Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-03-05
GRANT REPLIES TO HOLTON
Why the Chairman is Distrusted :
Chairman HoIton Called Upon
to Publish Maj, Grants
Personal Letter
to Him,

1
It is with no desire for pub
licity that [ ask the privilege o
being heard through the columns
Of your paper, but the course O.
Mr.. Holton, the chairman Of the
State Republican committee, il
making public the copy of {
| personal letter to me and re
ceived twenty~four hours after
your publication, requires some
explanation or reply from ne.
and [ respectfully ask for il
through the same medium thai
gave publicity to bis.
The letters published by you
were correct and | assume all the
responsibility of sending them
out There was nothing secret
about them, as all the members
OF the committee received them,
[ learn to-day that Senator
Pritchard is thought to have in
spired my act, His first intima-
ton Of the letters was the read
ing of Mr.. Holton's letter in
your Sunday edition.
| received information that
several Democrats in North Car
olina were to meet in Washington
with some other gentlmen for the
purpose of perfectingarrangment
for fusion or co operation with
the Populists in the next election.
l had little sense enough to see
danger in this and believed that
the committee ought to meet and
officially speak, SO far as in the
committee lay, what the policy
Of the Repuo uolicans would be in
the State, subject, however, to
the action of the State conven-
ton. believed this due the
leaders and the rank and file of
the Populists, as we'll as the Re
publicans, and for these reasons
[ asked them to meet. The favor
able responses, if a majority, l
intended to send Mr.. Holton and
give such information as had
come to me, and ask the imme-
diate call OF the State commit
tee.
Mr.. Holton,- for reasons best
known to himself, sought the
columns Of your paper to venti-
late long and consuming desire
to say something. The call of
the committee has been anxiously
looked for and as promised since
January 1st, the last excuse for
delay being Senator Buffers
''Silyer Circular" Wanted time
for the Republicans to digest it -
He must think the Republicans
of North Carolina are all dys-
peptics. When these letters
we're sent to members of the
committee [ little expected the
Democratic scheme would be
given publicity so soon. ~CoiDci>
dent with your publication Of
Mr.. Roltons salty letter to me
on Sunday morning, was the
publication in the Raleigh News
and Observer of the Democratic
scheme of fusing with the Popu-
lists. Ii Mr.. Holton's source of in !.
formation is so l1miied that he can
not keep up with the intrigues of
the Democrats he must not CONS
plain if others can, and see fiG to
act upon it and give the alarm.
Mr.. Holton's opposition to a pol
ICY which prevails I think with
a majority of Republicans, has
made them distrust him and the
action taken was upon their So
licitation in part.
l do not wish to detract in the
least from Mr.. Holton the credit
due him for fidelity and loyalty
to party interests in the past,
and as an evidence I ask him to
give publicity to my letter in re-
ply to his in your Sunday issue.
IL that [ answer all charges di-
rect and by inuendo and if he is
disposed to be honorable in this
controversy, he cannot refuse
this request and I demand, if
published, the letter shall not be
mutilated.
81. L. GRANT,
Goldsboro, N. c., Feb'y "a, '96