Watauga Democrat

If it be true as stated in a Washington dispatch printed in the news columns of today's paper, that the Democrats are to be given about half the census supervisor's places, we may expect a howl to go up from the Republicans. There will be nine supervisors in North Carolina and these places pay very good salaries, while the position of enumerator, which only lasts a month, is not to be sneezed at by a fellow who is on the lookout for pie. If the Democrats are to have a divide of these places in N.C. we assume that they will be given four supervisors and the Republicans five. We do not desire to raise any false hopes, however, and we take this occasion to say that if any Democrat expects to ask for the place of supervisor he need not bank too much on getting it. There are too many demands on Senator Pritchard for pie which he cannot meet for him to allow these nice places to go outside the party if he can help it.-Landmark.