The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-08
POLITICAL POINTS.

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POLITICAL POINTS.
| The county candidates of all parties
begin their canvass to-day. The DEM
ocrats at Cross Roads, in Panther
Branch township, and the Populists at
| Auburn.
Congressman A. C. Shuford, of New
ton, was in Raleigh yesterday wearing
a free silver hat, looking as sour as
a crab-apple and in close confab WIN
| Chirman Holton. Mr.. Holton accom-
panied him to the train and bid hlm
a fond adieu. The object of Mr.. Shu-
ford's visit to Raleigh could not be as
| certained. as he said he was too busy
| to talk politicsOrk
Mai. Fl. +. Grant returned to Raleigh
Yesterday morning and spent the day
at Republican headquarters receiving
! the CONGRATULATIONS of his friends on
| his nomination for State Senator in
his district. The Major and H. c. Max
well a Populist, of Duplin, were chosen
bv the Senatorial convention at War
saw Tuesday to make the fight against
| Frank A. Daniels, of Wayne, and A. ID.
Ward. of Duplin, the Democratic nom
inees. The Rep-Pop. fusion committee
also agreed on a young Populist mann
ed Ward to run for the Legislature in
Duplin.
Loge Harris went off on the Sea-
board train yesterday. When asked if
he was going to Henderson to ngineer
fusion. between Republicans ard Popu-
lists of Vance county, he sad: mo
I'm only going to Franklinton on bus
mess. I'm not taking much part in
! politics right now, outside of Wake
county Indeed, I've not been asked to.
And / would not do so if / were. l will
not work under the present chairman
and he knows it. / don't want to have
anything to do with a man who has
no more respect for himself than to
accept the craftsmanship when he knew
| the head of the ticket, Mr.. Russell,
| didn't want him. To tell you the truth
| the committee is not doing much any
way They have no organization and
are accomplishing very little good for
the party"
Visitors from the Western part of
the State yesterday reported Hon.
| Cyrus B. Watson as still quite sick. He
is suffering from a stomach trouble
the same disease that came so near
ending his life two years ago, and his
friends fear that he may have re-
currence of the serious attack from
which he then suffered so intensely.
| The Winston Sentinel says: There
was no improvement in his condition
yesterday. He came home indisposed
| last Thursday but thought he would
! be able to resume his canvass yester-
! day Monday night he had four de-
grees of fever and his physician stated
that he would not be able to get out
before the latter part of the week, if
/ then. Mr.. Watson is suffering with
something like inflammation of the
| bowels. 1t will be remembered that
he was confined to his bed for several
weeks, year or more ago, with the
same complaint"
! Ohio Wilson was busy man yester-
/ day. With a pen behind each ear and
| his fingers smeared with ink he was
/ holding down the editors desk at the
| Caucasian office. But he was not edit
| ing the Caucasian. Senator Butler and
| Chairman Aver run the thinking ma
chine of that publication, and besides
/ they and Mr.. Wilson do not exactly
hold the same views. But they have
| loaned Mr.. Wilson the use of their of
flee to get out his campaign paper '"The
| Hayseeder," and yesterday the states
man from Rhamkatte was manufac-
| turing fusion fire." to use his own ex-
preston, and preparing to send out
| $4,000 copies of his paper to all parts
of the State to-day. As the campaign
! progresses Mr.. Wilson finds that he
| cannot be everywhere at once to nurse
! Rep-Pop. fusion and keep free silver
/ voters in line for gold bug Republicans
and so he has established personal
| organ through which he may speak
| his will to the listening milloisn all at
once. This the Hayseeder is intended
| to do It will live one short month
and after the election viii go the way
of all flesh.
| At Swepsonville Tuesday night after
Hon. W. S. Matthews, Labor Commits
sioner of the State of Maine, and T. r.
PurnelI, Esq, of Raleigh, had finished
/. speaking to a small crowd of Repub-
| licans, Labor Commissioner Lacy at
| tempted to reply to them. But the
Republicans did not propose to be
caught in any such trap. So when Mr..
!, Lacy began to speak they began to try
to interrupt him with questions and
falling in this they got up and walked
! out of the hall A gentleman who was
present writes as follows concerning
the incident: "After they (Matthews
and Purnell) got through Mr.. Lacy a
rose and begged the crowd to remain
just for FIVE minutes and told them
that the Democrats had for six weeks
invited amy and everybody to divide
time with them, and called their at
tention to the fact that he was an I'M
| educated mechanic, and Matthews was
a statesman from another State and
Purnell an educated lawyer and yet
! their cause was so weak they would
not divide time At this point the Re-