Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-04-28
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
THE POLITICAL GOSSIP OF
TODAY.
a FxumOr That ThIn&s VIII Rot
Begin To Hum TIN Noon Next
NGOndaY-MaYOr BlantGn VV1Dl
0tav Away From The Polls.

AWAY
Compared to Wednesday. the day on
which Mr.. Starues withdrew from the
mayoralty race, today was as calm po-
li,ically ton the surface) as the waters of
Bee Tree before the water question was
agitatcd bv the Joint Board.
That there is an undercurrent, how
ever, hidden and vet strong. there seems
to be no doubt. The coming election is
not talked of to any great extent and
he Reformers seem to have every thing
their own way. I IS said this calnpess
is forced. and will disappear on Monday.
Rumor has it that the Straig htouts will
pretend that they have thrown up both
hands. keeping up the pretence and re-
naming away from the poles until nool
OF election day. by which time they ex-
poet the Retormers to have piled up a lot
of ballots and fallen "asleep at the
switch"
Then at II O'Clock, the Straight outs,
"they saw" will fall to work like Turks,
| march their tull strength to the polls,
and before he RcformcrS wake mp to
the situation, will have enough votes to
elect t he only tw candidates remaining
on the Democratic ticket-MessrS. Low
! and Houkh. These two, with Messrs.
| Starnes and Gudger. the hold-OverS,
| " ould give the Straightouts four men,
/
| With this done. they say" again, the
| Straightouts would not care ii Capt.
| Patton did accept the MAYORS chair.
This would give the Straightouts con
| troll of the city's patronage-tax collec-
| torship. CITY clerkship, etc.
| But the Reformers say they are onto
| the racket and propose to work from
| sunup to SundOwn on Monday.
Mr. B1antOn wont Run.
Somebody started rumor yesterday v
| Oft tle
| ton would, under pressure brought tt
bear upon him. consent to change his
| mind and run for third term, taking
the place OF Mr.. Starnes at the head o
| the ticket.
Regarding the rumor Mr. Blanton tolc
THE CITIZEN today that there was not (
little bit of truth in it He was moi
going to run. neither was he going to
take hand in the campaign. "Th'
Patton ticket is certain to be elected,
the Mayor said, and my advice to Ou
faction is to stay away from the poll
and allow the other fellows to have i
their own way. That is what l inteno
| to do"
Reform Mass Meeting.
| w. w. West. chairman of he executive
commit tee has called a mass meeting il
the court house, tomorrow, Saturda a y
at O'Clock p. m. The call saws:
"Citizens do not fail to come and NEE
your candidates. They are ready an
anxious for you to see and hear then
that you may fairly judge of their quail
fications. Meet them Saturday and o
Monday vote sOlid.''
Can such Things Her
State Senator John NJ. Campbell, W he
at the rati6c& tion meeting Monda
evening declared that his DcmOcrac
and that of the West ward would stan
forever, told THE CITIZEN ytsterda
thai he would vote for RepubHca
before he would vote for anv man on til
Patton ticket.
Suppose the colored people would pu
out ticket - he was asked.
why, would stay at home an
wouldn't vote at ALL" was the Senator
reply.
The Ticket.
After taking from the Democrat
ticket the names of those gentlemen wh
have withdrawn and declined, the tick'
stands as follows:
For Aldermen-Third ward, w.
Low; Fourth ward, w. ]. HouGh.
For Advisors-Fourth ward, J.
Carter; at-large, ]. M. Green.
The ticket lacks seven names of beir
full.
Not a Candidate.
EDITOR The CITIzEN:-Pleasc say TIL
! am not a candidate for Advisor on al
ticket. ]. N. LOTTck.