Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-06
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day sat down on Chairman Eaves
and his faction and endorsed the
fusion programme by a vote OF
154 to 80.
There was nothing surprising
in this to those who have watched
the manHuvres of the wire-pull-
ers of the Populist and Repub-
lican parties. The PopuliSt
State Convention which mel in
Raleigh a month ago would never
have nominated the ''non-parti.
san" ticket it did if the men who
cut the work for and manipu.
lated the convention had not as
surance that the Republican
Convention would fall in and en-
dorse the work. But the fact is
neither of them care about the
ticket nominated, nor what be
comes of it. They are playing
for Congressman and the Legis-
lature, and are playing for that
because there are two United
States Senators to be elected.
1t is we'll known that DR.. Mott
has nursed the Senatorial dream
for 10 these many years, while
Marion Butler has been building
similar castles, although not sc
long. Here is the whole secret
of this fusion programme and
hence both Mott and Butler
worked for it as zealously as
they did. 1t is about the smart
est thing they could have done,
for fighting separately they
knew they could do nothing, and
| that their only chance of making
a fight with any hope of success
was in uniting and pulling to-
gether,
But practically ii doesn't make
much difference. for the coalition
cannot poll the full strength of
either the Republican or Popu-
list parties, for there are thou
sands Of men IN both of these
parties who Will not swallow the
fusion pill. They recognize it as
the tricky work of aspirants to
lplace Who expect to personally
profit by il, and who are using
both of the parties to promote
their own political fortunes.
When Marion Butler asks Popu-
lists who had been Democrats to
wallow in the same pool with the
Republicans, the consistent, self
respecting of them will decline,
and so also will thousands of old
Republicans, the fire-triedH as
| they call themselves, refuse to
endorse the bargain which prac-
tieally destroys their party's
identity.
While we do not think the com
bination has gained much, it will
have the effect Of rousing the
Democrats, solidifying the lines,
~rousing more enthusiasm and
calling out a much larger vote
than if we had to fight those two
organizations separately, and the
result will prove that the fusing
of the opposition will be a good
thing for the Democratic party.
Ex Chairman EaveS who was sc
heavily sat upon. is a fighter
when he puts his war-paint anC
feathers on. He claims to be 6
Republican from principle, lut
like nine out of ten of the pa
triots who try to run the ma
chine, he is a Republican fol
revenue" He must fight this
combination for all he is worth
or surrender, eat a crow about as
big as an ostrich, and play SECOND
fiddle to DR.. Mott, whom he
hates with a stalwart hatred
Will he do that? If they cal
buy him either to support the
programme or to play neutral he
may. and that is the only theory
on which either neutrality or &C
quiescence could be accounted
for.
The coalitionists on the Re
publican side acted on the as
sumption that they, could fool The
rand and file Of their party ant
buy or whip in the opposition
while the Populists, who. will
Marion Butler. put up the jop
also assumed that they coulc
.lplay their party like a jumping
Jack and that as they pulled thu
string it would jump. In thu
pan-out they will both find them
selves mistaken, for neithe.
are mighty enough to yank thei
Irrespective parties around in tina
style where the selfish purpos'
is so apparent
But how must those disinter
ested, patriotic, Jeffersonian
Jacksonian Democrats like Harr,
lSkinner and Buck Kitchin fee
when they find themselves il
such close fellowship with tn
party which they have SO oftel
denounced as the personiticatiol
of political debauchery and vii
1ainy? We sympathize with then
in their new copartnership. TIL
; Democratic party is to be con
f graduated that Marion Butler ha
j, thrown off his disguise, that h
and the Republican bosses hav
: spliced, for this simplifies tn
Issue and makes it more clea
2 cut. We know now whom an
t what we have to fight, and ca
6 go into it. kill two birds with on
stone and finish up the job
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