Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-09-14
WISE ONES ARE PUZZLED,
Governor Patterson's Withdrawal Creates
Peculiar Conditions.

Peculiar Conditions.
Nashville, Tenn, Sept. H.
Gov. Patterson's withdrawal from
the gubernatorial race in Tennes.
see has created a condition that
has the wisest politicians guessing
what effect his action will have.
| Will the Democrat factions thas
have been so bitterly arrayed
against each other bury the hatch
ct as the Governor urges them to
with him eliminated and agree
on q candidate whom all can sup
port?
Will the convention of indie
pendents called to meet hereWed-
nesday with majority of it's
delegates instructed to indorse B.
W. Hooper, the Republican nomi-
nee for governor, carry cut these
instructions, as opposed to any
Democrat who may be placed in
the field in Patterson's stead2
Are instructions binding on these
delegates in view of these condi-
tions?
These are few of the questions
confronting the leaders tonight
and from all indications none can
answer with any degree of
of conviction.
1t is all problematio and hurried
calls for conferences and meetings
have been issued. Tomorrow and
Tuesday will see a series Of gath
erings here of leaders of various
parties and factions and develop
ments are looked forward to with
absorbing interest.
A meeting of the independent
Democratic State executive COM
mittee is set for Tuesday. Its
members will be confronted by a
situation unparelled in the history
of the State. Their factions re-
ceived the support of the Repub-
licans in electing State judicial
tickets August 4 and their part of
the agreement is to give their
party support to the Republican
candidate for Governor.
In an interview at his home in
Newport last night Hooper praoti-
cally said that he expected the in
dependents to carry out their
agreement, and that. 1T was hardly
possible to make new slignments
at this late date.
It is known that the feeling of
the independents throughout the
State is against Patterson solely
and many claim that it is O grave
question whether the independent
committee and the convention
can now hold the voters in line fer
Hooper if they so desired. The
regular" or Patterson Democrat.
ic State committee was called TO
meet here Thursday, the day fol.
lowing the independent conveno
ticn, but today chairman Robelt-
son amended the call and the
committee will assemble tomorrow
in advance of the convention.
Eliminated from the present
campaingn. patterson's enemies
claim his relegation is perma-
nent.
Friends, however, do not ccn.
slider he will stand in the ba' k
ground any length of time.
So much confusion existed in
local political circlas today that
no names we're suggested in con-
neotion with the matter of Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor.
There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup.
posed to be incurable. For
great many years doctors pro-
n ounced it a local disease and pre-
scriaad local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with To-
cal treatment, pronounced it in
curable Science has proven ca
tarrh to ba a constitutional treat
ment. Ha.i's Catarrh Cure, man.
uf aotured by +. J. Cheney & Co.. g,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only co .sti-
! nr, rho noaPkcf T.