Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
See Doughton
Paving Way To
Governorship
Banquet Applause Here
Brings Smiles To
Congressman
ON PLANS

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(By LeGette Blythe, Charlotte Oh.
server, November 23.)
The .rousing reception giver
Farmer Bob" Dorghton at the
Farley dinner here Wednesday night
had Mecklenburg politicians con
jecturing over time yesterday about
the often recurring question Of
whether Mr.. Doughton will or viii
not choose to run for governor il
1886.
The politicians were disappointed
that Clyde -Hoey, Shelby's famou,
son whose eyes are thought to wan
der occasionally in the direction Of
the governors mansion in Raleigh
was not also at the banquet, fol
then they could have weighed Mr.
Doughton's applause against Mr.
Hoey's applause.
But Mr.. Hoey was not there. al
though he did find time to get over
to Charlotte during the afternoon
to shake hands with and smile upon
the faithful in the lobby Of the
Charlotte hotel and along the
streets, and so the Charlotte lovers
of things political had no oppor-
tunity of weighing the bald-headed
seer of Laurel Springs against the
long-haired orator of Cleveland.
Mr.. Doughton, too, gave them
little satisfaction. He merely
smiled, observed that he had just
got through one campaign success
and didn't feel like getting
himself into another. He couldn't
be prevailed upon to say anything
that would commit him either to
make the race or to keep out of it.
But he smiled every time it was
mentioned, smiled his most genial
ST. and he seemed not at all re-
|tant for his friends to bring up
The question. In fact, it did seem
a bit like the congressman enjoyed
its being brought up. And when
Senator Cameron Morrison intro
.duced him to the diners and asked
him to say a few words, and the
guests gave him a resounding hand
clapping, the most vociferous one
given during the evening, Farmer
Bob" smiled all over his face and
declared he was having a great
time in Charlotte, was enjoying
'every second, every minute, every
hour and every bite"
MI. Hoey, too, SHE'D away from
the question. Mr.. Hoey, in fact
is the worlds champion shier-away-
er. He can smile so angelically and
ask so interestedly after the health
of your Uncle Cyrus and your
Aunt Arabella that in a couple of
seconds you have forgot all about
having asked him anything. And
if you have remarkable powers of
memory and the question hobs back
your mind, you feel ashamed
that you had ever dared ask him
such a purely personal question.
You feel as if you had put your
elbow in your soup. And by the
time you recover your equilibrium,
if you ever do, Mr.. Hoey has finish
ed inviting you and all your folks
over to Shelby and is shaking hands
with Mr.. Jones from No. 10 town
ship.
But Farmer Bob" is likely to
run for governor, you a put that
down. He certainly has the bee
buzzing in his bonnet and with all
that bald head the bee is likely to
sting him some of these days. There
is no need of hurrying with his an
.ouncement anyway. Some friends
Of the veteran congressman, chair
man of the house ways and means
committee and perhaps the most
figure in that body with
the exception of the speaker feel
that he would prefer to serve out
his days in Washington. But others
feel that he would like to top off
a remarkable political career with
the governorship. And since he is
getting along in years, though he
is still apparently possessed of ex-
celIent health and is a strapping fig
ure despite his more than 70 years,
he will probably choose to make
the run two years hence.
And if he and Mr.. Hoey lock po-
horns, what a battle it will
be, and regardless of the outcome
the Democrats will have nominated
a man Of strong personality, great
ability, and much political sagacity.
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