Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-10
TAR HEEL FUSION
Democrats Averse to Fusion With
the Populists.
A PRETTY QUEER STATE OF THINGS
The Pops Don't Want to CoaIesce
With Republicans.
THEY WANT FREE SILVER

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
RALEIGH N. c.. August 10. 1895.
The keenness of the desire for pointers
as to what may happen in this state this
week is unprecedented. Perhaps only one
man knows what may or will happen. and
he Is Senator Butler. But he will not
speak. He arrived here today.
There are those who say he really knows
less than anybody else of the present mys-
teries of politics IN North Carolina. Here
Is the call which Senator Butler. as state
chairman. issued for the convention:
The state convention of the people s
party for North Carolina will be held In
Raleigh Thursday. August IL. for the pur-
pose of nominating a candidate for gov
ernor and other state officers. and transact
ing such other business as may seem hit to
the convention. All voters who arc op-
posed to the rule of monopo!ies and othel
gold trusts and who are opposed to bull
pens and ballot-box stutfinG are earnestly
invited and requested to cooperate with
us in the coming campaign
At the convention Senator Butler will re-
tire as chairman. since the new law makes
state chairman an election officer. and
the constitution prohibits the holding OF
two offices by the same person.
Question of Fusion.
Inc great question which harnesses the
populists is. Shall we fuse electorally with
the democrats. as the latter propose, or
nCt:''
There are some grounds for belief that
s. nator Butler favors this fusion. The Of
fetal organ fthe National Famers' Al
lance hints as much. But IL this be true,
Buffers dominion his party is per-
haps. TO be put to supreme test 1t is
hard indeed to reconcile his views. as hint
sd c-CIi ,,h tic
for in his editorials the name democrat is
made synonymous with rascal.
The hatred of President Cleveland in this
state is great, and in the case of the popu-
lists. this is not only political, but personal.
Senator Buffers paper says in reference
10 the Presidents proclamation regarding
neutrality toward Spain, that IF Cleveland
refuses TO bend or bow to the will of the
people. and continues to stand for oppreS-
sion and brutality. then his backbone will
be broken In fact. this has already been
done politically. and there are many peo-
lie who wish from the depth of their souls
that the old brute'S backbone had been
broken long ago..
Great pressure is being brough, to bear
upon the silver republicans 20 keep them
IL line. In Beaufort county tn are is troIi-
Bile. for the free silver idea has taken a
deep hold on the party. State Chairman
Ho!ston has written letter to the chair
man OF that county saying that unless this
free silver fooishness' which is sweeping
over BEAUFORT Is stopped he will allow no
campaign fund to be sent there
The silver Republicans
DR. J. ]. Mott says it will assuredIy be
found TO be a great mistake 20 believe
that the silver republicans in North Caro-
lima are going to stick to their party He
declares they viii leave It, and renews his
assertion that there are as many of them
In this state there are silver democrats
lie hih's more or less openly that several
members of the republican state commit
tee favor silver ticket. He SAYS: Let the
opposition think that they will lose very
few votes 10 the silver ticket. They will be
deceived some years ago j advised the
party to hold aioof from the ticket then
Up. and 1850 did not vote
Cyrus Il. Watson. the democratic nomi-
nee for governor. is actively engaged in
his canvass. He says he will not discuss
s sh issues. but only national ones. on
the ground that the people all know state
ISSUES. Some of his party differ with him
broadly as 10 this. and say So Not a few
made the state issues paramount, and say
they care not who rules the nation. 50
they rule the state. But the policy of tn.
democratic state committee seems now to
be to make the whole fight on BRYAN and
Tree silver. John r. Webster member of
the state committee and del eg lte-at-laree
70 chicago. says in his newspaper: BY
me action OF our committee In declaring
Tor electoral fusion the democratic marty
mas put patriotism Of the populists to the
same lire. that the committee. had done
sale timing; that # the populists refused
10 divide electors. quite possibly they
might IN" democrats could go before the
silver people of the state and declare they
hdd been liberal and sincere in their effor,
10 get all real friends of silver together"
Tom Watson has made instant use OF the
popullstfc and sectional view of the nom
NATION o Sewall- OF course that very
nomination was largely a rebuke TO Ren
ililfnan for his sectional speech Bur non
ihsts are heard to say We will never vote
Tor a Maine Yankee. The national ALLIANCE
Is 81 the south ana west" And mind Won.
North Carolina popuist uses the word
r. not as an honorable American
tempt and reproach WI
The two democrats who are s.,d r,oro
man any others to hava DEVELOPED the ids.
and plan of electoral fusion With the nonI,-
Hsts. and who have for months been its
chief promoters. are Judges Avery AMI
Clark of the supreme court. two If IT,
hrainlest men and wariest politicians in the
state Both of them favored the idea of
Two democratic state conventions. the nom
mating one to be held very late 40 as m
give opportunities for fusion with the nor.
twists However. the convention itself lit
eraIE crushed the two-convention idea. I'M,
io"sh tFuShed- IL was again put on Its
1eet by the state committee
The pa oers edited by demot rats are with
harhiy any exceptions, fighting with all
theli might the action of their state com.
hlIttee. III declaring for electoral fusion and
making 1vcrtures to Senator Butler The
ahies; of all these middle the-road'. ma :
pers publishes scores of attacks on the com
mittee's action and declares that the party
IN the state stands ready to reverse the
committees decision. A democrat in high
position says that some members of tho
committee are greatly disturbed by the
nearly universal condemna ton of lie ac,inn
on the part OF the democratic press
Democrats and Pops,
II Is now positively declared by soma