Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-30
FusIoN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Republicans to Work for the Third Party
State Ticket.
Correspondence of The Evening Star

Correspondence of The Evening Star.
RALEIGH, N. c., August %, 1899.
The complete schedule for the speeches by
Gen. A. E. Stevenson was announced today.
The places and dates are: Asheville, September
Is Hickory at night; Raleigh, 16; Charlotte,
| II (Statesyille at night: Winston, 10 Greens
boro at night; Fayetteville, 81 Wilmington at
night; Goldsboro, % Rocky Mount at night.
| Chairman Simmons of the democratic state
executive committee, when asked by The STAR
correspondent regarding campaign nevs, said:
There Is much interest in Gen. Stevensonis
visit to our state. He will be accompanied, by
his devoted friend, Mr.. VIM. G. Ewing of Chi
cago, and the latter will speak atn the plsdss lat
Gen. Stevenson s appointments. He is, like the
general. a forceful. speaker. l have also the
promise that ex-Gov. Campbell Of Ohio will
make several speeches in this state. We may
have some other speakers of national reputa-
| ton. We continue our hard work at head
quarters and have sent out several tons of cam
paign literature Our heavy supplies Of this
have not yet arrived. What we need are the
names Of the disaffected voters in the state. We
are making the most earnest efforts to secure
these, but they come in slowly. Our commit
tee meets here on the 9th. The purpose of the
meeting is to see whether the committee shall
nominate q candidate for associate justice or
whether convention shall be called to do so.
nation. 1t can do that as we'll as u convention
could and the latter would be troublesome and
expensive AS far as know James G. Mac Rae,
who was last week appointed TO the position by
the governor, will be the nominee. Our COM
mfttee and the state committee of democratic
clubs are working together in perfect harmony
and viii conduct the campaign together. The
campaign is aggressive and as lively as anybody
could desire. The clubs will this week begin
to increase much more rapidly az the organizers
and speakers begin work among them"
REPUBLICANS DOING PLENTY OF WORK.
The republicans are doing in a quiet way
great deal of work. 1t is in new line and
secrecy is the watchword. 1t is in the interest
of movement mot for fusion, openly an
nounced, with the third party, but for not put
ting up Il state ticket the verbal instructions
being to vote for the third party state nomi-
nees. A negro politician, who also does special
newspaper work, gave me pointer on this
movement today. He says that really the sug-
gestion to vote for the third party would be
considered in the light OF an order by the re-
pubiicans The great need will be to keep the
thing quiet and particularly to let the negro be
an unknown quantity in the campaign. He de-
clares that not even per cent OF the negroes
will vote otherwise as directed. He as good as
confessed that some Of the candidates on the
third party ticket would not get the full negro
support, naming among these Harry Skinner,
candidate for elector, and T. B. Long, candi-
date for auditor.
Chairman caves of the republican committee
is absent from the city. He and his secretary
are doing very little in the way of Office work.
1t is clear that their labors will be light until
after their convention. September 7. They will
on that occasion do whatever they can to beat
the democrats. Eaves will have to make an
earnest fight to retain his position as the head
OF the party Numbers Of republicans are jeer-
ing at him, and there is a great deal of inside
work being done against him.
1t appears that unless something specially
soothing is done there will be big clash at this
republican state convention between the white
members of the party in the western counties
and the negroes in the east For years this
feud has been growing. white republican
told me that for one he could never forget the
negro state convention" held in August, 1880,
and the express declaration made thereat by
negroes that they really composed the repub-
hcan party. That affair nearly caused race
division. After the election of 1888 the white
republicans formed Ofice-seekers' clubs here
and elsewhere. to which no negroes were adj
mitted as members or for any purpose. At the
meetings of these clubs the ''presumptuous ne
groes were roundly abused.
NoRrHERSERs AND NEGROES.
One notable fact is those who had the least re-
gard for the brother in black were people from
the north and today these same men are the
ones who insist that the negro shall keep his
distance; that he is nuisance; that he has
brought the party to its present straits; that he
il social and political incubus that they hope
the negro vote will split; that as the negro is
prime factor the republicans can never hope
for control of the state; that the otfice-holding
negro has disgraced the party; that he is pre-
sumptuous and SELFISH &c. All these remarks
regarding the negro THE STAR correspondent
has heard made by northern people.
The chairman Of the state executive commit
tee had from its organiza ton until today been
J y,,Ia tt,.. l.4t..
| S. Ohio Wilson became chairman. Wilson has
| for three years worked in the interest of the
third party all over the state in the guise of an
agent of the alliance, and ne is one of the chief
| promoters of the party. No. one rendered
more aid i'll the capture of the alliance by the
| third party at Greensboro this month.
WEAVER AND FIELD TO SPEAK.
| Chairman. Wilson today announces that both
Weaver and Field will speak in this state next
month. the former at Raleigh on the 29th and
at Rock Mount on the 30th; the latter at Ashe-
| vile on the 29th and at Salisbury on the 3Oth.
| III the ninth district the third party has nom
mated for Congress J. C. Brown Of Mcdowell
county; George f. Boggs being the democratic
nominee for Congress.
In the letter giving in detail the proceedings
of the third party state convention the curious
fact reported that DR.. W. L. Exum, who
nominated Harry Skinner for governor. himself
became the nominee after the convention had
ucIa.iueQ SklnEerB neaO. but now comes
another strange event. DIR. Exum was nomi-
mated by young man named Dallas Hardy of
his own county. Saturday. before great crowd
| of people at Goldsboro'. Exums county town.
Hardy "took down" Exum's name. SAYING he
was sorry he had put him up and that he would
vote in the future, heretofore. the democratic
ticket. There never did happen two such
curious things in any campaign.
A CAMPAIGN OF ABUSE.
| In the past few days the storm of animad-
version has burst upon the heads of the third
party nominees OF all only two have escaped,
and even they not safe. 1t started out as q
quiet campaign; it is now one of the most
vituperative on record. Stranger still, none
Of the third party organs attempt to defend its
candidates. The democrats make these attacks
They say little about the republicans, thinking
it a waste of ammunition to fire on them. The
third party never attacks the republicans. It's
abuse OF Cleveland is vitriolic 1t says nothing
against the democratic state ticket OF Cleve-
land its organ will say in its issue Of tomorrow:
ale is no more worthy to be President than
| Benedict Arnold. Arnold betrayed his coun-
try. Cleveland did il once and will do it again.
He and his associate rogues are daily robbing
the common people and would not improve on
the work of the Harrison gang If they had every
| Office from constable up''
For the first time third party organ will at
tack republican. In its issue tomorrow the
! PrOgresSire Farmer will say of Harrison: HE
| has done nothing of sufficient importance to