Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-27
Many Candidates for Mr.. Ransom's Seat in
the Senate.
Talk Of IA Fusion Hetwcen the Repub-
for the Democratic Party.



be candidate for renomina ton. In the
third John d. Shaw is put up by the demo
Gratis. There is a lively scramble for the
nomination in the sixth, but John ID. Bel
iamy, perhaps, has the lead Charles NJ
Cooke is almost certain to get the demo-
cratic nominate in the fourth, or metro
roGtan, district, defeating Bum, present in
cunlhent. The eighth district democrats
today renomnatej VIII. Bower, present in
eLmbent. who had no opposition. In the
seventh district John 5. henderson Will be
returned: He has practically no opposition.
j. c. Hall is his only opponent. and his fol-
lowing is said Il. be very small.
AS yet the populists have made no nomi
nations for Congress, and the republicans
have held convention only in the second
district. In this there are two republicans
running, both of whom declare they were
properly nominated and both of whom say
they will stay in the fight. These are II. Z.
Chatham and G. Ii. White The first popu-
list congressional convention to be held will
be that of the fourth district, in this city,
July ii. II is now claimed by many re-
publicans that the prospect of their fusion
With the populists is much better than it
was even a fortnight ago. Their pa-tys
John b. Eaves, is bitterly op-
posed to fusion and says that eleven of the
sixteen members of the state committee
share his views fully. But yet H. l.. Grant
one OF this committee, issues Il request to
the committee TO meet here July 81 the very
iiy pSicir pcpuHSt STATE convention.
The Basis of Fusion.
ON what terms. if any. will fusion be ar
ranged? This is truly a difficult question.
The populists cast only 44,WU votes in the
last election. Have they made any gains in
numbers since? Democrats say no. There
is some kind of trade in progress between
tie populists and the republicans 1t is
that they make no attacks on
each other. A republican of prominence
says that the poDulists have no material
II ON which to make justices of the supreme
court and that he believes they will indorse
Walter Clark and H. G.. Conner fdemocrats)
and W.T.. Faircloth (republican for justices.
He also believes that the republicans will
also nominate no tickets. but simply indorse
what the populists do in recommending that
Clark. Common ard Faircloth be voted for.
or course. this wilr be fusion however in
directly 1t Is arrived at The informant who
gives these tips" expresses belief that VIM
A. Graham or w. Ii. Worth will be nomi.
T:ted for state treasurer by the populists
ana indorsei by the republicans. AS to Uni
ted States Senator. the fusion. IL effected,
will be in favor of Jeter C. f'ritcbar I'd ,ra'
pubiicam and Marion Butler (nonu,ist
Democratic State Chairman Simmons takes
these Things in an easy way and declares
the democrats will win, whether there is
or is not coalition.
1t is quite probable that Repub,,can
state Chairman Eaves may resign this
year he Is savagely attacked BY some of
ms party He has always had to fight a
faction known the Mott Russell IA rrts
wing of his party.
The republican committee of this county
tWa axe, met here. and all it's members de-
ca i ior fusion. committee was ap-
pointed to confer with a like committee
or populists as to fusion. The republican
party in the state is greatly disorganizeJ
rms is found by the fact that in Wake
only thirteen of the thirty-five commit
teemen were present at the meeting. and
ii was announced that in the other twenty
Two election precincts there were no com
mitteemen member who attempted to
champion Chairman Eayes and his anti
f1Sioa ideas was literally showed under"
i mere are limitations that the democrats
VIII not renominate all of the three MEM
btrS OF the supreme court yyhosrr terms -s,e
pre- at TINS election. 1t is hard to saw
what will be done. The court has five men,
bSFs. ana Tor many years has been solidly
democratic. Harry SkrIrer. popuIist, win
most likely be the popuist nominee for
Congress in the first district Branch.
democrat. the present incumbent, will be
put up by the democrats there Thomas
Skinner. who would like the nomination,
viii not compete with Branch for the nomi-
nation, as the latter Is regarded as the
most available candidate. 1t will require
the best efforts of the democrats to carry
the first district
Candidates for Senators.
At least eight democrats aspire to be
United States Senator'S. The county con-
yentions are indorsinS various ones In
Mecklenburg Frank l. Osborne who is at
torney general. is Endorsed. The convention
voted down a resolution to indorse Senator
Jarvis. man offered a resolution de-
nouncing Clevelands administra ton but
this was voted down, and the introducer
vas heartily condemned. The great con-
t. st for the Senate is. of course for Ran
SONS seat, and Jarvis is the chief COM
DetitOr. 1t promises to be a big battle
Jarvis threw out strong feeler in the
shape of a request for the holding of prina-
ries for the purpose of showing the choice
for Senators. The RalSCm men antaSoniza
these primaries. The Ransom-Jarvis con-
test enters deeply into all minor political
matters. 1t crops up everywhere and all
the tune. Some persons declare that il the
senatorial primaries are held at all it must
not be on the day of election, but a month
later and that the qualification for voters
must be their having voted the straight
democratic ticket on election day.
The populiSt county conventions adopted
series Of prepared resolutions, sent out
from their state headquarters One of
these pledged delegates to all conventions
to keep in the middle of the road" and
support no man for any office who is not
IAN open. energetic, active jealous popu-
list, standing squarely on the Omaha plat
form. Two years ago the farmers al
lance wds the real power of the popuIists
They went down, and did the alliance
To prove this Secretary Barnes of the state
alliance says that in the large county of
Buncombe the order had until ten days ago
been practically extinct, but that he was
recognizing 1t. He says the partial death
of the alliance was due to the perncious
influence Of certain traitors and some Ashe-
vile Wall streeters." Practically speaking.
all men in the alliance are now populists.
the democrats having left the order two
years ago.
In Wilmington, the largest place in the
state, and in New Hanover county the
democratic committee ordered all-day
primaries for the choice of convention dele
gates and Endorsement Of county and legis-
iattve candidates. Opposition sprang up
and many voters, terming themselves re
formers" beat the regulars. The latter
represent the ''ins," the office-holdinx ele-
nent. and Senator Ransom; while the re
formers represent the outs and Sena tor
Jarvis. The regulars declare the reformers
bought over one of the regulars with an
office. The feeling runs high. and it ap-
pears will cause the loss of the county to
the democrats If the republicans show any
snap" State Chairman Simmons officially
declared the ail-day primaries to be In yio-
latiOn of the party rules.
After Many Years.
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