Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-26
CHAIR M AN B ABCOCK
He is in New York Comforting With Ma
tional Chairman Hanna.
News Received From Several States
Give Encouragement mt Repub-
lican Headquarters.

Chairman Babcock of the republican con-
gressional committee is in New York today
in conference with National Chairman
Hanna. He will return tonight to-
morrow.
One of the callers at republican head
quarters today was Mr.. A. E. Holton,
chairman of the republican state executive
committee Of North Carolina. He had
talk with Secretary Mercer Of the COM
mittee and afterwsrd with Star reporter.
THE republicans will get four Congress
men out of North Carolina a result Of
the fusion deal made with the populist 81
said Mr.. Holton. THE populists will get
the other five We have also made fusion
upon the state, county and township tick
cts with the populiSts.
The democrats and the populists have
fused upon the electoral ticket. but do not
think 1t will be successful Each side will
cut the other. The democrats and populists
of North Carolina are too far apart upon
political subjects. and there has been too
much personal feeling arising out of the
abuse of each other, ever to get together
In the way proposed. Sewal is intensely
obnoxious to the populists, too. l think
therefore that we stand a chance of getting
the electoral ticket Also
From Other States.
A letter was received a, republican head
letter written by an eastern man. who Is
travelling in the west on business, and
who writes as follows from Albuquerque,
n. NJ: Everything is moving, especially
the free silver question. do not have
much to say on the question (never did),
but l think there will be more Mckinley
votes even in Colorado than anyoody looks
for"
w. E. Whcrter, writing from Yosem-
lite. KY. for republican campaign liter
ature. says that the town has Mckinley
Club of 300 members.
Chairman Bapcock received information
yesterday that The, national committee at
New York had established {. DaE .sh Nor
wegian department in the foreign bureau,
which is In charge of number of promi-
nent Scandinavian writers and managers,
who will devote their entire attention to
the spread Of republican doesrinea among
their countcymen III all parts of .he United
States.
Vice Chairman Apsley COIning Back.
Vice Chairman Apsiey writes to republi-
can headquarters that he will spend sew
eral days in Washington next week and
will take up his permanent location here
on the 18th of October to remain until the
close of the campaign.
D. H. Zepp. an attorney at Nokomis. ILL.,,
writes republican headquarters: This part
of Illinois will give an increased republican
majority. We are gaining as the weeks go
by"
Rev. B. A. Mcdonald of Hyattsvlle, Md.
writes: Il believe everything is working
| for the good of the party in my state. Mr..
| Mudd will carry this district by $500 ma
| jority and consequently the state will be
| safe for Mckinley and sound money
| Mr.. ]. l. Barick, writing from keyser, w.
Va. says: Our county CdineraD is now
| well organized. and we find our republicans
| in line; also find that sound money dem
ocrats are developing considerable strength
| since the nomination of the sound money
| ticket. Bryan will cut no ice with this OF
| adjoining county,
| correspondent writes that arrange.
| ments are under way for an excursion from
| the valley of Virginia, the old south legion
| of democracy, to Canton. Ohio, to visit Mai
Mckinley, numbering 100 people, the ma.
| Jcrity of whom will be ex-confederates
| The excursion is gotten up by Charles L
| Holtzman, chairman of the Page county re-
| publican committee, and Rev A. Paul Funk
| hcuser Of Harrisonburg, Va. The execur.
| sion is from the seventh congressional dis
| trict, in which r. ]. Walker is the republi
| can candidate.
| Suppressed Republican Literature.
Advices received at republican headquar
ters from many parts of Virginia tell o
assaults and other indignities visited upor
| prominent members Of the party who have
| been speaking in certain sections of the
state. Charges have been made against thu
| postmaster at JoneSVille, that he has sup
| pressed republican campaign literatur,
passing through his official hands o.
Monday last the postmaster made an as
| Sc ult on the man who had made the com
! plant, and charges have been filed agains
him with the Postmaster General that h
| has threatened bodily violence against tn,
amanuensis Of the complainant, who hat
| written the letter.
A correspondent in Virginia, writing t.
Chairman Babcock. referring to threat
made by leading democrats and intimlda
tions used against republicans who will no
support their candidate, says: 'They neve
fail to resort to intimidation and violenc,
when 1t will serve their purpose. Gen. j
w. Walker addressed meeting here yes
terday. About 800 republicans assembled
hut about twenty armed democrats, file,
with mean whisky, almost broke up tn
meeting, thre lteaed Gen. Walker with per
sonal violence, cursed him and one of then
struck or punched him with stick. TIL
postmaster at Jonesville is setting them al
example by assaulting citizens who expos
the irregularities Of his office"
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