New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-21
BUTLERS MYSTERIOUS PLANS.
HE Is FOR BRYAN, But ONLY WITH
WATSON
CHANCES OF THE ELECTORAL TICKET IN NORTH
CARorINA-wHAT BUTLER WANTS.
Inv rr, rcp,pu THE TRIBUNE.


CARoLINA-wHAT BUTLER WANTS
(pY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRBUsE.I
Washington. Aug 20-The fact that Senator But
ler's Populist committee has chosen 10 nix HS nea"-
quarters next door to the Democratic Congress
and Democratic National Subcommittee al"
the additional fact that he has already had at
least two conferences with Senators Jones ana
Faulkner. taken as indicative OF ms posi''o"
on the Presidential election Nobody here or III
North Carolina undertakes TO reconcile the Seha-
tors statements or attitudes on public questions
AS he passed down Fifteenth-st. from the Shorc-
ham to-day In the direction of the Treasury DC
partment accountability the members OF the
Popust Executive Committee. of which he Is
chairman. dressed in a Prince Albert coat ana d
yachting cap everywhere the remark was heard;
'fIe delights In being the mysterious man In poll
tics and have men say: What will he do next?
While 1t is beginning to be accepted that he IS
for Bryan, It Is known that he Is for Bryan only
with Watson. Under no conceivable circumstances,
1t is said. will he drop Watson. Democrats pro-
fess to be relieved Of anxiety as TO the electoral
ticket In North Carolina They say that Buffers
attitude makes three tickets necessary and that
the Bryan and Sewal ticket will easily win. This
would depend altogether on the conference Of the
two older parties In the State. IT, as Butler says,
there are numbers of Democrats favoring Bryan
and Watson. the Democrats could not possibly
win. Buffers scheme is to disintegrate both par
tes however, ana ne would appeal 10 the extreme
silver men in both to sustain his ticket. He calcu-
latcs on the sectional feeling, possibly, to a limited
extent to aid Watson. But North Carolina
Democrats reason as one ala to-day; ,,
Butler is not really in favor OF free silver or
Bryan Free silver Is Just now the Populist and
Southern Democratic hobby. II Bryan should win,
Butler would want TO be with the new Admins
tratton Running separate Populist electoral
ticket he could wait until nearer the election and
see better than now who vas likely TO succeed
Bryan or Mckinley. Should the latter have the
better chance Butler would spurn all overturcs
sfrom Democrats some pretext or other, ana
keep off, he thinks sufficient Populis votes TO
prevent Bryan from carrying North Carolina. Then
in 1890 he would count on the shattered Democracy
being absorbed into the Populist or new party
with himself standard-bearcr and nominee for
President.
Meantime. Butler Is manipulating politics I'm the
State against Pritchard's reelection to the Senate
He would prefer to elect Guthrie as Governor and
then Senator. but II he could not effect that
rangement. he would prefer Dockery to Pritchard
II Mckinley is elected. because, as new man in
the Senate. Dockery would not have the influence
with Mckinley which Pritchard would have. But
Ter il cunning He considers all the points and
loses nothing that half dozen bright men would
see each seeing different point"