The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-12
THE POLITICAL POT
1t is Beginning to Simmer
Hereabouts.
CANDIDATES IN SIGHT
SEVERAL ARE AFTER CONGRESS-
MAN STROUD'S PLACE.
A REPUBLICAN, FOR SOLICITOR
A REPUBLICAN, FOR SOLICITOR
If One Can be Found Willing 10 be Demo-
ished by Able and Popular
Ed W. Pou.

For a few days after the State conven-
ton there was but little discussion Of To-
cal politics. but the pot is beginning to
boil again, and the following are some of
the bubbles that are coming to the sur,
face:
The Pop committee is, in the language
of DR. Thompson, simply saving woodruff
there is a mighty moving about of some
of the pie hunters. They are beginning
to train their spy glasses on this and that
and the other position.
Uncle Stroud is not going to have a
walkover for the Populist nomination for
Congress. That's mighty delicious
piece of pie that the Hebrew of the
Hebrews has been feeding on for these
four years, and there is going to be a
mighty scuffle for it when the Pop. con
gressional convention meets. Before But
Ter f1ayed Ohio Wilson in the State con
yention the Gideon felt pretty sure OF
securing the nomination, and he was
n very aggressive, not to say bolstrous'
candidate Since he went down under
the whiphand of Butler he has been
little less confident and says now that
it is for the people to say who shall have
it. and there are others-various others.
Judge Spier Whitaker thinks that he
stands for enough of the reform priil-
ciples to Justify both himself and his
friends in asking the people of the dis
trict to give him a show in Congress.
Hallelujah Aver has both eyes on that
seat of Stroud's, and has had for some
time. He feels and knows that he IS
outgrowing that State Auditors posi-
ton. 1t was a very palatable piece or
pie at one time, but it is not as satisfying
as it was at first. Hallelujah has been
playing on every string of this congress
sional fiddle and he thinks right now
that he can play the congressional
quick step" to the tune of Moonlight
on the Potomac" in great style. 1t us
whispered that this is one of the reasons
that he gathered up his skirts and tiirted
out of the companionship of his erst-
while friend and co-campaigner Ohio,
and went on the strategic boards along
with Thompson, Lloyd and the others. He
went in with Butler Thompson and
their crowd with his knife sharp on both
edges. With one edge he thought he
with the other edge he could cut
great hunks out of the Democrats by
cutting and slashing them, at the same
time protesting his willingness to fuse
with them. He thought that if he would
keep right on cussin' Democrats the
Radicals and negroes would drop Otho
and hail him as the new chief, Gideon,
With the same tactics he could hold
with the Skinner-Wilson wing of the
Populist party. and by processing to
chime in with the Butler-Stroud faction
he might be able to pull each faction.
Halleluiah has mighty laundering af-
ter Stroud's scalp, and Is rewhetting
both edges of his tomahawk. Then
there is another Richmond in the Popu-
list race, J. f. Mitchell. of Franklin.
He has represented Franklin county in
both houses of the general assembly: he
is Butler Pop as contradistinguished
from a Pritchard Pop, and be can see
no reason why Franklin should not have
this piece of congressional pie. He has
convinced himself that he is n legislator
from away over yOnder and he just
wants to get one whack at Tom Reed
and the other gold bugs to show them
how he can Deweyize them. And Chat
ham wants the folks to know the = has
got congressional timber other than
Stroud enough to make a congressman
that would tower away above Stroud or
any of the others.
Little Bill' Bryan is not half through
running for office yet, and he is a candi-
date for anything from United States
commissioner to a cabinet officer, and
this includes the member of Congress
from the Fourth district
Chatham has still another piece of con
gressional Populist timber Sheriff Jen-
kns-and still another, Senator Atwater,
and they are all a-yearning for the pie
that Uncle Stroud is feasting on.
But what Of the solicitorship? The
Popullsts are not hankering after this
pie.
There are several reasons why they
don't want it: One Of the reasons is
they have but few, if any, who can fill
the position, and those few know that
every dollar that comes from holding this
position is the result of earnest. Sggres-
sive toll. They do not yearn for posi-
tons of that kind, and they are telling
the Republicans that they must have the
solicitor. They know. too, that it will
take an awful lot of political dickering
and treachery to defeat Ed. Pou for soil
~ generous with the Republicans. So
far as this position is concerned Judge
Whitaker has been mentioned for this
place, but he himself is not encouraging
the idea.
Some Of the Populists and some Of the
Republicans are talking up Mr. Thomas
II. DevereauX, and it does not yet APP
pear whether he will or whether he
won't.
Oliver Fl. Dockery. Junior, seems to
be candidate for solicitor in almost any
old district, and if the Fourth district
fellows finally conclude that there is no
real bona fide resident of the district
that they can put up against Pou. ne
will have, compassion on them and de-
clare his allegiance to the Fourth dis
trict long enough to make the race.
Best of Goldsboro, who is Judge Pur-