The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-23
CHIEFLY OF POLITICS
This is Apparently About All That Interests
North Carolina People These Days.
POPuLIsI AND DEMOCRATIC FUSION
The Most Important of Recent De-
vcIopmeDts-Kcpu May Call
Nome Their Brethren Now Hn
PopuIist RanLs-RnIeigL Filled
With Railroad Mem.

Raleigh. n. c.. Sept. -Specal.-Thcrc
was much interest last night in the fusion
party electors. The arrangement was not
effected until 80 this morning. In con-
i Populis fr nl ecre Witt. First
Bailey, Fourth William MerrltI, Fifth.
Third District; Theo. j. Klutta. Seventh:
Pr ryree York. Eighth; II. d. Gilmer
Free Silver Party Electors-B. l.. Keith
Sixth District.
Electors ut Large-l.ocke Craige. Demo-
Crat; r.. Il. Davis, Populist.
These electors We're as they formerly
stood: that is. neither party put on any
new men, save Ran Davis whom the Pop
ulists named instead OF one of their nomi-
heeS for elector at large.
The Republicans showed keen interest
in these fusion movements.
1t is said there is quite stir among the
Republicans because of Democratic-P opu-
list fusion in Cumberland county.
may make call upon their party people
who are IN the Populist ranks to come out.
The Republican leaders say they have a
powerful pull upon this class.
Fine rains began falling to-day and seem
to be general. They will benefits turnips
and put the ground in shape for fall plow-
ing OF small grain.
The offices Of the railway commission
were filed with railway officials to-day
reduction of passenger rates one-fourth
cent per mill, both first and second class.
The following We're ,he representatives I've,
n NJ. Emerson; Ohio River and Charles
ton, S. &. Lumpkin: Cape Fear ana Iad-
board, Al Line; W. IL. Day, J. G; MacRae
and T.. II. 'Busbee; Southern, y. b. An
drews and General Counsel Henderson,;
Norfolk and Western. II. Bevil.
w. ID. Evans and j.. G. Wilson. of the
South Carolina Railway Commission.
We're here. and b. courtesy sat with the
commission. They came ut the, instance
OF Chairman Wilson 10 see If they could
arb,trate the freight rate war between the
Seaboard Air Line and Southern railways.
but of course as that war is declared Off
nothing was NECESSARY TO be done. nor
did the matter Of the equalization of the
long and short haul rates come up.
Mr.. Loop and Mr. Sadlcr, of the South
crn ESprtss Company. were also before
case from Winston. THIS being the ease in
which K-:rner calls on the commission to
settle the question whether AN express;
| company can refuse TO receive and ship
freight save upon prepayment OF charges.
The express settled the case In which
RidSeway truckers sued for $50 because of
failure 10 ship car load OF Strawberries.
There is Il queer state OF affairs in the
Ninth Congressional District. 4 Populst
of promncnc" tells me the FopuliStS there
Will elect Pearson, Republican. ii by SO
doing they can fix things SO that Massey
| and the Sixth District Republican Congress
sional nominee will come down. J. NJ.
Smith is one of the two Republican nomi-
noes in the Sixth. He Will come down, but
| DIR. Norment seems inclined to stick: The.
tract with III" Republicans carried out
before they vote for Pearson or n man of
their own in the Ninth. They say, I'VE
want to hold the whip over both Pearson
and Joe Adams( Democracy, and see which
one We can get the most out OF: that is, as
| to concessions TO Populists. We want TO
see if by voting for Pearson we can gain
votes in other districts"
This same PopuliSt says Butler was real
~ ovcrpowerod by the Populist STATE Com
mittee, which did not DO what he wanted
done: but added that Populists have not
lost confidence III him. Rutlcr. he says
has usually led by finding out what most
| Populsts wanted and then going that way.