Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-24
oPPosE0 TO FUSION.
North Carolina Republicans Generally
Favor Straight Ticket.
Failure of the POpulists in Virginia
Has Disinclined the Republic
cans to an Alliance.
pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

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ago there was strong sentiment among
many, II not most. Of the North Caro-
lima republicans in favor of fusion in
1894 with populists The Novem-
Der election has brought about a change
| of view which is remarkable So great
Is this change that it is now difficult
to ind republican who is for anything
else than "a straight ticket" One of the
| brightest and most active republicans said
TO your correspondent: Il will confess that
| 1 was an earnest advocate of fusion with
! the populists in this state, and that think
We ought to have fused last year, but now
| affairs have changed and since the repub-
| hcan victories this month L consider the
party to be rehabiitated in North Caro-
| lima. The chief trouble which 1 see before
| us is the selection of a state chairman.
Our present one is not suited He repre-
sents only part of the party. With
man not entangled in the interminable
quarrels between the ex-chairman's fac
ton and that headed by the present chair
man We have plain sailing, in my opinion.
now favor straight ticket and the
simplest sort Of platform. / think Nc
kinley and Protection will be the republic
can rallying cry IN North Carolina"
Inc cnler cause for this newly developed
sentiment against joining forces with the
populsts Is the poor showing the latter
made in the Virginia election. The popu-
list orators and newspaper men who went
from this state to aid in the Virginia cam
paign declared again and again that their
party was sure TO be victor. 1t appears
that, talking with one another, they said
they stood no sort of show. The republi-
cans are now inclined to ridicule them and
their pretensions and term them feather
legs"
The populists, for some reason appear to
a democrats
Every day they can be heard asking the
question: DO the democrats indorse MIR.
Clevelands views"' They then assert that
not one-fourth those in North Carolina do
indorse him, and upon this they base their
assertion that there win be a split. If there
Is split they hope to gain by it.
Most OF the populist abuse is showered
upon Cleveland. He Is denounced for
pressing silver repeal, characterized as a
bulldozer of Senators, a pampered servant
OF Wall street, &c, and this week the pop
for his alleged Hawaiian policy of reseating
the queen. No speech do they make with
out bringing in Cleveland.
The populists have the alliance in their
clutch and are working 1t for all 1t Is worth
AS soon as an alliance county meeting dis
poses of its business speaker is intro
duced, and these often begin by saying:
Are you benefited by the decentralization
OF silver! III not will you not vote here
after with whichever party is most rrSely
to remonetize it? Two parties now have
a bad record along that line. Which one
will you choose?' Then the hearers cry
out, Neither"
Hon. F. NJ. Simmons. the chairman of the
democratic state executive committee
thinks the populist movement Is losing
ground in this state. and that some of the
leaders confess that they are weakening
He thinks that the decline of the move
ment here is concurrent with that in the
western states. where the party seems in
G e.H 10 suffer change and become a
free coinage party.
Alliance Endorsements of Senator Vance
are found In the columns of the populist
papers These are adopted by the county
alliances The question arises whether
those who adopt them are democrats or
populists.
Notable Meeting.
What is said to have been a citizens mass
meeting in Northampton county the home
of Senator Ransom, has used the greatest
political sensation of the autumn in this
state It has for some time been the
opinion that the relations between Senators
Vance and Ransom have been strained.
and that they are something like cross
purposes. Both Senators have strong op-
position. 1t is a statement of well-known
fact to make the latter statement. MANY
of 'Vance's former supporters have given
him the cold shoulder, while on the other
hano many influences are at work against
Ransom. These facts give force to the
Northampton meeting. The latter was not
partisan, or at least the call for il so
stated. In the latter the citizens were asked
TO express an opinion on the silver legisla-
ton OF Congress, and to thank Vance for
MS course and for his able hight for silver
Ransom was an early arrival at the meet
ing. b. 5. Gay, chairman of the demo-
cratic county committee, presided and the
committee on resolutions contained two
prominent democrats This committee re-
ported ten resolutions, two of which were as
follows:
That We cordially and heartily approve
and indorse the course of those Senators
ana members OF the House of Representa-
ives, be they from the north, east south
or west, who opposed the unconditional re-
peal Of the purchasing clause of the Sher-
man act.
That We are truly glad that our ma
triotic and able Senator Vance and seven
OF the nine Representatives from North
Carolna voted against the repeal For So
doing they deserve and have our indorse-
ment and appreciation"
Other resolutions declare more money 10
needed. and that silver must be part of that
money; that silver and gold must he
coined at the proper ratio fixed by Con-
gress; that silver shall be n legal tender
The concluding resolution was as follows.
We Know not how to retreat from this
positloh' we have supported 1t by our
Platforms and votes and advocacy too long
10 retreat. We hope and believe that the
friends or silver will. in the next political
campaign. beat charge and make a
charge that Will cause every patriot west
ana south of the Delaware river to fan I'M
line" " IAN i'i'o
These resolutions were warmly ern-
ported by democrat. and then the sensa
tlon OF the day occurred. Senator Ransom
maue very impressive speech and II was
evident that the resolutions had greatly
hettIed him and that he considered then,
an uhtlmely and unjust censure of his
course In supporting the President and Tho
repeal or the Sherman bill. The Senator
rsheI tne chairman a question TO which
MT. GAY replied and was applauded Son
stnr RANSOM. at this applause waved his
hand toward the audience and decls red that
III vi NOT exnect any better of members
or "Gtfeons Rand" This name Is gi,-.n
tne nopul'sts who belonged to n secret no.
ntc,'l soc'Hfv last wear. He then made n
Inrther tak. defending the Presdent,s
financial policy. and anpealine to the dem,
o"rats present to stand bv the adminis,r,
non. give IT fair trial and not act hastiI,,
IN conclusion. he said this meeting and tba
resolutions had tendency to disrunt ~.
democratic partv. and nv irrnlicatinn i'm
p"arh him and Cleveland Chairman Cav
saih no was az strong democrat 90 ayar
IN" ror mat vorv reason wnota5 tbesa
resn''rff0ns a'0Dte1. He was liharalI, On
,'anhed. Another democrat smoke aoo;ns.
I'VE resolutions. hrt finally they vars
a'on."d nv vote Of 2S to ~ II ia No Won
'nr mat this mass meeting" hos causad ,
sensation. " Is the first time Ransom, vos
ever openly antavonizad In hi 49,, ....,-