Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-10-28

throw its weight anywhere cNccp,
for himself.
ON OWN - Dissipation of the
once powerful administration ma
chine" leaves candidates on their
Cwn. They must develop enough
steam and show enough strength To
attract bandwapon riders before
they can boast any substantial nu-
clcuS Of support among the voters
There's ample time for some hlth-
crto unknown To barge iii and cap
turc popular support. Prcvallin!
idea among the more experience
observers is that the situation VIII
moi begin to take shape until near
the close of the next General AS
Sembly--around the first Of March:
LEADERS-AS of this date ara
based upon information obtained III
casual conversation with attcnuanl'
IL the several district rallies. l.. \:
Ballcntinc. lieutenant governor, ana
Charles NJ. Johnson. State trcaSur-
er. are the most talked about pros
pcctivc gubcrnatorial Candidates.
BrIcadicr General Kenneth Royal,
underSccretary Of war, Is occasion
ally mentioned and there arc three
eniemaS-William b. umstcad. Will
krnS u. Horton and Frank w. Han
cock. Jr. Tho reason for the CuIGna
designation is that each OF these
three is also regarded aS i potential
,.tu .'',s'" in" the Senate.
PROSPECTlf.- UmStcId. former
congressman from the $lN' hdlSlrIct.
currently State chairman of the De.
mocratic party, is member of a lead
ing Durham law firm. lie managed
! r iNn sttslN
Material nomination and is known
throughout the State is an excel
lent organizer and sound legislator.
Horton. former lieutenant GOvcrno"
and presently national committee
man, has a law office At PtttSburu.
He was runncr-up for the guncrna-
torial nomination in 1910 but dCcln;-
Cd 10 call Il second primary against
Broughton. Hancock. former con-
2rCSSman from the flith district.
ran Bob Reynolds fairly close
race for the Senate in 1898 and
later was a member OF In" national
Hole board. director OF Farm Sc
Curly Administration. and is now
living al his Oxford home practlc-
ing law, farming and working with
several fratcrnal organizations.
SF.NATE-SCnator BaiirE'S health
will determine whether ~ not he
will run again. There alC runners
that he may resign before the end
OF his term. In that event alnnS.
certainly the appoin,mnrt would he
rendered to CmStcad first and I
he declined. To Horton. Such de-
rounccmcnt would complicatc tic
situation. for II * generally con-
coded that J. NJ. BruuGhton will be
a senatorial canGidaIC-rC regardless.
II Bailey runs again The real race
Will be between Bailey and BrOugf-
ten. II Bailey VcSIgns the race Will
lie between Br0uCh,uN ana whoever
is appointed t. I'm oUt the Bailey
term. II Bailey docs not resign ANA
does not run again. the senatorial
race will be BrouCh,on against the
field.
DISLIKE-An interesting phase
of the upcom!na senatorial scrap IS
the attitude of many of Ralph Nc
DOnald'S SiaunCh supporters. Right
ly or wrongly. they charge BrouG.r"
ton with large responsibility 70.
MCDCnald'S defeat in the 1914 gu
bcrnatorial primary and they are
out FOR his scalp. They have no love
for Hancock. very little for Horton
and oven less for CmS;cad. but
they'll take either of the three in
preference to BrouChton Again the
trouble is lack of coherent organi-
2atIon 10 hold them together. For
these and other reasons, al! of which
may undergo great change during
the next six months, Brouchton Is
conceded the lead at this time II
the 1913 senatorial race.