The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-01
LOOKS FOR A SOFT THING
Marion Has His Eye on Porto R;can
Judgeship.
IN FAVOR WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
Through This Favor He Expects to Drop Into
The Judicial Nest, Knowing His Day
in North Carolina is Draw
ing 10 a Close.
ing 10 a Close.

Washington, May oU.-AHd, now, dccolu-
ing to the story of the day, Senator Ma
rion Butler is in high favor with the ad-
with pleasure at Mark Hanna, the official
dispenser of patronage for the White
House. Indeed, il is whispered that the
senior Senator from the Tar Heel State
is to be taken care of before the end OF
his term, March 4, 1901. Why, it is an
open secret that Butler and Pritchard are
now hand and glove on all matters. In
the language Of the day they have kissed
and made up, but this does not mean that
Butler has withdrawn his opposition to
Ewart.
Said prominent North Carolinan. who
keeps posted on inside matters: Its a
little strange that you newspaper fellows
here at the Capital haven't caught On to
the fact that Butler has made his peace
with the Administration and Pritchard.
Why the senior Senator now dances in
attendance at the White House. 1t was
only the other day that Butler was in
close consultation with the President.
Just think of it, 1t must be that Mark
Hanna has thrown a spell on the chair
man of the National Executive Committee
of the Peoples Party. Perhaps the true
secret of it is that Butler has his eye on
one of the judgeshipS in Porto Rico. and
the President, you know, will in the very
near future, make a number of such ap-
pointments. Butler it should not be for
gotten, is a member of the Senate Com
mittee that is charged with the RESPONSE
bility of investigating the Cuban postal
frauds, and the men implicated in the
Cuban postal scandals are more or less
identified with the Administration. or
course the investigation will be nom
partisan, and no guilty rascal will be al
lowed to escape. But that is neither here
nor there. Now Butler knows very we'll
that the amendment will be carried by
pronounced majority, and with the adop-
ton of the amendment he will be shorn
of all his political power in the State.
This, in measure, explains his change
of front on the negro question. He has
tied his political fortunes to Pritchard S
kite. And knowing full well that his days
are numbered, he has cast anchor to
windward with the hope that he will land
in some soft spot that yet remains in the
gift of the President. Butler has fooled
the people of North Carolina for long
time. He knows there are not more than
five thousand Populists now in the State.
Why? Because the great majority of
them have returned to the Democratic
party 1t is the knowledge of this fact
that causes Butler, like a drowning man,
to clutch at a straw. Lincoln was right
when he said you can fool some Of the
people all the time all of the people some
of the time but you can't fool all the
people all the time and Butler now real
ICES that great truth He can no longer
fool the people of North Carolina. His
fusion with the Republicans won't so, and
no one knows it better than Butler"
Referring to the judgeship, my North
Carolina friend said 'Of course you
know Ewart will not be reappointed His
commission will expire with the adjourn
ment of Congress- 1t is not improbable
that Judge Purnell will be detailed to hold
court until Ewart's successor is named In
my opinion Representative Linney will be
appointed to succeed Ewart. However,
there are so many applicants and the
pressure so strong that Pritchard may be
forced to name dark horse. This much
l will say, and that is that Boyd will not
be appointed, although | consider him one
of the best equipped men for the place.
No one in the State can enthuse the mig
gers like Jim Boyd. How he does it
don't know, but it is a fact nevertheless.
Delegate j. F. Wilson, of Arizona, who
is one of the leading Democrats Of the
West in the House, and staunch Bryan
advocate speaking on the subject of the
Vice Presidency said today: Everything
favors us this year. We ought to win
with hands down. And we will win.
| There is no doubt about Bryans nominal
what is next in Importance is the question
of Bryan's running mate SO far as | can
learn the concenSuS of opinion is that we
should nominate an Eastern man. And
the candidate should hail from New York,
which has ever been pivotal point. There
is one man in the Empire State who, in
my opinion, can add strength to the
| ticket. His name is SulZer. He repre-
| sents the people because he is one of
| them Representative Sulzer is pre-emi-
nently the foremost Eastern Democrat in
| public life today. He is sound to the core
on Democratic principles. He always runs
| ahead of his ticket which proves his per-
, sonal popularity. He has many friends OF
influence in the West who will be for
i him at Kansas City And / tell you nc
mistake will be made if Sulzer is nominal
ed for Vice President. His name on the
| ticket will be worth thousands of votes
not only in the East but in the West.