The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-04-20
MUCH FORECAST|NG
IN STATE POLITICS
FOR NEXT ELECTIONS
N T E r E TING 1924
1t is General Belief that Sem
ators Overman and Simmons
Will Have Opposition, Jo-
sephus Daniels Probably
Against Simmons and Nor
rison Against Overman.
INT ERE STIN 1924
(By Max Abernethyl

Raleigh, April 2O.-Factional
alignments now being formed for the
senatorial contests of 1924 and 1926
promise some interesting surprises
when the two Tar Heel senators take
the hustings in defense of their togas.
There can be no question but that
Senators Simmons and Overman will
have opposition. Developments so far
have settled this and when the SEN
lor senator comes up in 1924 for
denomination at the hands of Dem
ocracy he is going to face one if not
two with senatorial aspirations. JOS
eph Daniels, former secretary of the
navy under the Wilson administra-
tends to make the race" is the only
way it may be written now since Mr..
Daniels has not announced his can
didacy. Should developments later on
indicate tn atthe time were not
right" then the former navy head
could decline to try for the post.
Such things as finding the proper
urge and the like are to be consid-
cred always.
Governor Cameron Morrison, who
will be an ex-governor in 1926, When
the Overman seat must be reflled,
has been selected to race the junior
representative. There are others,
Clyde Hoey of Shelby, former con-
gresham from 9th district, and the
Cows. primary campaign manager,
Heriot Clarkson of Charlotte. Mr..
Hoey while a brother-in-law of o.
Max Gardner, has always been align
ed with the Simmons faction, having
| managed the senior senator's can
didacy in the ninth district when w.
W. Kitchin was offering.
If the Daniels candidacy material
ICES Senator Simmons will, SO his
supporters aver, have the bulge be-
cause of the following reasons. The
Simmons organization, which sent
the senior senator back is still intact,
| although it is not running anything
like it did in 1912. But the Simmons
following is still following. That
much can be depended upon, because
the Simmons men haven't yet learn
ed to forsake their chief. Having been
assured thatlhe will maintain his old
vote there is good reason to believe
| that hte new crop of voters will de-
velop at least fifty percent for the
Simmons candidacy. A certain per-
centage of the younger element can
be depended upon to insurge some
what.
Both contestants naturally lay
claim to the woman vote in the
State. Simmons mounted the suffrage
wagon toward the end of the fight
while Daniels was championing it
earlier but Simmons in an eleventh
hour statement succeeded in having
the plank written into the Demo
cratic platform at the 1920 State con-
vention. Mr.. Daniels doubtless thinks
he has some claim on this vote by
reason of his advocacy of suffrage
through his paper. The woman vote
of course, is not for sale and cannot
be bundled and delivered any more
than the best of the weaker" sex.
1t will doubtless break about as the
male vote with a very small percent
age of the MISUNDERSTANDING wom-
en- banoting so that all political OBJ
servers will be fooled.
If Governor Morrison leaves the
executive mansion in March, 1925,
| as popular as he is today there is
none who will say he cannot win
hands down over a dozen Overmans.
To maintain his popularity, how
ever, is some job and however good
governor he may make votes are
going to be lost during the next three
and one-half years. Some of the
things the governor must do in Or
der to be saved" from the political
devil are: To build hundreds OF
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