The news & observer., 1902-01-07
BERNARD TO KNOW
FATE NEXT WEEK
Gone to Washington to Pre-
pare His Case.
CHEATHAM TO RETURN
Will be a Candidate for Congress In
the Second District.
REPUBLICANS ARE DISORGANlZED.
Charges Against Harkins and ROens will Cost
Their Official Heads, so il is Said.
Judge Purnel and Maj. Grant
Return from Washington,

Return from Washington.
Claudius Melnatte Bernard has moved
tions for reappontment as ". S. District
attorney and incidentally he carried an
armful of affidavits and documents which
relate to Harry SINNERS chameleon
like political record.
Next week Senator Pritchard has
promised to take up the district attorney
appointment for the eastern tree and
everybody is awaiting the shaking of the
tree. The odds are all in favor of Harry
Skinner, but Bernard still fights, and
thinks he is very much in the race.
The President was bombarded with the
Bernard boom last week. Ioge Harris
and Mai H. l.. Grant both saw Mr.. Roose.
velt in Bernard's behalf While Col.
Harris went to Washington for the pur-
pose of promoting Jim Young's short
lived candidacy for the recordership, he
took occasion to do some Bernard talk
ing. But with all this Skinner has
Pritchard's endorsement and mostl peo-
pie think that is the necessary medicine.
Judge Purnell and Mai. Grant, who
made the trip to Washington together re-
turned Sunday. Judge Purnell went to
the National capital ON private business
and while he called on the President, he
did not take any part in the district at
torneyship fight Mai. Grants business
in Washington was to see the President
and the Attorney General in behalf of
Claudius. He had an audience with both
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Knox. Maj Grant
is plain spoken against Skinner whom
he said yesterday Ought TO declare his
political position and not attempt to run
with two parties" Maj Grant thinks
that Skinner has been paid every politi-
cal obligation due him by the Republl-
can party. Twice he said, I'VE ate
an enormous amount of crow to send
him to Congress. We are tired of paying
senatorial debts by giving appointments
to Eastern Populists.'
The Republicans in this State are bad
ly disorganized as the result of Senator
Pritchard's distributions at the pie count
er. The latest from Washington is that
charges have been preferred against Col
lector Harkins, of the western district
and Postmaster Rollins of Asheville, that
will result in their removal. There are
a batch of charges against Blue Jeans
Holton, the western district attorney and
now Senator Pritchard will have to de-
fend some of Harry SINNERS wild Popu-
list statements. With the entire Repub-
lican organization fighting Skinner and
charges resting over the heads Of a num-
Der of those high up, the Republicans
in North Carolina hardly know what will
happen next President Roosevelt does
some appointing of his own every now
and then and the present conditions are
not rosy for the united order of Doodles
and Pie Eaters.
Ex- Congressman Cheatham, who is soon
to retire from the Recordership in the
District of Columbia will return to this
State. When in Raleigh last week Cheat
ham confded to his friends his political
aspirations. He will return to Athe Sec
ond district and be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Congress at
the next election
W. B. Ellis. of New York, who some
time ago preferred charges in the office
of the Attorney General of the United
e. Holton, has again written Attorney
General Knox on this subject Mr. Ellis
has never heard from MIR. Knox save
through the press and he repeats his
former charges in this second letter. In
addressing Mr.. Knox he says:
Il have waited month since filing my
protest against the reappointment of A.
K. Holton to the office of District At
.torney, and have yet to receive from
you official cognization of the receipt Of
my letter or any intimation of your de-
cision or desire for more evidence to
assist you in forming one"
Mr.. Ellis says it is "a merry Jest
around federal courts when Holton ap-
peared for the government and his part
ner was employed by the sinner before
the bar"
Meeting one of Mr.. Holton's answers
Mr.. Ellis says:
Can such a. series of charges as have
brought against this man, as the repre-
sentative of States citizenship, that
has been overawed and cowed by A. e.
Holton, be ignored as if it were a petty
personal affair between him and myself?"
The letter charges the district attorney
with setting his partners clients loose
upon the community without fines" Mr..
Ellis says warship is sent across the
Pacific to investigate naval Governor
who is accused by one man of the COM
paratively harmless charge of intoxica-
ton. Can we not take a halfday's jour