Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-03
OTHERS VIEWS
SPEAKER AND GOVERNOR.

To the Editor:
who is going to be the next speak
er of the North Carolina General As
sembly?" and "who will succeed Gov
ernor Hoey two years hence?" are the
two questions agitating the minds of
Democratic officialdom on Capitol
Hill and throughout North Carolina
these days above all others. No one
seems to have the answer to this pc-
litical puzzle.
AS to the speakership, when you
talk to a Bryant partisan he will
quickly convince you that his man
has the nomination in the bag with
a double hitch on the draw string.
Wards friends will swear that Libby
will win because of the geographical
situation, he being a real eastern mar
and also a very, able statesman. Bill
Fenner's friends will tell you that Bill
will be the final choice after his two
opponents fail to get majority o.
the legislators. The members of the
General Assembly are being cOurted
as assiduously by the three candidates
as any maiden was ever courted by
her love-sick swain. The answer to
this puzzle will probably remain un-
answered until after the General As
sembly meets and organizes in jan
uary.
The governorship, for the first time
in a quarter of century, is on the
lap of the gods. Almost every DEM
ocrat of any prominence has been
mentioned for the honor. There has
even been talk of doing away with
the old rule of rotating the governor
ship every four years from the east
to the west. Some very influential
Democratic politicians think this rule
has become obsolete and the demo-
cratic party should select the can
didate for governor from the section
of the State that can supply the
ablest man, regardless of geographical
considerations. This rule of rotation
of the governOrship will hardly be
abrogated any time soon, however, as
both sections of the State are very
Jealous of their rights.
There are six active candidates now
in the field for governor. Revenue
Commissioner A. j. Maxwell has had
a whole swarm of bees buzzing a
round in his hat for several months.
He evidently likes the noise they
make as he has been speechifying in
various sections of the State for sew.
eral months and he has made a pro
found impression on his hearers.
There is a lot of Maxwell for COVER
nor talk throughout the common
wealth.
Raleigh has two candidates for gov
ernor. J. M. Broughton is supposed
to have the almost solid vote of the
Baptist denomination, his friends
claim he will have the full admins
tration support at the proper time, if
this proves to be true, he will be a
formidable candidate.
Ex-Speaker Willis Smith is the 9TH
er Raleigh candidate and he is a real
go-getter, as he very convincingly de-
monstrated, by going out single-hand-
ed and winning his fight for the
speakership fight years ago against
two very strong opponents on the first
ballot He came from the extreme
east and married in the extreme west
and he has powerful political and per
sonal friends in every section of the
State. Willis Smith is the man for
the other candidates to watch as he is
a tireless and resourceful campaigne-
a fluent speaker, and has one of the
most pleasing personalities of any of
the candidates.
State Treasurer Charles M. John
son has a strong following in every
section of North Carolina among
Democrats who do things. A great
many Democratic politicians believe
that he will be the final administra-
ton choice and this opinion is doing
him no harm at the present Time