Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-12
Causes That Led to the Remarkable
Victory for the Fusion Ticket.
DINCORD RULED AMONG DEMOCRATS
Review of the Probable Political
Results That Will Follow.
ASPIRANTS FOR THE SENATE
of The Evening Star.

Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
RALEIGH, N. c., November II, 1894
The fusion majority on the state ticket
is close upon $4,000. w. H. Worth, popu-
list, is the new state treasurer; and the
new justices of the supreme court are w.
T. Faircloth, republican,; David M. Furches,
republican, and Walter A. Montgomery, in
dependent democrat. The latter was the
special candidate of Chairman Marion But
Ter of the populist party, who insisted on
his being on the ticket. The republicans
tried to make a fight on the question, and
put up w. A. Guthrie or w. p. Bynum, tr.,
but the populist chairman had his will, and
so Montgomery went on as the fusion
rominee. Walter Clark, democrat, was
elected by the greatest vote ever cast in
the state for any candidate. The fusion
lists had him on their tickets, and so did
the democrats, and he got all the votes
The popdlists esteem Clark very highly
His decision as to the election law is the
cause of their regard. A. G. Avery, the
fifth member of the supreme court, holds
bis Office four years longer, as there was
no vacancy in his case.
The fusionists elect six superior court
judges; the democrats failing to elect even
one There are twelve judges in all. Six
viii be voted for two years hence. The
fusiCnists elect ten of the twelve solicitors
They failed to carry the fourth and eleV-
enth judicial districts.
AS to congressman, the fusionists elected
Harry SkiErer in the first, William f.
Stroud in the fourth, A. G. Shuford in the
seventh, Rcmulus u. Linney in the eighth
and Richmond Pearson in the ninth. The
republicans reelected Thomas Settle in the
fifth. The democrats elected Frederick A.
Woodland in the second and James A. Lock-
hart in the sixth. They claim they have
elected John G.. Shaw in the third. Chair
N1n tAVE in 4 hn Lot ton tbn xIff
cial count is needed to settle the question.
He declares that the odds are in favor of
the election of Cyrus Thompson, populist.
So the democrats certainly failed to carry
six districts, perhaps seven, and none of
their successful men got 1000 majority. 1t
is feared by not few democrats that
Shaw is beaten. Others say they expect If
there is a contest in the second that Con-
SreSS Will throw cut Woodland, thus leaving
Lockhart solitary democrat.
Superior Organization Did 1t.
The superior organization of the fusion
lists is what did the work. The democratic
state chairman says he doubts whether,
with three parties in the field and no fusion.
the democrats would have won. as there
has been a notable revival of republican
sentiment in the state within the past six
months. The republicans voted quite SOL
idly and scratched very little. The popuist
organization was rem arkably fine. Chair
man Butler said to your correspondent that
ne obtained the names of all democrats in
the state who were dissatisfied, and to these
sent his paper regularly. Thus he sent out
$1,000 copies a week. He made many con-
VertS. Then, too, the populists made a
houSe-to-hoIse canvass of the whole state
and got the names of all their people At
each polling place they had a man with a
book, who checked off the name of each of
their party. Such thorough work was never
done before in this state. The organiza ton
was very far superior to that of the demo-
Gratis
The demo cratic speakers, as a rule had
small audiences, even where there were
many of the ablest speakers. The populists
would not go to hear them. The state COM
mittee of democratic clubs a failure.
There was no longer an opportunity to work
the negro question:" for the negro was the
balance OF power, and the democrats
wanted him as much as the fusionists. Two
weeks before the election the word was
passed as to what the negroes were to do
that is. 10 vote for fusion nominees And
they did 1t. 1t is asserted that not 5000 Of
the $4,000 of them voted the democratic
ticket
The absenteeis on the part of the DEM
ocratS was astounding. Their state chair
man tells me he thinks 10000 of them did
not vote. The amount of scratching was
unprecedented. To show the loosening of
the once firm party ties 1t may be stated
that not a few of the scratchers boosted of
what they had done.
Causes of Democratic Discord.
The truth is, the democrats were handi-
capped. Nne-tenths of them are angry
with Cleveland angry with Congress, angry
because of SenHtor Ransom's course angry
with Senator Jarvis because he brought up
the question of senatorial primaries" and
angry because cotton is ) cents a pound
The party is torn to pieces by d'ssensons,
some great, some pitifully small, but all
deadly in their effect.
Had the legislature been democratic it
is declared Ransom could not have been re-
elected. Bot II is Overwhelmingly fusion
There is II majority in the senate and 81 in
the house, according to figures made today
1t was agreed when fusion was consum-
mated that the republicans and populists
would divide the offices. So the populistS,
feeling inclined TO be legislators took those
nominations more largely, the republicans
taking the county offices. So there are
about seven more populists than republicans
in the legislature. Chairman Butler gives
NE these flgureS. 1t was also agreed that
each party should take United States SEN
ator. Marion Butler gets the long term.
That is the agreement. He will assurelly
be Ransom's successor. Your correspond
ent is informed on high authority that the
odds are nine to one that Jeter c. PritChard,
republican, will be the other Senator. For
long time no one save Pritcharl was named
in this connection on the part of the repub-
licans.
w NO w ~ DC SehttoFS.
Now, after the election, five others are
named First of these is A. L. Hatton, re-
publican chairman. While his chances are
by some of his party considered next to
those of Pritchard, yet they say he has not
the oratorical and other ability necessary.
The republicans, in other words, want to put
in a strong man. After HattOn, j. j. Mott,
ex-chairman; ii. G.. Ewart, ex-COngressman,
and Oliver II. Dockery, eX-CongresSman, are
named Pritchard is one of the finest speak
ers the republicans have. While in the
legisla lure he was easily the leader of his
party
The democrats in many cases are daZed
by their disaster. They fear all sorts of
thing. Most of all, they deplore the loss of
the legislature. The fusionists, they believe
will redstrict the state, repeal the county
government law, make total changes in the
II engagement of the public institutions and
amend the charters of some cities and towns
so as to take the control out of democratic
hands.
Some democrats will have nothing to do
with the populsts while others rather favor
making some sort of terms with them, in
case the republicans want to make too
radical changes In the laws. Some demo-
Gratis argue that two years hence there will
be no populist party, but that these now in
IL must ally themselves either with the re-
pubicans or democrats.
Some populists declare they do not intend
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