The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-09
POLITICAL
Condensed Mention OF What
People Are Saying And What
Parties Are Doing.

Birds Ego View of Events n Pictured by
tho Press-Expressions of Opinion by
Some People Who Know-And Some
Who Think They Know.
The CAUCASIAN last week gave a
letter written by Chairman Holton
to Congressman Skinner, which we
thought exceedingly cheeky. Con
cerning this letter the Richmond
Dispatch had the following:
II saw Mr.. Skinner this morning.
He said he had received the letter.
"What will be your replyl"
"There will be no reply" said he
Il will have the people to do the
replying"
This was very gratifying to the
CAUCASIAN, and approximated wha,
we thought Holtsn's impudence de-
served. But-there was a reply; and
it was an unqualified disappointment
to the CAUCASIAN to read it. W.
have seen tho original. 1t is as fol
lows:
II thank you very kindly for youl
letter of the 21st (relative to alleged
fusion of Populists and Democrat!
in Tyrrell county, This count,
gave US trouble two years ago anG
then ran three tickets. My informa
ton is contrary to what you repre-
sent. l will investigate thorough!
and let you know the status. an
satisfied you are in error"
And now everybody is laughing
at Col. Skinner. We regret it, bu
what else could he expect from sucl
a course as this!
Congressman Downing, of Illinois
thinks the Democratic Naiiona
Convention at Chicago will declar
unequivocally for free coinage.
"After making q careful surve.
of the situation l am convinced tha
there will be at least 600 delegates i
the Democratic convention favorabl
to free coinage" Mr.. Downing said
as he glanced through a note boo
he held in his hand. The total nun
Der of delegates is $50.
i The Republican executive commi
tee of the Fifth Congressional Di.
trict last week called the conventio
to meet at Darham on Tuesday, Ma
. 18th, and passed the following rest
luton and adjourned:
"The Republican executive con
mittee, in session at Durham, tn
3Oth day of March, 1896, hereby 81
dorse the course in Congress OF OF
Representative, Hon. Thomas Settl
and recommend his re-nominatio
and reelection to the voters of tb
district"
e Resolutions were offered by NJ
White, of Alamance, endorsir
Pritchard, Mckinley and Boyd, al
;. were voted down.
W. get the following from Il
. Washington Post:
mckinley" said Senator Pritc
ard, yesterday, upon his return fro
North Carolina, Twill have sixtes
> out of the twenty-five delegates fro
my State. l have nothing to 81
against Mr.. Reed. On the contrar
> l admit that he has me strength
7 the State, but the truth, neverth
less, remains that neither Mr.. Re-
nor any other Presidential aspira
= can carry the State against N
y Mckinley"
II "What has caused the McKini
= boom?"
q at is simply that the people
3 North Carolina want q protecti
tariff, and they look upon McKinl
as the embodiment of that princip
could name hundreds of men in t
Congressional district in which
y side who have been Democrats
= their lives, but who now intend
= a vote the Republican ticket becau
= = they see that the Democratic poll
- hurts their business interests. 7
:. great development of manufactul
:. in the South has developed this 81
o timent, and then the Southern peol
!, . want protection for their raw ma
:; rails"
~ Senator Prirchard denied m
- emphatically that he aspired fo1
u position in MeKinley's cabinet.
shall be content to be returned
Is the Senate" said he, "and Am
It, the Senatorial race to stay"
d. The Press Visitor says this:
fCont;nn.a an fcun,tb p.eeA