New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-07
THE SOUTHERN SITUATION
SOME THINGS THAT WORRY THE BRYAN
AND sEwALL MANAGERS.
A HARD TASK TO WIN THE roPurdsr Vor'
NECESSARY IN THE CLOSE STATES
PROSPECTS OF FUSION IN
NORTH CAROLINA


fBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRrBUSE.1
Washington Aug. 6-The situation in the SCUM
States cannot fail TO cause alarm to the al
herens OF the Chicago ticket and yet II Is the direct
result OF their own contriving. II they had NOT
urged free silver at any cost they would not now
be pleading with Butler, Watson and "Cycione'
Davis for solidarity OF the silver forces. having
carried their point at Chicago they ma IL neces-
sary placate the Popusts In order to carry GER
tain OF the closer Southern States II II not an
easy task they have before them The Popuiiss
increase their demands with every concession.
They are not so much for free silver IN Itself rs
they are for what they call the principles OF their
party" These include free silver an number OF
other things. OF which the T. nocrats have
not yet swallowed The Southern fopuliss have
had the Democratic party for their opponents. ana
hence they start out with love for that organxa-
ton
In North Carolina the Democrats afraid they
cannot win without fusion with the Popusts and
have adopted In their State Committee resolution
looking 10 division Of the electoral ticket IL 10
proposed there give 10 the Populists their pro-
portion OF the OF the State. which will be four
OF the eleven which the State r. entitled.
But this suggestion Is met ny growl from the
10000 gold men OF North Carolina. who say through
their organ, THE Charlotte Observer" that this
proceeding at Raleigh is monstrous. appalling We
can vote for the Democrats the ticket and scratch
from 1t the names OF those who not Democrats"
OF this would the Popusts TO re-
pudiate the whole arrangement. II It should he en-
tered into. The remarkable part OF the situation r.
thus brought out by THE Observer: He Senator
Butler will decide. and decide wisely. for himself
and his party whether to squeeze the Democratic
Committee for more than Chairman Manly offers or
TO spurn all overtures and then hold up 10 public
contempt and ridicule the party which denounced
his fusion in 1894 and then itself offered him the
same kind OF bargain ia 1896 1t publishes the news
that Butler will claim all % the eleven electors for
Bryan and Watson. This would humiate the poor
Executive Committee worse than anything that has
happened but IL s strictly In line with Buffers
previous course. and as tn. committee has invited
the consequences 1t would have right to
plain.
Representatives Settle and Pearson had a con-
ference over North Carolina matters with Vice.
Chairman Apslcy Monday afternoon. To n Tribune
correspondent Mr. Pearson said: II have Just
read Senator Jcnes's very remarkable statement
in the Washington correspondence OF A NewYork
paper to-day II he is correctly reported there.
when he says that the Popusts should go 10 the
negroes their natural allies. can say one thing.
there Will be Popust votes cast In my district.
the IXth North Carolina, for Bryan
All the intelligence received here from various
scKet and local tickets to divide the Eesslat1re
between the Republicans and The PopulIsts and nd
tween the Democrats and Populists in respect to
has already occurred in majority OF cosnties. or
has been arranged for by the conyen,i ton ,s =.
10 fuse with the Populists In local and State mat
tiers succeed In their desires. The whole sub
feet is 10 be fully discussed at Raleigh on Angus
H. al the meeting of the Republican State Execu
tvs Committee and at the Populist State Conyen
ton which meets August IL. Mr.. Settle SAT-
to-day that State and local fusion was almost abb
soutely sure o take place between the Repub-
cans and Popusis A member OF Congress from
the Old North State says This sort or nexlble
back-action thing has never been worked before,
has IT? | curious to see how II can work
The allusion 20 the proposed fusion cr the
Populists with OF the old parties on NGuJ1al
ard with The other State affairs