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Aen. ranics, Congresses, election.
may nctne and ~ bnt Ranaom s.ays
here forever. lie only-loaycs towa
when the placari ''out of so~n" Ap-
pears oa the White IIousr daor. en-
his senatorial calendar for 1926 arc
number Of hig aud small lo),s, classi.
fled as unfinished business" Sim
mons cones iirst on the list anI he Is
here waiting the rrcsid~srs return
From lsuEgArd's nay. lie wonders
Why Ransom is not here anil o4rcu-
pies part Of has leisure explaining to
Williams why he should not have
contested settles seat ia Congress.
For appearance sake, at least. he say.
there ought Ia be- one Republican
f! Congress from North Carolina, other
Mise somebody might suspect that
elections i'm North Carolina were not
fairly conducted" Settle has =
oleaT and distinct majority, but Sim
mons logic Is abou, the consideration
that influenced the Democratic State
Returning Board to give Settle the
certificate of election.
Aycock is the next on the calcn.
dar. lie is the only Democrat in the
State who Attempted 10 meet Butler in
| denate. lie was second Ia none in
ability and effectiveness III handling
the campaign issues, but Simmons
saw at once that Aycock was not the
man. To Aycock's chagrIne and hu-
initiation Simmons summarily ended
the joint discussions, and put blood
hound Bob Glenn, who only had the
sense scruple. to do the dirty work of
the campaign rs he was hidden
10 do.
Weil-y sol is down on th. 'cal
list for the assistant district attog-
noyship. Wilmington Democracy is
proud of this young Disracli aud
Ransom is very much attached ts
HIM. lie is related To ltothschilds
you know. The "gold-standard"
idea you see.
In the western district they are
trying a fellow who is not "a bigger"
lawyer than Rob Glenn" The iu-
dietary was about exhausted when
sprlg of "A lawyer has just
been liccnsed-by the name of Green
was discovered. Green is here aud
he looks too sweet for anything" lie
comes from DIR. Iork's country, and
the doctor could learn thing or two
about personal adornmcnt by patron
| lzlng young Green's tailor.
To dispose of the post-oilice bust
ness on his calendar, satisfactorily, is
troubling zone senior Senator" How
to onst the negro pOstmasters at Viii
son and Fayetteville, how to knock
out Bill Stronach IN Raleigh with
out "bruising the skim" how not 10
see the 1900 names on Bill Old
hams petition for the Wilmington
post-oilice, are worrying some of the
"bosscs" that, however settled, will
make "fome howl" later on.
APAIR or JEFFERsoSIANs.
Bill kerchner and BTll Oldham
are here. The smell Of must il on
their Democracy. They are Jcfrcr-
sonlans, and "a good pair TO play to-"
They trade only on the square.
kerchner wouldn't trade for "A seat
around the big white throne. Old
ham Is IA burly, red headed covenant
er, and that means "hittiny above
the belt" Such Dcn don't suit 1.-THE
machine" They are "back mum
bers." They a.e .clics, and properly
belong TO the museum of Democratic
curio.
Oldham wants the post-oiIicc, and
says he will get it or turn things
topsy-turycy, politically, in New
Hanover. The machine crowd laugh
at his threats and say that his 'pull"
in county politics is thing of the
past. But the secret of Oldham's
confidence is the belief that he has
got "the drop" on Ransom. And
that is the chorus every fellow sings
who is ali applicant for office. They
are an going To hold Ransom respon-
slble and he may look out for break
ers.
When Oldham shook the creascs
out of his yard-loug petition in the
pnst-office department yesterday, the
Postrnaster-General gaspcd and fell
back in his chair. What on earth
does this mean-what have donc:"
he exclaimed. The blunt old Scotch
man replied, "Ransom told me to do
it. lie said he said it was "a question
of petition aId that he wanted me TO
have the place. Here it il, and here
| am The petition contains 1900
names, aud its autograph decorations
are bold, aggressive and commanding.
1t is wrong to keep this guilelcss old
man-who has been doing the wood
hewing and WITHDRAWING for the
Democratic party for half century
here in expectation Of the appoint
ment. 1t is way out of his sight.
WORSE THAN FOOLIsHNEss."