The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
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BY HENRY AVERILL
RALEIGH, March 11.-Chairmen
of state senate committees are nam.
ed by the lieutenant governor; a
fact which makes identity Of the
next No. 2 Tar Heel OF vital inter.
est to those who are candidates for
the less numerous branch Of the
general assembly.
No matter who wins the nomina-
ton, however, the important com.
mittees of 1874 are going to be
practically all headed up by new
chairmen. That's true because very,
very few of the 1889 committee
bosses will be members of the SEN
ate next year-what with rotation
agreements, candidates. for other
Offices and other causes.
Starting alphabetically with the
big committees, your reporters
statement of paragraph one gets
something Of a slap. because first
crack out Of the box we run into
agriculture" which a headed
by Edgecombe's popular veteran of
long senate service-W. G. Clark.
It's automatic that Cousin VII.
lie" can come back as long as he
wants to, and his ability to pick a
winner is so uncanny that it's dol
lars to doughnuts he'll be lined up
right for a committee post he cov-
cts.
Getting on down the line, how.
ever, it's different: Bill Rodman of
appropriations has gone to work in
Lieutenant Governor w. P. Hor
tons gubernatorial headquarters
and will not run for the senate this
time. Emmett Bellamy Of New Han.
over, who headed conservation and
development, is out through a rota.
ton agreement. This position will
be quite important in 1941 for there
are several fierce fights brewing
around c and D activities.
Congressional districts could de-
velop into a tremendously import
ant group If the federal census is
completed in time and the congress
reapportions house membership so
that North Carolina gets another
seat.
Willie Lee Lumpkin had this
place in 1899, when it was as i'm
portant as the committee on distri-
button of the governors message.
Lumpkin could come back to the
senate as Franklin again gets a
seat, but he is considering a race
for congress from the Fourth dis
trict. Even If he was again a state
senator he'll not get an important
committee If the next lieutenant
governor is an administration man,
as he seems certain to be in view Of
the fact that all three candidates
are more regular" than not.
Fred Folger of education is bar.
red by rotation with Stokes county.
Jack Morphew who headed the
important election laws group Of
1889 is eligible, but his district is
about the toughest in the state to
get reelected in and there's no tell
ing whether he'll be here or not.
Anson's Pat Taylor, finance head,
can't ru because his county Gets
no seal this time.
Tom Gold of judiciary I will
probably return, but Jack Joyner ~
judiciary 2 hasn't yet said what he
plans to do about running.
Gaston's J. n. Sparks, Of manu-
featuring, labor and commerce, is
eligible and will likely be back.
In the normal course of events
John Larkins of roads would not re.
turn, but there is reported to be a
movement to have him run again
and become president pro TEN. If he
did this he'd of course be out as a
committee chairman.
Will Graham headed senatorial
districts and is probably glad he
will not even be in the senate next
year when reapportionment comes
up. Here's the biggest headache in
the general assembly, in the humble
opinion Of your Raleigh reporter.
The "kick" or recoil Of a modern
sporting rifle is powerful enough to
break the shoulder of tho shooter