Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-29
OLD NORTH STATE.
TALK OF CERTAIN DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES STEPPING DOWN.
Interest I'm the Coming Meeting of
the State Commfttec--The Soldiers
Home mt Raleigh md It's Needs
Notes.

RALEIGH, N. c.. July 2S.-(Special)--
The day after the Democratic State Con-
vention Popullst of prominence re-
marked to your correspondent that he
had heard a proposition would be made
to the Populists by the Democrats that
some OF the nominees on the state ticket
should step down and Populists take
their places. This was startling, to say
the least. A letter was at once written
TO the Democratic State chairman, whose
reply was there was no foundation what
ever for the statement, and that 1t need
not even be noticed.
This morning a State official said: "A
proposition Is to be made, / understand,
at the meeting OF the Democratic State
Committee here Thursday night, by some
gentlemen that the candidates for Lieu
tenant-Governor, Treasurer, and one AS
sociate Justice retire. and that Populists
be named for these places. / have heard,
furthermore, that the nominees have
agreed to retire II agreeable. This idea
is being pressed by some Democrats.
There are other Democrats, ] want TO
say, who will. IL this arrangement is
effected, also step down and out, but
not because OF sympathy with this new
and startling movement. 1t seems TO be,
according to my ideas. another effort to
carry out the two convention idea,
which failed so signally."
Now, this Is really strange piece OF
news. II comes in such shape that there
must be foundation for IL of some kind.
This Is a Year OF surprises in political
life. and the end is not yet, it seems.
Interest in the committee meeting Thurs
day will now be great. People win want
to know, first. whether this new move
will really be made, and second, whether
the nominees above referred to have
really agreed to come down"
One thing Is asserted, and this is that
the Populist leaders know Democratic
news promptly. There are many evil
dences Of this.
A QUESTION.
On a bulletin-board here Is this writ
ing: IF Bryan accepts all nomi-
nations; II Sewall accepts all nominal
lions; If Watson accepts all nominations,
where are we att"
Superintendent w. G. Stronach, of the
Soldiers Home here, says there are now
sixty inmates. There are 100 on the
roll, but hardly a day passes that two
or three do not come or go. The rail-
ways give the inmates free passes, and
7.
Mr.. Stronach says 500 more is needed to
pay for the memorial chapel in honor Of
the late Mrs. Mary Reade.
The State Museum has received the
carcass OF a tiny bear from New Berne.
The cub weighs only II pounds
A great shake-up OF the Republican
party in the State seems imminent. A
prominent member said to-day that none
Of them knew their footing Just now, or
could tell what might happen.
Ed. Johnston. Republican chairman OF
this congressional district. says some-
thing must be done at once regarding
n. C. English. the so-called nominee for
Congress. Nobody knows where English
is "at"
REGISTERED DISTILLERIES.
There are no less than 800 registered
whiskey distilerles in the Western Reve-
nue. District. against $50 in this. There
are more distilleries in the Western Dis
trict than in any other I'm the country.
There, as In this district, "moonshining'
has decreased remarkably.
The three negroes who stand charged
with the murder Of Workhouse- Guard
Harrington. near Durham, are all in jail,
without bail privilege.
The Populist delegates from this state
10 st. Louis speak OF the Texas delega-
ton as simply unmanageable. They say
Cyclone" Davis Is a pretty good fell
low, but could not handle his delegation.
Many delegates wear Bryan buttons. One
OF these Is a brother of Senator Butler,
and he says he is an original Bryan man.