Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-07-17
BAILEY no BE COLLECTOR
The Slate for the Eastern District
HoIton May be Asked to Resign
Hammer and Webb.


Hammer and Webb.
The Washington correspondent D!
the Greensboro News says the slate
for the important offices in the est
ern North Carolina district is as fol
lows: w IT. Dortch, of Goldsboro
United States marshal; Josiah vii.
! liam Bailey OF Raleigh. c~allector 81
internal revenue; II. I'd. Winston 81
BERTHE county, district attorney; Har,
~ StubbS OF Martin county, assist,
ant district attorney.
The same report says that 10. Tay-
Toe or Beaufort county, who had been
considered for collector or marshal
Lay be given another place.
As predicted in these dispatches
some time ago, says the c~orrespon-
dent, the resignation or District At
torney HOlton will be asked for with.
in a short time. Tit is known that
McReynolds has talked with Senator
OYerman in regard to removing Hol-
ton and it is said a man vii be named
shortly. The hot water In which Nc
Reynolds found himself in connec
is said to have convinced the Attor-
ney General that he should surround
himself by men in sympathy with his
administration. w. G. Hammer,
Charles A. Webb and s. P. Graves are
active candidates for HoIton's job.
Manly Mcdowell Of Morganton, e.
e. Atkinson OF Asheville and G. M.
Thompson OF Mecklenburg, are in the
race for the western marshalship with
the chances favoring Mcdowell.
With reference to the appointment
CT district attorney i'm the west, the
News has q special from AsheviIle
which indicates that the friends of
Chas. A. Webb will make a strenuous
fight. 1t says:
IF Senator Lee s. Overman gives
his Endorsement to Solicitor w. c..
Hammer of Randolph county, over
Charles A. Webb of Buncombe. for
the office Of United States district at
torney for the western district of
North Carolina, it will be because of
the Senator'S personal friendship for
the former. Such is the claim being
made by friends of MI. Webb here
They say that Senator Overman has
made the statement that he does not
question the ability or party service
OF Mr.. Webb, but that personal friend
ship will be a factor considered by
him in making the Endorsement. 1t
is a well known fact that Solicitor
Hammer is a close personal friend of
his.
Personal friendship eliminated,
the friends of Mr.. Webb claim that
he has the Endorsement of SO out of
the 60 members of the State executive
committee an dthe Endorsement of
practically all of the members of the
bar of the district. They even claim
that in seven of the IL counties of Mr..
Hammers own congressional district
Mr.. Webb has the Endorsement of the
majority of the local bar associations.
In short, the supporters Of Mr..
Webb assert that if he is not indorse-
ed by Senator. OVerman that he will
be served with the greatest political
injustice ever given a Democrat in
North Carolina. They point to the
fact that for years it has been the
precedent to give to the chairman of
the State executive committee the
pick of the political plums hat are
available. yet Mr.. Webb is likely not
to receive any reward whatever. His
services, declare his friends here, are
to be weighed against personal friend
shin