Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-07

than in any other way. So far this year things
have gone Eaves way, and bad campaign and
election disaster would swamp him.
| Now, Harris statement that republican
collapse Is not improbable must be put with
another statement, the latter by democrat of
high position. The latter said to The STAR
correspondent today: 81 have Just returned
from an official trip to several important east
ern counties. In Cravus, where seven weeks
ago the third party appeared to show a danger
Gus strength, assure You II has died out. In
Lenor it is Of no moment to us. In Carteret
it has entirely faded out and in Onslow it
| exists in only one township, being kept alive
| there by one man. i really look for a collapse
OF the third party. You may look out for that
any day now. There are some plain signs of
disintegrstion. A few of the leaders who
bitter and extreme may hold out, but such
thing as the withdrawal of the state ticket is by
no manner Of means improbable. IL will be
only one more surprise in the most surprising
campaign North Carolina has ever known"
republican was asked to give IN the fewest
possible words the reason why the republicans
had 80 nurtured the third party business. He
said: II will tell you. Our motto is anything
Gratis. II we can get any num-
Der Of the third party men to stand the hail of
democratic abuse and vote their ticket only this
one time we will be satisfied. Not that will
beat, or that the third party will beat this year.
We will simply have induced a few thousand
voters, more or less. to become dissatisfied with
the democratic party and be ostracised by it.
1t is not an immediate advantage to us, but
will have In the end. For do not think the
third party will last much longer. In fact this
viii perhaps be its last campaign. The repub-
licans, therefore, count getting in their ranks
those who this year vote TIE third party ticket"
AN ALLEGED REPUBLICAN RrsE.
The democrats say that orders were passed
by the republicans to push along the third
party movement early in the year and that
reasonable number of republicans should
ostensibly join it. This would give.the movement
an apparent strength and would cause many
voters formerly Of democratic proclivlties to
think the republican party had gone to pieces and
that 1.-THE party of success was bound to be the
third party. In other words. no action taken
by the republicans could make their party sit
uation worse, and so any aid thus given to tie
third party would really aid the republican
party. When A. II. A Williams. alliance
man, was nominated for Congress in May there
was a fight against him The third party orders
had then just gone out. That element had
really captured the alliance then, but did not
publicly let il be known. President Polk Of the
national alliance was telesraphed to. He
advised that Williams be renonlinated That was
done, but there discomfort. Later Polk
wrote that SO good an alliance man as Williams
must not be turned down. But Williams came
out as n democrat. Then W. r. Lindsey was
put up as the third party candidate. Settle is
out as the republican nominee, and stands the
best chance to win. Folks letter will be used
with force. There are today intimations that
LINDSEY, obstinate and extreme third party
man man, as ne Is, may Withdraw IN FAVOR OF
Williams.
coLoRED DEMOCRATS.
democrat from Johnston county Was talk
i,, oho,,. ,,o,,.;o. .hara I.;, ~ Cd ~
70 "''i' ' ''S anu pop
uioas county. Inc color line mas always peen
drawn as closely as anywhere. A white man
was a democrat, negro a republican. Color
was the sign OF party. There were no disturb
ances, no quarrels, 10 race riots, no intimida-
alton. no frauds at the voting places or in the
count. Negroes were never solicited to vote
the democratic ticket. But, says the inform
ant, In the pass two or three years some negroes
have begun, OF their own accord, to vote the
democratic ticket. In the present campaign
quite number are expected to do so. and
Johnston Is put down for 1000 democratic ma
Jorlty.
Negro democratic clubs are forming here and
there, some IN this county. One OF the latter
IL in Oberlln. pretty little suburb OF Raleigh.
Inhabited entirely nv who tpera