The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20
He Voted For Mckinley For
Speaker of the House.
IS ANDREWS FOR HIM ?
NO MAN NOT A VASSAL OF THE
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CON
SIDERED.
SENATOR pRTCHARD's PLAY WITH LUSK
Another Cock Case of "EoH You See It and
Now You Don't--DougIas Not In It
Has Bernard Seen Held Up?

Has Bernard Seen Held Up?
washington. d. c., Jan. 19.-(Spe-
cial orfespondence)-Noth IS heard
hara in the North Carolina colony except
talk about Judge Dicks resignation and
who will succeed him. Judge Douglas Is
here. so is Judge Ewart and so IS Col
lanes +. Boyd. These are the three
most active candidates for the place.
Col. Charles Price and Col. V. s. Lusk,
nave not been here in person. Senator
Pritchard and Representative PEARSON
called to see the President and as al
matter of empty form kept their promise
TO Col. Y. s. Lusk by recommending
him for the vacancy. 1t was nothing BUT
an empty form, and so received by the
President. Lusk has no more chance forl
the place than an unborn babe.
No man can get it who has not been a
faithful slave all the time to the South
ern Railway. The Judgeship viii be
settled just as the position of District
Attorney was settled. Col. A. b. An
drews. who is known here to be the DIS
penser of Federal patronage, had taken
a little private oath that Chas. A. COOK
should not be appointed. Senator
Pritchard long before, had made sew
eral oaths that Cook should be appoint
ed. He took Cook up TO the White
House and made a great parade of want
ing the President to make him District
Attorney. This fooled nobody. At heart
Pritchard was for Cook, but he would
no more dare go contrary to Col. An
drews than he would stick his hand in the
FIRE. The end was, of course, that An
drews got in his work and Cook was
defeated. There isn't a politician OF, any
party who does not know that If PritcA-
ard had been true to his premise to Cook
In private as well as in public, the result
would have been different.
Pritchard Is under a pledge to support
Ilrsk for Dicks place. He knows An
drews has sworn to destroy Lusk. be
threw little bank receiyership at Lusk
some weeks ago. and to-day damned
him for the judgeship before the Presi-
dent by his faint praise. Lusk is dead
duck, and Pritchard has kept his promise
to Lusk and vet not offened his political
boss, A. B. Andrews.
svThe story runneth thus While
Pritchard and Pearson were talking to
the President in behalf of Lusk, Mr.. Me-
Kinley stopped them and in effect, said;
al am inclined to appoint Judge Ham
him and / have high regard for him.
The story goes on that Pritchard and
Pearson told the President that the ap-
pofHtment of Judge Ewart would. be q
good one as would the appointments OF
Charles Price or James E. Boyd. The
President said: "Mr. Boyd is now in a
good place. We need him where he is.
/ can take care of him later on. am
strongly inclined to Mr.. Ewart."
Tt turns out that Ewart voted for
Mckinley for Speaker Of the House aud
IN punishment of this Reed did not give
Ewart good committee assignments.
That gives him a hold on the President.
How does he stand with Col. A. Il. An
dreys. who will name Dicks successor
as part of his reward for supporting Nc
Kinley and electing Pritchard? Ewart
is said to have introduced a Railroad
Commission bill in the Legislature OF
1887. and to have spoken in favor Of IT..
1t took him two whole years to "hop
over" from that position. Since then
not even Senator Pritchard has obeyed
Andrews's orders more implicitly than
Ewart. He wrote editorials III the de-
funct Raleigh Tribune in defense
Of the Southern Railway during the hot
contest over the lease fight in 1887. He
was conspicuous as a faithful friend
of that railroad when it was in need OF
friends. He had seen how Pritchard
prospered by his vassalege and he resoly-
ed to follow in his tracks. If, then, the
President decides to name Ewart with
the Southern railways consent, he
thinks his services have entitled him to
have 30. X" put on his application by
the patronage dispenser.
IT is not yet certain that Andrews
wants Ewart He has two fa-
yorite attorneys who would like to have
the place-Col James Il. Boyd and
Cant. Charles Price. VIII Andrews let
tbn plum pass them and go to Ewart, a
tenth-rate lawyer? Price is reckoned as
the ablest man in the race, but his SER
vice to the Republican party has not
been as conspicuous as Boyd's, and it Is
said he voted against Harrison. Boyd
Is we'll known and well liked here. He
is socially attractive and a man of bril-
liant parts, though not of a judicial
temperament 1t would be comparative
IL easy to land Boyd if the Presidents
fopdness for Ewart is not very strong.
They both are thick and thin Southern
railway mtn, and it may be that An
drews viii say. as between Ewart,
Price and Boyd, Il don't care which
gefs it. With either appointment the
Southern railway is solid
Judge Douglas is here, too, but he
isn't even considered, though he has the
highest recommendations. From the
North Carolina bar, the commentator
Of Judge Douglas is enough 10 make
Won open your eyes. lie has support
outside of the State from men of com
manding influence in the Republican
party. All this counts for nothing
Judge Douglas has no more chance OF
appointment than If he were a Demo
crat. He has committed the unpardona-
bic offense in that he has not sneezed
whenever A. b. Andrews took snuff,
and has not taken orders from the
Southern railway. If Pritchard would