The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-28
Many Sided Echoes of the Great
Gold Convention.
KEOGH'S NEW YORK LETTER
He Says the Farmers and Work
ingmen There Are For Free
Silver.
F.sHBLATE WILL SUPPORT BRYAN
Hoskins a Life Long Republican VIII
Not Vote For McKin!eI--J. w.
Fries Would Have Preferred
State Fusion to Russell.

State Fusion to Russell.
Greensboro, n. c., August 27.-(Spe-
eial.)-It is understood that the dele
gates here have already selected a
cabinet in case they win. This is a
suggested slate:
For Secretary of State-Louis De La
Croix, of France.
For Secretary of the Treasury
Samuel Wittkowsky, of Poland.
For Secretary of Ware. III. Fullen-
weider, of Schleswig-Holstein.
For Secretary of the Navy-Charles
Reizenstein, of Strasburg.
For Postmaster-General- N.
Cone, OF !gosen.
For Observation-Disclosures Cone,
of Bremerhaven.
For Secretary of the Interior-Moses
Cone, of Guben.
For Secretary of Agriculture
Pierre La Montague, of Marseilles.
Tt is understood if chosen these gen.
tlemen will not even draw their salaries
without international agreement"
These gentlemen were either present
at the convention, or included in the
"call."
During his impassioned utterances
in the Octagon Gold convention here
Yesterday Mr.. Samuel Wittkowsky, of
Charlotte, quoted scripture, saying
that "even Sodom and Gomorrah could
have been save if they had had only
ten righteous men within their gates"
Surely Democracy with its lnlqul-
ties, in the eyes of Mr.. Wittkowsky,
should have the benefit of as many
reformers as Sodom and Gomorrah.
But Mr.. Wittkowsky had there only
eight of the righteous, that is, barring
the Benbow Coterie which should pro-
perly be classified in some other pig
eon-hole. Here is the 0ctette: j. w.
Fries, w. A. Blair. Lindsay Patterson,
all of Winston; w. w. Clark, of New
bern; Edward Sully, of Rockingham;
Silas McBee, of Lincolnton; Louis De
La Croix, of Oxford, and S. Wittkow
sky, of Charlotte. There were many
views among these men. For example,
j. w. Fries, one of North Cardinals
most substantial and respected citi-
Zens. was very earnest in his desire to
see Russell and Russellism downed in
the State. He was so interested in
this matter that he went SO far as to
saw that he would have been willing
even for a fusion TO have been made
on the State ticket between the Demo
Gratis and Populists, rather than have
Russell and his crowd go in. This
was one view, though this was not
given publicly in the convention.
As the lesser of two evils, Mr. Patter-
son said that he would not hesitate
TO vote for Mckinley: he was referring
then to Bryan or Mckinley. He be-
LEVIED that Mr.. Bryan was beaten to-
day. Mr.. Clark declared that the
Democratic platform declared for free
silver and free riot" and added, that
there were very few conservative men
in that body, referring to the Demo-
cratic National convention. Mr.. Sully
was the gentleman who wanted ''cor-
daily and heartily" to endorse the
State ticket. 1t seemed for long time
that there would not even be a second
to the resolution. Even then Mr.. Witt
kowsky said he did not see how he
could conscientiously support the
State ticket cordially and heartily.
When the motion was finally put,
though there were no votes heard
against it. there were very few ayes
for it. Mr.. De La Croix called the
protective tariff socialism, while DR..
Harper telegraphed from Harnett to
instruct delegates for Protection and
sound money. Mr.. De La Croix further
said that ''the success of the Repub
lican party this fall simply means that
the people will decree by returning
the Republican party 10 power, that
Bryan, Reputation and Populism shall
take back seat: that the present
standard of value, the gold standard
shall be preserved at all hazards" Mr..
Silas McBee said that standard means
one thing and classified Sir Isaac New
ten among the gold-bugs. He was
lust from abroad as delegate to
foreign convention. eve are standing
positively and not negatively for the
principles that shall save our Union"
Mr.. Wittkowsky made strong plea
for the monev-lender, and said lis Tic
silver blank was made to force him
Ia take q fifty-cents dollar In pay
ment He ieered at the poor farmer who
was in straits as INDECENT, or stu
mid. or drunken, or too thriftless to
nav back, and planted him among the
so-caIled Democratic anarchists" as
he called them. In closing his in
famatorv speech, Mr.. Wittkowsky
feared bloodshed. 81 sniff it in the
air!" he exclaimed, and he saw ahead
"a blaze that the waters of the ocean
would not put OUT buo ne save" oi.9
for the farewell: 1--WE will not submit
to have the thorny crown of Organism
pierce our brow. nor will we submit
to be crucified on 53 cents
silver cross!'' Mr.. McI5ee was very
sad in his tone of delivery: he seemed
to be giving out a hymn. This PROB
ably comes from a habit of preaching
which some said Mr.. McBee has some
times. 1t probably accounts, more
over for the awful references 10 the
Devil etc. 81 decline said he, ito
90 to the Devil by either road; IF /
have to go to the Devil I should rather
it would be by Mckinley than under
the banner of Democracy"
When the Sully resolution of cordial
support to the State ticket was sprung
there was long and painful pause
that is painful at least to Chairman
Fries. who looked out of his keen
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