The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-06
TWO RETIRE FROM
SPEAKERSH|P RACE
Smith, Lucas, Morton and
Gattis Still In.
THE CAUCUS TONIGHT
The Senatorial Question TO the Front and all
Await With Deep Interest The Opening
Of the General Assembly
Tomorrow.

many friends were in close and earnest
confabualtion in the Marlborough House
yesterday morning.
The numbers of these increased as
trains arrived during the day and after
| supper there was crash of buttonholers
at work, and the fntroductions of my
friend, MIR Wanthit, to the Honorable
| Mr.. Has Avote, went on all day, with
always proffered card to the man-with-
a-vote, so that he might not forget the
name of the man and the office he was
after.
There were two Withdrawals from the
contest for Speaker of the House yester-
| day. The first notice of withdrawal
| came from the west, and this was in the
form of card, which MIR w c. New
| land, of Caldwell, issued reading thus:
To the Editor: After mature and de-
liberate consideration have concluded to
| withdraw my name from the contest for
| the Speakership of the House. My rea-
sons are: that in view of the fact that the
! last House OF Representatives honored
a distinguished citizen from my section
of the State with this position and the
| further fact that the Western section of
the State is claiming, and in my humble
| opinion, justly claiming, the greatest
honor in the gift of the General Assem-
bly,, to-wit. United States Senator, our
| present Senator being from the East.
that it is but right and just that the
honors should be distributed along
| geographical lines.
l sincerely thank nv friends who have
| pledged ME their support and in releas-
ing them from these promises pledge
to them my best efforts in behalf of my
party and the State.
Respectfully.
w. c. NEWLAND.
Last night there came notice that
| there was another withdrawal and this
| time it came from the East Mr.. Ed. S.
| Abel, of Johnston, whose friends have
been making an earnest fight for him,
! sent a message to Raleigh, announcing
! his withdrawal from the contest. Mr..
Abcll will not be in the. city today and
perhaps not tomorrow, a child of his
being seriously i'll. This has prevented
| his arrival and his friends will deeply
regret to hear of the sickness in his
! family.
What the effect of these Withdrawals
| will be on the fate of tho other candi-
| dates is an unknown quantity. Mr..
| Newland indicates in his card outlines
| his views on the situation, and the
riendsof all of the candidates in the
field say that the Withdrawals help
"our man"
These Withdrawals bring down the
number of candidates in the open to four:
| s. NJ. Gattis, of Orange; Geo. L. Nor
ton, of New Hanover: w. H. Lucas, of
Hyde, and L. L. Smith, of Gates. "Who
| is to carry off the stakes?" do oyu ask.
| "Well, every candidate and every friend
of every candidate says that he knows
the winner. Does each man mean HIM
self and his favorite?'' why, certainly,
what uestion.
The SRenatorial contest is in the shade
at present, for there are other pehHles
on the beach of politics just now which
soon will be covered with the corpses OF
| the derelcts. There are candidates for
every office in sight, and while last night
there were in the city about a hundred
of the one hundred and seventy members
| of the General Assembly, there was per-
haps candidate for every two legisla-
tors who had arrived.
'Who are these?" "Why, it is impos-
sible to name them all, for some are tied
out in the shade, and will make their
| plunge at the last moment, when the
| Democratic caucus meets tonight Of
| the names which We're being talked out
yesterday the following were gathered
! out of the maelstrom which surged and
| oh nd t,Vn Or 0r
more gathered in solemn conclavc:
FOR PLACES IN THE SENATE.
! Among the names which are being talk
ed of for positions in the Senate there
| are:
/ ENGROSSING CLERK-O. p Shell,
! of Hamlet: Paul B. Means, of Cabarrus:
| J. s. Bell, of Clay; John w. Simpson.
of Rutherford; j. r. Mitchell, of Bertie.
! PRINCIPAL CLERK-A. j. Maxwell
of Rockingham. No other name has been
| heard.
READING CLERK-T. ]. Murphy, of
| Guilford; Paul r. Outlaw, of Pitt.
DOOR R-KEEPER-D. A. Bats. of
Wilson; j. w. Spruill, of Chowan; Allan
| Daughtry, of Sampson.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
In the House of Representatives among
! the names of those who are asking for
/ the votes are:
CHIEF CLERK-F. D. Hackett, of
Wilkes; Mr.. Cobb, of Morganton.
READING CLERK-F. B. Arendell
of Wake; r. S. Fry, of Montgomery.
ENGROSSING CLERK. w Fon-
vielle, of Duplin J. A. Turner, of Gull
ford.
| DOORKEEPER-Geo. L. Fitzpatrick,