Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-03


second most important office.
During the last few days the SIM
porters of Horton have been pointing
TO what they considered the efforts
or Grady to ride two horses at the
same time in the second primary
both the Mcdonald and Hoey horses
evidently in the hope of getting
votes from supporters of both Ralph
w! Mcdonald and Clyde r. Hoey, the
two candidates for the nomination for
governor. 1t is generally conceded that
Grady both sought and got the sup
port of most of the Mcdonald man
ayers and supporters in the first pri-
mary and that the reason he was high
man June 6 was because he was re-
garded as the Mcdonald candidate for
lieutenant governor.
But since the first primary. in
which Hoey rather than Mcdonald
was high man, Grady has been pro-
testing loudly that he was not and
Is not "the Mcdonald candidate" and
has maintained that these charges
have been put out by the Horton sup
porters in order to arouse prejudice
against him among the Hoey follow
ers. Within the last few days, print
ed letter signed by 1.-THE Johnston
County Bar Association" has been
sent out, either by Grady or some of
his supporters, urging the voters of
the state to vote for Grady for lieute-
nant governor. The letter gives the
impression that Grady's candidacy
has the endorsement of Clyde r.
Hoey. by pointing out that Grady was
l1npfnI rrocidont ,1rO tom, of 4l,o HOG
Senate and stating that che was en-
dorsed for this position by the Hon.
Clyde r. Hoey"
This effort by the Grady forces to
make it appear that he has the en-
dorsement of Hoey, when it is gen
orally agreed that he had the support
of the Mcdonald organization in the
first primary, is now regarded by
many observers as nothing more than
an attempt on the part of Grady to
ride two horses at the same time.
though they are going in opposite di-
rectionS, or to change from one horse
to another in midstream If Grady
can succeed in this feat of fancy
Craftsmanship, it is agreed that he will
have won the fame of being the
States most able acrobatic eques-
TRAN Some fear that in trying to
shift from the Mcdonald horse to the
Hoey nag, he may fall off into the
turbulent political waters and have to
swim for shore.
The chances for Horton to win the
nomination have become considerably
brighter as a result of Grady's ex-
hibitiOn Of equestrianism, most obser-
vers here agree, due to the fact that
Horton has been running on a strictly
independent platform and as an in
dependent candidate in both cam
paigns, without any effort to link his
campaign with the campaigns of any
of the candidates for governor.
In the first campaign, it is now
generally agreed, George McNeill, Of
Fayetteville was the administration
candidate" and that those connected
with the State administration here
who were actively supporting MCNEIL
made tremendous effort to get the
Hoey organization to Ego down the
line" for MCNEIL, For it had been ex-
pected that the Mcdonald forces
would support Grady. It is no secret
that the present administration did
not want either Horton or Grady to
be the next lieutenant governor be-
cause it thought Grady too closely al
lied with the McDonaldites and re-
garded Horton as being too indepen-
dent. But the administration forces
failed to get the cooperation from the
| Hoey forces they had hoped for, with
the result that Mcneil run third and
Horton second, while Grady was in
| first place, riding the crest of the Mo
Donald vote wave in the eastern
counties.
Grady Confident.
The Grady forces are confident
that in the primary Saturday, he will
again be m first place, since they be-
| lieve he can hold to his support a.
mong the McDonaldites and pick up
| enough more votes among the Hoey
hackers to get in first place and win
| the nomination. The Horton support
ers, however, are confident that
Gradys efforts to ride both the Nc
Donald and Hoey horses will fail with
the result that Horton will be nomi-
mated over Grady by large majority