The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11

Mai. Guthrie said this week that
only two things could take him down:
/ the hand of the Lord or another State
| convention of the Populist party.
The mutual understanding just here
! fails to make connection in its mutual
| division.
1t is agreed that the p, Nlists are to
have five Congressman ant, Che Repub-
licans four.
| This makes the fusion Congressional
! ticket stand as follows:
First District. Harry Skinner, {Pop)
Second District, Geo. II. White, (ne-
gro Republican, Gold Bugl
Third District, John e. Fowler,
| (Pop.)
Fifth District, Thomas Settle, (Re-
| publican, Gold Bug.l
Sixth District Rev. c. L. Martin,
| (Pop.)
Pop.)
publican, Gold Bug.)
Ninth District, Richmond Pearson,
(Republican Gold Bug.l
The clause providing that the Popu-
| lists may" put out candidates in the
| Second. Fifth and Ninth simply means
| that if it is necessary to divide the
! silver vote to elect the Gold ,;ug Set
| tie, Gold Bug Pearson and Negro Gold
Bug White, the Populists viii put a
nominee in the field.
If one is put in the field, it will not
| be there to be voted for. IT will be
put up as DR.. Merritt was in the Fifth
| District in 1894, merely as decoy
| duck.
Another part of this tacit agreement
/ is that the Populists shall vote for the
caucus nominee of the Republicans for
| the United States Senate; that is the
! way Republicans regard the under
| standing. Pritchard, the gold-bug Nc
| Kinleyite, will be the caucus nominee
| as certain as there is a caucus. The
| Populists say the tacit agreement is
| only that they will vote for a Repub-
] lican for the United States Senate, and
say this may mean DoclSery or Mott.
But there is not one of them who does
| not know it means Pritchard.
| WHAT CHAIRMAN HOLTON SAYS.
Chairman A. E. Holton, of the Re-
publican State Committee, said last
night: .
"The effect of the agreement win
be- to carry the State by $4,000 major
ity against the Democratic party on
the offices we have agreed upon. There
will probably be a three-cornered
| fight. Russell will be elected Govern
or by plurality of 10000. The fusion
on members of the General Assembly
insures almost that entire body to
us; the Democrats viii have not more
than ten members in the Legislature
Nothing was said about the election
of a United Staes Senator in the meet
ing of the fusion committee"
"What about the alleged tacit under
standing that the Populists will sup
port a Republican for United States
Senator?" was asked.
81 have nothing to say regarding
any understanding" he said; II must
refer you to the signed agreement"
"a well-known politician says he
sees in this agreement big knife for
Pritchard," was suggested.
'sThere is no knife in it for Mr..
Pritchard,'' he replied, 1--WE will sup
port him Loyalty and use every means
to secure his reelection"
"You can say one thing" he con-
tinued, "we are all, Populists and Re-
publicans, sincere in our determining
ton to beat the Democrats wherever
they show their heads"
| He refused to express an opinion
regarding the electoral tickets, but
said if there were three tickets in the
field Mckinley would carry the State
| by 10000, and if there was fusion be-
tween Democrats and Populists on the
electoral tickets, Mckinley would still
have majority.
WHAT CHAIRMAN AVER SAYS.
Chairman Hal Aver, of the Populist
! State committee, said last night:
"The effect of the action of the COM
| mittee is to unite the Populists and
Republicans. AS you will see by the
agreement, fusion on Congressman has
been agreed upon through the
/ State. The agreement will not in any
/ way affect any future arrangements
| that the Populists and Democrats may
see fit to make regarding the electoral
| ticket. There was no agreement or
understanding regarding the election
| of United States Senator to succeed
Senator Pritchard. Fusion upon all
members of the General Assembly was
| agreed upon, but the Populists mem
| bers are left free to vote for whoever
they please to succeed Senator Pritch-
| ard"
'eWhat was done with the proposition
| of the Democrats to fuse upon the
electoral ticket, giving the Populists
| five out of the eleven electors?" was
asked.
"That proposition was not discussed
| by the committee. They left the CEN
trail committee to decide that No
meeting of the central committee has
been called for the purpose of settling
this matter, but it will be called at
an early date"
"Will the central committee answer
that proposition by a counter-proposi-
ton proposing to the Democrats to
| give all the electors to Bryan and Wat
son, as is alleged?" was asked.
81 cannot state anything in rela-
ton to this, as the committee has not
settled it. But will say that the sem
timent of he committee is that we
n 4.