The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-02

| could mot get out Oh suppo, .r'7
And then his influence III klllihs tiie
Avery anti-lease bill made wee fFesf
dent Andrews his debtor Wlth TINS
help, what was 10 nihoet -
eating a life Job at $1,000 year! lie
dreamed of the honor and the pay thal
was almost within his reach All" 'nth
--be endorsed Undertake.
Thereby hangs a tale. But that is an
| other story. He retired from the race
because he became convlhced tilaI nc
| could not be confirmed. NO matter now
| he was shown this lion III MS PAIN ne
| saw it, and fell down.
| There is but one thing certain: Moth
ing will be done until the injunction case
| is settled.
There is nothing new in the situation
| Tonight. III. A. Gudger went home yes
| terday. The report that Rolilns Is 10
| have the Asheville postofhce may De q
| mistake. Harkins is Pearson man TOT
| that place and unless there rs a new deal
| in the west he is sure to win.
Geo $. Nilsson & Co., of Salem, are
said to he fighting Rollins on account Of
alleged business Irregularities. There are
| also other charges against Rollins which
initiate strongly against his appoint
nlpnT 10 any pllCt. lic 10 H'e'N w ~ -
the same predicament that Bailey was
whom II was decided to withdraw him
from the contest for the marshalship 1t
is rumored here that Bailey has declared
himself candidate for Congress from the
Eighth district and that Wiley Shook
will endeavor to secure the Republican
nomination in the Ninth district.
The dissatisfaction caused by waiting
nrfant in fbp
way of combinations and schemes to
beat the present Congressman. So for.
however. nothing really important has
hecn done on that line. Nothing con. be
done until the pie has been distributed. 1t
is certain from present indica tons, how
ever. that strong efforts will he made to
defeat Messrs. Linncy and Pearson at
the next election. Their endorsement
Of Tom Settle for the judgeship has put
the Junior Order of American Mechan-
les against them and the Disguised ele
ment will rally round that organiza-
ton.
Judge Hillborn, of California, who
was a Maine boy. told of an interesting
coincidence Tuesday night at the Mckay
dinner to Secretary Long, When | was
a pupil at Hebron academy. over 40
years ago. said he, there were two boys
in the academy to whom | was espe-
c;ally attracted. One came up from
Turner. He was a bright, spirited little
fellow, the best scholar III his classes,
very quick to learn and the sort of
boy that everybody said would amount
to something by and by His name was
Gene Hale The other came from Buck
field and was a year or two younger,
a little chubby chap whom everybody
liked We all called him Johnnie Long.
He was the marvel of the school In
Latin. He had read Virgil through, and
knew a great deal of it by heart He
was wonder. too, in Latin grammar
After we left school | went West and
lost sight of them. Now ] am here a
member of the naval committee in the
House, Gene Hale is at the head Of the
naval committee in the Senate, and
Johnnie Long is secretary of the navy.
That is not all. When | went TO Cali
fornia ] struck Vallejo, a rough shipping |
town, the aristocracy Of which consisted |
of calkers and ship chambers. At the |
hotel | put up at there was only one |
man besides myself who wore boiled |
shirt He was a handsome young fell |
low, and we struck up friendship right |
away. | found he came from Charles
town, Mass. His name was Phil Hick-
born He is Commodore Philip Hick- |
born now. the chief constructor of the
navy, and he is here at this dinner to-
night"
1t is understood that Mr.. Fred Van
Dyne, solicitors assistant at the State
is under consideration by
President Mckinley for appointment as
Mr.. Walter Il. Faison, the
pres, Mt Solicitor, is n Democrat from
North Carolina, and was promoted from
nc Office of Chief of the Consular Bureau
By President Cleveland. 1t has been de-
ternined to accept Mr.. Faison's resigna-
ton, and Mr.. Van Dyne is being con-
sidered in connection with the appoint
meat.
Colonel John S. Cunningham. of Per
son county, was here yesterday. He
was on his way to Philadelphia to at
tend the funeral of DIR. John G. Terrell,
who was a native of Person county, y.
c. who, as a physician, ranked high in
his profession, and who was a successful
and left a large estate