Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-17
Bailey Will Possibly
Be Unbeatable
Continued from Page one,


eat in the Senate is not because +bere
're nonew no would like to have it
the woods are full of candidates
Who would like to run and who would
un If they believed they could be
lominated-but because present in
lications are that Bailey laid his lines
7ell during the past five years that
is going to be very difficult to de-
eat, according to most observers
ere. A year ago or eighteen months
go Bailey did not rate so well with
many North Carolina Democrats and
PROBABLY could have been defeated by
my one of a number of candidates.
nost people here agree. But at the
resent time, the prevailing opinion
most political circles here is that
ienator Bailey is much more popular
han he has been in sevearl years due
the fact that his position on a good
many things in Congress and in
Washington year andt wo years ago
las since been justified.
The principal reason why many be-
ieve that Bailey is going to be very
'ifficult to defeat in the primary next
Tune, however. is that he is conceded
have built up a very strong DO
itical organization that extends over
he entire state by means of his skill
VI handling of patronage in the state.
t is also conceded that Senator
}ailey has undoubtedly been able to
ct good many more jobs and pat
onage for his friends and supporters
han has Senator Robert r. Reynolds.
those who know the facts. know that
here is scarcely a county or town in
he State where some person. usually
With a goodly amount OF political in
luence, has not obtained some sort
If a Federal job either directly at
he hands or through the influence of
enator Bailey. It is foregone con-
lusion. of course, that all of these
will get out and tear their shirts in
he forthcoming primary to secure
he denomination of Senator Bailey.
n addition to the following he has
uilt up through the distribution of
atronage, Senator Bailey still has the
amy political advice and assistance
If G. Leroy Shipping of Greensboro,
Who managed his successful cam
paign against former Senator Sim
mons in 1880 and who is now one of
he two National Committeeman from
Torth Carolina. AS National Commit
teeman. Shipping also gets a say-so in
he distribution of patronage. It is
agreed that he sees to it that the pat
~onage goes where it will do the most
good.
Former Lieutenant Governor r. T.
Fountain, of Rocky Mount, Is already
carrying on a hand-shaking and fill
ing-station campaign for the Senate
and has announced that he expects
20 become a candidate against Bailey
although he has not yet formally
filed as a candidate. Indications also
are that John G. Dawson, of Kin
ston. is seriously thinking of becom-
ing a candidate, though he has not
vet issued any announcement. Others
believe that Governor j. G. B. Ehring
haus is still toying with the idea of
becoming a candidate against Bailey,
and that he may try to go to the
United States Senate from the COVER
norShip.
Few observers here, however, be-
lieve that Fountain has anything like
a chance to defeat Bailey and that,
if anything he is running more to
keep Governor Ehringhaus from run
ming than anything else. For there is
no doubt that Fountain is still very
bitter against Ehringhaus as a result
Of his very narrow defeat by Ehring-
haus in the 1892 campaign. The gen
eral opinion in most circles here is