The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-08
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Breach Between Pritchard, Butler
and Settle Widening.

Washington, D. G., March TIT de-
yelops that the anti-Pritchard feeling
was warm in the breast of Mr.. Settle,
if my information is correct, i'm the
matter Of Pritchard's having been APP
pointed one Of the executive committee
of seven of the Republican Congress
sional campaign committee. 1t all hap
pened Thursdayat midnight, so Senator
PritchaTd tells me. He was unani-
mously chosen. Settle, / am told, did
all he could to beat him. So that 1T
looks like Pritchard won the fight
against Settle in this instance, at least;
and it remains to be seen whether or
not he will successfully combat the
movement, the details of which appear
ed exclusively in my dispatch in
Thursdays News and Observer. This
movement" may be called by this
name, inasmuch as the Greensboro
meeting Of Holton, Wilson, Beady and
Cowles with Platt's agent was, accord
ing to my best information, for the
purpose of downing Pritcheard At
any rate, it looks like Pritchard Is also
up to date, as the so-caIIed Reed boom
is getting to be a defunct item in the
political makeup. Senator Berry went
SO far as to say yesterday that he hard
ly believed that Reeds name would be
brought UP seriously at the convention.
Pritchard has fight with Settle, on
the one hand, and Butler on the other.
He has "bested" Butler so far, and it
seems that he is considered practically
the leader Of the North Carolina Re-
publican forces, for the present, at
least. am constrained to say that this
arises, no doubt, from the fact that he
is "toting" silver to the people and
'toting" gold and Mckinley to Chand-
Ter and his crowd. But the fact re-
mains the chasm is now wide between
both Settle and Pritchard and Butler
and Pritchard, and the fight lis no
longer sham one.-if Pritchard has
the least bit of principle in his action
and words, which is the chief claim for
him on the mart of his friends, despite
his shifty straddle on silver and Nc
kInley.
Mrs. Iockiart will remain here a few
weeks at least and perhaps until Con-
gress adjouns.
Among North Carolinians here who
spoke feeiingly touching the death of
Col. Paul Faison were MIR. Kerr Craige
and Col. w. A. Turk. They both re-
called many pleasant things reminis-
Gently in the life of that genial and
gallant gentleman, and Mr. Craige
spoke in a way that was impressive of /
his last meeting with Coli Faison. Mr..
Craige pointed ont of his office win
dow in the Postoffice Department and
said, 1T was just out there that | saw
the Colonel; it seems so short a time,
and to think that he is dead, it shocked
me. He was looking the picture Of
swarthy endurance: he was a true son
of North Carolina; he was within a
month of graduation at West Point, |
but he laid down his course there to
take up arms for his State
Ex-Congress Bum spoke most
to-day OF Democratic pros
poets, but added touching the now
back number Smith-Butler episode
that the Democratic party could be
depended on for two things. First, it
did not speak through media without
authority; second, it never went for
spoils at the sacrifice Of principle.
was talking with DR. Mott and Sen
ator Stewart i'm the Senate corridor
Yesterday Said the snow-whiskered |
Senator: "Sir, this Trinity cannot ex-
list; intelligence, honesty and a gold |
bug If a man is a gold-bug, he is
either d--n fool or dn scoundreT'
II give the exact words.)
Dr.. Mott read with interest the Set
tie interview in the News |
and Observer from the New York /
Tribune. He bristled up and said he
would have a thing or two TO say i'm
reply to Mr.. Settle, as far as the refer
ences to him personally were concern
ed q
State Senator w. G. Dowd, Of the
Charlotte News, and Mr. Walter TT.
Neal, Of Laurinburg, are here. Sena-
tor Dowd is on his way home from
New York He went there in company
with Mayor Wilmington, of Char