The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-26
They Have Journeyed Again TO
the Capital City.
RUSSELL, MOTT AND co.
They Are Waiting and Watchl' g
and Wondering What Next.
NO COVE DOWN FOR RUSSELL
Mott and the Others Say That There
Was No Such a Tacit Under
standing Pops Get
ting Restless.

down; h1 OuQger, WHO uOA WduO hlAh
to come down; Hiram Grant, who de-
clares he never had any idea of coming
down, and Marshall L. Mott, who de-
clares that if Russell comes down he
will go up; all hit the Raleigh grit
about the same time yesterday and
were confabing among themselves and
with the local leaders all yesterday
and last night. 1t is perfectly evident
from the crest-fallen countenances OF
these braves that there is something
troubling them. 1T must be that taclt
understanding. But Holton, Mott and
the others declare that there was no
tacit understanding looking to the
taking down of Russell, and Mott de-
clared yesterday that if there was any
coming down at all it would be
Guthrie, for Judge Russell will be
voted for in November just as sure
as he lieyes," said Mott.
81 have nothing to say for the public
prints said the corpulent statesman
from Brunswick, except that | think
Mckinley viii carry the State against
Democratic-P opulist fusion. Our folks
all over the State are still betting on
Mckinley added the Judge, land you
know they wouldn't bet if they didn't
believe they were going to win"
II am glad" said the Judge, with
Just a little smile, ito know that Wat
son and Guthrie have got along so
far in their joint campaign without
serious trouble" sfsse a
The Judge will be here for some
days, then he will go to- Littleton to
fill his next campaign appointment,
unless he falls in love with the Park
Hotel, as he did with the Battery Park
at Asheyille and the Poenix at Winston,
and concludes to spend week or SO
and let his appointments take care
of themselves.
1t was suggested by gentleman
yesterday that the Judge might adopt
the Mckinley plan; repair to his home
in Wilmington and let the people come
in special trains to hear him preach
the Mark Hanna doctrine.
Marshall L. Mott, the Wellington of
Wilkes, who, at the critical moment in
the Republican State convention, gave
the Napolian of the Pee Dee his water
loo and named Russell for Governor,
still says that if, by any kind of mishap,
Russell should come down, he would
meet Watson and Guthrie the next day
as straight Republican candidate for
Governor.
He will soon join Russell and close
the campaign with him, and promises
to make the last few weeks of the
campaign fairly siz with political
heat.
1t might be inferred from this that
Gudger, the new convert, is not such a
drawing card after all, for they do say
that some of the Russell-Gudger meet
ings in the West were but little more
than ordinary, country hog-killings.
The Wilkes orator doubtless believes
he can outdraw and out-talk Gudger.
So the Cape Fear statesman will soon
bid HI bye-bye, and shell the sayages
of the east and the centre, in COM
pany with Mott. Meanwhile Ohio
Wilson and other leading Pops are de-
claring in private, and now and then
in public, that, if this Russell business
goes on much longer all that has hap
pened yet in State politics are mere
zephrs to the storms that are going to
come. "Just wait until we have carried
out our part of that agreemnt," say
some of the Pops and then if that s.tacit
understanding" is not obeyed, you are
going to see the political fur fly from
Currituck to Cherokee and from New
Hanover to Northampton,
AucltI1iI<tA ElOltOu ltdSN4 RCcus Oat VI
the city for two days. Some say he
went down to help fix things in the
Third district for Fowler. Others
think that he has gone to tell Mark
Hanna not to believe anything he
hears about Democratic and Populist
fusion in North Carolina, but 10 just
eep right on furnishing the skids
for him and that he win roll the
State into the Mckinley column.
Things look rather dreary around Re-
publican headquarters. The tick of the
typewriters is not so spirited as it use
to be.
The big banner outside looks as
though it was tempted to tear itself
down and go and hang itself up where
it would be more appreciated. There
is a sort of goneness in the express
sion of nearly every Republican you
meet. He has got far-away look
in his eyes-a look first towards Can
ton then towards National headquar-
tiers in New York. They appear to be
looking for message, but dreading it's
arrival.
Holton's Mckinley uniforms don't
seem to fit the Populists, and much to
his ACCOMPLISHMENT, if we may judge
from his declarations a few months
ago, he can't get a single Populist to
put one on.
The only crumbs of comfort that one
Republican even attempts to throw to
another is the disaffection of a few
gold standard Democratic papers, but
even these little crumbs drop in
transit, and then each looks down at
the insignificance of it. "But they are
betting" says Russell, all the same.
lit may be that they are attempting the
same betting scheme that they tried
out in Indiana. One fellow going
about betting few dollars of Hanna's
Doodle with lot of fellows, with
view to challenging their votes.
just about now they are a detected
looking set.