The gold leaf., 1902-04-03
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
AS WAS PREDICTED LAST WEEK RALEIGH
LOSES DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
To be Held at Greensboro July 10
IN Abrupt, Rough JoIt-Two Years
hence-May Have Another Primary
-Pritchard as a Political Life Saver
National Appalachian Park-News
Notes of Interest
From Our Regular Correspondent.

RALEIGH. y. c.. March 81. '02
As this letter predicted last week
Raleigh has lost the Democratic State
Convention. and it will be held at
Greensboro July 16. For the first
time in a generation or two a North
| Carolina political State convention
| eioh.
You may be surprised at the state
ment, but the live. energetic. pushing
element of Raleigh business men are
really glad, at heart, that the con-
vention is called to meet elsewhere.
Reason: We think the effect will be
good and will wake up the Old Rip
| Van Wrinkles and the mOneyed moss
backs of this tOWn-a result SO much
| desired
And the moss is beginning to fly
already. The moneved mud-sills are
already raising themselves out OF the
mire OF inactivity. and are actually
| beginning to take an interest (hither-
to unknown to them) in the effort
OF Improvement and to join in. as
enthusiastically " as they know how,
the movement ust started to form a
company to build a frst-clasS and
| up-tO-date and rOOmy bedroom
hotel Raleigh will then have four
hotels. with about 800 rooms. and
| innumerable boarding houses.
The Board of Aldermen. in com juno
! ton with Il large number of the buSi-
hess men, have taken hold OF the mat
ter and IL hotel. built in the very
heart OF the city and unsurpassed by
any hotel in North Carolina, with
some 200 rooms. will be built-hav-
inc steam elevators and all the latest
modern improvements 1t will be
second to no hotel between Atlanta
and Richmond IN size and elegance OF
equipment.
As to the Auditorium. that is as
| sured, and the work OF doubling the
| Academy of Music will begin in Il few
weeks. All the plans have been az
ranged.
AN ABRUPT. ROUGH JOLT
like that OF last Tuesday night was
the very best and healthiest kind of
medicine for Raleigh This city real
ICES that it must now fish or cut bait.
and our people, the live, progressive,
get-up-and-Yit element (and the ma
jority belong to this class accept the
desideratum in good faith and are al
ready at work.
| TWO YEARS HENCE
YOU will not recognize Ralei OH, SO far
as splendid hotel facilities and accom-
mOdatiOns and convention hall are
concerned and i'll 1904 the next
Governor and Presidential electors
will be nominated by both the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties in the
largest and most comfortable audi
tOrium ever seen in North Carolina
here in Raleigh. Wewish Greensboro
much Joy this year and extend to her
people Il hearty invitation to the
Capital City. the natural convention
city. two years hence.
MAY HAVE ANOTHER PRIMARY.
Hon. r. B. Glenn is out in a card
formally declaring his candidacy for
United States SenatOrship. and as in
the case OF his neighbOr and towns
man. Mr.. Watson, he prefers a pri-
mary.
Mr.. Craig is opposed to Il primary
but so far as can be ascertained he is
probably the only candidate for Sen
atOr who has special opposition to
that method. Mr. Craig is not we'll
known in Eastern North Carolina as
we'll as some of the other candidates
and his friends think his chances
might suffer on that account
1t is not vet known whether Gen.
; J. S. Carr will enter the fight Ii he
does he will probably favor primary
also Messrs. Frank l. Osborne and
Sydenham Alexander, of Charlotte.
are supposed to still be in the race.
especially the former. The State con-
vention will settle the question of the
,, modus operandi of settling the can
didacy between the various aspirants.
, The common herd" voters in this
latitude say they do not want another
, primary.
PRITCHARD AS \ POLITICAL LIFE SAVER
Senator Pritchard's ..infuence'
, with the powers that be must be some
thing unusual and extraordinary
Indeed 1t appears that North. Caro-
lima has not had in many years Il
Senator or Representative who could
acquire SO much for the State and its
: citizens. This week we have the case
| | of Postmaster Mullen. of Charlotte
e who, although a gentleman of good
character and sober habits as a rule
E got on high razzee' in Washington
Immediately after his reappointment
, was agreed on. The debauch became
I, | Il H.,
declared that his papers should bt
!, withheld. while the President was
| shocked and disnclined to forgive the
b. man. Now it is announced that
| Senator Pritchard has dOctOred III
the whole trouble and Mullen is again
. postmaster for four years more
3, There is not another man III Con
t gress from the South who could have
done the job. said an experienced
politician to me today.
NATIONAL APPALACHIAN PARK
= This new national park will bt
p, known is the National Appalachian
: Park. The name for the proposed
Appalachian Park resulted in some
. friction when the bill was before The
\ House COMMITTEE on Agriculture il
=. Congress Saturday. The bills thai
= were before the committee provided
that the park should be known IA.
the Mckinley National Park 1t l.
,. said that Smith. OF Michigan. anc
| Haugen. OF Iowa. We're dissatisfied
i1 with the change. but the matter ha.
u been smoothed over and there will b,
r. no bad feeling when the bill comes be
4 fore the House
d To Senator Pritchard belongs th'
g greatest credit for securing this park
-e He has labored long and laboriousl,
A. and earnestly for the measure. aidet
E. OF course by several members OF Con
; gress from North Carolina and Ten