The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-03-27
Politicians Naming Future
North Carolina Governors
One Woman Anxious to Get Mixed Up With
the Political Machine; Ehringhaus of
Elizabeth City Stanss High
Tie Independent Bureau
800 The Vance
By X. Il. POWELL

news during the week than the
announcement by Miss Julia
Alexander, of Mecklenburg
county-where, if you please,
they signed a declaration of In
dependence-that she would
be a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor
in 1923 but none of it is quite
so romantic and, therefore, so
easy to write.
If ever chariot were hitched !
to q fOrlOrn star, Miss Jnlia's tie
up with the gubernatOrial nomina-
tion next time is. 1t is the persona
ficatiOn of futility.
1t does not even justify itself as
the creation Of a politicians dream.
Only the blowing of one Of Senator |
Foirs beautiful bubbles" in the !
air and, pronto. it must perish be-
cause of an unkind and cruel static.
Not that Miss Julia won't per-
severe and follow her ball through.
Tenacity and faith in the funda-
mentalS are prominent amongst her
cardinal virtues. A descendant OF
one Of the "signers" and cham
peen of The Book from cover to
cover it is no wonder that she Is
swearing allegiance to another myth.
She really believes that she can be
nominated for governor and, once
nominated, only Omnipotence could
prevent her election.
Her greatest obstacle is ex-Chair-
man Tom Warren's practical poll;
tics but Miss Julia win never 'capi- |
tulate to such sordid thing. 1t
probably hasn't occurred to her that !
if ever a Democratic nomination
for anything was signed. sealed and
delivered, the Democratic blessing
in 1923. has been quit claimed to
Oliver Max Gardner, first citizen
of Cleveland County.
In 1922, not quite two years after
Mr.. Gardner had been defeated for
the nomination by Cameron Morri- |
son. whose subscription to mytholo-
gy runs to a ten million dollar sur
plus in the state treasury, he OBJ
tanned the nomination for 1928. His
conduct after defeat had crystaliZed
sentiment for the pledge which
was, at the time the State Demo
cratic convention met here in April
four years ago, made to him. Miss
Julia may be able to knock the
props from under that but she is
at least willing to try what Josiah
William Bailey and w. n. Everett
are not willing to tackle.
Miss Julia's announcement, broad
casted by the Associated Press, fol-
lows close on the endorsement which
the New Hanover Bar Association
has given Judge ]. Lloyd Horton,
recently resigned from the bench
to come to Raleigh and accept II
partnership in the law firm of
Jones, Jones and Horton. In re-
verse order then, the nominations
have been opened for 1886, 1882 and
1928.
Before the Cape Fear ariStOcrats
dined Judge Horton and pledged
him the political machines of form.
er Lieutenant Governor Cooper, j.
o. Carr and Bob Grady, the latter
the local political side kick of Mr..
Bailey, the wisdom of the General
Assembly selected Bunyan S. Wom-
BILE, of Winston-Salem, for the 1886
nomination. And therein the legis-
lature did itself proud. Mr.. Wom-
BILE measured up from the day he
came to town as one of the Forsyth
representative in the lower House
and through all the travail of the
late session he was, almost con-
spiciOusly, the right bower of Gov
ernor Mclean. If he aspires to
public office, he can certainly get
in the running some eleven years
from now.
Much Said of Ehringhaus
As for the race in 1882, most folks
want to look the field over before
they make any pledge. There is
one man IN North Carolina who can
give Judge Horton a seven years
lead in the race and then come in
with odds on first place.
Whenever this subject of sue
cessor to Max Gardner is mentioned
i'm political circles, the name of J.
C. B. Ehringhaus, Elizabeth City
attorney, bobs up. No one seems
to know whether he is interested in
the nomination or not. But they
Keep a-talking about him. One.
Editor, a few days ago, comment
ing on premature projection of the
Horton candidacy asserted that be-
fore his paper offered to underwrite
any mans candidacy it had to know
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