The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-21
NOT ANY AGREEMENT
by the Pipa|lsts 10 Vote for a Gold
Man for Senator.
RtPaaLlcASs WILL SPEND 100000

RIPlRLlChAS WILL SPEND 100000
II SO Huci Is Nerdch 10 secure the
Retnrn of p,i,chnrd 20 the semitic
Nearly All or rarc county saiia
xestcrdny-A ~ tnry company
Formed ne concord.
Raleigh, n. c., Nov. 2o.-captain
Peace Of the Populist State Committee.
arrived here to-day and was Inter-
viewed regarding the Senatorship mat
< ter now SO much talked about. He
said: The Populists are distinctively
in this Senatorship fight and they are
going to have say In the matter. /
do not think the Republicans have Sc
ito vote for Pritchard. think they have
secured some, under certain conditions.
You press me to know what those con-
tditions are?, They thought that Prltch-
ard was for free silver; that Is, that he
should declare for 1t, and be the mnn
whose course Is endorsed by the party
caucus. The Populists, tell you
frankly, regard themselves as under no
obligations to the Republicans on ac-
count of the latter voting for Senator
ftouNieI IluSl year. Inc TACT Is tney ueny
that there was any agreement that they
We're this year to support Pritchard;
and If one was ever implied 1t was on
the basis that Pritchard was for free
silver
WILL TRY TO ELECT PRITCHARD.
IT Is quite openly said that the Re-
publtcnns are willing to spent us much
rs 100000 to get votes enough to, elect
Pritchard. 1t was no surprise then
when Captain Peace stated that he ex-
pected the fight over our Senator to be
heated, sensational ana prolonged
VERY MUCH PIED UP.
4 The foreman of the Caucasian has
gone to Elliott to see Senator Butler
about that papers affairs The paper
has not made money. There are many
demands on Senator Butler for funds
1t seems odd that the stockholders do
not pay off the judgments Of $2l3. There
are hints that the hitch arises from the
lack of harmony between Senator But
Ter and w: a. Guthrie and the Populist
machine" Guthrie is under suspicion
ms far as the machine goes. Does that
suspicion extend also to Senator Butler
as Cuthries steadfast friend? It was
said to-day that Guthrie was separated
from the party" A machine man said
that the interest which Associate Edi-
tor Aver seems to manifest I'm the pa
per's difficulties is quite the reverse OF
lively
TRIED TO BURN THE BALLOTS.
10. G. Duncan, Republican, of Cnrteret
county, says regarding the burning OF
some election tickets ut Piney Point, In
that county: only is tickets out of
20 were scratched, and these not so
much that they could not be read. OF
them 65 were Republican and 5 Demo-
cratic. w. o. Mason. county commits
Stoner, scratched match at the OMEN
Ing of the box containing the tickets,
ana IL is said his purpose. was to des-
troy them.''
Il ANOTHER MILITARY COMPANY. 4
Governor Carr accepts as Company G
OF the Fourth Regiment OF the State
Guard the company recently formed at
Concord. 1t has three officers and
forty-seven enlisted men.
SO far at Republican headquarters Of
ernor and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have
been received from Sc of the &c coun-
ties.
SENT TO THE CONVICT FARM.
Yesterday rs convicts were sent from
the penitentiary to work OH the farm on
the Roanoke river.
MOONSHINING ON THE INCREASE.
Moonshining appears to be on the in
crease In the State, and 1t Is said that in
the past thirty days one deputy has
captured twelve Illicit distileries In this
district. This same deputy has In eight
years destroyed 200 In one county,
Granville. he has destroyed forty.
WANT OFFICERS ABOLISHED.
Some of the Republicans express n
desire to abolish the Offices of Commits
sioner of Agriculture and Commissioner
of Labor Statistics,
THE INAUGURATION.
From what can be gathered II an
pears to be the purpose of the Repub-
leans to have the inauguration Of the
State officers take place as shortly as
possible after the Legislature meets
and the Speaker announces the result
OF the vote.
Among to-day's arrivals are I. VIII
loughby Eason and L. d. Starke of
Norfolk.
A COUNTY SOLD.
- Robert Il. Gray. Commissioner. under
an order of court, sold here to-day 1877.
600 acres of land In Dare county This
embraces the entire county, save what
Is known as the Banks" along the
ocean shore, part of !ourrant's Island
and all of Roanoke Island, the latter he
ing the one on which Sir Walter Ra-
5leiEh's colonists made the first English
settlement on this continent. The land
was bid OFF by the trustee for the note
{ holders, who are New York bankers
the price paid being 100000. This is the
greatest land sale ever made In North
Carolina.
KILLED By * NEGRO.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Ashe, of Swain
county. who was shot by q negro last
night near Bushnell, died this forenoon
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