The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-09-12
A POLITICAL ROMANCE.
AS CONJURED UP BY THE BRAIN OF
LOGAN HARRIS.
A Revelation of the Forces in the Field to
Defeat Senator Vance in 1892. An
Excellent Yarn.

From the Wifmington Messenger
We must ackno wledge that Mr..
Loge Harris excels in getting up Il
political romance for Northern pa
pers. He is a man of talents, and
writes very readable aud very
amusing article. His latest bit of fun
is in the New York Times of Friday
last
Mr.. Harris gives IA very carefully
elaborated statement of all of the
men, combinations and forces now ar
rayed against Zebulon B. Vance, and
that will be sure to defeat him over
whelmingly in the election for Senator
in 1891. The plot has been formed,
the decree has gone forth, and the
gray haired Senator from the noun
tains is to be slain and quartered.
According to the account Col. Alex
Andrews about carries the fate of
North Carolina in his pocket He is
the awful Power that dominates the
State from the seaboard to the noun
tains. He is the Big Boss in this
quiet old State, and when he toots his
horn all the dogs howl-Blanche,
Tray and Sweetheart. Col. Alex.
will probably be surprised when he
| discovers how powerful he is. Byron
said he went to sleep and awoke next
morning to find himself famous. Col
Alex. went to sleep knowing that he
was good railroad man doing nc
little for the Richmond and Danville
and Western Carolina, but he awoke
on Saturday morning last to find him
self "bigger mau than old Vance, y
and absolute master of the situation
in North Carolina. In Twelfth
Night" we are told by the greatest Of
poets that "some are born great, some
| achieve greatness, and soma have
greatness thrust upon them Lrge
had positively "thrust greatness" upon
the worthy railroad manager, and
made him the great political War
wick of North Carolina.
According to the romance all the
railroads will unite in Furnishing
their enemy Then there are certain
ambitious and hungry politicians who
are just dying to wear Vance's Sena
| torial rebe and sandals Let lis copy
from the nice story:
"Col. Andrews line of battle, how
ever, is not complete for the want of
man to pit against Vance. Gov.
Fowle, ex-senator Merrimon, ex-
Lieut. Gov. Stedman, Senator w. T..
Dortch, ex- Confederate States Attor-
ney General George Davis, ex Gov
Thomas j. Jarvis are among those
| who would not hesitate in making the
fight against Vance if either was Sc
lected by Andrews as the most avail
able man. But which is the most
available man? Gov Fowle is auxi-
| Gus and ready to be selected by An
drews, and does not doubt his ability
to down Vance in the fight. Fowle
will not hesitate about using all the
| patronage and power of the State ad-
ministration in order to succeed. One
reason for the haste of Gov Fowle
lies in the fact that the Governor is
required to appoint the directors, on
the part of the state, in the Atlantic
& North Carolina Railroad, and these
directors control the corporation.
| The romancer then takes up each
one of the aspirants and shows wha,
he is willing to do and what are hi.
feelings toward Vance. Merrimon i:
anxious to get to the Senate once
more and defeat Vance again. Mr.
Dortch and Mr. Davis are represented
as willing to go in, and Mr.. Davis is
named as probably the real choice o
the railroads Then there is Jarvis
who is very hostile to Vance and il
fairly dying to get into the Senate
And 50 on and SO on. And all of the
persons mentioned are openly insultet
with the statement that to get to the
Senate and to be a railroad candidat,
against Vance they would each ant
all pleSge themselves ito sustain tn,
administration in the nomination.
sent to the Senate and will sustai,
the tariff as of vital Importance to tn.
financial success of"-what think you
fellow citizens, does this refer to tn,
South or the Union ?-lo. SO, put ct,
the financial success of the Richmons
| & DanviIle system Mr. Davis ant
Mr.. Dortch selling out To build up
railroad and abandoning principle All,
honor in their old age 10 du it
What a gratuitous insult and slander
| No one knowing these gentleine vii
fail 10 rebuke such foul insinuation
| Then Mr. Ha:ri says that D.. Mot
will play hand, and he and all hi
Radical officials will combine agains
Vance III 1891, just as they did whel
Merrimon defeated him fur the Senat
in 1872. Harris says that Eaves
Glenn, Mott, White ano all the Boodl
gang will do their utmost agains
Il Vance.
But these are not all Of the con
spirators named. We quett:
The great men Of the RicIlInpI.,
q Danvilie aud West Point Termina
Companies sll approve the effort t
defeat Vance They say In one sens
that il is matter Of self-preservatiol
GeorgeS Scutt, John H. Inlnais, 1
M. Logan, Jay Gould, w r. Clyde
Alfred Sully. Calvin s. Brice, al,
Mr. Pace, of Richmond Va, an
other Stockholders of the c.,nlpai,is
| mentioned are backing Andrew,
AMI issasmuch as there is 80 DANCE
whatever 1T turning the State over /
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