The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
By THOMAS j. PENCE.

by THOMAS j. PENCE.
Washington. d, c.. Jan. 16.-Her-
bert +. SeaWelI, Of Moore, is a man
of nerve. Indeed he might be called
a brave man. With the fate of T. I.
Hicks, Tom Settle, Judge Robinson
and other candidates for the Eastern
Carolina judgeship fresh in his mind,
he came to Washington today anG
faced the lion hunter in the White
House Uneasy is the head uf SeaWell
tonight. He is hoping that his nomI-
nation will so to the senate Monday
but every time this thought hits him,
there comes before him the picture Of
Hicks Settle Robinson ana the rest
who were eliminated from consid-
eratiQn for the judgeship as the re
suit of personal inspection by the
Weilder of the big stick.
Less than a week ago q. T Hicks
Was herdlded as Judge PurncllS sue
cesSor and came GO Washington at the
Presidents command, confident Of sue
cess. He appeared before Mr.. RooSe-
Welt tor inspection and Immediately
he became 4 victim of the process Oh
elimination.
Seaweu reached Washington to-day
under much the same circumstances.
For several days everybody has been
Of the opinion that he would set the
fudgeshlp but his appearance before
Mr. Roosevelt today has made the
issue one OF doubt in the minds OF
some people
Monday viii tell the story We
win know then Whether the Moore
County man is able ia pass the kooSs Z
welt judicial Inspection Nh. SeawelI
is manifestiug d stiff upper lip. He
does not say that Nh Roosevelt has
promised him anything but predicts
that his nomination viii go to the
Senate. 4. r. Hicks was equally as
confident until the Butler Pritchard-
T>uDp9a axe hit bin1
one can not help admire the Cour-
age of ScaWeN. he certainly dall"d
with fate. ScaweII. whr- is the capdi-
date OF t}tc RepUpltCan State machine
for the judgeship is not 50 much Wor-
ried over getting the nomination as he
is over the question of his c0"hrn1a-
ton by the Senate. He says he is Ger
tain to pull down the appointment
This hurried trip % Washington re
lated to the matter Of his "onHrma-
ton. The Moore County candidate
saw both the North Carolina Senators
but he learned nothing from them
They will act as judges when the
nomination, if made, reaches the Sen
ate and for this reason arc not dis
| posed to discuss the case. Letters
for and against SeaWeH's confirmation
are being received her. \ number
! Of lawyers believing that SeaWel
| would succeed JuGgc PurnelL have
| written here endorsing the Moor,
| County man as "A great and gOoC
| lawyer. They may Yet be dlSap
pointed in their expectations.
From information obtained here to
4 day there is reason to. believe that con
| tirmatlOn viii be prevented untIf MI
| Taft enters the White House. Sen
ator Dcpew and other Republican
/ will. it is said oppose SeaWclIS con
irmation and there is also the pros
! pect that the Carolina Senators vii
/ interpOse objection to confirmation, s.
/ that the President-elect may have tn
! opportunity of naming the judge.
| Some people think that President
elect Tart would reappoint Seawel
| They argue THAI he is absolutely de
pendent on Butler. Pritchard, Dunca
and Adams in North Carolina and tha
! sufficient pressure would be brouSE
to bear on him by national chairna
Hitchcock and others to compel hif
to appoint the man they have recon
mended.
Others see in Tafts Atlanta speec
the possibility Of the appointment {
a lawyer Of hgh-gradc ability al,
distinction Both possibilities are -
ing mach discussed here. It begin
TO look as though North Carolina Wi
be the first State in the South to pJ
up to 1Ir. Taft the question of maxim
good his oft-repeated expressions rt
garding the South.
Mr.. Seaweu was called at the d,
partment Of justice today. He wi
remain here until Monday.
The Democrats of the state deloSS
2 ton have unanimously endorsed r.
preventative Page for appointment Q
the Interstate and Foreign Commert
Committee to fill the vacancy occi
stoned by the death of Judge Dave
: of Louisiana. This is one of the mo
important committees in the house ar
Mr. Pages friends are hopeful Of su
cess.
Mr.. f. c. Gregory, Of Salisbury,
here the guest Of her parents, Senat
= and Mrs. OVerman.
Judge Hoke, of the Supreme Cou
and Hiss Sallie S. Badger Hoke a
l,nrn fnr q stay 0f ten laNc-