The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-29
FEATHER 70 TIE IL )UGHT. "
EX-Rep. EWart'S Interview n Washing
ton Oh North Carolina !oIi.icS.
THE US. CRUISER LEIGH"
The "RaleiSh" Named 4 ter North
Carolina's tiapitai-CJ Wash
ington City Natter, Etc.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-,.-Ex-Con-
gresham EE art is agtai here. He
says:
"North Carolina is transition
State. Their is live fight on
hand between the Alliancs people and
the out-and- out Demo- ats The
latter are att scking Col Dix with a
good deal of bitterness, t the ALI
ance people are standing for him.
When the next pamoc ii: State
convention is held, which -iii be just
before the Presidential ,npaign OF
next year, TIL Alliance vi demand
that they be allowed to Il, ne the en-
tire State ticket. As the will have
about two thirds of tbs delegates,
| the Democrats will have accede to
| their request, Or else for a split in
| the party on the eve of Presiden-
tial election. Ofcourse, is will not
be done, and SO every n On the
ticket, excepting the al prney-een-
eral, will lie farmer mould the
split come, the Repubii ms might
have a chance of carrying he State.
We had 1872, 1900, out OF !. 10000 at
the last election, and hav. therefore,
quite a nucleus to start thu
"What is the President: feeling in
the State?''
among the Democrats t is all for
Cleveland With the J publicans
there is a loyalty for Blai :, but if he
should not be a can1idat the dele
CATION will be for Harriss. ="
Mr.. Ewarts will probab : make his
permanent home in this c y and en-
gage in the practice of Jaw.
l hope the ''patriu tic armers in
whose Democracy Senat, :. Ransom
has so much confidence WI read be
tween the lines of Mr.. Eva proph-
ecy, and be warned in tin He talks
from purely Republican 5andpoint
and the "wish is fail to the
though" when he speaks + "spiits"
in the Democratic party oy which
alone Republican victor is posi-
ble
Within the next six .wael,s four ad-
ditional naval vessels will De launch
ed. The mos important f these is
the New York, or the ''Fir 5e' as she
is better known, which IT,. Cramps,
of Philadelphia, are bni' ing. The
others are the cruiser RAJ gh, which
the Government is buil1i = at the
Norfolk navy yard, and nboats 8
and 10, as yet unnamed, RI the con-
struction Of which the Columbian
Iron Works, of Baltimort have con-
tracted. The Raleigh, wi h will be
the last of the quartet lao .ched. is a
3,O00-ton cruiser. She ". be very
speedy-she is to steam IS knots per
hour-and she will carr G .e six inch
and ten four-ilch guns il her main
battery. She will cost s 100000,
and will be We tched with lterest in
view of the fact that she * the first
modern vessel built at 5h Govern
ment yards. II is doubtfu, however,
if any more vessels OF her pc will be
contracted for by the pref 1t admin
istration. Secretary Ira. regards
them as belonging to a n ndescript
class, which have neither he econo-
mic qualities Of the sraa IT vessels
nor the robust aggressivs ess Of the
battle-ship and armored-cI User class.
1t viii be at least year efore she
goes into commission. J hope the
fair capital OF our State viii show
proper appreciation Of } compli-
ment paid her by nam!n: this fast
cruiser in her honor Itv uid be an
appropriate thing fer tn ladies of
Raleigh to furnish the riser her
flag, and Miss Essie Ram N, Sena-
tor Ransom's beautiful daughter
ought to launch her, b, breaking
over her bow u bottle of e 5ive soup
pernong wine!