The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-22
THE PILGRIMS GET HOME
Say Not Even Pritchard is Pleased
With Results.
THE ATTORNEYsHIP SILL BANGLES
Russell Keeps Busy Securing More Endorse
ments While Bernard Has Nothing to
Say But That He is Out of
the Contest.
ley are coming back home.

They are coming back home.
In little groups they stragge back to
North. Carolina.
These be the North Carolina pilgrims
who went to the national capital to help
Roosevelt make up his mind how the pie
ought to be handed out.
Of all the visiting assortment that stood
in line and heard Bernard thump as he
hit the ceiling, only DR.. Abbott remains
at the main office of the great pie dis
| tributor in Washington.
And he returns today.
| Yesterday Major II. l.. Grant, having
with him Claude M Bernard with his
busted hopes, alighted from the train,
while H. r. Seawel kept on towards
his home in Moore county.
Last night Col. John Nichols arrived.
He had his grip with him. Claude M.
had lost his.
What about the District Attorney
ship, Colonel?"
Not word to. say"
Has Bernard really given up all
thope?"
ct looks like Skinner has the place"
Tell me about the AFFAIR.""
| Not word. l won't say anything
till I've seen Bernard
And that's all that Col. Nichols would
say of how he regarded the situation, the
only hope of hearing more of it being to
wait till he has seen Bernard
An after supper visit was paid to Maj.
! Fl. L. Grant. He, Marshal Dockery and
other friends were enjoying rest from
/ business cares.
How were things when you left
Washington, Major?"
I'm what way?"
why, about Bernards withdrawal and
the plum going to Skinner"
Everybody I've seen is hot about it,
The feeling is intense. Even Senator
Pritchard is not satisfied"
But SINNERS got it?"
! 1T looks like he's the winner"
We'll, l don't know" said Marshal
Dockery. There's Judge Russell to be
accounted for. Do you know that he is
still securing endorsements for himself
as District Attorney"
You don't say So"
Yes, l do. He's after the place yet,
and he is going to keep after it till the
appointment is made
But 1 thought Skinner had the thing
cnched?"
| Perhaps so, but the President has not
said it, neither has the Attorney General
Here's the situation: Bernard has with
drawn, Skinner has Senator Pritchard's
support, and Russell is working like
| beaver 1t may be that neither will get
it, and that Claude Bernard will succeed
himself as District Attorney
Here Col. Grant broke in. "Oh, that's
all nonsense about Russell. He's not got
a ghost of chance
What about the control of the dis
tribution of offices in the East, Major?"
That's going to be done by commit
| tee. In fact the campaign will be in the
| hands of double jointed committee,
one in the East, one in the West
When will it be formed?"
| In the next thirty days. Wen have a
meeting and arrange for this committee"
who is going to be on it?''
Cant say. Don't even know of how
many members it will consist But it
is going to be formed and it will con-
troll the Eastern North Carolina patron
age. The Western Republicans will not
like this arrangement, but it's going to
be done
Maj. Grant has all along counted on
Claude as a winner, but he's got over
! that idea now, and he evidently thinks
| Harry has sure thing He is not pleas
! ed, and he represents the great majority
| of the Republicans, who took a long
! breath when Bernard was sent way
back and set down., and the once Popu-
| list Skinner, Free Silver Party Keith were
| reported as having gripped the Attorney
| ship and the Colectorshp at Whining
ton. When the faithful meet in Raj
eigh TO select the Eastern Committee on
The Way How To Correctly Distribute
the Washington Brand of Pie with the
Roosevelt trade mark there's sure to be
a responding wall.
A word was had with Bernard last
night. He did not want to talk, but
finally did 1t was brief and to the
point.
I'm out of it," he said. II had no
string tied to my withdrawal, nor was
there any mental reservation
Your friends say you ought to get it
yet
MY friends are not authorized to
speak for me. | meant what | said.
I'm not in the contest any longer. I've
withdrawn"
DIR. Abbott will probably be with us
today, and all the pilgrims who have
preceded him will want to hear what the
final word is. Some are in doubt, but