The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-09

SETTLE IN A DILEMMA.
He Had to Favor Sound Money and
Free Silver at the Same Time.

He Had to Favor Sound Money and
Free Silver at the Same Time.
A special to the New York Times
from Greensboro, N. c., gives this ac-
count of Mr.. Settles struggle for re-
nomination In that district:
Mr.. Thomas Settle, Republican, and
the youngest representative in the
present Congress, is meeting with
considerable opposition in his efforts
TO secure denomination and re-elec-
Mr.. Settle and Mr.. Williams, the Dem
ocratic candidate, the Populists ran
Mr.. Lindsay. The latter received
over 1000 votes, made up mostly of
men who had voted the Democratic
ticket. Mr.. Settle is man of some
ability, and belongs to an old and res
pected family. His father, was the
most influential Republican in the
State. Young Settle is sound On the
money question, and voted for the
repeal OF the Sherman act; but he was
handicapped by the contest for his
seat by Mr.. Williams. He has also
been embarrassed by the large Popu-
list vote in his district. Between his
desire to secure the Populists' favor,
and to maintain his hold on the Re
publicans, he has not pleased either.
To crafty the Populists he voted for
the Bland seigniorage bill, and then
was not present to vote when the
question came up on passing the bill
over the Presidents veto. He was also
absent when the vote was taken on
the repeal of the 10 per cent. tax on
the issues of State banks. When
charged with inconsistency, Mr.. Set
tie said that he was compelled to vote
against the Sherman act by Mr. Reed
and the Republican members, other
wise they would have deserted him in
his contest with Williams. He said
also that Mr.. Reed was angry because
he voted for the seigniorage bill, and
that he was compelled to absent him
self and not vote to carry it over the
Presidents veto, and also to refuse to
vote for the repeal of the bank tax,
or lose the entire support Of the
Republicans In his contested election
case.
Mr.. Rufus Amis, of GRANVILLE coun-
ty, Is using all this in every issue of
his paper, The Silver Dollar, much to
the disgust of Mr.. Settle and his
friends. Mr.. Amis was a candidate
for the nomination against him. Be
lievlng that he had been defrauded
out of his nomination by the revenue
officers, who were Settles friends, Mr..
Amis declared himself an independent
candidate and continued in the race
until the meeting of the Republican
State Convention, when Mr.. Settle
succeeded in having Mr.. Amis nomi-
naLed for Secretary of State. With
this empty honor, Mr.. Amis retired
from the contest. Latterly he has
been ventilating the record of Mr..
Settle and doing all he could to defeat
his denomination.
The convention to nominate is to
meet In this city on August 18th. Up
to date there is 20 candidate formally
announced against Settle, although
the names Of several gentlemen are
mentioned.
The people here think Mr.. Settle
desires another three-cornered race,
believing that he can again pull
through by plurality. The district,
between Republican and Democrat,
was Democratic by nearly 5000 ma
jority. 1t is the only one the Repub-
licans now have in the State. and the
prospects are now that they will lose
1t in November next by the election of
a Democrat.