Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-07
NORTH CAROLINA nEpUBLrCASs.
Meeting of the state Convention Today to
Decide Upon Future Action.

/ Correspondence OF he Evening Star.
| RALEIeH, y. c., Sept. 9, 1892
I with a view Of obtaining the latest I'D mos
/ accurate information regarding republican
plans The STAR correspondent has interviewed
Editor Purneil Of the Worth State. the officiA
organ OF that party. Mr.. PurneIl said: "senti
ment In this part of the state has been strone
against n republican state ticket, but there has
come about quite q change in this since the
holding of the third party state convention.
lou can say positively that there will be a state
ticket. and that il ex-Associate Justice VIM P.
Bynum Of Charlotte will accept he will be the
nominee for governor. He may accept. II he
does not James Z. Boyd of Greensboro will be
the man. 1 do not know the others who are to
mako up the ticket"
The democrats have now a partial insight
INTO republican plans. They know that the
leaders of both the republican factions are
united on one subject-the desire to beat the
democrats no matter at what hazard. Eayes
was for state ticket and a party fight, and
Motifs idea was 20 let the democrats and third
party people destroy each other and then to
step IN aud on the very eve Of election put up
republican ticket and elect it. Both failed in
a degree, but in the general plan Eaves L. the
winner. The secretary of his state committee
told TIE STAR correspondent five weeks ago
that If the administration interfered in North
Carolina politics 1t would be to see that there
was n ticket. Eaves and Harris (Mott's repre-
sentative) were requested to go TO New York by
the national committee and now the announce
ment Is made that ticket Is to be put up.
Eaves is elated, though he knows the influences
operating against him. His supporters have
grown fewer and it need surprise no one if he
IL deposed as chairman Of the state committee.
There viii be only 240 delegates to the re-
publican state convention. Under the party
rule there are two delegates for each member
al L., 80, ~ H.
Ocratlc conventions are much larger, and have,
in fact. become SO unwieldy that reduction Is
found necessary. In tine last one there were
over 900 delegates.
Though the democratic papers in some cases
speak of Tillman's victory in South Carolina
all right and in the interest Of democracy, it is
strange to see how it elates the third party here.
For instance Mr. Worth, the third party's nom
inee for state treasurer was speaking to me about
the "1IliInan victory" as he termed ii. Clearly,
from the way he spoke of 1t, he regarded it az
third party victory, for nothing in the way
of democratic success could crafty SO bitter
third party man as he.
MAY there not be a secret understanding that
the alliance is the third party? In North Caro-
lima. as all now know, the alliance was captured
almost bodily BY the third party. But in other
states, where this was rot done so openly, who
knows shat is agreed upon in secret and what
may be the outcome.
is now avoWed by the national leaders and all
the underlinss. The third party has yet
strength, but its workers do lot of talking
and magnify themselves and their party pros
poets constantly. They are losing followers
daily, though they swear they are gaining, and
the weakening OF at least two of their newspapers
shows certain drift. In other words. some
third party men are in the movement as long as
taey think its prospects good. but directly
there Is any doubt they return to the demo-
Gratis Of course the great majority, if not all,
Of the republicans who have gone into this
third party business have been ready and are
now ready to leave it, Some of these actually
believed that the third party was bound to win.
TRYING TO WIN BACK THIRD PARTY MEN.
Democrats admit in some of the counties
that IF the election were to be held today we
would be beaten not by the third party, but
by the republicans. But these always qualify
their remarks by saying that by the election
day everything viii be right. TIE democratic
effort in North Carolina, and it is the party's
greatest effort, is TO win back third party men
who left the democratic party. There is no
sort OF attempt to convert republicans. for
nothing can be done in that line, lust as
nothing has been done. In no state in all the
u ion has the republican party been more
solid or more closely united than in North
Carolina during all the years since 1868. The
democrats admit the present gravity of the
situation In some counties and sections, but
always say that things will be all right later on
Those whose business takes them in the country
tell the townspeople that the latter have no
idea Of the number. the bitterness and the
obstinacy Of the third party
The Republican again says today: ''Whatever
they may gay TO the contrary. the Bourbon
democrats are thoroughly alarmed as to tine
result IN North Carolina. for. notwithstanding
their attempts to create the impression that the
third party Is weakening or has melted away
ike snow under the MONDAY sun. they do not
themselves believe what they are trying to i'm
press on Others.
STRENGTH OF THE ALLIANCE.
But the democrats know this-that the third
party iasco of a state convention. wherein the
republican element dominated, marked the
turning point in that party's fortunes. and that
Il h1s since made no gains.
Efforts have been made to get at the strength
OF the alliance, as that is practically a test of
third party strength, in August. when the an
nual alliance convention was held. The
amount of dues paid shows As 600 white men,
bers. Of these 10 per cent are females and
men under voting age. The voting strength
therefore approxiInated 40, 900. At least one
half of this is made up of republicans. This
leaves 20. OC0 who were democratic in view and
of these 10000 will not go into the third party.
This gives the alliance-third party vote rs
noiAttiiAhS ptctts Hcdi oo,oUO Ut estllilte
made for you some weeks ago, on different
basis of calculation. was $4,000. 1t should be
borne in mind that these figures we're for
August. Each day now makes a change.
The third party organs, such as the Vance
County Farmer, claim that 1.-The third party
has done more to give the negro a free ballot
and fair count in North Carolina than the
republican party has done in q quarter of
century. This is said to catch negro votes
As matter of fact the third party has as vet
done nothing save stir up dissensions and put
up a state ticket.
The democrats have plenty of skirmishers in
the field. Whenever they hear OF third party
speaking they put in good speaker to meet the
opponent. The republican congressional can
yass has as vet begun in no part of the state
Arrangements have been perfected for il in the
fifth district. where it is joint Settle. repub-
can, Williams. democrat. and Lindsay, third
party. taking hand. In the ninth district
Pritchard, republican, il making some speeches.
and it Is promised that later on he and his DEM
ocrs,ic opponent, Crawford, viii have Join
canvass. The republicans begin no general
movement until after their state convention
next Wednesday.
DEMOCRATIC GAINS.
There are some changes in the political piano.
rama in the past few days and the gain in ad-
vantage is by the democrats. The leader of the
fusion movement. Mr.. J. c. L. Harris. talked to
The STAR correspondent quite freely yester-
day. He laughed when he was told that his op-
ponents had said that he ''read out of the
party" and added that his plain talk in the
York last week showed that he was not afraid
of anvbOfy Chairman Il Y n,