Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20
REPUBLICANS AGGRESSIVE
Their State Chairman in North Carolina
Issues an Address
Democrats Who Are Likely to CO
the Tar Heel State.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

asserts that revolution is in progress
among the voters, and that the reaction is
in favor of his party, the alleged cause be-
| ing the incapacity CT the democrats to gov
ern the nation. He says the position Of his
rarty in the south is. though powerless
| under democratic machine laws the same
as In any other sections of the Union. He
Urges North Carolina republicans to follow
| in the wake of national republicanism;
enunciate the principles of the party In
their state platform. nominate a straight
republican state ticket and fight for Il
boldly and fearessly. He declares that no
| other line will lead to success. In 1892 the
party followed this line. Then a new de-
, parture was attempted in the shape of
fusion with populists, but this was not
! N ade. Chairman Eaves declares that to-
day the republican party stands on higher
ground in North Carolina than in any other
southern state. He further asserts that in
| other southern states in which doubtful
tactics have been adopted the party has
! cisintegrated. and that the only way TO
keep the party organization intact, attract
new adherents command the respect of
| the opposition is TO make an honest bold
fight on party principles. He sums this up
by saying: A straight republican state
| ticket Is the test of loyalty which all true
republicans welcome and insist upon, and
| anytE u short of that will not meet their
just .S,ectations."
Concerning local politics Chairman Eaves
! advises immediate and thorough organiza-
| ton In all the districts and counties on O.
| straight republican basis, and advises that
| all republican districts and counties nom
/ mate true republicans. but in counties and
| districts where the democratic majority is
! overwhelming and the republicans think
! they can locally strengthen the party and
assist in the overthrow of the democratic
| Nil ind
democrats or populists IL may be advisa-
| BILE to do so, but that local republicans
must be the judges Of the wisdom of this
| course In their own sections. He saws In
a very confident tone, that the prospects of
| the republican party are all that could be
desired, and that he believes North Caro-
lima is honestly republican and can be
placed In the republican column IL there is
q straightforward and aggressive campaign
In which all personal differences are laid
aside.
The Democratic Convention.
The state democratic executive COM
mittee has called its convention In this
city August g. The attendance OF commit
teemen was very large and these repre-
sentatives Of the party appeared to be In
good spirits One of them said he conf
IDENTIFY expected as large a majority this
year as in 1892.
The congressional convention of the DEM
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held here August Il. The friends OF Con-
| gresham b. II. Bum say he will be re-
nominated. There are at -teast six demo
| cratic aspirants for the nomination.
Richmond Pearson last week began his
campaign for Congress In the ninth dis
| trict. He announces himself as the nomi-
nee of the republicans and populists. He
| has written a letter TO the alliance men. in
| which he declares that the purpose of mis-
| campaign IL to secure the election I'm that
district Of state senators and members OF
the lower house who will vote for one pop
ulist and one republican for the United
States Senate.
There now appears to be no doubt that
George II. White. colored. will be the re.
ond district. He is at present solicitor OF
that judicial district. Several counties
have Endorsed him for Congress H. p
Cheatham, colored. is his opponent for the
nomination. The convention will be held
| at Weldon June %.
W. II. Bower. democratic Congressman
from the eighth district, will be a candi-
date for denomination. 1t is quite posi-.
lively said that the republicans will put ur
Spencer Blackburn of Ashe county against
him.
! The Pepulist Campaign.
The two leading populist speakers. Harry
Skinner and W. II. Kitchen. are now max.
ing tour of the state. speaking several
times a week. Their campaign, IL SO Il
can be termed. is one OF the queerest 20
litical features OF the year. Ex-Congress.
man Kitchen is a very recent convert: In
fact. 1t has not been two months since he
took the plunge from democracy into pop.
ulism. In his speeches he asserts that he
still holds the principles of he demOcrat iC
party, and In one speech he said he could
mot stomach the vaga-ies Of the populists
such as the government ownership OF rail
ways and the subtreasury scheme" AS e
the silver question, the populists and the
great mass of the southern democrats arr
on line. and so, Mr.. Kitchen SAYS in a
speech. 1.-The rank and file OF the southern
democrats are right. Most OF our southern
Congressman are right" Mr. Kitchen
abuses Cleveland with great heartlness
and denounces what he terms "Clevelani
democrats" He also abuses the republi.
can party, and declares that. save in the
north. no gentlemen are members of t.
His speeches are certainly not of q char.
acter to catch republican votes. Skir mel
was always an ornate speaker. and is now
more so than ever. His speeches are gilt.
teEng generalities." and. 10 use North
Carolina phrase, he talks over the heads
of the crowd.
Democrats Going Over.
Two years ago not few Of the demo
cratic speakers said that II their party die
no: redeem its pledges In regard to silver
&C. they would join the populists. Marion
Butler, a leading populist and also the pres
ident Of the National Farmers Alliance
took occasion TO say, in introducing Mr.
| Kitchen, that the latter was the one prom
| inent democrat who had redeemed thi.
pledge. Kitchen is a vehement speaker, bur
many Of the populists say they regard Skin
ner as the head and front of their move
ment. Leading democrats now certainl,
recognize in the movement Skinner is lead
ing as much of a condition as a theory
In only. one county in the state has Their,
beeen a political mass meeting this year
4 That county is Halifax. Once the center ol
the most fiery democracy and unswervins
loyalty to Mr.. Cleveland. II now has som,
bitter speakers against him. His friend.
are staunch, however and faced the storm
al the meeting. Resolutions were introduced
| condemning Mr.. Cleveland and his admins
tration and declaring that the state plat
form shall override the national one One
speaker. lawyer and editor said in sup
port of the resolutions and perhaps his
complaint and charges may be said to stat,
briefly those of all the anti Cleveland demo.
crats): 1t is no pleasure for me TO cal
attention TO the fact that the President has
failed to keep his pledges made to the PEG.
pie and every democratic paper in the
country is coademnmg him as We have con.
demned him here today I believe in speak.
ing what We feel and In resorting to no sub