Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20
North Cardinals Gold and Silver
Democrats at Odds.
50, TCo, ARE POPULlSTs ANDDEMoCRArs
The Republican Ticket Looks For
midabIe Just Now.
ULLING THE WIRES

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now occupying themselves with what Is
termed rainbow chasing'-that is. they
are trying to capture the populist vote
Though the populists reyile and snub them.
! their attempts to win the coveted prize con-
| tinue. 1t is the most laughable folly of the
| campaign. And some of those who are en-
| gagged in 1t are those who four years ago
| were the loudest 'in.denouncing populists
| There was quite a sensatfon in the, state
| when news came from Washington that
Daniel L. RUSSELL the republican nominee
| for governor, had written letter to per-
sens in high position in his party init
| mating his readiness to come off, the
| ticket II the interests of the party required
Russell says this is not true, and Senators
| Pritchard and Butler make denial 1t was
part and parcel Of this story that in Rus
| sells stead the name Of a populist was to
be put at the head of ticket.
Another pretty tale came all the way
| from Washington. This was to the effect
that the North Carolina republican electors
| would all be taken down and the names of
| Tree silver men-populistS, OF course-put
| up instead. This story gained some Gre
| dence. J.C.LHarris. ex-seCretary Of the re-
publican state committee, says that he told
| his committee the names of the electors
would have to come down. as if they were
| kept up the republicans would surely lose
| the entire state. James H. Young. a mem
| that majority of the members thereof
| favor taking down the electoral ticket
silver the Test.
The free silver democrats have gone so
| far as to set up free silver as the standard
and test OF party faith, and not democracy
some OF the republicans are disposed to go
almost as far. 1t all shows the great ex-
tent to which the free silver agitation has
| slapped the life of the old parties. There
are democrats who out-Herod Herod and
whose one desire and aspira ton appears to
be to ride into office or prominence on the
crest Of the silver wave. The office seekers
or the party have. it is declared done more
.nan al any other influence to set the rank
AID ME against party and for silver only.
10 show how times change, an instance
Will suffice. Senator Butler Influenced some
democrats to call state silver convention
here September % last. Most of the demo-
Gratis who led in the call absented them
selves when the supreme moment came
inc convention was rs great a failure as
was ever seen In the state. Senator Butler
absolutely dominated 1t. He drew the reso-
luton regarding silver. 1t was a straight
and strict pledge to vote only for open and
avowed silver men who promised to vote
only for free silver men or measures-a
sort of double pledge. Thousands of demo-
Gratis denounced this as undemocratic But
last Saturday. at the democratic county
convention held in this city, a resolution
was adopted by unanimous vote instruct
Ing delegates to all conventions to vote for
no delegate to the national convention or
for any officer who is not unequivocally in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l. without wait
ing for the al ton of any other government.
Silver Men Strong.
The silver men are lin the saddle i'll
North Carolina. They ignore the gold
bugs" as they term the sound money DEM
ocrats. The extent to which this has gone
is amazing. And the gold men have liter
ally effaced themselves. One of them,
Richard H. Battle of Raleigh, for years the
state chairman, told me he did not go to
the primaries; that the tickets with the
lists Of names were printed beforehand,
and at the head of each was the inscrip-
ten: For free silver, 10 to l." There was
no place for a gold democrat.
The populists wish greatly to get control
Of the legislature. They say SO. and are
working with that end in view. The re-
pubiicans also want the legislature, their
chief purpose being to elect their own men
to places in all the public institutions.
Tor governor resolutely refused to allow
himself to be interviewed. He and his
friends regard his election as a certainty.
1t Is minated. rather than said. that
considerable number of republicans who
opposed his nomination, and who. they
claim. were overridden and unfairly treated
by him in the convention, will not support
him. II democrats rely on this any,
in the republican party they lean on a
broken reed. for the republican votes which
will not be cast for the regular nominee of
the party will be pitifully small.
The Negro Vote.
There has been great deal Of talk of G
bolt of negroes. and it has been claimed
that 10000 of them will not vote for Russell.
There are about 100000 negro voters in the
state. 1t Is very liberal estimate to say
hof Of fbavV, mill 60,
Russell. The anti-RusseIl negro element
calls state convention in Raleigh July =.
They claim that at least sixty Of the ninety
six counties will be represented, while some
observant people assert that sixteen will be
rearer the actual number of counties.
One of the points just now chiefly in dis
pute among the democrats is whether their
state convention shall at its session. June
D. nominate a state ticket and adopt a
platform, as well as elect delegates to the
national convention. The extreme free sill
yer men are in many cases for two con-
ventions, because they wish to wait until
after the national conventions. so as to trim
their sails, 1t Is alleged, and try to catch
some populist votes There is bitter feel
ing against the two-convention idea on the
part of those democrats who swear they
will not truckle to the populists. will not
vote for compromise ticket and who de-
sire straight nominations of straight dem
ocrats There appears to be every reason
to believe that there will be sharp clash
between these two discordant elements in
the party. 1t is asserted by some observ-
ant persons that the one-convention men
will carry the day, but the two-convention
adherents claim they have unknown
strength. Heretofore the work has always
been done at one convention: to hold two
will be an innovation in this state.
The Probable Ticket.
The date Of the democratic state conven-
ton is June 25, and the assertion is made
that II the state ticket Is named Julian s.
Carr Of Durham IS likely to get the nomi-
nation for governor on the first ballot The
present outlook is that there will be at least
five men whose names will be presented
for the gubernatorial nomination these be-
ing Carr, ex-senator Jarvis, R. l.. Dough-
ton, Theodore F. Davidson and James c.
MacRae. Perhaps Lee 8. Overman and
Thomas w. Mason may also be named
There are ZOOS delegates. 1t is said that
the extreme free silver men are on the quiet
opposing Carr. Jarvis may be elected state
chairman. ]. H. Pom, the present chair
man. declines to be a candidate 1t is al
legged by some persons that MacRae will
develop considerable strength as a candi-
date for the nomination for governor
Senator Butler, who is state chairman of
the populist party. has enemies who are
seeking to undermine him. Among the most
Jealous and determined of these aro Con