government, as establish
ed by the fathers Of the republic,
and to still greater principles OF hu-
man equality, as proclaimed by JET
ferson, with equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. and here
by declare:
We favor an income tax.
We favor the election of senators
by a direct vote of the people.
We oppose subsidies in any form.
We favor publication of campaign