Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-31
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
,r,.r xouTu STATE CANVASS GET
TING PRETTY WARM.
m. pcr,onai Feature Asserting IT.
scIf-NaIsinx Great EiGht-Sc""
Tan Ont TicLets-ycry Abusive
speakcrs-Notcs.

RALEIGH N. c., October @-(Spe-
cial Whatever may have been the COM
nlaints earlier In the campaign OF ts
dulness. nothing can now be said on
that score. II IS certainly warm. Inc
personal feature has now entered into II.
DR. Banks. Of this county. TO day an
nounces himself a Republican candidate
for Congress. He declares he is for Rus
sell and Mckinley and the Republican
platform. and that he stands squarely on
the latter.
The Democratic and the Republican
chairmen live in Winston, and they have
paired" their votes.
Senator Butler will. IT is said. not vote
this time. he having failed to register.
The reports which come in show that
the Democrats are making great night
I'm the Eighth Congressional District, and
that Doughton Democrat is almost sure
to beat Linney. the Republican. who is
endorsed as a free-silver man by the
Populist machine.
The Republican State Committee
caused s. p. Satterheld to withdraw as
county His case is now before the Su-
preme Court. on appeal he having been
convicted OF impro er conduct in connec-
ton with the assignment act" while
principal clerk of the lower house Of
the last Legislature He actually said
the Supreme Court had passed on his
case, and acquitted him, while. in fact,
1t continued his case to next term.
SENDING OFT TICKETS.
The facts as to the sending out Of the
Populist election tickets are that those
for use In the First and Ninth districts
went out last Tuesday night; those for
the Fifth. Sixth. Seventh and Eighth
districts, Wednesday; those for the
Fourth yesterday; those for the Second
and Third. yesterday and to-day. Some
went by express; others by registered
mail. To-day Chairman Aver of the
Populist State Comm ttee. had a tele-
gram from williamson. saying that I'm
the bundle of tickets sent there two OF
the packages did not have the name of
w. II. Worth for State Treasurer. Aver
at once cried out, democratic fraud!'
Populist State committeeman said to-
day the Populists would not vote for
w. A. Guthrie for United States senator.
VERY ABUSIVE.
Hon. Burton Harrison did not address
the National Democratic meeting at
Fayetteville night before last, as he said
he was for Mckinley Peckham and
Sykes, who did speak, seem to have mar
rowly escaped being mobbed by reason
of their abuse of the people.
Otho Wilson, the Professionalism
who is one Of the chief manipulators OF
the Populist machine. lived In this coun-
ty, but has moved into tie city. one
of his former neighbors says he has lost
his influence in the county. Near his
former home, out of five Populists. who
have heretofore voted for him, he will
not get a vote this time
Several officials went home to-day. I'm
order to be ready for any trials Of chal-
lengers. tomorrow being trial-day. The
Republicans seem TO have done lot OF
challenging.
The cotton-pickers are now gleanina
the last bols from the fields.
Out OF forty-three counties in this state
which do not have the stock law. there
was hog-cholera this year in twenty
seven.