The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-17
POPULISTs PLEASED
At Having Given the Democratic Party
What They Term "Anoher Kick"
CHAIRMAN AYERS CHANGE Of FRONT
Two Statements Thnt DO Not TX
nelly FULLY Aver Snys His Com
mtttcc Has Nothing In the World
' to DO Win principIc''-Rc publi.
cans Are Jubslaut.

Raleigh, n. c.. Oct. l6-(SpeciaD-The
Populist leaders express their great sat
isfact!on at having "klcked the Demo-
crats once more. They are really glad
negotiations are at an end. When me
proposition was made for complete fu-
sion by the Populists IN August they
knew they could not deliver ihc goods. ;"
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM?
PopuI:st chairman Aver. who has
changed from; in his newspaper half n
dozen times this year. said to-day: AN
effort was made Tuesday morning 10
find If any Of the Democratic Cen.ral
Committee were Yet here: but l round
all had gone. 1 have reason TO believe
that While the Democrats were making
proposals to us they were having tick
cts printed To whom were we going
TO make Il counter-proposition? l do
business right on the spot; IL not the
business closes" Now IL happens that
Chairman Aver told Democratic com
mi;teemen Monday nigh; that it was
not worth while for them to make a
proposition; that the Populist committee
would not accept it.
PRINCIPLE RULED OUT.
At the Populis. State Committee
meeting Wednesday night Stratford and
Hoover two of the members, spoke
with no little feeling of the abandon
ment OF principle" by the Populists in
Chairman Aver gravely assured them
that the committee had nothing 10 do
with "principlc:' tina; It's mission was
to do the best il could for the party.
This very worldly view horried State
Treasurer Worth. who was present, and
he gravcly assured the committee that
he could never never be n rolit!c'an.
That may be true. but he is capital
hand at holding an office.
THERE ARE OTHERS. S9
The Populi:t organ attacks Buck
Kitchen and Spiev Whitaker because
they denounced the Populist machines
abandonment of principle" Many peo-
PIE ask why IT does net also attack W.
a. Guthrie and Oliver II. Dockery, who
make the same plain statements.
Ihe next move on the political board
VIII be the taking down of Henderson.
the Republican nominee for Auditor.
and the endorsement OF Hal Aver Pop
ullst.
POPULTST MACHINE.
The Populisth have as great y ma
chine as any party has ever known in
the machine VIII dominate the party an
so!utely. o. not; in other words whe.he.
the machine is the party.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
While hunting near here yesterday.
lachard Thompson. II white man. acct
Gently shot his young son In the legs
over 80 shot struck him. He carried the
boy over mile on his back.
+. The Republicans at headquarters here
are )ubilant, and are now claiming IL
QUO majority for Russell for Governor
otto Wilson, Populist-Repubiican ex-
poets Russell TO win by $4,000. as he
says IF the present status continues -
wilson this week issued 30 900 comics
or his paper, the "Hayseeder."
STATE ENCAMPMENr
Six companies of the State Cuord co
into camp here during the State Fair
next week. Orders were issued TODAY
10 prepare camp for them
All the races ut the fair are filed The
programme Is quite an attractive one.
The interior of the Capitol is being rc-
painted for the first time in thirty
years.
Work has been begun on an addition
70 the colored department of the insti-
blind. '''0
BILIOUSNESS.
Senator Buffers paper to-day CON.
talns this bitter attack on Democrats,
southern Democrat in power is the
most arrogant. domineering. oppres-
SlVe tyro on earth. Out OF power and
racing local contest In which the odds
appear to be against him, he is a pitia Bile
repentant, political deal-hunter and bar.
Sain-seeker. The stuff of which he is
made can be clearly discovered. and
there Is refreshing. invigorating re-
lief at the thought that there is at len Il
chance to keep him and his kind from
management and control of public in
terests and affairs"