The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-16

o. II. DOCKERY, JR.
Lumberton, n. c., April s.
Mr.. Josiah Patterson, member of
Congress from the Tenth Tennessee
District, is Mr.. Cleveland's goldbug
champion for Tennessee and ada
cent parts. He is also the gentleman
to whom Mr.. Carlisle wrote that pre-
varicating letter stating that only
millions of silver dollars had been
coined by this government up to
1890. the impression conveyed to the
ordinary reader being that only S
million dollars worth of silver coins
had been coined in that time. On
Saturday, as we briefly noted at the
time, Mr.. Patterson was defeated in
every voting precinct in Upton
county.-Fayetteville Observer.
j. Fisher Correll, Chairman of the
committee, says the result of the
primaries in Mecklenburg shows "a
delegates for Russell and 81 for
Dockery.
Doctor Norment says Robson is
for Dockery.
Cherokee instructed for Russell
and Mckinley.
Every delegate in every precinct
in New Hanover, with the largest at
tendance at the primaries in twenty
years, is for Russell.
"The Democrats in Eastern North
Carolina" said Mr.. p. M. Pearsall,
of Newbern, at the Park recently,
care more in earnest than | ever saw
them before, but they are determin-
ed upon one thing, they will never
vote for any man who is not for sill
YER. The best Democrats in my
whole section, the most intelligent
and well-to-do men, are declaring
openly and abovo-board that they
will bolt the National ticket if any
man of the Grover Cleveland school
of finance is nominated. On the
other hand the Populists and few
of the Republicans are equally pro-
nounced in their views on the money
question and it matters little what
Butler or Pritchard says about fu-
sion they will not fuse if it means to
vote for goldbug Or any other man
who would himself vote for a gold
bug like Pritchard who is advocating
Mckinley on gold standard plat
form. News and Observer.
In all the Republican county con-
ventions held last week in this State,
Mckinley was favored for President
and Pritchard for Senator, except in
Forsyth, which county voted down
resolution favoring Mckinley. The
odd feature of most of the conven-
tons is that they declare for fusion
with the Populists. If this declara
ton is an assumption that the Pop
ulists are going to support Mckinley
or any goldbug Republican for any
Office, the Republicans will find such
an assumption based on air.
The Meeklenburg county Republic
con convention was held last Satur-
day at Charlotte. 1t proved to be a
rather stormy meeting. 1t split
squarely into. It is reported that
fifty-six delegates bolted leaving
seventy-four in the regular place Of
meeting. The seventy-four favor
Mckinley for President, Russell for
Governor and Pritchard for Senator.
The fifty-six boilers declared for
Docke1y. Both factions elected del
egates to the State Republican con-
vention.
The following telegram was gen
orally published last week:
BASKERVILLE, N. c., April 11.-All
sixteen counties of the Ninth (Ashe-
ville) District have held Republican
conventions, passing unanimous res
olutions instructing for Mckinley,
Pritchard for the Senate, and Pear
son for Congress. Many prominent
men, heretofore Democrats, partici-
pated for the first time IN their lives
in Republican convention and re-
nounced Democracy"
| The Democrats have been having
high old time down in Alabama
Mr.. j. F. Johnson, a free silve,
banker, is candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination against Congress-
man Clarke, a goldbug. Returns
from the primaries show that Clarke
has been wiped out" Mr.. johnson
sends out the following telegram:
"BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 10
The State Convention will be com
posed of 504 delegates. We have
returns from all the counties except
five, having an aggregate of thirty
four delegates. My returns show
that Clarke has carried twelve coun
ties, having eighty-four delegates
! and that have carried forty-nine
+ with 1856 delegates.
= JOSEPH F. JOHNSON"
A telegram from Montgomery
+ however, says:
at is believed, however, that tn,
State Convention, which meets her
: on the 21st, will adopt a sound mon
ey platform and indorse the admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland"
Buncombe county Republicans en-
L dorse V. S. Lusk for Governor.
The Republicans of Clevelan,
county are for Russell for Cover
! nor.
Robson county Republicans favo
$ Dockery for Governor, but delegate
are not instructed.
j Dockery gets the endorsement o
: Richmond county Republicans 70
Governor.
8 JIM. Moody is declared to be tn
> first choice Of Mcdowell county Re