The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-31
Politics and Politicians.

eyes, l shall be a candidate for the
United States Senate at the next meet
ing of our Legislature" said General
Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina, yester-
day at the Shoreham.
| General Carr IS one of the best known
and most popular men in the old North
State. He emerged from the army, af-
| ter having fought bravely for the Con-
| federacy, with scarcely a dollar, but by
| dint of pluck and tireless energy, he
| amassed big fortune in the manufac-
ture OF tobacco and certain brand Of
| which he was the producer, had it's
merits blazoned on the pyramids of
| Egypt.
When Marion Butler went out of the
Senate General Carr was a candidate, but
was defeated by Hon. F. NJ. Simmons in,
| the Democratic primaries. The friends
| of General Carr will rake a determined
effort to have him chosen as the success
sor of Senator .Pritchard, whose term
expires next March.-Washingto Post.
*.*
At the Harnett county convention, af-
ter the excellent nominations were made.
there was debate between Congressman
Bellamy and Major E. j. Hale, both can
didates for the Congressional nomination.
and they say" there was some lively
''sparring. AS much may be judged from
the following report in Major Hales pa
per, the Fayetteville Observer
after Mr.. Bellamy had concluded,
Major Hale called Mr.. Bellamys atten-
ton TO the possibility that his hearers
might infer from his remarks that the
bill had been gotten through the House,
OF which he was a member as we'll as
through the Senate. Mr.. Bellamy re-
piled that the truth was that Senator
Pritchard was entitled to the credit of
getting the bill through. Major Hale
said that, on the contrary, he, as chair
man of the Citizens Committee of
Fayetteville, knew that the real credit
was due to Senator Simmons, who had
secured endorsement of the scheme by
the caucus of the North Carolina dele
cation, and to Senator Jones, who had
secured Senator Berry's promise to stand
fast to the end in the conference COM
mittee. Mr.. Bellamy ridiculed the idea
that Senator Jones had anything to do
with the matter. He said that he was
in Arkansas and never heard of 1t, and
insisted that all the credit was due to
Senator Pritchard. Major Hale said that
he was a Democrat and affiliated with
Democrats, and believed that to Sena-
tor Simmons, our Democratic Senator
and chairman of the North Carolina
Executive Committee, and to Senator
Jones, Chairman of the National DEM
ocratic Executive Committee, the credit
was due-adding that he had in his
possession a letter from Senator Jones
stating that he had secured Senator
Berry's promise as above described.
Major Hale then asked Mr.. Bellamy If
he had taken the first legislative step
necessary to the passage of the bill,
viz: the introduction in his House OF
bill for this scheme and he admitted that
he had not"
Hon. Samuel NJ Gattis, member of the
House from Orange, was in Raleigh this
week. His friends will urge his selection
as Speaker of the House. They say that
in 1899 the Speaker was from Wilson,
in 1901 from Jackson; and that as Orange
has the right man and the right location,
Gattis ought to be chosen.
80"
Mr.. George B. Hiss has been elected
chairman of the Republican county con-
vention of Mecklenburg. It looks like he
is the man Yates Webb will have to-
beat. He can do it to the tune of S,0O9
majority. ~
A private note, giving the proceedings
of the Montgomery county convention
(already published in these columnsf
says: "a
Zone of the most notable things and
something which means success was the
harmony which existed in the conven-f
tion." a
Mr.. U. L. Spence mot f. L. as printedl
recommended by Moore county for the
Senate. is one of the coming men OF
Moore county. He is one of its leading
lawyers.
49,
At, their meeting in Raleigh next
Tuesday, the new members of the state
Democratic Executive Committee VIII
elect a chairman and central commit
tee. The Gazette dominates as mem
her of the central committee, Mr.. X II.
Raw. of McAdenyille, the executive COM
mitteeman from CASTOR. And If, after
he has been placed on the central COM
mittee. it should be decided that the
State must be carried unanimously DEM
oeratic this fall, then Mr.. Ray is the
logical candidate for State chairman, for
II Is the record of Mr.. Ray and his Me-
Adenville people that for years and
years they have voted 100 per cent DEM
ocratic. But the resolve must be to
carry the State unanimously, for any
task less strenuous than that would not
warm Mr.. Rays fighting blood to its