French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-18
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
Especial Correspondence.l

" In I1lI W.
weeks off after this week. and it is no
eAageratlon to say that the element
o. aouDt is cutting some ice. among the
usually self-contained political prog
l~nostlcators who always abound around
the State Capital.
VI course there are a number Of
SceItalnt1es" -as far as any future
event can be classed as a, certainty
For instance, everybody feels certain
tnat DE-. j. Y. Joyner, w. P. Wood. Sen
ator Max Gardner, M. L. Shipman. ].
X. Young and w. T. Lee will all be
nominated at the primary almost mr.
unanImously-as the first named
three have no opponents and the latter
three such insignificant opposition that
1t will hardly be recognizable. exceD,
in spots" here and there.
But when it comes to the candidates
for some of the other offices the pros
poets are not SO definite.
n promoters of their several can
didacies will tell you. if asked. that
they are 'still confident" of the nomi-
nation of their fGvorites. To he per-
fectly candid, there are many perfectly
rational people who would not he as
founded to see either of several of them
ncminated-for, say they. this State
primary game is the most uncertain
uncertainty l was ever up against -
But it is entirely possible that there
may yet be some surprising results
pulled of-especially for the cock-sure
element of know-alIs who have had If
all inquired out to their w liking long.
long ago.
NJ OSt Interesting Race. so Far.
One of the most interesting races
which the first State primary will pull
Off is that for the Democratic nominal
ton for Attorney General, with the
present Assistant Attorney General
I. II. Calvert at present well to the
front, say the reports from many coun-
ties which reach here. Recent deyel-
opments indicate that Mr.. Calvert is
running StrOng-strOnger than some OF
the friends OF other candidates had cal
culated on-and his candidacy is I'M
doubtedly causing both the Manning
and Jones partisans considerable
!~anXiety.
This is one Office to which no one
can object" to a lawyer flIing-as
none other than a lawyer. and a good
one can perform its duties. AS far as
,quailhcatlOnS and experience 90 there
is no better equipped lawyer for the
place in North Carolina than Mr.. Cal
vert. In addition to 20 years of prac-
tice at the bar, 4 years as Assistant
Attorney General, he is an another of
law works Of the highest excellence.
some of which are: Regulation of
Commerce Under the Federal Constitu-
ton; editor of Sixth Edition of Daniel
on the Law of Negotiable Instru-
ments"; A%nnotator of U. S. Constitu-
ton in Vols. s and 9 of Federal Stats
tics Annotated" author of numerous
Encyclopaedia articles and for six
Years with the one Of the best known
Jaw book publishing frmA He has been
endorsed by every Democratic lawyer
OF his native county Of Chatham, by 81
members of the Raleigh bar, and by
scores in many other counties.
Only Newspaper Man Running.
"A fellow feeling makes us wor-
'GroCs kind" And so felt something
like that today when I found the only
newspaper man in North Carolina run
inlng for a. State office mailing some
Leaflets to friends throughout the State
Brother Shipman," said the visitor
1 didn't know that You had enough op.
position to make that necessary" "It
IS not because I feel anxiety about the
II l"S Capitalization lOT GOIlIllS
IslOner OF Labor and Printing. But
viii be very grateful to my brethren o
the press and all my brother Democrat;
II the will give me as large a majority
as possible. So l am reminding then
to the effect and want to assure then
that I will greatly appreciate theil
kindness" Which is all right and yer,
proper.
Wild Cat Insurance and securities"
! Referring to the recent. decision O
7 the State Supreme Court in upholdins
; the new blue sky laws. which tn,
State Insurance Commissioner ha
. cen so commercially enforcing again5
the foreign vendors of worthless "secu
rites" n bonds in this State, i
should be noted that the zeal wit
which CommissioncrYoung keeps afte
that tribe of frauds and the so-calle
agents of wildcat insurance con
Germs, has well-nigh cleaned 'em on
IN this zone of former activity. Man
j. hundreds Of North C~arolinians fell vic
I tins annually to the mechinations @
those sharpers and dropped piles Q
good money for a lot of junk and rub
{ Dish not worth the paper upon whic
q was written their false and spuriou
promises. But that was before he wa
put On their trail, which he has keI
hot for them ever since. This may aC
count in part for the fact that abou
everybody l see is an appreciativ
booster. of Commissioner Young.
The friends of Mr.. J. S. Mann, VIII
was recently operated on for apper
q dicits in a Raleigh hospital, will b
q glad to know that he is rapidly regain
ing his strength and will be out agai
soon. However he will not be able
continue his activities personally in til
race for the State Treasurership an
his friends here, speaking for him, e.
pressed the hope that the friends (
- lMr Mann in tha unrinnr cnrntioS nj