The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-05-02
POLITICS AND
MOREPOLITICS.
Raleigh Correspondent Tells
You About II As 1t APP
pears at The Capital
by II. l.. POWELL.

RALEIGH. Apr. S0.-With
about thirty five davS to run.
the fight for the democratic
gubernatorial nomination be-
tween Angus Wilton Mclean
and Josiah William Bailey will
turn within the coming tort
night on the lattcr'S ability to
smash through the lines oi the
organization. II it can bc
done. the ground-swcll to
Bailey will be great enough
t" defeat the Old Guard and
It's candidate: ii it can't be
done. political speculation will
turn somewhat To the nlanouv-
cringS at the Republicans.
Elimination of any presidential
contest Ia th" state Icy the failure
"f Senator Uudrrwnnd tn file his
notice of 'andila"y will force prnc-
tically all interest nn the Mclean
aud Bailey scrap. There will lr.
especially ia local sections. consider
able Shclling nt the woods over the
other offices hut takiu: the Stat"
~ whole the ma inr engagement
will hold the gallery. There are
counties, however. In which the fer
tunes 0f Mclean, Bailey. SmaJnS.
Shipman, Reynolds nr anyone else
will not lrtract from th" battle
over the nomination uf Shcrin ar
clerk Of the court.
Roth headquarters here are juhi-
liant over the prospects. Campaign
WHuHg"rS always urr. for that mat
ter. Int there j. nn miStHkiu. rise
in Bailey stock IL reflected from
his office. II il also easily detect
rl IN tn" atmosphere about ia" old
Marlborough where the Mclean
management Is located. The dim
and roar of the convention hnS died
down and the optimism in the
Bailey camp COMES fresh from the
wunlS.
There arr some counties In which
ia" Mclean forces have upset IA"
Bailey strength and som" in which
Mr.. Bailey has played plup"rf"rt
hell with the Mclean organization.
I'itt il an example of one case
where Bailey has lost during the
past week aud Guilford Is an cN-
ample "f where hc has gained.
II appears from reports from the
'Wu counties that local troubles
hav" operated against Mr. Bailey
in Pitt hut th" ,lumag" th"r" u not
described ~ lasting. II Is believed
10y Mr.. Buil"y's managers that tn"
situation will clear itself within II
short time AMI Mr.. Bailey will hc
able To get the handsome majority
which his friends assured him some
weeks ago would bc given I'm Pitt.
Guilford IL n surprise because the
Morrison and Gardner forces in that
county appeared To 10 solid against
Bailey. e. l.. Shipping. the Bailey
manager who carried the county for
Rob Page IN 1870. has done hit
nf unSciiing within ten days and
If Guilford doesn't 20 for Railcy
IL will even surprise some of the
Mclean felix's.
The Mclean folks are face To
fnce with the same trouble Max
Gardner had in 1020--cXccpt more
nr II. For three years now the lead
inc politicians have been spread
thr Mclean Slope" Mr.. Bailey has
been, in this time. breaking rp new
ground aud ploughing deep into the
soil. Mr.. Mclean Is. just as Mr..
Gardner was. bcins bc-sct I" say
who hc will appoint to this ana
that place and how he stnndS on
this nnd that question. Nor" posi-
lively than Mr.. Morrison ever hid,
Mr. Bailey is announcing his posi-
iinm on anv public qucstion--wi'h-
ont nuilibling about it-and DO
claring that he will 90 through th'
campaign without spending over
SG5OO. and without promiSin: any
offices Ia any one.
Withdrawal last week Of w. 4.
F"imStrr. Of Hickory. rs u "andi-
date for nomination to br li"mt"n-
ant governor has strengthened tap'n
I;"h Il .,noldS in the West accord
In. To- mountain lawyers hr-r TINS
week too the supreme COur' but
mlr>> Mr. HcynOlds can hrelH INTO
IL, last win IL rush the cpaL =.