Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-10
POLITICS IN THE SOUTH.
Republican Claims of Their Ability to Car
several States.

RELYING ON THE FARMERS ALLIANCE, THE THIRD
PARTY TICKET AND GENERAL APATHY TO HELP
THEM oUT-pEMocRArIcL LEADERS SAT THE FARM
Frs WILL SUPPORT CLEVELAND If NOMINATED
Special Correspondence o. The Evening Star.
RALEIGH, n. O., Feb 8.-The republican
state executive committee which met in this
city last Wednesday called a state convention
to meet in Raleigh on April IA to elect dele
gates to the national convention at Minneap-
oils. The convention to nominate state officers
will not be held until later.
The democratic state committee will hold its
meeting in this city exactly four weeks later,
the I'd Of March, when the call for the demo-
cratic state convention will be issued
The republicans think they see an excep-
tional opportunity of winning the next fight in
North Carolina and they are especially san
guine Of eleciing their electoral ticket. Sew
eral Of the republican committeeman are still in
the city, and one Of them said to The STAR
correspondent today:
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS.
''Yes, we have great hopes of carrying the
state next fall and We intend to nominate an
especially strong ticket and make the hottest
fight We have made since 1876 when the demo-
Gratis regained control of the executive branch
of the state government by the election Of the
ticket headed by Zeb Vance.
What do we base our opinion on? Well,
principally on the fact that there is great
dissatisfaction among the farmers with
the democratic party. The democratic ma
tionai convention will not nominate
candidate who will be acceptable tie
members o. the farmers alliance. Neither
Cleveland nor Hill, nor any other anti-free sill
yer man will SUIT them-indeed, their national
president POLK OF this state has said he would
take the stump against either OF the two gen.
tlemcn named II nominated. But will admit
that many of them will be whipped or coaxed
back into the ranks before election day, per-
haps majority OF them. but you must remem-
Der that the alliance claims Il voting strength Ut
over lOO,OUO in North Carolina. Well. if Is or
~ per cent OF them either stay away from the
polls OF support the third party ticket will
assuredly cast the eleven elect votes OF North
Carolina for Mr.. Harrison or Mr.. Blaine, or
whoever the republicans nominate for Presl-
dent.
I'm electing our state ticket we will princi-
pally rely on general apathy. When the
democratic state convention meets there is
going to be a monkey and parrot time between
the alliance and non-alliance delegates. The
alliance men. understand instead Of holding
q separate convention of their own, as was at
one time contemplated, have concluded to
make their fight, as far state politics are
concerned, inside the democratic organization.
In other words they will endeavor to capture
the democratic convention by electing q
majority OF the delegates thereto, and they are
likely - succeed in doing SO, for you will
remember that they carried five Of the nine
congressional district conventions in 1880 and
dictated the nomination of five OF the eight
present democratic cOngressmen from this state.
well. II the Farmers Alliance run that
convention to suit themselves they will lncor-
porate the subtreasury plank into the plat
form and nominate a ticket that will be so dis
tasteful to the non-alliance democrats tnat
many of them will not support it. On the
other hand. if the non-alliance delegates are in
the ma ority they will refuse to adopt the SUBJ
treasury plank and nominate an anti-allIance
ticket, headed. probably by the present gov
ernor, Holt. in which event thousands of al
lance men would refuse to support it. So,
you see, whichever way the cat jumps We are
bound to profit by it."
This state OF affairs, the republicans claim,
exists not only in North Carolina. but in South
Carolina. Georgia, Mississippi and other south
ern states as well, and they say that the demo-
Gratis will make big mistake ii they enter the
coming campaign with the belief that they will
have the solid electoral vote of the south at
their back.
THE DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
The above remarks. when reported to sew
eral prominent democrats, provoked only in
credulous remarks. state official said:
''The republicans have been saying that they
were going to capture North Carolina upon
one pretext or another for the last sixteen
years. but the democrats are still doing bust
ness at the old stand. / admit there are some
differences existing at present among the dem
ocrats of the south, but those differences will
all be satisfactorily settled in due time, and in
stead of there being a monkey and parrot
show, MS Chairman caves would have you be-
lieve, our next state convention will be q love
feast.
"As to the electoral ticket think we will
succeed in electing that as easily as we will our
candidates for state officers. hope there will
be no third party electoral ticket in North Car
DINA. but if there is it must take at least
10000 and probably Is, 600 votes from the dem
ocratic column In order to elect the republican
electors, and am confident such a ticket could
not poll one-half that number of votes. Some
of the alliance democrats oppose the nomina-
ton OF ex-President Cleveland because of his
silver views, and prefer some other man as the
candidate of the party. But if Mr.. Cleveland
is nominated he will carry North Carolina, be-
cause the alliance men will vote for him when
the question narrows down to Cleveland or
Blaine or Harrison"
PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES.
Thomas NJ. Holt. the present governor, is a
candidate for the nomination next time. There
is law in this state which prohibits a gov
ernor from serving two consecutive terms, but
this does not apply to Gov. Holt he having
succeeded to the Office last spring by the death
of Gov. Fowle.
State Auditor Geo. W. sanderlin is also
anxious for the place, and these are the only
avowed aspirants SO far.
But there is q strong undercurrent favoring
the nomination of Julian S. Carr. Mr.. Carr is
an able business man, and there is no one in
the state who enjoys greater degree Of popu-
larity among all classes. He is millionaire
and Il philanthropist. He has given away for
educational. religious and charitable purposes
probably 800, 600 during the last ten or fifteen
years, and has thus greatly endeared himself to
the masses. His friends claim that his nomi-
nation would be happy compromise, as he is
bound to,be acceptable to both wings Of the
party. If nominated nothing could prevent
his election by big majority. He is not seek
ing the Office. however; has made and IL making
no efforts to secure it, and is really not can
didate. But he will accept the nomination if
rendered him and be proud of the honor thus
conferred upon him.
There seems to be no capitalization of senti-
ment as yet among republicans as to their can
dIdate, though ex-Congressman Nichols has
been mentioned IN that connection.
THE ALLIANCE ORGAN ADVISES INDEPENDENT
ACTION.
The ProJressice Farmer of this city, the
organ Of the state alliance ard which is owned
and partly edited by i. L. Polk, the national
president of that organization, is out in a
strong editorial advising the members of the
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