The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-07-30
POP, REP,
DEM. POLITICS
Tblngs Political Still in MuddIe. e.-ButIer
the Man of the Day.-A Plan to Fuse on
Foot Between Democrats and Populists

the Man of the Day.-A Plan to Fuse OF
Foot Between Democrats and Populists
RALEIGH, July 28.-The Democrat,
State Executive Committee meets her.
on the night of the both inst. There il
no doubt its meetings will continne to bs
here, and that headquarters will remain
at Raleigh. The Republican headquart.
ers are nominally at Winston. Really
they are wherever Senator Pritchard han
ems to be, as he is much the heart (shal
wesay the lord and mastery of the Repub.
licau party, as Senator Butler is of th,
Populists. Newspaper men who have
seen these two Senators at State commit
tees realize the extent of their power
Clement Manly, of Winston, is to be the
next Democratic chairman. He is the
man whom Cy. Watson wishes at the
helm And he will no doubt justify the
confidence in which he is held, both as q
worker and man of good judgment and
rare GOODNESS.
The mixed condition of politics in the
State is subject of general remark, not
to say concern, among all three parties.
No one knows the strength of the other.
Bets that neither chairman could make an
estimate within 900 of the strength of
his party have n6ver been taken. The
relations of the Populists and Republcans
are quite strained. There are many men
in both these parties who yet swear there
must be cooperation. Others say they
do not see how it can be effected. Ohio
Wilson hints Ono one does more than hint)
at three State tickets. The desire of Pop
usts and Republicans to get together yet
exists, and there's no abatement in the
hatred the rank and file Of the Populists
boar for the Democrats. 1t is as great as
was the hatred Democrats telt toward
Republicans from 1868 to 1876.
Interest in the Populist State conven-
ton is therefore very great. Many
things of the gravest Importance will
there be done tits moro important than
the Republican convention IN several res
,spects. Senator. Butler will dominate it,
The revolt against him is a failure. The
Republicans always confer directly with
him.
Illicit distilIing is officially said to be
greatly on the decrease in this revenue
district. There are not one fourth the
stills there were, say three years ago, and
not so many as in 1895. Last year over
300 of them were destroyed. There are
l25 registered distiIeres in operation.
The extensive addition to the State
Experiment Station will be built in the
autumn, in such a way as to leave room
tor an annex to the museum.
1t is proposed to keep the next State
tair open at night, lighting the buildings
and grounds by electricity.
The free silver party has very little
footing in North Carolina. Populists who
declare they know say it has only 100
members.
Some silver Democrats swear they will
not vote for WI tson. Populist delegates
returned from st. Louis acknowledge that
Watson's nomination does not help Bryan.
Spier Whitaker says it helps Mckinley
Ohio Wilson renews his assertion that
the Populists will cast North Carolina's
electoral vote.
The railway commission is notified that
the Durham & Charlotte Railway has
purchased the Glendon & Gulf Railway.
The latter is twenty miles long, is in Moore
and Chatham counties, and the purchas~
ers say they intend to build it to Char
llotte. Just now railway building is pret>
ty nearly at a standstil in this State.
Work 10 in progress on the road which is
to connect Starr on the Aberdeen & West
End Railway and Ashboro, and ON the
road between Wilmington and Southport.
During the present month only Z con"
Vcts have arrived at the penitentiary; an
unusually small number.
There has been a good deal of talk about
a declaration by James II. Young, color
ed, member of the Republican State
executive committee, that there will be no
Mckinley ticket in this State. Some Re.
publioans talk IN if Young may be "diSci-
plined." Ex Congressman John Nichols
lis quite ready to swear that there will be
such an electoral ticket.
There were two threatened mobs in the
State last week; at Durham At Franklin
ton, and in both cases the local military
Weas On duty. But happily both were
false alarms snd not the least harm was
done
1t il the inteltieq 10 begin next year
the building hero of an Episcopal cathe-
dr&l of this diocese. The corner stone is
to be a block of varigated marble from
Jerusalem, 1t came from the "wsll of the
Jews" that beside or under which they
weep. The rector of the church of the
Good Shepherd brought it here for specia
use as q cornerstone.
1t 10 not yet kuown who will be The
Republican or who the Populist candidate
for Congress in this district. The Repub
licans put up N. G. English; they say 81
The fusion candidate" but yet without
any consultation with the Populists-ar
extremely queer proceeding by the way
The Republican chairman of the distric
was asked whether English would aocep
and replied: "He says he will be the stan
dArd bearer of the Republicans and Pop
ulists, yet he has not formally accepted
If the Populists do not make any nomin
alton of English. 1 suppose he will ru'
anyhow. If he doesn't some one sls'
will. He is a Republican, Populist
Plenty of men want the Republican nom
nation"
The so called "sanctifsd evangelist,
'Crumpler, of Wayne county, is doing
great deal of mischief. Six persons mad
insane by his teaching are now unde
treatment in the insane asylum here
Every once in q while these Drank preach
srs start out in the rural districts, lik
S'Sohlatter the healer" in the West, an