The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-23

committeeman NiS'EiN''''''
r. MIR. Thomas G. Skinner is Elected in
His Stead--It is Agreed That the
Arrangement lnsures the State to
Bryan by Large Majority.
The Democratic State Executive COM
mittee met again at Democratic head
quarters at ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
Mr.. L. w. Mcmillan, of Perquimans,
committeeman from the First District,
offered his resignation which was ac-
cepted and Mr.. Thomas u. Skinner
elected to fill the vacancy.
The designations of Mr.. w. &. Doug
lass, elector-at-large, and Messrs.
Thomas w. Strange, Francis ID. Win
ston. John II. Small and A. IL. Brooks,
District electors, were accepted.
The following resolutions were
unanimously passed:
ssWhereas. the Democratic State
Committee, without dissent, recognlz-
ing the unselfish party spirit, which
has prompted Messrs. w. G. Douglass,
J.H. Small, f. d. Winston, A. L. Brooks
and Thos. w. Strange, to place their re-
sianations, as electors, in the hands OF
this Committee, and whereas the said
Committee desire to signify their UNI
qualified confidence in the ability and
LOYALTY of these gentlemen, as well
as to retain for the party their most
valuable services, therefore,
RESOLVED, That the Chairman of this
Committee request the gentlemen nam
ed to continue their canvass of the
State of North Carolina in the interest
of the Democratic party"
The Executive committee gave the
Central committee power to fill vacan-
cies in case any other electors should
resign, and power to act in case any
difficulty arose in the accomplishment
of electoral fusion.
Chairman Manly was directed to pre-
pare an address to the voters of the
State, explaining the arrangement be
tween the Democratic, Popullst and
Silver party by which the vote of all
three elements is cast for Mr.. Bryan for
President.
Last night when a reporter called at
Democratic headquarters Chairman
Manly was very busy, at work on ms
correspondence. On his desk lay a
number of kilograms, and several let
tiers congratulating him and the COM
mittee on their action in arranging Tor
co-oDeration of all silver men on the
electoral ticket. Nearly all OF them
expressed the opinion that this insur-
ed the State to Bryan by an overwhelm-
ing majority. The action OF the two
committees seems to have relieved the
anxiety of the silver men that by some
hook or crook Mckinley might slip in
and grab eleven electoral votes for
Hanna.
Leading Populists and leading Dem
ocrats predict that the ticket will car
nv the State by a majority of from
10000 to 10000.
The Republicans are discounted and
Chairman Holton and his aides are
making a big bluff, saying that Popu-
lists and Democrats viii all bolt the
ticket and leave it like ''the maiden
all forlorn." But they have predicted
all along that the silver men in the
State couldn't get together and have
claimed that the Populists were not
sincerely for silver, and that lot OF
them would vote for Mckinley any
how.
But even the rosy pictures of McKin-
lev and Hobart on the big banner that
flaps over West Martin street have a
chastened look on their faces; and
there is not a man in Rep head
quarters who doesn't know that the
State is as solid for Bryan as if the
votes were counted.