Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-11
AND THE NEGRO, TOO.
WANT TO GET HIM INTO THE
SILVER CONVENTION.
Marion Buffers Views on the "Non-
Partisnnv Gathcring-North Caro-
lima Insane Asylum Matters~i"e
Crops-Personal and General.

RALEIGH. N. c., September O-'spe-
ciaI)-J. c. L. Harris. a weii'kho""
Populist.R Republican OF Raleigh. liz quite
enthusiastic in regard to the non-pai"
san silver convention to be heiu "s'e
September 18th. and says he VIII nave
fifty negroes at the convention II they
are admitted. and that he intends 10 see
one meeting in which there Is no dis-
elimination on account Of race. Color OF
previous condition OF servitude. lie mas
prepared a resolution that reads as io'-
lows: THAT a committee OF hfteen De
appoInted by this convention, which
shall issue an address to the voters oil
the nation who are in favor OF the re-
monetizatlon of silver at the ratio oi
1s TO 1. urging them to meet at some
convenient point for the purpose OF Ell
fecting an organization, the sole mis-
sion Of which shall be the RECOMMENDATION
OF silver at 16 TO 1. and that when this
great object has been attained each IN
dividual who has contributed thereto
shall be at liberty TO return TO the party
organization with which he has acted
IL not being intended to disrupt or Inn
oair any political organization further
than TO attain the object herein set
forth"
BUTLER'S POSITION.
Senator Butler was asked to-day about
the silver convention, and said he was not
advising Populists to stay away. but
was telling them he would probably at
tend 1t himself, and that he felt that
way. He says he thinks any person who
favored silver should have been allowed
to sign the call. He does not. he SAID
know whether he would have signed, as
he would first have desired to see whether
II would help the cause of silver, but'
he added. as 1t is called. he proposes TO
be present to see what Is done. ana 10
do anything he can to advance the cause
Of silver and oppose anything inimicai
TO that cause All friends of silver ought,
he declared. to get together. He does not
know whether this is the meaning Oh
this convention or not, but he Will not OPP
nose anything which looks like that pur-
pose.
INsANE-ASYLUM MATTERS.
There are now 1858 patients in the In
sane asylum here-the largest number
since II was established. There are 15f
males and 20i females. The great ma
iority of them are country people OF mo
die age Wake has the largest NUMBER
and Cumberland the next largest. Since
December LIST last there have been lOl
admissions.
No less than $50 pupils are expected at
the school for the white blind, and that
for colored deaf-mutes and blind here.
This is a remarkable autumn, In that
IL finds the crops so varied and abundant
that not a complaining farmer can be
found The cotton crop will be larger
than II was expectSi.
Associate-Justice Walter Clark. OF the
Supreme Court. is quite sick at his home
here.
To-day 1t is stated by members OF the
family that Mr.. J. W. Bailey, editor Of
the Biblical Recorder, has typhoid-fever.
NO POISON SHOWN.
The case against Robert Ramsay, Of
Rowan county, Of being concerned in
poisoning Mrs. Kestler. is dropped. An
analysis made here of the contents of
her stomach showed no poison.
Andrew D. Cowles. of Statesville, who,
while drinking at Durham, made an as
sault on the hotel people. and then tried
to cut his own throat with a Ratchet,
is now at home His injuries are slight,
being mainly on the neck and face
There are 2l6 students at Wake Forest