Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-16
A REPUBLICAN FLOP.
THEY WILL PUT A STATE TICKET IN
THE FIELD IN CAROLINA.
vention--Poik's Party Makes Ovcrturcs
to the RopubiicsDs-.OtherN Notes.

Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dlspatch.l
RALEioH, N. c., April 15.--Your corre-
spondent will now give the most impor-
tant bit of State political news so far this
year. The Republicans will put full
State ticket in the ield. Night before last
the leaders OF tho party had secret con-
ference here. Two questions were pre-
sented, or rather three; First. whether it
was best to put mp q State ticket on yes
terday or leave the members OF the party
free 10 join forces secretly with the Third
party; cecond. whether 1t was best TO wait
three months and then have a regular
nominating convention; or, third. whether
the State Executive Committee should
wait until after the Third party conyen-
ton, July 4th, aud then itself put out
ticket.
WILL BIZ sP8UsG.
The latter plan virtually left the whole
matter in the hands of Chairman John Il.
Eayes. aud il is the one which nearly all
favored. BY following ii the ticket can De
sprung" upon the Democrats without the
formalitv and publicity of State conven-
ton. The Republicans would rather do
their work Just in this wav, since II is now
clear that Eaves and the office-holders are
the bosses. So there will be full State
ticket IN the field. aud the agreement is
that the Executive Committee shall name
the men on il. In case of any hitch con-
vention may be called, but as one of the
leading Republicans said to me to-day:
We Will lie low. You will not hear much
Of us for three months. We are IN no
hurry, and intend TO wait until after the
other parties havs had their conventions"
ovERTuREs MADE.
1t is openly said here that IN the Eighth
and Ninth Congressional districts the
Third party people have made oyertures
TO the Republicans. The Republican
chairman Of the Sixth District so says. He
SAYS further that he understands Marion
Butler the president Of the white Farm
ers' Alliance, had addressed several large
meetings of colored Alliance-men IN his
district. This must be coupled with re-
mark let fall by colored delegate at the
State convention yesterday that thou
sands of the negro Alllance-men would
vote the Third-party ticket.
ST. LOUIS PLATFORM.
At the Wake County Alliance meeting at
Apex Yesterday the st. Louis platform was
endorsed unanimously. President Marion
Butler and State Business Agent Worth,
of the order, were present. The latter Is a
Ihird-party man. The Wake Alliance IS
the largest in the State and of course one
of the most influential.
w. L. Strowd One.of the leading Chat
ham Alliance-men, has declared that he is
Third-party man, and 50 cannot con-
scientiously go into any Democratic con-
yentlon.
THEY WILL GO.
Desp lite the expressed wish of Secretary
Foster that no revenue officers or persons
holding commissions should be delegates
at the national convention, Collector
White, of this revenue district. and Col
lector-of- Customs Dancy. of Wilmington,
will 60 there.
Congressman b. II. Bum will deliver
the Memoria-day address here May 10th.
and his subject will be The Life and
Military Services of Brigadier-General
William MocRae."
News was received from Kinston to-
day of the burning, at o'clock this
morning. of the residence OF u. 4. Gray
and a cabinet-making establishment, the
loss being $4,000.
Information is received to-day from high
officials that the through schedule on the
Seaboard Air Line. between Portsmouth
and Atlanta. will 60 into effect May 18th.
1t will be very fast schedule.