The gold leaf., 1910-03-24
The Senatorial Situation" "
Wilmington Star.

We ''falP' easily to Ex-Governor
gotten in North Carolina. He makes
appeal to comment and excites dis
cussion in degree only less success
fully than Roosevelt the Terrible.
| Given Roosevelt's opportunities,
Glenn could be quite as terrible, if not
more so. As Roosevelt remained un-
! buried in darkest Africa, SO ex-Gov-
ernor Glenn is never lost, be he in
Wyoming, Illinois, New York or
! Washington. We learn of him by
telegrams-andt the newspapers glad
" pay the tolls. The Ex-Governor
always has that "hand OUT" and
largesse with him is a habit.
Just now, the "lay" is Washington,
and "Red Buck" is the wire. The
Hon. Tom Pence doubtless had a
| 'Hook in," but he seems to have
passed it up" We think he made a
mistake. The "dope" may have been
old, but it is taken by thepublic even
as children cry for widely adver-
tised nostrum.
According to "Red Buck" Cover
nor Glenn says that he is to be in
politics this year with all four feet
or words to that intentment. Also,
he has no aspirations for Congress
siOnal honors. Also, he may some
day make try for the Senate. Also,
''yet," he prefers Governor Kitchin
to Senator Simmons in the next Sen
atorial election. All of which moves
the Charlotte Chronicle to say:
"The Chronicle advices from Wash
ington today, quite clearly confirm
the opinion the public has entertained
as to Ex-Governor Glenn's designs on
Senator Simmons seat. Mr.. Glenn
will not be in the way of any fifth
district aspirant for the House. He
is raising his sights q little higher
than that. There is no doubt about
the fact that Mr.. Glenn will be an
active campaigner this year, and that
all along the line of politics there is
going to be a stir and activity of an
entirely new order"
We have above substantially
quoted the gist OF the dispatches to
which the Chronicle refers Is there
anything in that to Indicate that
Governor Glenn has designs on Sem
atOr Simmons seat? Does the inter-
view not indicate rather that the de-
sign of the Ex-Governor on Senator
Overman's seat? Is it not clear that
the scalp of Senator Simmons is a
matter incidental to his own ambi-
tion? Here is Senator Simmons con-
cluding a second term; there is Sena-
tor Overman in the middle of his Sec
ond term. There is the wishful figure
of Ex-Governor Glenn, to whom the
Senatorial star has ever beckoned,
except when it was obscured by the
clouds of q Prohibitionist nomina-
tion for the Presidency. What would
the Ex-Governor, as frstrate poll
tician, do in the first fight over one
of these seats? He would try to estab-
lish a two-term precedent, would he
not? He would seek to unhorse Sen
ator Simmons for Governor Kitchin
l-Nicht wahr? And then, if success
full, he would plead heprecedent and
plead also for the support in his own
fight of those whom he had helped to
win their fight, would he not?
| Ex-Governor Glenn has always
vearned toward the seat of Vance.
He was desirous of racing Senator
Overman for it in the first instance,
but was prevented by a tryout oi
strength in his own county with Cy.
| Watson. At the conclusion OF his
term as Governor, his mouth drip
ped moisture for the fray. Probably
the expenses of being Governor had
made it necessary for him then to go
to work. Since then, he has Travelled
this broad and smiling land, has kept
himself to the fore, has drawn crowds
and, doubtless. made much monies.
Wherefore, he girds his loins and
scents the frav-but fray of 1912
13, instead of 1901, the Chronicle
would have us believe
Still, as the Chronicle says, his ad-
vent or return or reiuvenescence in
politics will make the star showers
following Halley's comet pale in the
memory of those who will argue from
them the immiDence of the millennium