The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-01

| him such perfunctory support as VIII ot
| damning him with faint praise. Then
| the Attorney General will appoint Price
Gf the Russell scheme does not work
| and Prtchard will say piously: Il stood
| bv the Eastern man to the finish, and
| then Andrews and pritchard will both
carry out their programme.
If Pritchard really wanted an Eastern
man he would demand the appointment
of Chief Justice Faircloth. Nobody
could say the Chief Justice of the
State was not fit. He has the endorse
mont of the State to the highest Judlclal
nosition i'm it. He could be appointed.
But his appointment would permit Rus
sell TO name Russell man for Chlef JUS
tice. There's the rub. Pritchard and
the Southern Railway will never allow
that.
The programme is for Pritchard to
name Purnell with the understanding that
he is not to be appointed, and then for
Price to come in and get the place on the
strength of his endorsements. In addi-
ton to his strong local endorsements,
Caot Price has strong letters from Chief
.Justice Fuller. Judge Golf, and Judge
Simontou. They will have great weight.
Put it down:
1. Russell will get it il he is not routed
next Tuesday.
>. Purnell is marked for respectable
slaughter.
3 Price is to be the man if the Rus
sell scheme fails.
4. If the President decides he cannot
give Boyd big place outside OF the
State. ne may name him in place of
Price. As he is Southern Railway man,
this would be acceptable to Pritchard
and Andrews.
Things have taken another shape as
to the Eastern part of the State to-day.
1t was reported at the National Hotel
this evening that Henry c. Dockery had
been agreed on for Marshal, Oscar j.
Spears for District Attorney, and Carl
Duncan for Collector. This is in pursu-
ance of the new deal as to the judgeship,
OF which more later. Claud Bernard 5
friends don't like the arrangements. but
the First district can't have everything.
A Judge and collector of internal reve-
nue. are all it cam hope for The Fourth
district will get nothing but Milikin, and
doesn't want him. Fortune Greene, a
prominent North Carolinian, said to-
night that there is the biggest row i'm
pending that ever occurred i'll this town.
Marsh Mott left for home this evening,
to be gone a week.
j. Wiley Shook is in the city again.
Other North Carolina men here are +. III.
Busbee, Of Raleigh; Col. Joe Biting, OF
Winston: D. NJ. Vernon, of Leaksville,
and G.. S. Bradhaw, OF ASHORE. Holton
is expected here to look after his inter-
ests in respect to the attorneyshp in the
West. Settle and Vernon are working
hard for him. The Reed men outside of
the State will also work for Holton.
Representative White the colored Con-
gresham from North Carolina, made a
visit to the White House to-day with
State Senator Lee Person, Of North
Carolina.
The colored Congressman filed papers
in behalf of the appointment of Capt.
John T. Leach as Consul to Victoria,
British Columbia. An incident of the
visit was the presence at the White
House at the same time of ex-Represen-
tatiye Cheatham. colored. of North Caro-
lima. "a candidate for Register of the
Treasury. White and Cheatham are
from the same district, and are relatives.
John c. Dancy, the North Carolina
colored man who is making "a hard fight
for Recorder of Deeds, turned up at the
same time He does not think the little
fight on him by a few North Churchman's
will affect his chances.