The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-21
JAPANESE BATTLEsHIP YASHIMA.

thing to talk about, and County Chair
man of the Executive Committee, Doug
las, something to scratch his head over
Ihe postmaster at Oak Ridge died this
week. The office is made valuable by
reason of the fact that large business
is Gene there by the Holts of Oak Ridge
Inst itute and the three hundred boys who
attend the school. BlayIock, the dead
postmaster, had been paralyzed for two
months, and the certainty of his death,
had given rise to considerable specu-
iation as to how many candidates theres
would be after his place. It was gene'r-
ally supposed that his deputy and the
man who had conducted the office during
the illness Of the postmaster woul1. be
a candidate; it was pretty generally under
stood that ex-Postmaster Huffines would
like to have it again, and no one doubted
but what ex-candidate for sheriff, treas
Grer and several other Offices John A.
Lowrey, would put in an application Bus
Mr.. Euffines had moved out of the town
ship: and found, it is said, his applica-
tion would be out Of order.
he fight is therefore confined to C. r.
Rcwman, acting postmaster and John A.
LoWrey. Both of these gentlemen are
men Of substance and character, and are
in every way competent to make good
officials. Bowman has the Disadvantage"
said prominent Republican here tonight,
'ot being the son of a life long RepubIi.
can, now deceased, and of having ali
his life been faithful believer in Re-
publican politics, an active worker in
the ranks, steady voter for the candi-
dates, and personally acceptable to almost
cE cry one of the patrons of the office
This talk was interesting if not re-
treshIng, and the pessimistic Republican
oracle was encouraged to proceed, which
he Gid with alacrity, saying: ''You see
the political tergivisaters are the ones
rewarded in our party, and John Lowrey
is a-golng to get this job, for while per-
sonally man of high character, political
~ he takes the cake among Guilford
county citizenh for political wobbling
lie used to be a red hot Democrat leav-
ing that straight and narrow path for
the broad road of Republicanism; then
ne branched out as a Prohibtionist, too
gCod for either of the "old parties" but
Prohibition being too tame for him, when
Populism raised ''its awful front" John
LoVrey became a local leader in denounc-
ing the two 'old parties" for corruption,
plCtCcracy, etc., running for treasurer on
I1iS W Guilty liChCI, SGbIluB dS uiSu
as 900 votes. He voted for Bryan in 1896
anJ 19OO but by 1902 he had wobbled
back into the Republican fold far enough
to get the nomination for county sheriff
on the county Republican ticket, and as
he was promptly and effectually beat, he
now stands in proper line of promotion
to the pie counter for the sacrifice run"
he made"
Aside from this ugly talk of an old.
straight-laced, lifelong, non-federal office
holding Republican, there is but little
kicking done over the prospects of Low
reys appointment, except at Oak Ridge,
where it is said Bowman is held in high
est esteem by patrons of the Office His :
application, it is said, is signed by every
member of the student body and by the
rank and file of the leading men of the
community. Against this, it is said. Low
rey has the ear of the organization. Ex-
Postmaster Huffines is at work for him.
as are the ''offce-holding colony here,
If reports are true, Huffines is the
member of the Republican County Exc
cutive Committee from Oak Ridge Town
ship and his pressure on County Chair
man Douglass is said to be co strong,
it will not be resisted. Chairman Doug
lass recommendation will settle the ques-
ton. and while he is an old line dyed
in-the-wool Republican from infancy
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