Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-31
NORTH STATE NEWS.
ALL INTEREST POLITICAL At RALEIGH
YESTERDAY.
y.r,,,,c.u.pou Fusion with the View
OF Securing the Supreme Court
and the Legislatures

RALEIGH. N. C., July so-(Special)-
interest here to-day naturally is all In
politics. this being the date hXed Tor 'ne
meeting Of the Republican committee oy
H. l.. Grant, one of its members, VINO
over the head OF John u. Eaves. It's chalr-
man.. requested the COMMITTEES 10 mee''
Major Grant was the first to arrive here
He tells me all OF the sixteen members
OF the COMMITTEES save two CMilliken ana
Brady have written him they would be
here. or were in sympathy with the object
Of the meeting namely. for fusion, or CO.
operation, as Major Grant terms 1t, with
the Populists. He says that out OIL
seventy five Republicans in the State
who have written him, only five oppose
fusion. lie admits that the negro vote
is hard 10 control. and also that the
fusion must be carefully arranged in order
TO be successful. as harmony is essential,
and the autonomy of the two parties must
be preserved The Republicans and Popu-
lists are a unit on what he declares 10
be the issues In the campaign-that H.
repeal of the election law and the county
government law. National issues, he as
serts. cut no figure.
Richmond Pearson. of Asheville. arrived
last evening with the news that Chair
man Eayes. finding that a majority OF
the committee would really be here. had
stated that he would be here also. Grant
saws he wrote Eaves. asking him to come
and preside at the meeting. Grant says
the Populists appear TO want ID. Nj. Fur
cher and w. T. Faircloth, Republicans.
and Walter Clark, Democrat. on the Su-
preme Court.
WHAT BUTLER SAYS.
Marion Butler was also interviewed
He is the handspring of the Populists In
the State. What he says is OF great In
| terest. He said There are 10 be chosen
| this year four justices Of the supreme
| Court: not three only We Will not name
any Populist for the Supreme Court but
viii choose the best men irrespective Of
| party. Avery 70 the only judge whose
| term continues. We will endorse as
| justices u. NJ. Furches, W. 7. FairclOth.
| Walter Clark, w. A. Guthrie. Spier Whit
| aker. George n. Smathcrs, or V. s. Lusk.
| with reference to the Superior-COurt
| Judges. II will no doubt be the policy Of
| the Populists TO walt until the other
parties nominate and then chose from
| n csc nominees men we want 10 endorse.
| We will name one Of our people for State
| Treasurer-eithcr " III. WOnth, william
| A. Graham. or Professor John Graham.
| of Littleton. We want the Supreme Court
| and the Legislature. As yet 1t cannot be
| said what will be done about congress-
| men. There we have very little in COM
| mon with the Republicans. while we easily
| get together on the state ticket. AS 70
| the negro vote. the country negroes Will
| vote almost solidly for the fusion ticket.
| and the town negroes Will divide, to say
| the least"
| DIR. J. j. Mott, of Statesville. Eaves' $
bitter opponent arrived to-day TO attend
| the conference. IL Is the talk that Eave5
| will be- displaced az chairman on August
| Goth, at the Republican state Convention.
| THE SENATORSHIP.
Many Democrats are plainly saying that
| they do not think either Jarvis or Ran
| som can get the senatorial nomination,
| and there Is earnest talk of putting up
| Thomas w. Mason, now on the Railway
| Commission. and an extremely popular
| and able man.
The Chief Of the Weather Bureau here
| says the reports Of correspondents this
| week are that the crops Of corn and cot
| ton are the best ever known There is a
| decided improvement in the tobacco crop,
| Il is further stated. In few places In
the western district there are complaints
| Of dry weather.