The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1892-05-10

&c otIlocrStic platform OF 1880. And
tn ocala demands were voted dow.
and the ii. Louis (people'. party
platform adopted in It's stead And all
this, i says, Was done in a democratic
conyeniion. its members claiming to ss
democrats
The repor: iha, Pamlico county bad
held is county convention and en-
dorsed Se.nderhn FOR Governor. Skin
ner for Lieutenant Governor aud o.
borne for Attorney General i AN er-
ror. We have the official call OF w.
+. Caho, chairman OF the Democratic
executive committee Of that county, be-
fore Us and the convention il not TO bs
held until the eth of this month
The report ,ha, Bertic county had
hid its county convention is also er-
roneous. The convention does net
meet until the llth proximo.
! The Marion Record says: at 10
gratifying TO see the political situa,ioa
in North Carolina rapidly changing.
A few weeks ago it looked as though
the Third party would develop strength
enough in North Carolina to render
precarious the resul, Of the
election in November, of this
grand old commonwealth. The Third
party is gradually d~indling into in
significance and ii is being shivered TO
pieces for the want of concert of Ac.
tion, while the prospect of "a united
! democracy and consequent victory in
| November is waxing brighter and
. brighter every day
Durham county in 1888 was entitled
10 Il delegates 20 the State con gention.
: The San says: I've suppose the same
basis will be the guide this year. On
5 the vote for Governor in that year
e Governor Fowle received 1878 and
Mr.. Dockery ,6i7, a difference Of only
; l9S votes. This gives you some idea
: OF how close this county is between the
two parties. Unless there Is unity
this fall there is little hope of tie Den-
e Ocrats being su ccessful in this county.
8 This is plain talk and we throw il out
i for what il is worth. in the hope that
: it will bring our party friends 10 a re-
g alzation of the situation
{ 81
. the Lumberton Robesoutan says that
: the negroes have captured the repub-
= lican party in Cumberland county,
and have full control of the party ma
chinery. There are two rival chair
men of the executive committed, grow
I ing out of the Scurlock and Leary fac-
Z tions. 1t is whispered that they are
d playing game, and are feigning =
20 fieht and bitterness to mislead the
III democrats, and that after the demo
IL Gratis get "split all up" a full negre
Ia ticket will be put in the field, with full
% expectation of electing it. Their little
Is game wont work. The democrats il
d. Cumberland will not split.
: The Marion Record says: "a large
. majority OF the farmers in Mcdowell
4 county are Alliancemen We hear
! them say on every hand that the OBJ
jects Of the Alliance when originally
started was to better the condition Of
&c the farmers by mutual aid, education, J.,
:, etc, and that it was not to interfere
in any way with the religious or
/, political convictions Of its members.
:, True to that avowed principle Of tie
. order, the majority Of the farmers in
Mcdowell take no stock in the Third
party. AS Of yore they will cooperate
. with the Democratic party and a solid
&c Democratic delegation will go to the
~ State Democratic convention
as The Progressive Farmer "will fight
4. Gov. Holt, if he is nominated" says
>. the New Berne Jo,nnai. "Certainly!
n i. adds SO will the Signal, all tho
i. independents, the devil himself, and all
or who are opposed TO the democratic
n. party. Oh, it is too bad that inde-
;; pendents and radicals are agin Gov.
20 Holt When Col Polk was in th.
democratic party as a dlsorganizer.
and the Pfoqresstre Farmer was run-
ming at the rate Of fifty knots an hour
." as democratic alliance organ, We
were somewhat uneasy, bat nox that
- he and his paper are prophet and
- oracle OF the peoples party their per
- formances are OF little consequence"
st, The Winston Sentinel says: "If th'
nt Progressive Farn.er may be regarde,
las as rejecting the sentiment of the thir'
tic party people who are trying 70 captur
be the democratic machinery, the would
th- be-wreckers are evidently gettin
ra- scared. They are trying to play
on little game of bluff that will not blu
IN. at all. The Progressirs Farmer vi
or find that its bluff viii not scare the d,
zen mocracy. The results Of the primarie
ne, have disgr1ntied fellows on the rur
en-, They see that the tide is against thei
olt, and begin to warn the democrats ths
my they will turn the State over to negr