Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-20
POLITICAL HIGH KICKING,
North Carolina Republicans and People
Party Will Hold State Conventions.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
RALEIGH, N. c., July 10, 1892
Chairman Lindsay of the peoples party state
committee has issued call for state conven-
ton to be held in this city August 16, and Chair
man Wilson of the fourth congressional district
has called the peoples party congressional con-
vention to meet in this city on the afternoon of
the preceding day. The latter was to have been
held ON the 18th instant but was postponed.
The democratic congressional fourth dis
trict convention will meet in this city on the
Sd of next month. Great interest is attached to
the race in this Qourth) and the fifth districts
the republicans having named their candidate
in the latter yesterday.
There will be three candidates in these dis
tricts, democratic, republican and peoples
party, and the result will depend entirely
upon the number of votes polled by the
latter. If Lindsay, third party nominee in the
fifth district, and Ohio Wilson. probable
third party nominee in the fourth, poll 500
former democratic votes each, without detract-
ing from the republican candidates, both dis
tricts will go republican.
1t does seem that the peoples party are fated
to make unpopular nominations, which will
greatly decrease their strength, in this state
especially.
The nomination of Weaver is regarded in the
south as huge mistake and he viii fall many
Thousands short OF polling as many votes as
date would have done. Viewers nomination
badly crippled the new party in this state and in
South Carolina, and now it is said the state con-
vention called to meet in Raleigh month hence
will nominate one W. H. Worth for governor.
The idea OF this man being governor Of the
state Of North Carolina is a ridiculous one, II
the third party convention does nominate him
1t will be taken for granted that they are sadly
lacking in gubernatorial material.
This convention will put full state ticket in
the field and nominate presidential electors-at-
large.
Chairman J. B. Eaves has decided to call
another republican state convention for the
purpose Of placing state ticket in the field.
and the Mott faction of the party Is up in arms
against the proposition.
The republicans held a state convention on
April IA, when delegates to the national con-
vention were elected and candidates for electors
at-large we're nominated. At that convention
Eaves was reelected chairman of the state
committee, after bitter fight, and the conven-
ton adjourned sine die.
1t was then deemed advisable not to place q
state ticket in the field, and the superstition has
since been that no nominations for state officers
would be made.
But the negroes have been demanding another
convention and Eavcs, it is said personally favors
q state ticket. The negro element Of the party
reelected Eaves chairman Of the state commit
tee IN April, and it is said that when the con-
tehuon uleets presumably about september ~
they intend to nominate him for governor,
What is known as the .Mott faction" of the
party includes many Of the most prominent
republicans in the state, including Judge Dam
lei H. Russell of Wilmington, Col. 7. b. Keoeh
OF Greensboro, Zeter C. Pritchard Of Madison
in fact, majority of the Notwithstanding
white leaders.
They. are desperately opposed to the holding
Of another convention, but II one il called thew
will attempt to elect enough delegates to il to
adjourn 1t without nominating state ticket.
They held conference last week at Wrights-
vile, watering place near Wilmington, and
this plan was decided upon.
They claim that If the republicans will not
put state ticket in the field and generally sup
port the third party nominees they can elect
the latter and make such deals with the peoples
party folks as to elect the republican electoral
ticket at the same. time; that if the repub-
licans put up state ticket, especially one
headed by a man like Eavcs, all hope defeating
either the democratic state or electoral ticket
will vanish.
On the other hand the Eaves foction assert
that with the death Of Col. Polk the situation
In thus state greatly changed; that when the
April convention was held all indications
pointed to Polk as the third party leader. with
large following in this state; that now the
third party 10 not likely to elect its state ticket
even with the help Of the republicans, and
that the alleged deals regarding the electoral
tickets cannot be carried out successfully; that
under existing conditions il the republicans
can elect their electoral ticket they can elect
state ticket also II they have one in the field.
Therefore they ought to have one in the field.
These are the views given TEE stan CORE
spondent by leader Of each Of the factions
The convention viii undoubtedly be called and
when It meets IL viii doubtless surpass anything
ever Witnessed In . state already noted for the
turbulent scenes which characterize North Car
oitns repub6ean conventions. The democrats
are pleased at he turn a1ain ere taking and
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