The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-13
NUTS FOR THE nth.
Problems Confronting the
Judicial Convention.
Some StrikingIy Interesting Complications
That Promise to Make it a Very
Live Number.

Especial to the News and Observer
Greensboro, n. c., July 12.-Next in
interest now to the approaching Demo-
cratic State Convention is the convention
to nominate candidates for judge and
solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial Dis
trict. which meets in Winston next
Tuesday.
The situation was anomalous before
yesterday, when every county in the dis
trict had either two or three candidates
Tor judge or solicitor, but the withdrawal
of two candidates for judge from Surry
county, Messrs. Folger and Llewellyn, in
favor of a Surry man for solicitor elimi-
mates some of the complications in one
direction and increases them in others,
for it puts Porter Graves forward for
solicitor, leaving Surry with free hand
to manage for the nomination of q. judge
suitable to his candidacy The counties
composing the district, the vote in con-
vention and the candidates are here
given, as a better means of studying the
interesting situation:
Forsyth, delegates, one candidate for
solicitor
Wilkes, 90 votes, one candidate for
solicitor.
Rockingham, IS votes, two candidates
for solicitor, one for judge.
Alleghaney, Is votes, one candidate for
Judge.
Caswell, % votes, one candidate for
judge.
Surry. 43 votes, one candidate for So
licitor.
Stokes, 30 votes, two candidates for
judge.
Jones of Forsyth, Graves of Surrv,
Reid and McMichael of Rockingham, aud
Green of Wilkes are the active candi-
dates for solicitor, while King and Hum
phrey of Stokes, Henderson of Caswell.
Burton of Rockingham and Fields of AL
leghany are the avowed candidates for
judge.
The judge being the first officer to be
selected. it stands to reason Tin pcli-
tics) that some counties having candi-
dates for judge should really prefer a
nominee from another county, so as not
to cut off the chance for solicitor, which
seems to be considered the greatest
prize, and the same rule will apply in
regard to the solicitorship, especially as
relates to contiguity, as for instance,
Allegheny would not be very strong for
Green or Graves for solicitor, because
= that would lump both candidates too
much in one extreme section, and so on
ad inhnitum. Logically, it looks like
Fields and Jones, Burton and Green. or
Graves and Henderson, with good chances
also for Fields and Reid, pointers all
veering to Fields.
But in this connection comes another
complication. For some time it was per-
sistently rumored that the candidates for
solicitor would pool their issues and
make a unanimous nomination Of c. B.
Watson, of Forsyth, for judge. The "old
vet" has positively refused TO listen to
such a thing under any circumstances.
OF course this would have eliminated a
most formidable candidate, Jones from
the race for solicitor.
The atmospheric Impression" distinct
though intangible,i is that a stampede Will
be made for Buxton Of Forsyth for judge.
and it is reported that Mr.. Buxton, if
such thing should happen, would not
feel justified in refusing nomination
rendered entirely without his solicita-
ton, and in face of the fact that he and
his county were cordially supporting
Jones for solicitor.
All these interesting runors aside,
there is no doubt that Jones will lead
largely on the first ballot, as he has clear
ly now double the votes of any other one
candidate for solicitor; yet when it is
observed that combined strength of the
solicitorship counties is 100 votes,
against the Forsyth. Allegheny and Cas-
well vote of 101 the possible combina-
ton to head off Jones could very easily
materialize Nothing is impossible
nowadays in politics.
In any event it is going to be "a live
lumber" unless all signs fail.
All in all, it looks like the Winston
convention will be absolutely unable to
agree on a candidate, meeting after din
ner on Tuesday and having to come to
the State convention on Wednesday.