Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-25
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS.

NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS.
The Strength Of the Third P.ry-Lack of
Harmony Among Republicans.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
RALEIGH, \. c., August "a. 1892
Estimates Of the third party vote in this
state were asked for and the replies given by
conservative men put the figures very close to
$4,000 Efforts made to ascertain the strength
OF the Farmers Alliance. the backbone Of the
third party, have all failed At the meeting in
August, 1891. it was reported that there were
76.0OO members of the white alliance. There is
rumor that at the meeting this month the
membership was stated to be only $4,000. These
figures cannot be verified, but that there is an
enormous falling off is certsin.
The third party has been strenuous in its
theoretical fight against railways aud lawyers.
vet its opponents accuse il OF doing two very
inconsistent things. Its first nominee for gov
ernor was a lawyer and its nominee for associate
justice was not only lawyer. but a railway
lawyer. The latter Is WSlliam A. Guthrie He
has declined the nomination his declnation be-
ing in the shape of a lengthy address TO the
third party. in which he fatters it and gives en-
couragement.
TO YOUR correspondent Mr.. Guthrie said that
nobody could tell the third psrtys strength rs
1t Is a secret political organization. Twice he
said. he had known such organizations to revo-
lutIonize government in this state-the Union
League in 1868 and the kuklux in 1870.
The executive committee of the third marty
will meet in a few days and nominate some one
In MIR. Guthrie's place. There are rumors that
one OF the candidates put up BY the party last
week will be taken down His name is Cobb
and very serious attacks are being made upon
him.
DIFFERENCES AMONG REPUBLIcANs.
The republican fusionists have their men at
work among the third party in the Piedmont
section, and report has it that Dr. Mott, ex-
chairman, the head and front of the movement
for fusion. is spending considerable money to
carry out his ideas and plans. His basis is mo
state ticket But he Is defeated already, il is
claimed, for state ticket is q certainty. Ii is
now pretty generally conceded that James F.
Boyd of Greensboro will be the nominee for
governor. He is an aggressive republican and
fine stump speaker. but he is considered by
democrats as quite vulnerable.
The negro organ in this state is the Gazette.
pubhshed here. 1t Inns two editors. one of these
being John II. Williamson (who is a candidate
for Congress on the platform of paymcnt for
ex-slaves), the other Charles n Hunter. The
latter is for the third party, and differs with
williamson, who il a straight republican. Hun
ter has an editorial in today ISSUE In which he
II.
The white vote in this state is divided he de-
clares, but adds that democrats aided bv re-
publican duplicity. greed and pure self .hness,
are seeking to keep the negroes arrayed in one
dark solid column in support of white men
whose only interest in them is the interest of
the workman In his tools" In this he attacks
the white republicans, who are trying 10 keen
the negro solid. The democrats are not solicit
ing the negro vote. nor have they solicited it.
On the other hand, Williamson. the editor-in-
chief. says In the same paper: The third party
asks the negro to enter its recently established
mansion through the back door and then con-
signs him to a back seat with taxation without
representation. The sentiment in favor of the
republican party nominating state ticket il
fast becoming unanimous in this section Good
republicans who have the interest of the party
at heart are not willing to abandon the party
Its principles are broad enough for all. -
The Raleigh Signal. the organ of the repub-
llcan fuslonists. VIII, in it's issue of tomorrow
allege that II the democratic party carries North
Carolina this year it will amend the constitu-
ton as has been done in Mississippi and that not
over 10, 900 negroes will then be allowed to reg
lister and vote in this state. Democrats saw
they have never had the least intention Of max
Ing any such change in the election law.
The Signal attacks Chairman John B. Eave
and the executive committee of the republic A
party, saying the committee lis a fraud. does
net represent the party and is disloyal to that
seen that the republicans not very harmo-
nous. The Signal alleges that Harrison
friends In North Carolina are a curse to him. -
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINEES.
Rufus Amiss. one of the two republican con-
gressional candidates in the fifth district. has
withdrawn, and Thomas ;yettle now has the field
alone. Amiss and Settle left the question o,
which WAS the true nominee to a committee o,
arbitration.
W.. Sutton, the. republican nominee for
Congress in the third district. withdraws in
! favor of the third party nominee. month
ago convention held. Frank c. Koonce
OF Onslow county was nominated for Congress
The greater part of the convention left, leaving
| only eleven delegates in the hall, who we're for
koOnce. Those who left did not make a nom-
nation. but decided to have another convention
August %. The state executive committee in
dorsed this action. KOonce swore he was the
true nominee. and that be would rum no mat
ter what happened. At the state third party
convention it was said Marion Butter would be
the nominee; but the unexpected happened.
koonces nomination ratified YESTERDAY as
was also that Of A. II. Percy for eiector The
third party held mass meeting at Clirttou
July 20. and then recommended Thompson OF
OnslOw for elector and Endorsed Il. f. Grady
democrat (present ineumbent). for Congress.
In yesterdays convention Butler got some
| votes, but koonce had by far the largest follow
ing, and showed fight from the very beginning.
As was predicted. John $. Henderson WAS re-
| nominated for Congress by the democrats o,
the seventh district at Salisbury today by accla.
nation.