The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-26
The Chairman Comments on the
Senator's Washington
Interview.
BUTLER ON THE OBSERVER
Is Quick, He Says to Help
Mckinley and Defeat
Bryan.
BRYAN, SILVER AND VICTORY
when This Joint Electoral Ticket Was
Made" Says Chairman Manly, The
Democratic Party in North
Carolina Know What
1t Meant

Democratic PartY IN North
Carolina Know What
1t Meant
Chairman Manly was seen yesterday
touching an interview with Senator
Butler, which appeared in the Wash
ington Post of the 25th instant, which
interview follows the comment of Mr..
Manly.
YES, have read Mr.. Buffers inter-
view," said Mr.. Manly, sin the Post of
the 25th The Democratic party ar
ranged the electoral ticket with the
Populist party because they wanted
Mr.. Bryan elected President of the
United States. The entire Democratic
party of North Carolina wishes this
with all its heart. In wanting Bryan
to get the electoral vote of this State,
our party invited and insisted on the
Peoples party joining with us on our
electoral ticket, notwithstanding the
fact that these parties differed as to
the Vfce-President. It is true as Sena-
tor Butler says, some Democratic
papers are advising the Democratic
voters to scratch the Populist electors.
But there is no fear of this. Such
suggestions meet neither the approval
nor support of the Democratic voters
of this State, as / have reason to be-
lieye and assert, When this joint cleo
toral ticket was made by the Demo
cratic Executive committee, the Demo
cratic party in North Carolina knew
what it meant. The Democratic voters
knows what party honor and party
integrity means, and will vote the
ticket from top to bottom, as Bryan
electors. | can say to Senator Butler,
he need have no fear of such action.
The Democrats of North Carolina will
vote the ticket. On the 4th of next
November, when we rise to day of
rejoicing, and Bryan holds the silver
standard OF, victory, no Populist can
reproach the Democratic party with
perfidy and treaeheTy. This day of
evil will never come to break the sacred
pledge of our faith"
BUTLER'S INTERVIEW.
Now that the success of fusion on
the electoral ticket is assured, Chair
man Butler says a new obstacle is
showing itself. This is the policy of
many Democratic papers through the
West and South, who prefer to see Nc
Kinley win, but are apparently for
Bryan for the sake of regularity, to
stir the Populists to anger. Some
papers already have come out for
Bryan, after period of hesitation, and
announce that they will support the
regular Democratic ticket, but advise
voters to scratch the Populist cleo
tors. Chairman Butler saws the
scheme is a shrewd one. Such papers
think the Populists win come back at
| them by advising their voters to sup
port the Bryan electoral ticket, but
to scratch Democratic electors In
this way he thinks the vote for Bryan
might be materially reduced in many
States with quite possibility of Nc
kinley's triumph in certain sections.
Chairman Butler is preparing to
head this movement off and he states
it as his purpose to have orders sent
out to Populist organs from the bead
quarters not to retort to such Demo
cratic advice. When such Democratic
newspapers hit the Populists on one
cheek the latter will be advised to
meelSly turn the other cheek and reply
that Democratic success and the
triumph of free silver is dearer to them
this election than the cultivation of
parry differences. Chairman Butler
yesterday set the ball rolling in this
direction by debating an editorial for
his paper, the Caucasian, published at
Raleigh, N. G., in which he replies to
an editorial n the Charlotte Observer.
He says part:
There is but one hope left for Nc
Kinley and the gold men, and that is
for the voters who oppose the gold
standard to fail to support the joint
electoral ticket. The Charlotte OBJ
server is quick to see, and seize upon
this opportunity to- help Mckinley
and defeat Bryan, though protesting
to support him. The following is its
editorial advice to its readers, under
date of September 30:
Men, whose boast is that they have
never scratched the Democratic ticket,
and never voted against Democratic
nominee, cannot afford this year to
vote for a lot of Populist electors who
will vote for a Populist for Vice-presi-
dent against the Democratic nominee.
1t is their duty to scratch the name of
every Populist from the electoral tick
ct, and to vote only for those men who
Will vote for the Democratic candi-
dates. In so doing it cannot be said
that they are scratching Democratic
ticket for it cannot be claimed that
this hybrid affair is one.
"Now what could please Mark Han
ma and the gold bugs better than this?
Democrats to scratch Populist cleo
tors, and Populists to scratch Demo-
cratic electors. If enough of this is
done, of course the Mckinley electors
win be elected. This is what the OBJ
servers advice would lead to-. Is that
what the Observer desires?
FUSION SENTIMENT IN THE EAST