The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28
SENATORIAL GOSSIP.
FHE QUESTION is: WHO WILL B e
THE LUCKY MAN?

SENATORIAL GOSSIP.
THE QUESTION is: WHO WILDE
THE LUCKY MAN:
The Chronicle Gives Summary of this
" eek's Gossip About the Senatorial
Question.
Your uncle Tommy Jarvis has returned
from Brazil and proposes to have hand
in saying who shall be our next L. S. Sen
ator.-[ Franklin Press
Senator Ransom will have lively time
if he succeeds in succeeding himself Col.
Waddell, Ex-Gov. Jarvis and Capt. S. b.
Alexander, or some one else, will likely run
him out of his hole,, Alamance Cleaner,
By the way, Ransom is something of
farmer. He raises from so to 100 bales of
cotton, and the Alliance men ought to
take him in hand and make him diversity
his crop. Greensboro Patriot.
We are pleased to see that Captain AL
exander is in the race for Senator, as
he is our first choice for Senator and Col.
Waddell our second. We hope Alexander
will be elected. Windsor Public Ledger.
One of the best posted Alliance men,
who is also shrewd politician, says, that
if Capt. Alexander will write a letter de
claring himself candidate for the U. S.
Senate, he will have almost a walk over
Asheville Citizen
Hon. S. B. Alexander, of Mecklenburg,
is an educated man, an honest man, and
a man of and for the people. He is not a
self-seeking politician. He would make
North Carolina an able, respected and
honored US. Senator. Why not elect him9
II Salem Sentinel.
Senator elect Moore gave US a pleasant
call Tuesday evening. From the tenor of
some of his remarks we were gratitied to
learn that he favors the return of Gen.
Ransom to the U. S. Senate, on the ground
that with his experience he Is capable of
serving the State more effectively than a
new Senator could do. [Leaksville Gazette.
The best interests of the State and of
the whole South demands Senator Ran
SONS valuable services. If he is not to
be returned the East should furnish his
successor, and Maj. G. NJ. Stedman, of
Wilmington, would come nearer filling his
place in the present juncture of national
affairs than any other man in the State. =
Hickory Press and Carolinian.
The Chronicle learns from a reliable
and official source that the Alliance men
now claim as pledged to Capt. Alexan
der first, last and all the time, 81 votes.
There are 120 Democratic votes on joint
ballot, 50 it only takes 81 TO nominate. If
it be true, then, that the Jarvis men have
80 votes, those added to Alexander's "a,
makes 72, so it looks as if Senator Ransom
IS defeated Charlotte Chronicle.
Capt Alexander is a square-out candidate
for Ransom's seat in the Senate. de Is
not so as the candidate of the Farmers
Alliance, that is, that order does not, as
an order, press his claims. His friends
say he will be the farmers candidate, and
that he will get their support. This ap-
pears to be the true aspect of the case. 1t
may be interesting to know that there are
46 members Of the Alliance IN the Legis
lature Raleigh Correspondent viii
miDgton Messenger
The Daily News announces Capt. Sid
Alexander as a candidate for United
States Senator We have never believed
that Capt Alexander was a candidate.
We had no authority to use his name; III
fact it was supposed ne would not oppose
Senator Ransom We are squarely on
his platform: If the Legislature IS OP
POSED TO SENATOR RANSOM, the field IL
open to everybody" and that ONE of the
'.every body" we favor is Capt. Alexander
Charlotte Democrat.
OF all the competitors, we favor Col.
WaddeI first, last and all the time. He
is not an untried public man, he has rep
resented the old District IN Congress for
| several years, ably and acceptably, and
! North Carolina never had a representa-
| tive at the National Capitol who more
| iealously guarded her interests and her
| honor than did this distinguished son.
| His useful career in the House reflected
credit on the entire State. And no man in
the State has worked more zealously for
| the domination of Democracy. or IS strong
er in his devotion to the party of which
| he has ever been an honored member and
for many years leader Carthage Blade.
If it is settled that Mr.. LeaZar is to be
Speaker why, then, it does look as if the
farmers already had control of the House.
/ There is nothing to regret about this fact.
It's bearing on the L. S. Senatorshlp, is,
however, very interesting to contemplate.
If the farmers can elect the Speaker, it is
more than likely that they will be able to
| control the Z. S. Senatorship, in which
case 1t Is certain that capt. Alexander
will be their choice. The fact that the
Captain received from the post office
Thursday and Friday about sixty letters
with N. G. postmarks, is suggestive of the
many proffers of support that he is re-
ceiviEg : Charlotte Chronicle.
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We have no scarcity Of men Of ability,
culture and stern integrity, who would
reflect honor upon their State from
a seat in the .. S. Senate. Hon. Alfred
NJ Waddell is, perhaps, the only avowed
candidate for Ransom's seat, but other
names are brought into notice by theil
friends. Alexander is supposed to be the
favorite of the Alliance men. Gov. Scales
has his followers, so has Judge Merriman
Gov. Jarvis will be at home during the
holidays If he should enter the arena ht
would, perhaps, prove to be Gen. Ran
SONS most formidable competitor. Jarvis
administration as Governor was wise
spirited and progressive, and few NE!
have held a stronger hold on the peopi'
than he 1t strikes US that Gen. Ran
SONS chance of being his own successo
is growing ''small by degrees: ::-x~s-"s.
The papers are saying much about th'
succession to Senator Ransom. The ludl
cations are that there will be lively tim
when the Legislature meets. No doub
Capt. S. b. Alexander will be formidabl