Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-21
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Ief Davis, of Arkansas, announces
that he will be a candidate for re-
election to the United States Senate.
George M. Bowers, United States
fish commissioner, is mentioned for
the Republican nomination for COVER
nor of West Virginia
Kansas Democrats hope to elect
| two representative in Congress next
year. The delegation from that state
is now wholly Republican.
A special election will be held in
the second congressional district OF
Washington on November 2 to fill the
| vacancy caused by the death of the
late Congressman Cushman.
Archibald B. Darragh, who former
ly represente the eleventh Michigan
district In Congress, is a candidate
for the Republican nomination foI
acknowledgement of Michigan.
Ex-Governor Dawson of West Vir-
ginia, after long consideration, has
finally decided not to accept the po-
sition offered him by President Roose-
welt of looking up manufacturing sta
tistics in the Orient.
According to story printed in
Washington, President Cyrus Nor
throp, of the University of Minnesota
| who was once the teacher of William
Howard Taft, will be offered a diplo-
matte appointment by his old pupil.
William P. Kent, Republican nomi-
nee for governor of Virginia, is a sor
of former Democratic lieutenant
governor of Virginia. He is said to be
man of large means, good STUMP
speaker and one qualified to wage ar
| active fight.
Royal E. Cabell, the new commits
| sioner of internal revenue, who will
have charge of the collection of the
corporation tax, owes his appointment
to his efficient work as postmaster o.
Richmond, Va. He is a graduate O
| Princeton and studied law at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
| One of the most interesting feature!
of the rumor concerning a specia
session of Congress this fall to con
slider the currency question is the an
| nouncement that Senator Aldrich
who as chairman of the Senate finance
committee will have charge of tn
currency problem, is to make severa
public addresses On hte subject with
in the next few months.
Under the Alabama law no cover
nor is eligible to any Office until on
year has elapsed since the expiration
OF his term as chief executive. AS
consequence of this law the novel sit
uation may soon be exemplif1ed of
chief executive resigning his Office t
enter the race for another homo
against the very man he appointed t
that position According to report
Governor B. B. Conner, the origina
railroad rate reform man, intend
soon to resign his Office to campaig
against John H. Bankhead for tn
senior senatorship.
Il Colorado has a new statute regu
dds of raising funds, which is az
proved by Governor Shafroth as
means of purifying elections by shut
/, ting off contributions from corpora
tions and restricting the amour
available for expenditure. The pla
is to appropriate from the stat
treasury a sum based upon 25 cent
for each voter, and to add an assess
ment upon each candidate of 40 pc
cent. of the first years salary of eac
cffice. Under this plan, the contrfbl
, tion of the state next year will
$e5, ESQ divided between the parties
| proportion to the vote cast for eacl
Half of this sum is to go to the mar
ayers OF the state campaign, and ha
to the county committees.