Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-06-22

observers attribute the bitterness
then I'D lack of it since 10 the
fac, that in the 1888 campaign natd-
val political lines Were ignored and
geography be anne involved, and the
further fact that a third man. thu
late Bill Fenner Of Nysh. held the
balance ot power through al least
two ballots He finally withdrew
and asked his supporters to vote
TO! Ward. 1t was argued against
Bryant then that his residence at
Durham pat him in the west and he
therefore vas not eligible. He gave
some thought to entering the race
next time bat was stopped by his
former claim to eastern residence.
II ne had tried a comeback, il j.
quite likely the 1889 episode would
have been repeated and deeper riffs
made in legislative harmony
GROUPED - Analysis of the l945
vote and the knoWn conmitmU IS to
minority candidates in 1871 and 1913
offers some interesting material for
study. II is found that the minority
strength is largely grouped in the
middle east and it has run true to
fOlm whether the speaker was to
come from the east or the west. he
mountain counties have usually VOt-
ed Solidly for the winner. the Pied
mont representative h a We b e e n
right by overwhelming majority
and the northeast has strung along
with them Executions are lust
enough 10 prove operation Of the
general rule
PRESENT - Scouts for this -ol-
umn have reported that this years
race has taken the usual course. The
Piedmont and the far west are
credited to Pearsall with very few
cNCeptius, while the middle east
crn nominees have been counted in
The Wallace camp, with few excep-
ticns. The Piedmont and west can
easily outNote the entire east and
their votes are usually more coherent
This analysis Of the situation leads
to the confusion that PearsalIs pres
ent lead cS'not be overcome by
Wallace or any other candidate who
might belately enter the race and
predictions are heard that the is
sue will never reach caucus vote.
STAKES - Legislative nominees
rlrllng around Capitol Square are
man. very keen interest in
issues likely to come before the next
session Of the General Assembly
especially with respect to the acoum-
ul2ted general fund surplus. Two
schools Of thought are developing
one to reFamp the revenue act to-
ward tax reduction, the other to re-
tam present tax schedules and ploV
the money back into more State
service to the people. A substantial
group IS also very much interested
IN driving down stakes to limit the
scope OF State activity, rather than
hr1Ech out into new fields that might
prove burdensome or impossible to
cCytlnhe in the event of reduced
VARIABLE - It is recognized that
state income is variable and many
legislators feel that State obligations
should be incurred on the same
basis. In other words this group ia
vors improving public school and
puollc health services within pres
emu HmltS, rather than take on new
projects. They want to pay schoo
teachers more, with the understand
ing that if hard times come and liv-
ing costs drop these salary scale.
ran be adjusted; and this can bt
done much easier than entire prof.
ects cfr be abandoned. 1t is alsc
argued that available road none,
ought to be spent imprOVinp ayiS.ip,
roads, especially local communit,
roads, rather than launching a broat
program OF uper-construction which
would put heavy maintenance bur
den on the State. 'Ccnt,Cuance ant
improvement of the public healtl
program is favored by this grou]
over the Idea OF expansion into nev
fields. with the possibility that il
a few years none Of the program
could be adequately maintained.
REVENUE - BY far the create
number of prospective legislators in