The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-17
STATE G. 0. P.
TOFICHT AGAIN
Republicans Getting Ready For
A Real Campaign In
1928
The Inllrprnrlrut Bureau
3O6 The Vance
By x. T.. POWELL

RALEIGH, Apr. l0.-ln-
stead Of there being no Rcpub- F.!
lican candidate for governor in
1923. as some of the papers
for themselves and i'll quotation
of Others - arc predicting,
there is every indication that
1923 will see the first. real
honest to goodness fight the
Republicans have staged i'll
North Carolina since 1912. It'll
will be for the Republican
nomination for Governor.
Of course it doesn't mean, so
far az accomplishment is concerned.
a great deal more than Republican
activity has meant for the past dc-
cadc. But auy prOphcsy that the
Republicans will not pnt out Il
ticket in 1923 is just about rs idle
and Informed as arc the Washing
ton proGmoSticationS about William
Gibbs Mc.AdoO staging u come back.
1t was eight years ago when the
Republicans first began to plan for
the campaign Of 1928. 1T is ridi-
culouS now. as il waS ridiculous last
year. TO speak of their efforts in
the last campaign as bona fidc.
There wasn't but one Republican
candidate in the field. for state Of
flee. and he il now on the United
States court bench. 1t doesn't mat
ter whether he WAS running for the
Job he holds or nOt--hc'S got il.
Irwin Il. Tucker, of Whitcyillc, is
the most promising man in the party
in 1928 and he will get the nomlna-
ton if he wants il. If he does not
want il. it is entirely probable that
Gillian GrissOm. now collector OF
Internal revenue, will he the G..
%. l.. candidate and, if he. should
le. there's will hc Il capIpaist-wer,h
watching even II Mr.. GriSsoin
knows. ut the tim" hr enters The
race. that he hasn't IA chance of
winning.
As for the independent movement
suggested in some of the papers. il
will get no further than the La
Toilette movement got. The treat
mcnt the irrc.ularS have received
in Washington during the past few
months has chilled any sort Of third
party activity. Labor isn't going 10
back third party candidate. The
American Legion isn't going to do
il. And the prOhibitionistS arc very
we'll satisfied with the two old part
les, thank you.
OF all times since they were driv-
on from power in North Carolina
the populiStS--an ancient name for
indcpcndcntS would stand less
chance against the democrats in
1928. Any sort of move the Demo
Gratis make Nationally is bound 10
be- helpful one bcccauSc it is well
nigh impossible for things to get
in worse shape than they have been
SincCc the Indian war dance In New
, York last summer. When Col. VIII
liam jennings Bryan fails to attend
jefferson day dinner in Wash
iuStOn it is Il hopeful Sign.-aS much
so HS when real democrats decline
to join an alleged progressive move
mcnt instituted 10y Edward Films
Britton for the promotion of Will
liam Gibbs McAdoO'S 1928 cam
paigu. So much for that.
1t is pucrlic CtO predict that j.
W. Bailey will champion an indie
pcudcnt movement in North Caro-
| lima in 1925. Mr.. Bailey will do
nothing of the kind and the writer
| is about as we'll posted on Mr..
Bailey'S political movements as
some of the prophecies now attempt
, in- to read him out of the Demo-
cratic party. lie will he II Demo-
crat and-nU doubt. he will be
| hammcrinS after some reforms III
. the meantime. Certainly. If he Is
10 measure potcntialiticS hy the re-
! suits he has accomplished since tbr
reign of Mclean, he will continue
to asitate.
Here and there in North Caro-
/ lima are young Republicans cap
able of bringing together an or=anl-
zation which will not bc subject
/ to the attacks which. in the past.
have destroyed any appeal the
/ Reuublicuns have made. Another
thrcc-four years and former Scna-
tor Marion Butler will be out OF
/ the game except in Washington.
| He is virtually IL nonresident now.
! Had Tucker. instead Of McckinS,
been the successful applicant for The
! Eastern district judgcShip there
isn't particle of doubt but what
| Mr.. Tucker would have been the
Republican nominee in 1928. there
isn't any doubt but that he would
have made Il good man. For some
time yet Republicans will be able to
make excellent races without get
| ting into State office.