The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-30
EIUDLICAN PLANS.
WHAT EAVES AND MOTT ARE
DOING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

n
A Large Vote Predicted and a Demo.
cratic Victory Conceded..Allian
Manoeuvres aud Measures.
Your correspondent has for some
days baen endeayoring to secure some
special information for the Dispatch
regarding Republican plans in North
Carolina which would explain the pres
.ence here of Eaves, the present Radical
chairman, and of Mott, the ex chairman.
1t is found that each man has his own
line of work Mott wishes to make
big stroke, so as to show to the party
that he should be chairman and not
Eaves. He is trying in all possible ways
to show Eaves' lack of ability to plan or
carry out campaign. Your correspon-
dent has talked with friends of b,th
men. One of Eaves' friends said:
How Eaves' Friends Put 1t.
"The vote in North Carolina this
year will, despite the belief of many to
the contrary, be larger than usual in an
off year. The Republicans have triel
very hard to get good registration of
their voters. 1t is the one thing for
which they have thus far publicly spent
any money. The Alliance vote in gen
eral is apt to be strong. The great bulk
of it is of course Democratic. The Demo-
Gratis, stirred and scared in some Sec
tions, have worked like beavers to get
their voters registered. On fairly full
vote, such as is herein predicted, Merri-
man (Democrat) will beat Price (Repub-
lican) for Chief Justice by something
like 10000. While some Republicans
say the State will 60 Democratic by de-
fault, some say the Republicans will be
heard from after the election. This
means that they will try in all sorts of
| ways to get up contests and to prosecute
people as they did in 1888 (when every
prosecution failed The activity of the
| Radical ex-Chairman Mott in State pol
itics is on his own motion. He wants
to control few members of the Lsgis-
| lature, either Republicans or Indepen-
dents. and will spend some of his own
ample means to elect these. Eaves, who
so hates Mott that he has not spoken to
him in five months. can carry the Re-
publican members Of the Legislature,
barring the three or four whom Mott
will. capture. The Republicans in the
Legislature, led by Eaves, will be ready
to vote for any man for senator who
may by any chance be named as against
Vance"
Brewer and EWart Defeated.
Another friend of the Republican
Brewer and Ewart are defeated for Con
| hot Io 1o1,, ~
any way. As your correspondent pre-
dicted in the early spring, the entire
year has been one of surprises, and more
unexpected things may happen at th'
election as far as both parties are con
cerned. There is decided improve
ment in Democratic registration AM
zeal in the past week or ten days. On
thing the Republicans wish to do, ant
that is to get any Democrat to be can
didate against Vance for the Senate
No matter how strong Democrat b.
may be they would support him. Th
Republican National Committee hate
Vance, who is, as he has always been,
, thorn in the side Of the Radicals, an,
, the leaders of the party here have OF
ders from Washington to bring ever
{ power to bear against him. Eaves Wi
= work hard against Vance because th
, latter opposed his confirmation. Fave
is man who carries personal grude
, es into politics, yet he admits Vance
+ ability, pureness of purpose, and higf
ness of character.
Q How Motifs Friend Regards 1t.
! A friend of Dr. Mott said to da,
q "The Democrats will carry the State
J. but by reduced majority, as there wi
be a comparatively light vote. Their
has been no systematic eff)rt made
j the back districts to bring out Republ
J. can registration, and many whites an
blacks will not register. Chairma
Eaves has done nothing. He can
nothing, and the claims of his frient
that he can control the great majority
the Republican members of the Legisl
q ture are idle. He is now out of office
q collector of the western revenue dis riC
q and that was the only thing which ga
g him standing. DR.. Motifs friends thir
the latter will be able to influence mai
members of the Legislature. AS to t
le Republican strength in the Legislatul
: it is figured that it will be about what
Is was in 1889, but the members will Q
- be unQer any ones cOntrOi. EaVeS u
r. tainly cannot handle them.
u. DR.. Motifs buSines IS is and has be
mainly looking after full registratie
He started out to get full registrati
US and to ascertain whether if people {
IT, allowed to register they will be allow
n to vote. In few words, be is having
ne full test of the new election law MAJ
'to' To do this it became necessary for b
ne to get out tickets in all counties, in
Us der to multiply the chances OF testl
the law with regard to any obstructl
of free ballot But ten days ago
mt Mott discovered that the registrat
ell was much fairer than he had ever ant
ins pated.
Id Making Capital For The Force Bill
No His whole purpose is to get evide
Ire to lay before conservative senators W
r.b Congress meets, so as.to show them
80 need of a national election law, as
~ his view that nothing can be done
politics here or anywhere else un
of there is such a law. Congress will
urged to pass national law applies
to congressional elections, and
pass the Lodge bill, eliminating
feature applying to the electoral
State vote and putting the electoral :