The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-11
Politics and Politicians.

The opposition to the Democratic ticket
in Cumberland county led by Senator
James d. Mcneil, is the result of the
bitter fight growing out of the dispen-
| -saloon-prohibition question. Mr..
| McNeill is a strong anti -dispensary man.
He secured absolute prohibition for Cum
berland from the last Legislature after
he had been defeated in his attempt to
| abolish the dispensary. At the Demo-
cratic convention in Cumberland splen,
| did gentleman, Mr.. j. NJ. Lamb, an adj
yocate of prohibition, was nominated for
| the Senate. Everybody knew that the
nomination of Prohibitionst was not
pleasing. but his long devotion to De-
mocracy was so well known that his
| friends thought he would support the
| ticket as zealously as the prohibition ele-
| lnent supported him two years ago. In
Raleigh and elsewhere they are surprised
| that he should take part in a convention
| that is antagonistic to the regular Demo-
| cratic ticket. 81 never thought Jim Nc
Neill would do that" said one of his
! friends last night, land l believe yet
| that he will reconsider before the cleo
| ton
| In letter to personal friend in Raj
! eigh, received yesterday afternoon, Mr..
McNeill said,
THAT a meeting of simon pure, old
| line Democratic men, WHO NEVER IN
THEIR LIVES HAVE VOTED ANY
THING BUT A DEMOCRATIC TICKET
| met here today and decided to put up
| a straight Democratic county ticket i'll
| opposition to the one recently put up for
| the various county offices. They took no
action at all as to the legislative ticket
The issue in this county, this year, so
made by the Prohibitiopist thunderers,
seems to be Prohibition or License.
I trust the matter will be finally settled
one way or the other l am Democrat,
pure and simple, and can't be anything
else. not even a Prohibitionist.'
Mr.. McNeill is taking the wrong course
! if he expects to settle the liquor qnes-
| ton. Two years ago, when he was nomi-
mated the advocates of the dispensary and
prohibition ought to have organized an
opposition ticket if Mr.. McNeills present
| logic is correct, for they all knew that
| he would destroy the dispensary If posi-
| ble But they stood true to the ticket
and elected Mr.. Mcneil to the Senate
| though they knew he was violently OPP
| pos8 to their position on the dispen-
| sary. No people have shown greater
devotion to their party under trying cir
cumstances. Their devotion is commend
| ed to Mr. McNeill this year when the
| boot is on the other leg. The Demo>
! cratic party in North Carolina does not
ask any man to advocate open saloons,
prohibition. high license or dispcnsary
1t does expect every Democrat to abide
by the will of the majority. If that is
hv
Durham, n. c., Oct 10.-The Independ-
ents are going to try and 'whoop EN-
up at Bahama, on Wednesday of next
week. They propose to give barbecue
there on that day
Col A. Hackett, the Durham Indepen-
dent candidate for the Legislature, who
is no nominee. but is running on his
responsibility is emphatic in his denun-
Citations against the so-called "Independ-
| ent'' ticket in this county. He says he
does not propose to have anything to do
with such machine as that. backed by
Republicans, for if he were to do so, he
would, he says, cease to be independent
Hon. Franklin McNeil1 made good
speech for Democracy at Bladenboro Sat
| characterization Express.
After making allowances for Demo-
cratic reports of the meetings, we, have.
| less respect for Mr.. Pritchard than be-
fore the canvass started.-Durham Morn
| ing Herald independently
Mr. A. ID. Watts, who is at Democratic
Headquarters, will leave for home in a
| few. days to engage in the campaign. This
weeks Statesville Mascot, in writing
about the candidates in that county, pays
Mr.. Watts This deserved compliment:
"Mr. A. d. Watts, one of the nominees
for the House, is one of the brightest
young men of the State and is as well
posted on the affairs of the State as any
one in it. We recently heard one of the
most prominent mon in the State say that
Mr.. Watts had more influence in the last
Legislature and got more done than any
man of his age in the Legislature. This
is a splendid eulogy. He prepared the
bills for redistricting the State into con-
gressonal and Senatorial districts and
put his bills through both branches of the
Legislature and they arc now the law. He
will go pack to the Legislature again and
be heard from ,ater. This man is making
| his mark.
Mr. Jones Fuller, of Durham, Demo-
cratic nominee for the Legislature from
Durham was in the city yesterday In
speaking of the political outlook he said
| Durham county is going to roll up
| big Democratic majority for the ticket.
We will pass the / 900 mark with ease
The Democrats of Arson county have
called a Senatorial primary to be held
on November 4th, the day of the general
election. 1t will be conducted like the
| Simmons-C Carr primary.