The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23

His friends here have expressed great
surprise in the confidence shown by Sen
ator Brice of his ability to be reelected.
He is not stingy with his big fortune,
but he knows that money alone cannot
buy his election. 1t is believed that he
has assurance of help from anti Foraker
Republicans, and that this as much as
his money is counted on to overcome the
big Republican majority.
Ransom and the Mexican Mission.
Mr.. Charles F. Warren, of Washing
ton, who is at the Ebbitt House, was this
morning interviewed by a News repor
ter. He said
''The people of North Carolina are no
little chagrined over the decision re-
Gently rendered by the Government
which displaces Matt W. Ransom as
Minister to Mexico. Matt Ransom is one
of the most popular men the Tar Heel
State ever produced, and his friends are
legion. The defeat of this gentleman
for the Senate in the election of State
Legislature composed of Republicans and
Populists was gall in the side of the
North Carolina Democrats, as the opin-
ion is quite general that this Chester
field is one of the best representatives
that could be selected. His appoint
ment to the Mexican mission by the
President was hailed with delight by
his many admirers, and no one can tell
the deep feelings of regret that the peo
pie of the State feel over his bounce.
81 am confident as are the people gen.
orally of North Carolina that Mr.. Ran
som will be reappointed and all the Incl
dentals properly adjusted. Grover
Cleveland knows a good man when he
sees him and he certainly appreciates
Mr.. Ransom's services
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun sends the following tele-
gram to that paper:
General Ransom's Washington friends
are looking anxiously toward Gray Gables
for some sign from the President that
will relieve the anxiety caused by the
ruling of the Department of Justice.
They are DESTROYS of knowing whether
he is to be Minister Ransom, or is to be
relegated to private lite,
1t was stated by Gen. Ransom's closest
friends that his reappointment as Minis
ter to Mexico would be forthcoming the
day after the official decision of the At
torney- General declaring him ineligible,
but the letter that they long for has not
come. Yesterday it was whispered
about in Administration circles, as COM
ing direct from member of the Cabinet,
that there is no certainty that General
Ransom will return to Mexico.
1t is stated further, on excellent au
thority, that when General Ransom
went to New York short time ago, he
extended his trip to Buzzard's Bay for
the purpose of holding a personal inter
view with the President relative to the
pending difficulty. Those who are ia
miliar with General Ransom's courtly
manners and personal pride and sensi-
tiveness may be able to appreciate his
feelings of modification when he reached
Buzzard's Bay and telephoned to the
President for permission to drive up to
Gray Gables, only to be informed that
the President was too busy to see him.
There is an unexplained hitch in the
matter, and none of the Generals conf
Dental associates are able to account
for it. Meantime, those who are not
particularly interested in General Ran
SONS affairs are indulging in considera-
DIe speculation do W Luc OulCUlu6 VI TIC
unfortunate complications.
Senator harris and Silver.
Senator Harris, who is still here ex
presses himself as well pleased at the re-
suit of the recent conference Of Demo
attic silver men. He believes that
m majority Of the Democrats in the country
believe in free coinage, and if that is so
he wants to see them control the Nat
ional Convention Of their party. be
says:
I'VE propose to make this fight purely
aud strictly within party lines, and if /
am mistaken in the belief that majority
of Democrats favor free coinage Of silver
to my patriotic friends who are so solicit
tous aud anxious to know what We are
going to do, / can say that having fought
the battles of the Democratic party for
fifty years, and having through my
whole life been devoted to the cardinal
principles OF that party, there is no one