The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-20
HOW RANSOM GOT
To THE SENATE.
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end in an offer to trade. That he
su omitted proposition to JARVIS To
end the contest between them by Civ
ing Jarvis the short term il believed
by many Senator Jarvis has not au-
thorized any statement Of the KIND,
nor has he intimatcd 1t, 80 tar as
your correspondent knows, but the
report is current; it must have enI-
mated from that source and has not
been denied or questioned IN any
public way. If true it would at once
end Ransom's candidacy. No doubt
Senator Ransom's friends are more
than pleased to treat the report as an
idle rumOr, the enunClatlOn OF re-
yenge or something Of that kind.
ANOTHER COISCIDENCE
is the fact that Ransom and Jarvis
both stunted their public career III
the Legislature OF 1870. Ransom
was a candidate for the Senate, COM
ing within two votes Of a caucus
nomination. Jarvis was elected
Speaker Of the House, over two
strong western candidates, Cot. Nc
Abee and WEIGH. Ransom was elect
ed to the Senate vice NamCc5 rcslg-
nation on account Of political dlaa-
bilities. Lacking one month on the
4th Of March 1895 he will have
served 22 years in the Senate. He
is AZ
FULL OF HIMSELF
now ~ he was in 1870 when cand-
idate against Vance for the Senate
He submitted q statement in the A b.
bOtt contest in which he says:
Governor Vance Governor Graham, an,
Judge MerrmlOn were the persons mos
prominently brought forward bv the Yves
tern gentlemen and papers. The west
(Of the State Of North CarOliuD InsIstc.
most earnestly that their section, of night
ought To have the Senator.
"Nancc's, McrrinOn's, Graham s., War
ren's, and Ransom names were before TT
caucus VanCc's vote went up on the 2Gtl
ballot, Ransom then having ~ Nanr" ~
about ~ for Graham, ami scattering, WhCI
Graham's friends, western men, went t.
Vance, and the last ballot wa,-iO for Vance
-, Ransom A..
'NanCcs great personal popularity Il"
counts for his running ahead Of Graham an'
MerrimOn, both western men, and his pop
ularity and position in the west, he living il
the stronghold Of the western Democracy
beat Ransom.
1t is simple CANTOR to say that Ransom
would beat any other except Vance
NanCc's nomination was then owing Il
his being a western man and his popularity
both causes contributing to his nomination
his popularity beat Graham and Mcrrimon
and his position and popularity tOgcthc
beating Ransom.
He hasn't changed one whit sine,
1873. Ransom i'll Ransom's estima
ton is the biggest man in the State
Vance's popularity beat Graham ant
MerrimOn, but took both "posltiol
and popularity" to beat Ransom
Taking this estimate of his power il
the State why should he hesitate t.
offer JARVIS the short term?
THE SANDEKLIN INCIDENT.
1t is possible that an attempt viii
be made to treat the Sanderlin Incl
dent with silence. Denial will bring
out the proof and unmuzzIe the MAJ
who was the innocent victim of Ran
SONS wrath and contempt. 1t /
well known that Dir. Sanderlin wa
offered the Authorship and through
RansOm's interference was dropped t,
the Deputyship. 1t was natural tina
Sanderlin should protest against sucl
indignity, but the answer he got a
mazed him: "You sir, belong t
that damned farmers Alliance ant
you have got more than you deserve.
Simmons heard of the oCcurrenC
and he was not long in putting tn
muzzle on Sanderlins mouth and hi
voice, as mellow as the flute stop 0
an organ, has not been heard unit
now. The fighting parson" is read
to sustain this statement of the OC
currence. lie might resign his plac
here, take the stump in North Care
lima and beat Ransom and Jarvi
both. The campaign has hardl
opened and there is ample time for
coup de main.