The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
Ma, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8 1902.

many personal friends who regret to see
him leave and would not if they could
dissuade him from his project of coming
back to establish a first class morning
daily independent paper. If he gets
plenty of capital and desires to spend 1t,
they think there is no better place in the
South to spend it at than right here. He
has made a game fight; died hard, but
has not made a personal enemy here.
All sympathize with him, while but few
regret the defeat Or his cherished pur-
pose in this campaign.
The only man heard of here who put
any money on Hills election made a bet
of 5000, eight TO ten with a gentleman
from a nearby city. Yesterday this gen.
tleman came to Greensboro and there
was handed to him out of a certain big
safe, where the wager was placed the
sum of 1925 He set 'em up to fifteen
cent cigars all round and went back
home with practical demonstration that
the Democrats had carried the State.
Guilford county has reason to be proud
of her registration this year, standing
third in point of voters in the State.
Buncombe leads with 6,592 white and 1873
colored voters registered; Wake has
5,625 white and IFS colored. Mecklenburgl
has 5,148 white and 120 colored, Ran
dolph has 5,132 white and 5 colored. For
syth has 1885 white and 81 colored.
Clay has the smallest registration, 685
white and four colored. The total regis
tration is 234 ,687 white and 6,245 colored,
approximately $4,000 votes less than were
cast IN 1900.
1t is strange how the average southern
er jumps with Zest from one wearisome
fraZzled out political burden to embrace,
assume and discuss another. Already
the senatorship is being discussed by the
quid-nuncs on the trains, on the street,
at the station, in hotel Hobbies. The ever
intelligent, well informed, interesting
drummers, have set the pace, and the re-
suit and effect of the primaries in Arson
and LenOir are being given all kinds of
airings. Nine out of zen invariably say
it was right to give Mr.. Watson the lead
now, when it was forced on him, a thank
less sacrifice six years ago with no pos
sible hope of success All agree that the
result was a surprise to political lead
ers, but not to them, who hear people
talk everywhere, people who really shape
public sentiment, the town and country
merchants.
The most interesting dissentiant to
these views is Mr.. George Crabtree OF
GOldsborO, who does not hesitate to say,
that to his mind it means warmer SEN
atorial fight in the Legislature than was
ever known before. He declares that it
will only put Watson far enough up in
the lead to make the fight between Carr,
Overman, Craig and himself a draw, and
that there IS a well defined sentiment
and purpose in the east to spring Hen
R. B. Glenn in the fight after the con-
test has become sufficiently bitter. TO win
the prize. Mr. Crabtree insists that Mr.
Glenn is the favorite anyhow and that
in spite of his withdrawal from the race,
in favor of Watson, it will not prevent
his friends from bringing him in at the
critical moment.
But things are beginning to warm up
anyhow and this kind of persistent rumor
is calcula ted to hasten the rise of the
senatorial thermometer
ANDREW JOINER.