The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-26
FUSION WITH DEMOCRATS
THREAT OF TAR SEE PO9utlSTS
If PRITCHARD Is ELECTED.
Viii Vote For a Free Silver Repubii-
can, But no Man '4as Vet Appear
ed Who is Satisfactory.
Correspondence Of the Post. ]

Correspondence Of the Post.
Raleigh. N. c., Nov. 25.-The fight
for the Senatorship to succeed Hon.
letter c. Pritchard is taking on proper
tons that threaten n permanent breach
between the Republicans and Populists.
The Legislature is composed Of seventy
Republicans, ffty-fye Populists and
forty-five Democrats. The Republicans
lack sixteen votes of n majority Of the
whole number, and these must be obtain
ed from the Populists. OF course, there
Is no hope that they can be obtained from
the Democrats.
A few days ago Senator pritchard Rd-
dressed letter to Senator Butler, ask
ing if Butler was in favor of the re-
election of Pritchard. 1t gave Mr..
Butler just the opportunity that he de-
sired and he answered that he favored
the election of q man as Senator who
would always vote for silver.
Senator Butler is also using against
Pritchard letter that the latter wrote
during the campaign to the Winston Re
publican, in which Pritchard said that
he would vote in the Senate for silver
until the 4th of March next, and after
that date he should vote with his party
This declartion is being used by Butler
among the Populists with telling effect.
and at the same time Butler and the Pop
ulist leaders are declaring that they pro-
pose to support in good faith some free
silver Republican who will vote for free
silver every time the question comes to
vote before the Senate. The fact that
such a Republican voted for Mckinley
Is nVfh W
ulists, provided they are satisfied that he
will vote persistently for free silver.
The Republican who will thus please
and satisfy the Populists has not yet
been named. DR. James J. Mott has
been mentioned, but he joined the silver
party and voted for Bryan, and the Re-
publicans will not support him. Col.
Oliver H. Dockery, a lifelong Republi-
can, who was defeated for the nomina-
ton for Governor by Daniel l.. Rus
sell, who then joined the Populists, and
was nominated for Governor,
and voted for Bryan is a candidate. but
the Republicans will not support him.
Governor-elect Russell would be sup
ported cheerfully by the Populists be-
cause he was really Populist many
years before the Populist party was or
gained. 1t is not believed that Russell
will accept the place should the caucus
nominate him, because he prefers to
serve ont his term Of four years as Gov
ernor. Under no circumstances would
he antagOnize Pritchard. Congressman
Settle would be candidate, but for the
fact that he knows that he cannot obtain
single Populist vote. If deadlock
should result, and the Republicans ascer-
tain that they cannot elect Pritchard,
they may unite on Congressman Romu-
lus n Linney, of the Eighth district.
The Populists supported Mr.. Linney for
reelection, and they will vote for him for
Senator if the Republicans decide 10
nominate him in place of Pritchard.
The friends of Pritchard declare that
they have pledges of support from
enough Populists to reflect Pritchard.
but Butler and the P0pulist leaders
say that this statement is totally with
ont foundation, and that not single
Populist is pledged to- vote for Mr.
Pritchard. The Populists also say that
if by the promise of State and Federal
patronage enough Populist members
should be induced to vote for Mr. Pritch-
ard to elect him, this action would de-
stroy ut once all further fusion and CO.
operation between the Republicans and
PopuilstS, and that Immediately thereaf-
ter a fusion would be entered into in the
Legislature by the Populists and Dem
Ocrats and that this alliance would be
kept up in the general campaign Of 1898.
The Democrats are standing off say
ing nothing, hoping that an opportunity
will present itself whereby they can vote
with the Populists, and thus defeat
Pritchard, or their own men the Demo
Gratis suggest Col. ulian S. Carr and
Associate Justice Walter Clark. Both
these gentlemen are very poular with
the Populists, and in the event of dead
lock, it is believed that Senator Butler
would advise his friends to vote for
either OF them as they might individually
prefer. It is we'll understood that Sena-
tor Pritchard stands well with McKin-
ley, and can be taken care Of in case of
defeat Therefore, it is expected that he
will not press his claims beyond the point
of ascertaining that he cannot obtain
Populist support, and that he will then
leave the Republicans to select some
other man who will receive the united
vote of the Populists.
Ringing noises in the ears, swapping.
buzzing, roaring caused bY catarrh all