Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-09-18

men in North Carolina on the
fingers of one hand," said Hon. A
w. Tourgee last night to a caller
"There is Judge Albertson, United
States District Attorney, ex-Unlted
States Senator ABBOTT and Will
lam Z. Cannaday, of Wilmington,
and j. j. Martin, Congressman
from the first district, who beat
Yeates last year. These are all OF
much account that I can think of.
Some others pretend to be, but
don't care rush for him. More
over, Collectors Young, Wheeler
and Mott, like all the rest of the
real Republicans in North Carroll
ma, are heart and soul for Grant,
but they keep their mouths shut to
save their Offices"
"How about the removal of In
ternal Revenue Collector Powers,
Judge 2" "Well, Powers is Grant
man, but not specially so more than
others. The secret of his removal,
or rather suspension, was that Con-
gresham Martin wanted the place
for White, a Quaker,4ative Repub
lican, who lives in Mar.in's district
and who did a grea1 deal towards
electing him. But finder the Tenure
of civil office act Powers is merely
suspended, and yeasons must be as
eignedfor turYng him out when
Congress meets, or he will stay in.
Powers has a good record as a
collector, aud he will make strong
fight for his place before the Sen
ate next winter"
'sThen( there is no Sherman
boom iniNorth Carolina % +
"None at all. AS | said, the
Republicans are about unanipous
for Grant, negroes and ALL"
"Can Grant carry North Caro-
lima 70
ca" nGo Do that adeff fhe 81 Rs"ESiean "5t
solid for the Democrats as Missis-
sippi."
NO SHOW FOR TUE REPyBL1cANs.
'But Colonel Keogh said the
other day, in published interview,
that the Republicans could carry
both North Carolina and Florida" :"
"Keogh don't think any such
thing any more than [ do. He is
chairman of the Republican State
executive committe, as you know,
and he was talking Officially like
Sir Joseph in sPinafore.' [ would
probably talk the same way if l was
in Keogh's place, especially to you
! newspaper men. Keogh knows the
thing is hopeless as we'll as | do.-
He was here Saturday with me. l
think he will leave and go West,
too, before lopg-you know he is a
Wisconsin man. The carpet-bag-
gers will all leave soon. Colonel
Shaffer intends to go, He made
$4,000 the other day in buying
and selling plantation in Warren
county, ana he owns some forty
houses and lots in Raleigh, but he
viii pull up stakes and leave"
"Why doesn't he stay where he
is doing SO we'll ?"
"N ell, the people are too slow
for him. He wants to get where
there is more life and movement.
Money isn't the only thing a man
wants in this world"
"ls there not some chapce of
Republican success in the South
through a split of the Democrats
into factions ?"
None whatever. About three
hundred different Democrats in
North Carolina have been named
for Governor, but whoever gets
the nomination will roll every
vote"
rs there anything of disin-
tegrating tendency in the inde-
pendent movement
THE SOUTH "soLID, SOLID, SOLID"
'Not at all. It is only a quar-
rel of individuals over local offices.
The South is solid, solid, solid, and
is going to stay so, and it is going
to, control this government. The
people there don't want any othe,
party than the Democratic. There
IS no present prospect of there
ever being two parties there. They
may fight among themselves and
kill each other to some extent, but
they are all Democrats neverthe-
less"
"Has not the National Green.
back-Labor party some show il
North Carolina?"
''You might omit the National
and Labor part of it, neither o
which are much fancied by the av,
erage Southerner. AS to the Green
hackers, the Democrats have takel
, all the wind ont of their Sailc onr