Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-17
NORTH CAROLINA.


Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
RALEIGH, NC, October Is, 1892
Chairman caves Of the republican state COM
mittee, while talking with The STAR CORE
spondent, alluded to the republican and third
party tickets, saying: 1.-The result in Georgia
does not surprise me. When the people who
wanted fusion with the third party were max
| ing such stir l made up my mind that the
| movement would be fatal one for our party.
| told some Of the third party leaders who
talked with me that I could never agree &c
fusion, and that 1 thought full republican
ticket ought to be put up, even II not over o
dozen people supported It. I carried my point.
Now for the reasons I saw that If there was a
fusion the democrats could easily say that the
republicans we're working the third party for
all It was worth. and thus cause third party
men heretofore democrats to leave the fusion
organization. l felt that really the distinct
organization OF the republicans would
strengthen the third party, because then no
cry could be raised Of republican management
| of the fusion party, and democrats in the third
purity ranks would be far more likely to stick
with their new friends. 1t will be found that
by reason of these things the democrats will
have more voters in the third party than the
republicans will have"
Chairman Eaves is backed up by the chief
republican organ, the North State, which saws
| "A very earnest ex-republican opponent of the
republican state ticket in North Carolina calls
| II fool policy to have nominated it. and saws
there il no such ticket in any other southern
state, except Tennessee. No such fool policy
| was adopted, 1t seems, in Arkansas, Florida
or Georgia, but in those states the republicans
made no nominations and ostensibly supported
! the peoples party candidates. In the Arkansas
election the opposition to democracy was alb
soluteiy crushed out. In Florida the demo-
| 30 s<x~sx
10000. Better adopt a fool policy and 60
down for principle than to abandon principle
and then get whipped"
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The people of this state will at the coming
election vote on an amendment Of the constitu-
ton. This is to provide for the election of
solicitors of the twelve Judicial districts by the
vote of the entire people instead Of by esch dis
trict The republicans allege that the plan is
to prevent the election Of republican solicitors.
OF these there are now two, one being George
the other Thomas Settle, in the fifth. But the
judges OF the districts are elected by the people
at large. and have been for many years.
The third party people continue TO do .
great deal Of what Senator Vance used to term
wild talking" For instance, DIR. Patrick
speech a day or two ago in Greene county, II
have written q letter to President Harrison
telling him we want federal supervisors ss the
polls"
The President. he said, had replied, advisins
him how to proceed to secure the desired
"bayonet behind the ballot"
One thing will strike an observer, and that Ia
that the third party papers which have put up
their candidates names grow more and more
extreme, while the papers which are ON the
edge tread carefully. The latter publish Rener-
alities and are '.trimmers," so that when the
do IA xufv, fbx.xy o.
I'VE were always opposed to extreme measures.
You can see We put up no candidates names +"
The truth ID that as to the rsbid third party
man nothing satisfies him save peppery poll
tics-everything must be seasoned high, the
| chief sauce being abuse Of Cleveland.
| One third party man in the course of q
speech at the town Of Lexington told his hear
ers that II he ever went to New York 10 would
afford him much pleasure to meet and soundiy
thrash that vile fellow, Walter Street." A
leading republican heard this speech and told
THE STAR correspondent The speaker actually
| thought Wall street was q man!
1t was said at one time by relatives Of e. A.
! Thorne, third party nominee for Congress In
the second district, that he intended withdraw
| ing. 1t appears that he has reconsidered this
plan, for news Is now received that be II max
Ing canvass, though not an enthusiastic one.
II. p. Cheatham, republican nominee for Con-
| Rress in that district, estimates the vote which
| Ihorne viii get at something like 5000
1t does not really appear that he viii get much
over half that many.
SAID TO BE SWORN oPPoxRNrs OF cLRvxIAxp
new statement il now current among the
democrats TO the effect that many Of the third
party men are oath bound not TO vote fos
Cleveland. Many things which have occurred
lend color to this statement. There has been q
good deal Of political work done By the third
party In secret, In violation Of the state Law. A
good many Of the suballiancss were political
organizations months before the thifd party
banner was openly displayed Some OF the
third party men have praetioaliy admitted that
doing what they might wish 10 do.
| 6ome Of the third party men can b. found
who admit that the democrats wfn carry ~
state ON the gubernatoriai ticket, but thsss say
thas they do not give up The legi.lstuse But