The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-05-05
OUR RALEIGH LETTER,
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD At Tpg S1:,r
CAPITAL,
GORMAN NEWS p,,


More than six months ago Go,
Aycock stated to this writer thar b' o."F
not encouraging such moynma,,. ""S
the part OF some of his admir- 'n
lett the impression on me that his sun. ana
ambition would not lie ia thai dr., r;ure
that he not only did not seek Ia. b o"h'
OF a nomination for that position ' to
really did not desire it. Since rh,, "pt
again discouraged the idea hy .t,,;I he
that he did not think a Southern " n
should be placed upon the nat; n,al
ticket this year for that Office ''''oiiai
But it now looks like his na,na r;p,
presented to he convention. wbr,Lnn
desires it or not, and it is evident tb ne
he would receive strong and widesnr ""S
support from large number of S,a,o ,'N
and not all of them from the 81
either 'o"th,
Many OF the counties will this mon,l
elect their delegates to the State cn ,n"n.n
ton. There appears to be no cbanre ~
the relative strength of the several oo III
didates for the gubernatorial nnm;" "n'
ton. Ma Or Stedman continues to Ia"3
the list with Governor Turner and ra",
Glenn pushing for the second na p.
Messrs. Stedman and Turner hath e"n
tnue to grow in popular favor if Ma
statements OF well posted men from aT
over the State who visit Raleigh ara :"
be believed, and the indications are tba,
they will continue to do So unt;l tba
balloting begins in the convention Tho
Stedman men express the fullest cons
dence in the success of of their capdido.a
and the Turner advocates declare tho,
the chanches of that gentleman bn" "e
never been better than at the presar,
time. Mr.. Glenn is personally workin~
hard Tor the nomination at present
For the Lieut.-Governorship Col Geo.
l.. NJ orton is now apparently the lead
ing candidate. His prospects are rrow
ing wonderfully OF late and his mutituda
OF friends all over the State fully believe
that he will certainly be nominated
Senator Joseph A. Brown OF Columhns
will stand for the nomination for Con
gress in the sixth district. and there.
fore will not be candidate for Lieut.
Gov. This development also improves
the chances OF Col. Morton. as both
gentlemen hail from the same section ~
the State. Col. Morton is gallant and
| very able man, and would make n fine
Lieut-Governor. He has served four or
| five terms in the General Assembly in
both the Senate and House. and his
| large experience as a legislator has ad.
mirably equipped him for the perform.
| ance of the duties of the Lieut. Governor
| ship. He makes fine presiding officer
a fact that was brilliantly demonstrated
while he presided over the Joint cauccs
during the protracted contest for the
SenatOrship, which finally resulted in the
finn of Nv
Cooperation Commissioner Samuel L.
| Rogers ought to, and doubtless does,
feel much qualification over the many
evidences of approval of his record and
| the apparent determination to give him
a second term. Nothing less could have
been reasonably expected, however He
| has made most excellent official. and
as he has served on the Commission ex.
actly the number of years that make one
full term, it is entirely proper that he
| should be given another term along
with the other State officials. But,
| aside from that, he is today (argely by
reason OF the valuable experience he has
| acquired) the best equipped man avail
| able for this position, and it is the inter
| est of the State that he be reelected this
year.
The A. & n. c. Railroad investigating
committee has not yet completed its
work, but it appears to be probable that
they may be able to make their report
to the Governor in the course OF a week
or so. Several ''rumors' affecting the
railroad have been current during the
past week. One OF them was that an
other attempt will be made to place the
property in the hands of receiver soon;
another was that Presdt Bryan had
been requested to resign. The first could
not be traced to any reliable or definite
source, and the latter was unequivocai-
ly denied by Gov AycOck. There has
been no abatement of public interest IN
the investigation and the publication oil
the committees report is awaited with
interest 1t is said that one of the most
''enioyable'' chapters will be that which
contains the names of the free brig
ade" that was entertained and
"wined' as well as dined, at the States
expense at the Morehead hotel last sum
mer-and largely because OF which the
balance was on the wrong side OF the
ledger, to the tune of some Ss,oO0, AT
the end of the seaside hotel season.
There is much interest in the possible
developments in the case Gf it is case
OF the LumbertOn lawyers, to whom
Judge PEBBLES has promised to give his
attention at Fayetteville court IN lew
days. 1t is noted that some OF our
brethren of the ''lead-pencil habit have
been guying the lawyers and giving thel,
the jolly ha-ha. over the prospects u
their breaking into jail Now comes
lawyer, at my elbow, who suggests tha''
in such case, they may have some news
paper men for companions in durhnce
vile; that is, If the lawyers read 10 lie
honor, in their defense, some Of the warm
number editorials printed about him
some six months ago.
Judge Pritchard, who succeeds Judge
Simonton as L. S. Circuit Court judSSe'
will take up his residence at AsheViie'
But, at the request Of Atty ten. Knox
he will retain his position on the ~,
preme Court bench of the District u
Columbia until June, in order that ne
may preside at. the trial Of the remain,
ing defendants indicted in the Postal
Frauds cases. N
PEOPLE residing east of Raleigh VIII
learn with pleasure that the court nas
sustained the corporation tonihi5 5.
in it's order requiring the Atlantic Iy ~
Lille 10 operate d tidiii ~ {" -.--g
connection with the Southern Ral"at
west-bound train at Selma at ~ III
The trial of this case here before Judee
Brown. in Wake Superior Court coh7' IN.
ed a solid week The jury returned 'H'
virdict Saturday night. . liza
1t is believed that fully 2p,ooV NIHs'
men have voluntarily disfranchlsed tNrIi,.
selves in North Carolina this year, y
failing to pay, their poll tax: IN 'ln-
county, however, the number Is aii .a.I,j
than a year ago. Last year 90" Iai Ina
to pay in time But this year abouI ~
otherwise qualified voters have iol he
tied. Some 800 or more paid up "i, slr
last day or two. As to the negroes' ~ ~
have as rule quit paying at al Il '., ~
can get out of it. But their children al al
still educated" at the schools supl"""
chiefly by the taxes paid by white is'
pie. -. has
While the damage to early iruit he
been about 80 per cent. in some u -.
Piedmont and western counties, Fpo: ~.
have been received here from tai lat
points in eastern and middle y - S.
ing that the frosts have done no .i;ng
damage i'm those localities tihcIH' he