The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
THE REPUBLICAN, PROGRAMME.
They Will Propose to the PopuIists to
Help Mckinley by a Sham Fight.

'sN'S '''~'Nii'ST W q AStidfiA tEtils
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Washington Post, said to be Mr.. j. c.
l.. Harris, writes as follows of the sit
uation in North Carolina:
1T is an open secret here that Sena-
tor Marion Butler and the Populist
leaders of this State, together with
DR.. James j. Mott. chairman of the sill
YER party, or whatever it is called, are
very much disturbed at the prospect
of the free silver Democrats controll-
ing the Democratic National couven-
ton. They say that the Populists will
not give up their party organization
and support the machine nominations
to be made at Chicago, and more GER
tainly if the goldbug Democrats refuse
to bolt and give their votes to the free
silver nominees. Therefore, the Pop
ulists will nominate their candidates
at St. Louis on July %, and thus the
silver vote will be divided between two
candidates, and that Mckinley will be
elected by carrying nearly every States
hy plurality.
"butler and Mott profess to believe
that the Democratic goldbugs have
manipulated the campaign so as to
give the fee silver wing of the party
control at Chicago for the purpose of
dividing the free silver vote as herein
set forth, and thus make sure of Me
Kinley's election.
THE Republican lead RS are very
much elated at the certain prospect of
the free silver Democrats controlling
at Chicago. This result will prevent
any union of the silver men of this
State and by force of circumstances
will force the Republicans and Popu-
lists to cooperate and make common
cause, because with three tickets in
the field the Democrats will have a
plurality for their State ticket, and a
majority in each house of the Legisla-
ture. Such a victory would utterly
destroy both the Republican and Popu-
list parties for another quarter ola CEN
fury. Therefore, as a matter of self
preservation a combination similar to
that of 1894 will be again entered into
by the Republican and Populist par
ties. The first move to effect this re-
suit will be made by the Republicans,
and that will be to take down the Nc
Kinley electoral ticket and support the
Populist electoral ticket. Mckinley
and the National committee viii be
informed that with three tickets in the
field all will be lost to the Republi-
cans; that with three electoral tickets
before the people it will be inn
possible to elect the Mckinley electors.
and that the natural result of such a
campaign will be to defeat both Re-
publicans and Populists,and thus per-
NIT the Democrats, who are in large
minority, but who have plurality
of votes, to regain control of the State,
and that in addition to the loss of the
electors a Democrat would succeed
Senator Pritchard, Democrats would
be elected in each of the nine Congress
sional districts, and the entire State
government would pass into the hands
of the Democrats. The Republicans
profess to believe that Mckinley will
not need the eleven votes of this State,
and that he and the National commit
tee will readily assent to the taking
down of the Mckinley electors in order
to save the State proper from going
back into the domination of the Demo-
Gratis.