The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-24
Pritchard MakesEnticing Prom
ises to Populists.
BUT DENoUNcEs BUTLER
Accuses the Populist Senator
Of Duphcity.
ADVICE TO THE REPUBLICANS
Urges That Steps be at Once Taken
for Complete and Thorough
Organization of the
Party

Washington. April 23.-(SpeciaD
Listen at this tutti fruitti bid of
Pritchard to the Populists of the
State. And for what? To put himself
back in the Senate That is the only
interest he has in the Populists who
ought to be voting with the Demo
Gratis. But i'm the midst of this bid
Pritohard will deal harshly with But
Ter. In his forthcoming address, to
which he refers, he viii accuse Butler
of duplicity in putting up DR.. Mer-
ritt JIM order to get gold-bug
Tommy Settle elected, and in putting
ap Freeman in Woodard's district, in
order to elect negro Cheatham
BY the bye,it may as we'll be noted
that according to my information Set
tie is the only man standing in the
way of the Terry cigarette bill. Mr..
Terry told me his bill occupied the
place of unfinished business. but that
one of Settles friends asked him TO
wait awhile, as it would hurt Settle
in his election. a pretty plea. This
man Settle might as we'll be dealt with,
with gloves off 1t is due to the peo-
pie. He is scarcely ever in the House
and does not attend to his business.
Is he trying, as is alleged, to impede
the Terry cigarette bill as an attorney
for a trust, or as a Congressman He
is a handsome trifiing fellow at best.
and has no business in Congress. l
shall have more to say about his con-
nectiOn with the cigarette bill. Does
he still pay Gillespie Blaine and negro
Corbett each $50 of the 500 allowed
him for Secretary?
Senator Pritchard when asked to-day
what he has to say in reply to
the address recently issued by the
Populist committee made the follow
ing statement:
Il do not care at this time 10 enter
into a detailed statement in regard to
the situation in the State, from the
fact that it was agreed by our commit
tee at Raleigh that we would at an
early day prepare an address to the
Republicans of the State. / have pre-
pared certain statements which | will
ask the committee to incorporate as
part of the address when it is issued.
Steps will at once be taken for a thor
ough and complete organization of the
Republican party. The time has arrived
for all Republicans to cast aside their
differences and present solid front to
the enemy. / am in direct cOmunica-
State, and my information leads me to
believe that the Republican party was
never in better fighting trim than ct
present. There cannot be found ten Re-
publicans in the State willing to aid
Senator Butler in his attempt to be-
come the leader of the Democratic
party in North Carolina. Neither do /
believe that he will be able to deliver
the Populist voters to the Democratic
party. The POpulists i'm the various
counties Will be treated fairly by the
Republicans. and liberal terms Of CO.
operation on State, Congressional, leg
islative and county tickets viii be made
them, which, / sincerely hope, they will
accept. However, it may as well be un-
derstoOd now, once for all, that rather
than accept the unreasonable PROPOSE
tiOn rendered at Raleigh by Senator
Butler, we will run a straight Republi-
can ticket from Governor to constable"
DIR. Geo. Winston is buoyant to-day
over getting Vice-President Stevenson
TO Chapel Hill commencement. He tells
me, with much mirth this afternoon,
that at the next commencement the
University will have present the next
President of the United States the
next United States Senator and the
next Governor.
who is your Goyetuor?" asked.
II gave you two" the Doctor said.
"You must guess the third"
Congressman Shaw is expected back
tomorrow.
Representative Str0wd has intro
duced a bill to give Jacob Hobbs a pen
sion of $50 a month
w IT. CHRISTIAN