The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
CLAIMS
TENTH DISTRICT
Friends Say He Will Win
on First Ballot
OPPOSITION FOR COOKE

HSIoNiiS, ~. -, Jule Zb.-NiIh ~
fetal and unofficial returns from nm,
of the thirteen counties Of the Ta1+p
congressional district. it looks favor
able indeed for the nomination Of
Nj. Gudger, Jr., Of Ashevine. on m.
first ballot. Mr.. Gudger estimates mar
he will nave $50 IL votes in the con
vention on the first ballot. While 14xs
is necessary for a choice.
Gudger credits Cooke with 80 "a
votes, the balanc being distributed
between Walter E. Moore, Of Jackson;
Frank r. Hewitt. of Asheville. and
Solomon Gallert, Of Rutherfordton
Out Of a total Of 3,411 votes cast in
Buncombe primaries for Congress.
Gudger received 1.706, giving him 4
majority of one vote. His plurality
over Cooke was 406. Cooke received
1,3eO, Hewitt 2s9, Moore 81, Cal
lert "a.
Gudger carried Haywood county and
unofficial returns show tina he viii
have 10 out of 40 votes in the con-
yention, Cooke II, Moore 6 and Hrw-
lit 2. Gudger will receive some sup
port in Jackson and Cooke some. al
though the majority will go to Moore.
Thirteen out of Henderson's nineteen
votes are claimed by Gudger with
Cooke five ana Moore the balance. tn
official returns shows that Gudgcr has
carried Polk county and will receive
about seven out of eleven votes. while
in Rutherford Gudger claims Il Il
out of 40, Gallert 10. Cooke > L.
Hewitt One-half.
In Mcdowell Gudger claims L out
OF 10, allowing Cooke 5 and GalIert the
balance. He claims half Of OnsluW.
the balance divided between Cooke,
Moore and Hewitt, and in Cherokee
9 IL out of 16 with balance divided.
The Cooke forces. however. are not
disconnected by the claims Of Gudgcr
and declare hat with yet TransyIva-
MIA Macon. Clay and Graham counties
to hear from that Cooke will have up
wards to one hundred votes on the
first ballot at the convention which
will be held here July IL.
Cooke claims that he will receive
much If not all of the support OF
Moore, Hewitt and Gallert on the sec
ond or third ballot and that with this
he will be nominated. One OF the not
est convention fights ever held in This
district is promised.
Gudger Surprised En-.
The remarkable strength Of Gudger.
especially in Buncornbe which Cooke
expected to carry came as a surprise
Gudger is a campaigner and has spent
much of the past six months going
over the district He has twice repre-
scented the Tenth district in Congress.
The Buncombe primary was the
largest in the history of the primary
system. Although the Republicans
chief, among whom was T. f roland,
Grants cam . aign attempted
to keep Democratic voters from enter
ing the primaries, a total vote OF
nearly $500 votes was cast. The Dem
ocrats are indignant at the Repubh-
can methods Of trying to butt mo
party affairs and as a consequence
practically the whole Democr1tc
strength was voted, some voting sim
ply to show the Republicans that they
die not care to be dictated to ~ po-
litical bosses of the Radical part.
1t was four o'clock this mornin@ be-
fore the results of the big ely pre-
cincts were known and only TINS al
ternoon was the complete returns oo~
tanned. The voters lad ffty-s"Fen
candidates to select from, and the ger
eral impression prevails that a strong
ticket has been nominated ana Inc
county will be entirely redeemed h'A'
fall.
Judge Joseph S. Adams. for thu t1f-
teenth Judicial district, had no opP'-
sition. while Robert r. Reynolds .F17
nominated solicitor for the d~l-tr''''
embracing Buncombe, TransyIFah'4
and Madison counties by a lar&'' ma
jority. The legislative ticket "a"
by Julius c. Martin, 4 W.,
known lawyer, while Robert K. "H'-
Jams was nominated for the Lees
ture by a plurality OF over seven hAl-
dred votes, the two highest Tor ln'
representatives are G"oI7
Reynolds, with 1909 votes. am
Gallatin Roberts, with 1.516. IL 49,
an official count 10 decide si9
contest
Manning and Allen Strength. n
The county convention, July ? WI
decide upon the strength for Mann!.I
and Allen for the Supreme OD'.I
bench. It is believed that Alien w.
the majority, in fact the VIZ
tern counties will give Allen thelr
support but Manning will get cons
strength. For CorpoFdI:'a
Commissioner, W. T. Lee will retTl,9
solid support or the w.
nothing official on the JudgeShiP 80
IAN be received tonight from the VIZ
tern counties.