Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-05
Republicans Claims To
Gains Is Just A Myth
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they are paramounting.
Districts l. 2 and 3 have no G. o.
p. aspirants and from them Lindsay
Warren, Judge John Kerr and Ora
ham A. Barden will be chosen by
default. Democratic Carl Durham is
in the same enviable position in the
sixth.
Now for the districts in which there
are contests:
Fourth: Willis G. Briggs, 55, Ra-
leigh lawyer and former postmaster.
former assistant District Attorney
and former candidate, is running a.
gainst Representative Hal D. Cooley.
In 1884 Cooley defeated Hobort
Brantly by 29,431 to 1897, or more
than two to one.
Fifth: Here Democratic National
Committeeman Lon Folger of Surry
is opposed by John w. Kurfees, Jr.,
3D. travelling salesman of Winston
Salem noted as a brilliant orator.
holding numerous medals in orator
ical contests. His silver tongue won't
help him, however, unless he can get
somebody. to listen. In 1884 Frank
Hancock, unopposed, polled 28,221
votes. The best the Republicans could
do in the Presidential year 1886 was
1851 for e. F. Butler.
~ Seventh: Incumbent j. Bayard
Clark isn't lying awake nights His
opponent is Edgar C. Gaddy. 60. of
Erwin, former u. S. Marshal and now
big merchant and farmer. In 1884
Clark rolled up 17,774 votes to the T.
AZ cast for his G. o. P. rival, Louis
Goodman nf WILMINGTON
Eight. ':ie's where che Repuf
leans profess to believe John r.
Jonas, only Republican solicitor in
the state, has good chance to take
advantage of the birthstone battle be-
tween Democratic de facto, (if' not de
jure) nominee w. O. Burgin and c. D.
Deane In 1884 Walter Lambeth pol1ed
1874 votes to 1884 cast for Avalon
E. Hall on the G. O. F. ballot. A turn
over of about 5000 could hurt here,
but there's only an outside chance
of its eventuating.
Ninth: Monroe Adams, so, States
vile lawyer, is riding the Townsend
plan hobby horse in an effort to nose
out veteran r. L. Doughtofi, but the
Republican is likely to trail by more
lengths than War Admiral in the re-
cent match race with Seabiscuit. In
1884 Farmer Bob won with 44.78O
votes to 3,171 for J. M. Preyatte
Nothing indicates there will be any
5000 swing away from Doughton
Tenth: Here, if anywhere, there is
a moro than a purely mathematical
chance for the Republicans, and even
here the doubt hardly amounts to the
reasonable one necessary to acunit
presumably defendant.
Former District Attorney Frank A.
Patton is. carrying the Republican
banner gainst Major A. L. Bulwnikle,
veteran Democratic incumbent. He
comes from Morganton, is AZ, and in
1886 was the G. O. p. opponent of
Senator Josiah w. Bailey, by whom
he was defeated quite decisively. The
1884 race in the Tenth was won by
Bulwinlle, with margin of some
thing less than 5000 (the only dis
trict in the State in which the minor
ity party came closer than 10000
votes). Then the vote was 43,483 for
Bulwinkle against 32,171 for j. Nj.
Prevatte, running, on the Republican
ticket.
Eleventh Vance Gudgef, IS, law
yer of Asheville, United States Com
missioner and nephew of the late
Congressman. J. M. Gudger is oppos
ing another Democratic veteran, Zeb
Weaver, with slim chance to get any
where. In 1884 Weaver disposed of the
Republican nominee, H. B. Leavitt
56,199 to S8,177, a very comfortable
margin.
And there are the facts and figures
on the seven Congress contests. Your
correspondent has given the G. o. p.
all the best of it in the matter of COM
parison by taking the last "off' year
and not one of the last two Presiden-
tial years, 1882 or 1886. That seems
fair, however, because there's no
magic name of Roosevelt on the
ticket this time, and the '34 vote is
probably a much fairer standard.
There hasn't been Senate race in
an Hoffn year since 1880 when Bailey
swamped George M. Pritchard 324,-
391 to 210, 761 Senator Reynolds made
his first race in 1913 against Jake r.
Newell and coasted to a 4S4,048 to
221,534 victory.
There they are-the figures read
em and weep, Republicans.
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