Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-10
AN ENCOURAGING WORD
From Hon. S. ". Matthews New Campaign
ing In No. Carolina.

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Hon. S. w Matthews in letter writ
ten from Burlington, N. c., Oct. 6, to
Elk Governor Burleigh has the follow
ing to say respecting the political out
look which will doubtless be of inter-
est:
Il arrived in Raleigh, after pleas
ant journey Sunday morning, Oct 4th,
where / remained until last evening
when l met my first appointment at
Hard River. Alamance county, place
| 80 miles west of Raleigh. ! am accom-
panied on my trip, which includes Is
appointments at important factory
points, by Hon. 7. II. Purnell, an ex-
senator and representative in the
state assembly, prominent lawyer,
| fine speaker and thorough Republic
can. Our meeting last evening was
largely attended and was very atten-
tive We were assured that good will
result from it. At Raleigh l was cor
daily received and entertained by the
state committees. They have fine head
quarters, and are working hard day and
night / found them enthusiastic and
confident. l saw many returns from
registration districts and they show a
very encouraging condition of things
The Republicans are thoroughly or
ganized, and the Democrats and Popu-
lists are not. The attempted fusion be
tween the latter is a troublesome thing
to accomplish and many Democrats
will vote for the Mckinley electors. In
brief. the Republicans are harmonious
and confident while the Democrats are
the reverse. We hope for good things
in the old North state. At the national
headquarters, which l visited, conf
dence of success was manifest I found
Mr. Manley a very active and infuen-
tial member of the committee and up to
his ears in work l send you a Demo
cratic newspaper with some items
marked. My appointment ends Oct.
Gath when ! expect to leave for home"
The Democratic paper to which Mr..
Matthews referred is the Daily Char
lotte Observer of Oct G. l,e notice the
following item in that issue:
State Labor Commissioner Mat
theWs, of Maine, left here today, ac-
companied by T. r. Purnell, to make
some campaign speeches. 1t is said
Labor Commissioner Lacy wants to
meet Matthews on the stump"
In this same paper under the head
of its Raleigh correspondence is the
following:
The Progressive Farmer says edito-
rally: We are willing to any arrange
ment that will elect Mr.. Bryan and Mr.
Watson, the only silver ticket that can
be made up out of the material on
hand, unless they are taken down and
other good men substituted. We will
not waste time and ink on any scheme
to elect Bryan and Sewall Sewall is a
Warty eXcresence on the body polite.
He is a dangerous Maine plutocrat. He
must be downed or this fight will not
result in victory
Another paragraph is
Look out for the strangest vote this
year you ever saw. Look out for a big
surprise in the next few days"
Then the Democratic correspondent
has the following to say:
Buffers influence over the Populists
is to be put to another test, perhaps
the supreme one. 1t is said that he con-
trolls three-fi fths OF the party and that
the procliVitieS of the other tWO-fifths
are more or less Republican. 1t is, per
hapS, this tWO-fifths that Republican
State Committeeman Grant says will
go back into the Republican ranks upon
an emergency. 1t is limited further
that there are no small number of Pop
ulists who are ready to vote for Nc
Kinley and Russell
The Observer runs on its editorial
page under the head Save the State
THE Wilmington Messenger is dis
posed to think that the Republican,
Populist combine will have control Of
the next Legislature; that the State Of
ficers will be captured and that they
will have a majority, if not all, of the
representatives in Congress. 1t looks
that way, says the Messenger, and that
paper gives as the reason that the peo-
pie are not aroused. This, unfortunate
ly, is true of some sections of the
state. We have, though, nearly whole
month for work, and a great deal can
be done in that work"