Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-26
THIRD PARTY TALK.
Alliance Men in North Carolina Or
pose the New Organization.
THEY WILL KEEP TO OLD LINES.
The Matter to Come Up in Ohio
Tomorrow.
VIEWS IN THE BUCKEYE STATE
NORTH CAROLINA NOT IN IT.
The Alliance Men Of That State DO Not TAX
to the New Third Party.

NORTH CAROLINA NOT IN IT.
The Alliance Men Of That State DO Not Take
to the New Third Party.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
RALEIGH, N. c.. May 26-As stated In these
dispatches last Thursday, the alliance men of
North Carolina are not vet ripe for the third
party movement No delegates attended the
convention at Cincinnati last week from this
state. and president Elias Carr of the North
Carolina alliance disapproves Of the action of
that body. President Polk of the national
alliance (who still holds his residence in this
city and makes frequent visits to Raleigh.
though spending the major portion of his time
in Washington, where his headquarters are es-
tablished, also opposed the holding of that
convention and sent message to Cincinnati to
that effect. Messrs. Carr and Polk are unani-
mously supported in their views by the alliance
men of the state, and the new peoples party
cannot be said to have the slightest foothold in
North Carolina. The state is not even repre-
sented on the national committee. This condi-
ton Of affairs may possibly be changed by the
action OF the proposed conference to be held at
washington next February, but it is not prob
able.
The truth OF the business is the alliance ele
ment OF the democratic party in this state con-
troied the conventions in q majority of the
counties last year and it now looks as though
the alliance men would be able to control the
state convention next year. If they see their
way clear to do this they are not likely to take
hold of any third party movement-tog give up
sure thing for very uncertain uncertainty. 1t
would be the height of foolishness for them to
DO SO, and there are some very able men and
astute politicians among the alliance men OF
North Carolina.
THEY DON'T NEED THIRD PARTY.
II they can control the county and district
democratic conventions in '92 as they did
last year-and there appears, just now, no rea-
son why they should not-and send majority
OF their members to the state convention year
hence what is the need of a third party to
them? They could name the state officers,
nominate and elect such men as they saw fit for
congressman and control the next legislature
as they did the last one.
We'll, some one may say, ''that is all very
well as far as state politics go, but how about
national matters? If the third party dominates
candidates for President and Vice President
will not the North Carolina alliance nominate
an electoral ticket?'
1t is not probable that they will. Indeed it
Is very probable that they will not and there
are two very important reasons why ;hey should
not. The same conventions which would NOM
mate their candidates las democratic nomi-
nees) for Congress and state officers could also
nominate alliance men for district electors and
eiectors-at-large These candidates would as
suredIy be elected, unless q considerable num-
bef of anti-alliance democrats kicked out of
the traces, which is not likely, for the reasons
given below.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
or course it would be supposed that these
electors would vote for the democratic candi-
dates, but there is no law to compel them to do
so. They would have a legal right to vote for
whomsoever they pleased for President and
Vice President.
1t would probably be dishonorable thing to
do, but suppose they should cast their votes for
the third party candidates. 1t would make
little difference to the democrats SO far as
their candidate for President was concerned.
Ii they die rot need the eleven votes in case of
either success or defeat. who would care how
they voted? If the democrats should need
them to elect, and they should vote for the
third party candidates, that would not defeat
the democratic candidate for the presidency
because the election would thus be thrown into
the House OF Representatives. which is over
whelmingly democratic. 1t would result in the
election OF republican Vice President by the
Senate, however. Alliance electors-especially
southern alliance men-would never vote for a
republican ''protectionist'' for President, and
SO southern democrats have little to fear from
the election of alliance men as electors on the
democratic ticket The most they could do
would be to throw the election into Congress.
and democrats would not seriously object to
that.
THE SOURCE OF DANGER.
But If third party electoral tickets were
placed in the field in the southern states the
effect might be to elect the republican candi-
dates. Take this state, for instance. If rs. 900
democratic alliance men should vote for third
party electors next year the republican cleo
toral ticket would certainly be elected in North
carolina The same is true of Virginia and
West Virginia, Florida and Louisiana. So YOU
see, this new party cuts both WAYS. If it hurts
the republicans In Kansas Ohio, Illinois, &C.,
1t Is liable to hurt the democrats in the south
should 1t grow to proportions a separate and
distinct party. For this reason it is not adyis-
able for the democrats to drive any consider
able number of alliance men out of the party
But the alliance men down here are nearly all
democrats and the great majority of them do
not intend to desert that party nor allow them
selves to be ''driven OUT of it.
GOING TO RUN THE MACHINE THEMSELVES.
On the contrary, it looks as though they had
made up their minds to run the democratic
machine themsclves-for the present and i'm
mediate future, at least
There is no other industrial or labor oreani-
zatlon In this state to cooperate with the alli-
ance. and SO far as the Knights of Labor is con-
cerned that organization has long since COM
pletely fizzled out in these regions
CANDIDATE CARR GETTING READY.
For some time it has been rumored that the
American Tobacco Company was negotiating
for the purchase of the Durham Bull Smoking
Tobacco works at Durham, and today the sale
is reported to have been effected; considera-
ton, $4,000, 900. This is the factory princi-
paily owned by Julian s. Carr, who aspires to
the democratic nomination for governor next
year and later on Gen. Ransom's senatorial
shoes. In retiring from the presidency of these
works he will have more time to look after his
political fences. Maj. Stedman appears to be
the favorite among democrats at present, how
ever.
The daily State Chronicle, state organ of the
democratic party and alliance advocate and
favorite. appears in its enlarged form of eight
pages; but the Neacs and Observer, ex-organ
and straightout, is probably the more ably
edited paper Of the two.