The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-01-19


Cured in the history of our State that
Superior Court Judges were elected to the
T. 5. Senate, while serving on the bench.
Hon. Robt. Strange and Judge Wiley P.
Maugum were thus elected.
Precedent proves that such thing as
making a Superior Court judge Governor
is permissible The CHRONICLE does not
advise either for or against the nomination
of a Superior Court judge for Governor,
but it does advise against permitting that
fact to be used against him.
AN OPINION ABOUT THE POLITI-
CAL STU ALTON.
II. D. in Raleigh letter to the Wilson Ad-
vance.
1t doth not yet appear what it will be.
Twenty-Five men can tell you all about
what they say cannot fail to come true
in North Carolina politics, but my word
for it, none of them know anything about
it. Lieut.. Gov. Stedmans friends are
positive that he will receive the nomina-
ton for Governor, and if you will give
them half a chance they will demonstrate
it to an absolute certainty. Judge Clark 5
friends are surprised that any man should
doubt his nomination, and will call over
enough counties to nominate him and
leave you without an excuse for disbeliev-
ing that he will be the next Governor.
Capt sgd. Alexander's friends will show
that there is large sentiment in the
State in favor of progressive farmer for
Governor and convince you (this is the
| third time you have been convlnced) that
no power can prevent his capturing the
| prize. About this time an enthusiastic
| Holt man will express astonishment at
| your faith in the strength of either of the
other three candidates and prove to the
| eXactness of mathematical proposition
| that the gubernatorial plum is in the palm
| Of the Colonel's hand waiting to get ripe
before he can pull it. And then the friends
| of Col. Armfeld and Capt. Chas. II Cooke
will tell you that neither of them will be IN
| the race for Governor, but that, according
| to the man, Cooke or Armfeld would
make the strongest candidate who could
be nominated In the midst of your con-
fusion and perplexity you are told that
| Gilmer is very strong man for the noml-
nation. Upon the face Of this rises wise
| politician who says: ''Tne campaign this
| year is to be no walk over. 1t will be
| hotly contested. We need candidate
| whose very name will carry CONSERVATION
| into the Republican ranks. Jarvis is that
/ Ia 1S taI iS
assured from the start" And thus il
! goes. Believe me-none of these political
prophets know anything about what they
predict Nobody does. The people are
at sea. There is no crystallization of pub
lie opinion around any man to such az
extent as to warrant prediction as tc
| who will be the nominee of the conyen-
ton. The people are waiting waiting tc
| hear records of all the candidates named
discussed, and then they will nominate
tie best man and what is better, elect him.
Yesterday | heard Of new move Oh
| the political checker board. A friend
from the Eastern part of the State-a
wise and far-seeing politician - told
| ne that the plan proposed by some was
to nominate EX-Gov. Jarvis for Governor
and Col. Thomas NJ. Holt for Lieutenant
Governor. Jarvis was then to be elected
TO the Senate and Holt to succeed as Gov
ernor That is one of the plans. l dc
not speak authoritatively, but l think
| speak knowingly, when say that Senator
Ransom has not been consulted about thi!
arrangement He would have little Oh
lection to seeing Jarvis or any other gooc
Democrat in the Governors chair, but i
will be only after hard and desperate
struggle when he releases his hold upor
his seat in the United States Senate.
Speaking Of the United States Senate
puts me in mind to say this: The fight il
the State this year will be hotly contest
ed one. Divisions in the Democratic rank
vii. defeat the party. From some talk 0
rather, gossip, that I have recently heard
| gather that it is feared in some quarter
that the friends of both Ransom and Jar
Wis will attempt to control the count
conventions and secure the nominations 0
p1eQgeO man 10 lne Legislature u
not know that there is any truth in tn
rumor, but do know this: That if thos
distinguished gentlemen allow their friend
to jeopardize the success of the party b
any such selfish schemes, they will bot
deserve to be defeated, and another ma
substituted do not believe that eithe
of them would lend himself to such ur
worthy tricks and maneuvers, but it
well to sound the note of warning in time
There ought not to be any pledgings 0
the part of members of the Legislator
and men ought to be nominated who hol
the success of the party paramount to th
elevation of personal favorite. Disser
sons, lukewarmness, and feuds woul
follow a campaign in every county
which an attempt would be made to ''fix
E it for Ransom, or Jarvis, or any othe
, man. Let legislators be elected unpledge
or untrammelled Let the people elet
good and true men who will do what
best for the party. If this is done, SUI
cess will be ours; if not, the Republican
will carry the Legislature.
And from such calamity | say-and
, say it reverently- Good Lord deliver US.
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