The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-01-03
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
What is Being Said about the Senator
ship and the Officers Of the


What is Being Said about the Senator
ship and the Officers Of the
Legislature.
The Statesville Landmark is an
outspoken advocate of Ransom's re-
turn.
The best interests of the State
and of the whole South demand Sem
ator Ransom's valuable services
Hickory Press.
of all the competitors, we favor
Col Waddell first, last and all the
time Carthage Blade.
North Carolina, in sending A. M.
Waddell to the Senate, would make
no mistake, and have naught to re-
gret.-FayetteciUe Observer.
In such times as this we cannot
afford to trade off a tried statesman
tor au untrued one, no matter how
brilliant.-Ekzabeth City Nears.
Your uncle Tommy Jarvis has
returned from Brazil and proposes to
have hand in saying who shall be
our next U. S. Senator-Franklin
Press.
Senator Ransom will have live
ly time if he succeeds in succeeding
himself Col. Waddell, Elk Jar
Wis and Capt. S. B. Alexander, or
some one else, will likely run him out
| of his hole.-Aldmance Cleaner.
We are'pleased to see that Capt.
Alexander 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.
Personally, Capt. Alexander has
not the charms, and politically he i:
not as shrewd as Ransom, but he i:
surely an intelligent and honest repre-
sentative of that class of men who
compose the great bulk of the Demo
| cratic party in the State, and thai
class of men are in luck this year il
the Legislature.-Sa,.tord Express.
Senator elect Moore gave us .
pleasant call Tuesday evening. From
the tenor of some of his remarks W.
1
the return of Gen. Ransom to thu
U. S. Senate, on the ground that will
his experience he is capable of serving
the State more effectively than new
Senator could Charlottesville Gazette
| Senator Ransom has had tn,
place long enough, II years, and We
have good men in our State wht
would, in our opinion, make goot
Representative. Mr.. Ransom's friend
base his chance of reelection on tn
fact of his having influence at Wash
ington, but we will have to make I
change sooner or later and the presen
is good time to do so.-Danbur!
Reporter Post.
The Chronicle learns from re
liable and official source that the ALI
ance men now claim as. pledged t.
Capt. Alexander first, last and all tn
time, "a votes: There ARE 12O Demo
cratic votes on joint ballot, so it onl
takes 81 to nominate. IT it be true
then, that the Jarvis men have 3
votes, those added to Alexander's b
makes ~. so it looks as if Senate
Ransom is defeated.-C Charlotte Chron
icle.
The Daily Neaos announces Capt
Sid Alexander as a candidate for I'm
tied States Senator. We have neve
believed that Capt. Alexander was
candidate. We had no authority
use his name, in fact it was suppose
he would not oppose Senator Ransom
We are squarely on his platform:
the Legislature is opposed to Senate
Ransom, the field is open to..every
body and that one of the "every
body we favor is Capt. Alexander
Charlotte Democrat.
Judge Merrimon's name is quit
freely used in connection with tn
Senatorship. OF course he is not a
outspoken candidate, but is very we
understood to be in the field.
, A pointer" was secured this morn
ing of a new combination to secur
the Senatorial prize. And who, of a
men, is working the wires and lookin
for the plum? Why no less a pei
sonage than Josiah Turner. HI
friends say that he hopes to get tn
votes of disafected (0 Democrats an
Republicans and that he hopes t
make quite stroke. Mr.. Tul
ner has been in retirement for som
years and this is the first time he BIZ
; ever attempted to emerge from it,
Raleigh Cor. Wilming ton Messenger.