The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-24
FUSION IN COUNTIES
That Little Reciprocity Scheme
Working Admirably.
TYRRELL INTO THE LIST
And Democrats and Populists in
Arson May Agree
A DIVISION OF THE OFFICES
Settle and Pritchard Both in North
Carolina For an Indefinite Length
of Time Looking After
Their Fences.

or ifnG LOOktHS NitSi
Their Fences.
Washington, March 23.-(SpeciaD-
If Mr.. Thomas Settle thinks that his
North Carolina "Reed Victory" in the
Post fooled any of the old fashioned
known Tarheels in this town, he will
find himself mistaken on his arrival. a
good laugh went around at the tire
someness of the claim set up by him.
of course, everybody here knows the
battle went against him. Gov. Barrett,
of Massachusetts, the Bayard-Impeach-
ment bIatherskite and the champion
Reed bowler acknowledged in a street
car conversation Saturday with
North Carolina Congressman that
Reeds chances were practically gone,
and that it all looked Mckinley. Ar
mold. of Rhode Island, remarked that
while. of course, asa New England
State Rhode Island would no doubt
have to stick to Reed still that two
thirds of the people of the baby State
were really for Mckinley. There is no
calculation as to when Settle will re-
turn here nor Pritchard either, as for
that matter. Tt is thought that both
will stay in North Carolina, and keep
up their cat fight until after the State
Convention. There was jolly con-
firmation to the Settle Victory" in the
Caswell affair which was read in the
News and Observer which came yes
terday. 1t was figured that Spencer
Adams would share this victory with
Mr. Mckinley. Really the position of
Mr.. Settle is beginning to border upon
the pathetic, specially after the blow
ing bubbles in the famous Tribune
interview" of some months ago.
have interviewed several promin-
emit Democrats here as to the 'sRecipro-
city, in a certain county between Dem
ocrats and Populists, announced for the
first time and exclusively in Fridays
News and Observer. The 'second-day
story men now add Tyrrell county
to the list, and / have to-day seen
letter from a prominent and leading
Democrat of Arson advocating just
such a plan for that county. Among
all those interviewed here, there is not
one objection raised. The average opin-
ion is that the counties can order their
affairs to suit themselves, and that il
the Democrats and the Populists choose
to get together on a County Recipro-
city plan, it is an act of the people,
straight from them, from the bottom
mp, taking the county as a unit, and not
from the top down. There can he no
suspicion of there being any ak to be
ground by any man or any set Of men.
1t was, moreover, urged that there
were plenty of Democrats in the coun-
ties who had neighbors and friends
who were Populists and whom they
were perfectly willing to trust in the
administration of county Office; that
they were honest and esteemed in
numberless instances. Moreover, the
Populists were in many instances quite
willing to trust some their Demo
cratic neighbors with some of the
county offices, specially when both
these classes of people were together
but few years ago, and would by be-
ing agreed now, to the detriment of
neither, check the plans of the ghoulish
Republicans whose aims were detri-
mental to the methods of decent white
government in the State. The plan has
been well received here, and my in
formation is that Tyrrell and Arson
and at least one other county, / can
not name now, may be put in the lists
Of the Reciprocities. No complex or
oanization or orders from any imam
ayers are needed, The whole may be
effected by the local option principle,
by an ordering of each county's affairs
and officers, as If it were the harmon
izing again of home for time dis
traught News of other counties join
ing in the movement set on foot il
looked for here, and not a Democrat
here to whom / have talked, Congress
men and all, but who consider such an
arrangement both patriotic, practi-
cable, feasible and, above all, straight
from the people.
Mr. Woodard's case has been chang
ed to Tuesday, March 81, he having re-
ceived formal notice to this effect from
the clerk of committee.
People here are indignant at the out
rageons libel put upon North Caro-.
linians by Secretary Morton, who broke
even the bounds of truth and decency
in his vicious observations of the peo-
pie, among whom he was entertained
at Asheyille.
Among those to-day appointed as
cadets at the Naval Academy are Mr..
r. S. Kenan, of Kenansville.
W. i. CHRISTIAN.