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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1894
Page
2
Notice lists weekly publication schedule published each Wednesday with a subscription price of one dollar for four years in advance. Names Howard J. Herrick and Henry Blount listed as editors and literary editor. Paper mailed from Wilson is entered as second class matter at the post office.
The piece lauds Hon. I. A. Woodard of Wilson for a Senate renomination and frames Democratic unity in North Carolina as essential to victory. It contrasts tariff and financial reform with Republican disappointment and endorses Asa for Senate, urging active support. It also criticizes nonpartisan Republicans and Capt. Kitchin while defending Populist views.
James A. Lockhart of Anson was nominated on the 340th ballot at the Sixth Congressional District convention in Lumberton. The selection is praised as an admirable choice and expected to lead Democrats to victory in the district.
The piece notes free salt binding twine cotton bags and bagging for grain as tariff gains for the South. Senator Ransom secures a position for N A Gudger of Buncombe at 2500 dollars yearly plus traveling expenses. Webster's Weekly opposition to Tom Settle is described as likely to influence outcomes with Settle doomed. Col Amis to run in the Fifth District to quiet Settle.
Obituary note on Col W R Richardson city editor of the Raleigh Press. The piece mentions his genial character and frames his death as a news item in a local paper context. It also references a hypothetical blizzard affecting Peffer and a future Cooke Kitchin joint debate with a rhetorical roast.
Capt Ashe announces his candidacy for the United States Senate to fill the term left by the death of Senator Ance. He presents his plan and seeks support from voters and party leaders in the upcoming special election.
Capt W H Kitchin visiting Goldsboro criticized Populist charges against the 1893 General Assembly. He said Butler and Skinner objected to platform drafts showing denouncements of earlier legislatures and that his 1895 body deserved defense against third party aspersions. He also criticized some eastern nonpartisan Supreme Court nominees.
The Rocky Mount convention renomination of Frederick A Woodard of Wilson signals Democratic confidence. Woodard, in his first term, is praised as honest, industrious, and capable with a strong record in the House and on elections committee. Born February 12 1854 in Wilson County, he portrays a rising political force.
The Democratic convention of the Second Congressional District met in Rocky Mount on Wednesday August 22. Dr. J A Collins of Halifax opened the meeting as chairman of the Congressional Executive Committee and named Jos E Robinson of the Goldsboro Argus as Temporary Chairman.
The Roanoke News notes committees named at the Scotland Neck gathering and details the tariff debate. It praises the Senate bill for free lumber and wool, reduced duties, and a broad free list including salt, binding twine, cotton ties, bags, and agricultural implements, arguing it benefits farmers and common goods.
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