The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-30
SILVER SENTIMENT GROWING.
Senator Faulkner Says West Virginia
is For the White Metal.

is For the White Metal.
Washington, July 29.-(Special)-
In answer to the question, What is
the situation in West Virginia." Sen
ator Faulkner. chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Congressional EXecu-
tive committee. said to-day:
Everything is all right The silver
sentiment at present sweeping over
my State reminds me of a prairie fire;
it is simply resistless. Furthermore, it
seems to be going straight on to the
East. but in spite Of its present spread
we must remember that when we are
antagonizing the great money power
and corporate interests of the country
we have a fight on our hands that calls
for united efforts and determined
work to the close of the campaign.
"Of my own State l am pretty conf
dent however, and my confidence IS
based on a number of good reasons.
Take, for instance, Berkeley county,
which has always been a sound money
county before; but now the State and
even the county candidates must stand
fatty ON the Chicago platform, or
there is no show for their nomination.
Last Saturday week, at mass conyen-
ton in Boane county, the Democrats
polled 1856 votes, or one hundred more
than they ever polled at an election
in that county. This certainly indi-
Gates that the party is aroused and
united as never before, and Walter
Pendleton, our candidate for Congress
from the Fourth District, tells me that
he needs no assistance whatever, as the
other counties are of the same mind
and his election is assured
Congressman Berry, who succeeded
Secretary Carlisle in his seat in the
House from the COvington, Ky, dis
trict. is Secretary Carlisle's closest
political friend. He is a Democrat, and
a conservative calculator. He tells his
friends here that Kentucky viii give
Bryan not less than thirty thousand
majority. He scouts as silly the talk
that Kentucky is in doubt. He voted
with the administration on the money
question. and cannot therefore be said
to be afflicted with the roseate views
of those who have 1.-The silver craze"
To-day's Post says:
''The only man in America or the
world who has the distinction of being
President of two State universities,
and they "a thousand miles apart is a
guest at the Metropolitan. Prof. Geo.
r. Winston is the gentleman. For the
last five years he has been at the head
of the University of North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill, and was a professor there
sixteen years before that. Under his
management the university has grown
in attendance from 1913 to 534. Last
spring its athletic young men cleaned
up all of the principal colleges in the
South. besides Yale. Lehigh, LaFay-
cite, Hobart. and others.
''The University of Texas invited
Prof. Winston out to Austin in June
to deliver an address at commence
ment. The impression he made, to-
gether with his reputation in building
up the University of North Carolina,
caused the regents of the Texas institu-
ton unanimously to tender him the
Presidency of their university. He ac-
cepted it, and has been duly elected,
but has not res igned from the Tar Heel
college. That is how he happens to be
President of two great colleges.
ct came up to Washington said
Prof. Winston last evening, to en-
gage professor of physics for the
| Texas University. / am negotiating
with one of thS~1ost noted specialists
in that line in the United States, but
cannot give his name until the con-
! tract is signed. The University of
Texas has an endowment Of 2,00o,0O0
acres of choice land and 100000 in
! bonds The attendance last year was
$50 The State desires to make it the
| foremost college in the nation. We
shall spare no expense to secure the
! highest talent for the faculty Our
law department will be a feature The
regents meet in Galveston August 3
to elect professor of physics and a