French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-04
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
lcnecial -Correspondence.)

lSnecial correspondents
,o1oigh, N. c.. May 2.-While the
altering of Democrats in this
sLs"s soTmed the most harmonious pollt-
cry State convention that has assem-
l."i North Carolina within the forty
pi'" that have elapsed since the great
ye%L'oion of 1876, when under the lead
cani" amp Of the immortal zeb Vance the
eEsIlp Tas redeemed from negro and
slats t-bag rule, it had its features"
caIpo+ for simmons mastery p~resents-
the record of the pSHty and the
tlOh - that the involved in the future,
lssUI' - issistently call for the con-
NL no of the Democratic party in
l.Iu Iar IN both State and Nation vas of
Purse the main feature.
co To was appropriately and eloquently
nc ,,tnd bv Chairman Warren and
pre- attpntively listened to by all who
""1 near him and warmly and hearth
coU Innlauded at intervals and at the
Inclusion OF his GGdress.
Co4l va all know, the Senator's head
~ mind and heart form the trinity
anu hos carried him to the front rank
u"' american statesmen, n his
@ and lungs have always played
I'nn97bordinate part. 1t was so on this
aosion for in a big auditorium like
ooenn of this convention his earn
I t and at times eloquent words, burn
:. with emphasis, were heard only at
!nS intervals by a considerable
Hnrti6n of the great audience. But
t So Doverful speech will be read all
n.or North Carolina during the cam
;rn and every patriotic Democrat i'll
Ih"ao7 c4atp will be inspired thereby to
t,o,In on the armor of party zeal and
Dotiyitv anew and continue with conf
doncn the fight for good government
~ clean politics-for democracy and
decency.
Tho GubernatOrial Nomination.
Neither of the two candidates for
Governor appeared in the convention
end no reference to the candidacy of
nithor was made in any of the speeches
delivered by others. But there were
sToings" and 'carrying-ons" on the
ontside-in the hotel Hobbies and OH
the streets by the admirers of each.
The most demonstrative and spec
tacular of these was the parade of
some 40 automobiles just before the
convention hour, filled with shouting
admirers of the Attorney General and
fving pickett" penants from each car,
which announcer "The Record of Rea-
son" The parade was headed by a
hrass band and rounded up by a big
"calliope" or xylOphone, and created
much enthusiasm among the admirers
If the Franklin county candidate, and
was a striking disclosure of the deep
interest his home folks have in him.
The Beckett men in the convention
we're not backward in telling enquirers
that the delegates were "overwhelm-
inglv for Beckett" some of them as
serting that its complexion if polled
would be found to be 2 or 8 to 1, and
they as confidently, asserted their be-
lief in the Franklin mans "overwhelm-
inc majority" in the primary next
month.
Convention Notes.
The speeches of Secretary Daniels,
Gov, Craig and Lieutenant (to-be) Max
Gardner were other features Of the
convention. as was the successful eff
forts Of the anti-wOman s~ufragist in
staving off a contemplated plank for
"wimm:ns' rights" in the platform.
See here" said a Lincoln county
delegate. "the people in Major w. A.
Graham's home county don't think
very much of that Robson mans
Judgment of fit men for efficient SER
vice to the State. Although Maj. Ora
ham is a little older in years and twice
as active as many men 1 know who
haven't reached the ha~lf-century mark,
he is as fit es 2 fiddle and then some
for the next four years and more.