The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-20

POST ISOPEN
Politicians Are in Air as
National Vacancy Still
Continues
BY ]. c. Baskerville
The Times News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

democratic committee, SduSeu ny
the resignation of former Cover
nor O. Max Gardner, continues to
be the center Of attention in po-
litical circles both here and over
the state generally. The three
most likely candidates at the
present time, according to opin-
ion in political circles here, are
j. o. Carr of Wilmington, Julian
Price Of Greensboro and Major l..
P. McLendon, lately of Durham
but now also of Greensboro. A
good many think that former
Governor-Senator Cameron Nor
rison of Charlotte could have had
the post if he had desired it and
had not removed himself as a can,
didate when his former opponent,
Senator Robert r. Reynolds, sug-
gested him for it. While there is
little doubt here but that c. L..
Shipping of Greensboro would like
very much to be elected national
committeeman, just as he wanted
to be chairman of the State Dem
ocratic Executive committee. tne
prevailing belief is that his ambi-
ton has been pretty well bottled
up by the possibility that either
Price or McLendon or both may
Become candidates.
There is definite feeling
among good many friends of
Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, how
ever, that he should be selected
to succeed former Gov. Gardner
as a member of the National DEM
ocratic committee. For while no
one who knows Gov. EhringhauS
and his inherent modesty and his
hesitancy to push himself for
ward, believes he will do anything
personally to advance himself for
the post. there are indications
that his friends may make an eff
fort in his behalf unless he frank
ly tells them not to and decides
to support a candidate of his own.
They point out that former Gov
ernor Morrison served as mem
Der of the National Democratic
committee while he was governor,
that former Gov. A. w. Mclean
also served as national committee
man and that former Gov. Gard
ner was elected a member of the
National Democratic committee
while still serving as governor.
Why, then. should not Governor
Ehringhaus be selected to succeed
Gardner on this committee, his
friends ask. They point out that
he is the titular and nominal head
of the Democratic party in the
state and as such should be. &
member of the Democratic q, Ma
tional committee. ~ ~, ...
There are indications, however,
that Governor Ehringhaus and his
advisors may decide it will be bet
ter politics and better policy to
support candidate that is friend
ly to him and which can also get
the support of one or more of the
other factions in the Democratic
party in the state, than to try 10
make an effort to get the post
himself. There is no denying that
there are three well-defiped fac
tions within. the party at the pres
ent time-the Ehringhaus, the
Reynolds and the Bailey-Shuping
factions. 1t is also agreed that
the squabbles that have arisen
between these factions have not
done the Democratic party in the
state any good and that the Re-
publicans have derived great. sat-
isfaction from them.
If Governor Ehringhaus or his
supporters should decide to make
a real campaign in an effort to
secure his election as national
committeeman. this might cause
the Reynolds-Bailey factions to
unite. 1t is a well known fact,
however. that the Reynolds and
Ehringhaus factions have about
forgotten their differences that
arose following the primaries and
are on the verge of kissing and
making up. Those who have been
observing developments closely
here have been impressed at the
rapidity with which the governor
an dthe junior senator and their
followers have been getting to-
gether lately. On the other hand.
with Governor Ehringhaus being
mentioned more and more often
as a possible opponent of Senator
Bailey for his seat in the senate,
there seems little possibility of
ever bringing about union be-
tween the Ehringhaus and the
Bailey-Shuping factions. Chances
for any union between the Rey-
ds-Bailey forces are just about
as remote.
But if the Ehringhaus and Rey-
nolds groups can agree upon a
candidate for national committee
man. there is little doubt but that
they can elect him. If this candi-
date also happens to some one
who has been friendly to Bailey
in the past, it will be just that
much better. since Bailey and his
followers will not he able to fight
him as hard as they otherwise
might. -
1t is generally agreed that Carr
will have the support of the Gard
ner group and that the Ehtinghaus
faction will be friendly to him if
he stays in the running as can
didate for national committeeman.
1t is also believed that because of
former friendliness with Bailey
that he will not get very strong
opposition from the Bailey-Shu-
ping faction. But there is not
much to indicate he will get much
if any support from the Reynolds
group, since he supported Morri-
son rather than Reynolds in the
last campaign.