The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-24

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faith as this man has has not been seen
in all the land. And such refreshing
trankness too.-Monroe JournGi. And
Senator Simmons has not yet said who
he was for!
Senator Dubois favors Parker and
Turner as the Presidential ticket. Mr..
Turner has recently closed an honorable
career as Senator from the State OF
Washington and is very able man.
The Salisbury Sun says that III S!rry
county Blackburn will get II of :ae 80
yoles. Blackburn claims he will carry
the county.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Louisville Courier-Journal says: "A
good many newspaper correspondents
here have endeavored to get a list CT all
members of Congress who favor the nomi-
nation OF Mr.. Hearst for President. AT
ter a careful canvass OF the Democrats
- both houses of Congress, POI in mum
Der, but four men have been found. thus
far, who are willing to say publicly that
tEey are for Mr.. Hearst for President.
These four men are Representatives. VIII
Ian. Hughes and Allan Benny. both OF
New Jersey; Representative Edward j.
Livernash, of California, who before
coming TO Congress was a reporter on
one OF Mr.. Hearst's papers, and Repre-
sentative James III. Griggs, OF Georgia"
A Concord gentleman who was in Sails
bury today, stated that Mr.. w. r. Odell.
of Concord, may announce his candidacy
for the Democratic Congressional nomina-
ton in this district within the next two
weeks. Mr. Odell has been urged by rep
resentative Democrats of several counties
to make the race.-Salisbury Sun.
The Mt. Airy Leader this week is red
hot number. It claims that Blackburn
carried every township in Surry, except
Westfield which went for Linney, and
part of the other townships which were
divided between Linney and Blackburn,
and Mt Airy No. l. which is contested.
II claims that Blackburn has rs votes in
the county convention. Linney II, with
IL contesting The paper goes on State
Senator Samuel Marshall with gloves off,
and accuses him of very bad conduct.
Wait till you hear from Senator Mar
shall! Therell be two sides TO the row.
An anonymous correspondent in the
Conspiracy Organ, suggests to the Re
rublcans that they nominate ey-Judge
". S. OBJ. Robinson for Congress in that
district He could count upon Finch's
pumping plenty of Liquid Air INTO the
canvass.
With the odds admittedly against him
at this time and all indications pointing
to the control of the Albany convention
by the friends of Judge Parker, Charles
f. Murphy has determined to make his
Efht against an instructed delegation
even il Tammany stands entirely alone
Gu the floor of the convention AT a
conference at the Democratic Club yester-
day afternoon at which several upstate
men were present Mr. Murphy discussed
the situation fully and ANNOUNCED MS un-
al:erable determination to fight ior
Cleveland as the man to defeat Roosevelt.
New York World.
District Attorney Jerome has this TO
say of the Presidential situation
think that New York State should declare
itself as early as possible and in no IN
certain way that Judge Parker Is its
candidatdi This State, to which the
nomination must go if we are united
should not lose its standing by reason
of any uncertainty as to whom 1t wants,
and there is only one man that IT can
unite on. / hear q great deal OF talk
about Judge Parker's record being mega
tive one. Issuppose by this Is meant that
he has not been necessarily declaring ~
public his views about national ISSUES.
People seem to forget that tor thlnk,
nineteen years he has been Judge OF
the Supreme Court and the Court Oh APP
pcals. and the best evidence possible
that he has attended to his husiress ana
not mixed thu discharge OF ]udlc'ai duty
with the playing of politics is fouod IN
this very criticism. 1t seems TO me tha0
nineteen years of service in the highest
courts of the State TENDS 10 mature
character and judgment, and IS as good
training for the discussion and decision
of great national questions as anv can
dsdste is likely to receive, and certainly
tends to fit man to deal with sucf'
question better than military career
however strenuous"