The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-19
All Of Those Present Favored Fusion Of
Their Forces In North Carolina.
SENATOR BUTLER RED HOT FOR FUSION
He Hns Gone 10 st. louis whore.
IL IL Said, Io win Head tho
Antf-Bryan F0rccs-SiIver Demo
crnts Are Delighted nt the Holt
OF Ex-Seeretnry whitney.

ana Pritchard, ex-Judge Russell Chair
man Hatton. Congressman Pearson,
Speaker Watson and others last night
In this city. II lasted until after i
o'clock this morning. Then nearly ali
the cOnferees left
All those present favored fusion on
conditions and what was done last night
leads towards 1t. The Republican state
committee is called to meet here Au-
gust 10. the Monday before the Populist
State Convention. The latter will meet
Thursday. August IL. It's date Is not
changed.
Republicans who were with him last
night tell me. Here is what they say
further: The whole thing is to check
thiS Bryan movement among North
Carolina Populists. Butler is told that
Bryan is strong here. He Is mum; !;
not saying u word. What we Republl-
cans need is IL leader; that is one who
Will talk and act. 1t was distinctly un-
derstood and ordered last night that
we were not to tell the inner secrets Of
our meeting. There was u wide differ
ence of opinion. But we will say to
you Russell will not come down. There
are those of us who will bet 81 600 to
81 he VIII not come down. If he does
come down there are some of us who
would bolt the State ticket. Russell
told us last night that If the committee
thought he was not the proper man to
lead he would abandon his candidacy.
N.
August 13 matters win be settled. Then
the State ticket will be completed one
way or the other. If Bryan is endorsed
by the North Carolina Populists fusion
In the State ends. We have let this
be distinctly understood. Fusion OF no
fusion Mckinley will carry North Caro-
lima. IL the North Carolina Popuiist
leaders do endorse Bryan many of the
voters of that party will cast their votes
for Mckinley. They say so openly and
IN
for anybody the Democrats nominate.
SO far as we now know only two Popu-
lists of prominence opposed fusion-But-
ler and Guthrie. But Butler may to-
day be taken out of the list. for he is
red hot now for fusion. He has the
appearance of being mighty tame. 1t Ia
the first time he has really been open
for business. No man can really yet
say Just what the result Will be. But
there is blood on the moon. Guthrie
hopes to be Governor. Butler wants
to take Russell down. To be frank
some Republicans want him taken
down. too. Newborne and Hileman, two
of the Populist leaders. want Russell
to head the fusion ticket, and favor
filling up the blanks we left in the State
ticket. In case this is done Mewborne
will be Secretary of State. There Is no
opposition to w. II. Worth for Treas
urer. He favors fusion with ali his soul,
but does not say so. He is as gentle as
n lamb. The result Is going to be that
If Guthrie does not kick out of the traces
he will be put on the Supreme Court
bench. A place is open for him. Maybe
he will not accept II. Pritchard is an
Xious for fusion to continue. But he
stands squarely on the National plat
form"
morning. The Republicans say he will
head the anti-Bryan forces. He does
not say so. He is reticent. At the de-
pot he said: II say every man ought to
wait until the convention meets and con-
slider. We must wait developments
there. We must stand by the action Of
the convention"
AS he was leaving in the same train
with Butler Chairman Hatton said: You
know we did nothing definite last night.
We only considered. This is not the
time to talk"
j. c. l.. Harris, Populist- Republican
says he and Republican State Commit
teeman James H. Young had confer
ence this week and as a result sent Young
to Wilmington to see Russell. There
was proposition to have an immediate
meeting of the Republican State Com
m!ttee and Harris says he advised
against this. c. NJ. Bernard went to see
Russell also.
President Winston of the State Uni
verslty. was here to-day. He has secur-
ed Mrs. Hunter, of Goldsboro, 20 take
charge of the new commons hall" at the
university, at which 200 students will be
boarded at IS per month.
July 27 the Seaboard Air Line people
will go to Concord to look into the matter
of building u branch line there from
Charlotte.
G. B. Afford who is an independent
candidate for Congress in this district.
on sound money" basis, was here to-
day. He says his whole mind is on this
question; that nc is a bimetailist. He
says the extreme silver men are so Bit
ter that II one does not precisely agree
with them they term him gold bug"
]. r. Tiilery, of Weldon, writes State
Treasurer Worth as follows: 81 have
1900 acres of river land adjoining the
Caledonia farm on the Roanoke river
but not subject to overflow. though lying
on the river bank. / Will give you the en-
tire farm, with tho farming utensils and
thirty mules for the amount of money
you Ghe State) lost during the late
freshet."
Some OF the silver Democrats to-day
expressed great delight at Whitneys
bolt.
The ex-Confederate veterans In West.
ern North Carolina are to have grand
reunion at Silva August 1921. E
Night before last and last night fine