The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-03
TO THEIR FIRST LOVE
Return Those North Carolina Republicans
Who Had Gone Over 10 the POpulIsts.
HANNA WILL SEND DOWN THOUSANDS
To Help Carry the state for aIcKin-
ley and Democrats Are Prepnr-
ing 40 Fight His Money Chair.
man Manly Says There Will Ne
Electoral Fusion with Populists,

Raleigh, n. c., September 2.-It can be
stated on very high authority that the
Republicans have positive advices that
Populist party will return to their old
alleEiance. prominent Republican
committeeman so says.
The Republicans all declare that SEN
ator Butler does not want Bryan to win
In North Carolina. as he fears IT will
ieopardize his own chances for the Pres
ldency in 1900. Friends of Butler deny
this. and declare he is working to
carry the State for Bryan.
AS there Is no doubt that the Populists
Will put up u candidate for attorney
general in place of Zeb Vance Walser,
there is interest in who the choice wifi
be. 1t may be a Republican of silver
procliVities or 1t may be Populist
The Populists were deceived as to Wal
ser lust as the Republicans were de-
ceived as to Dockery.
While Pritchard. Pearson, Settle and
other Republicans were In New York
seeing Mark Hanna. things broke loose
mere. The Democrats know that Hanna
VIII send thousands upon thousands of
dollars to this State. The work they
are now doing Is planning to fight this
There are hints that the Republicans
willdry in many ways to influence Pop
ullsts. Chairman Hatton. who issued
such imperative orders last spring to
Harry Skinner. Is now, ii seems, d.
recting Ohio Wilson what to do.
Democratic State Chairman Manly
said to-day: when you asked me yes
terdav If believed there would be cleo
toral fusion with Populists ] answered
YES. NV reason for this answer Is that
believe large majority of the rank and
file of the Populists are sincerely for
silver and will vote for Bryan, and
do not think their leaders are SO blind
and unpatrlotic as not to see that the
BRYAN electors will be elected In North
Carolina on one ticket"
The question of the hour is can Butler
control the Populists? To a close OBJ
server II really seems that there IS a
SPLIT in that party.
The Populists are extremely anxious
to get L. w. Pou, Democrat, down In
this Congressional district SO as to elect
their man Stroud. While the Populists
have not formally endorsed WV. Kitch-
en-. in the Fifth district, some counties
Will put up a straightout. The fact Is.
the Populists are in for trade. They
want all the Bryan and Watson electors
they can get, and all the congressman.
Senator Buffers paper to-day contains
very strange editorial, headed "Selah,"
and addressed to the Democrats. It
saws: THE Populsts are pledged not
Il
sacred thing. and nothing but the
PRESERVATION OF LIFE OR EN-
ISTENCE can be plead as an excuse
for breaking 1t. But suppose the life.
the existence. of the party should now
DEPEND on giving n godbug some sup
port. Would it be dishonorable TO
break that pledge in order to save the
life of the party? 1t is better to submit
to sudden death by reason of sticking
to n pledge than TO temporarily break
that pledge for the purpose of prolong-
ing a life which may be of immense
benefit in the future. The Republican
party has offered to divide electors with
us. and to give MS five or six Bryan and
Watson electors on cooperative plan.
The Democratic party is professedly a
silver party now. 1t proposes to give
us five electors. Actually the Republi-
can proposition is certainly as good and
perhaps better than the proposition of
a partv which makes loud professions
in favor of slver,l Democrats, had YOU
thought of that before? Does it strike
YOU with any force? Let 1t be well
noted. too. that in this fad" for fusion
the Republicans propose cooperation
all down the line. thus assuring n vigo-
rous life to the Populists. while the
Democrats stop short at electoral fusion
hope to make it n scheme to destroy the
Populists and ignore proposition from
Populists To cooperate all down the
line. Suppose Populists decide to line
up with the Republicans. OF course
Democrats would go into Mysteries. talk
about supporting goldbugs. inconsistent
CIV and all sorts of other things. But
what in Gods name. does a Populist
care about anything Democrats may
saw about him? Nothing. literally
nothing. The Populists have no idea Of
diving out. and no Democratic party is
going TO XIII them out"
This editorial is simply a demand that
the Democrats shall offer the Populists
eleven BRYAN and Watson electors.
That is the meat of it. 1t is an attempt
to scare the Democrats, when the Pop
ulists are scared.
Republicans now say Guthrie will stay
in the field and that they want TO see
three tickets stand. Yet it is no secret
that Republicans are urging Populists
TO hasten fusion with them.
The Republican State Committee is
formally called 10 meet here next Tues
dav at noon. Chairman Hatton has
been in New York few days i'm com
panv with Senator Pritchard and Con-
gressmen Pearson and Settle to see
Mark Hanna.
Hiram l.. Grant. the only committee
man now at headquarters here. says:
THE matter Of our State ticket will be
settled Tuesday. l an for taking down
none of the nominees save Dockery.