The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-30
GUTHRIE TALKS BACK
His Political Assassins Have
Not Deceived Him.
THEY WERE KNITTING HIM
He Has Simply Refused to be
tray His Party.
THE RANK AND FILE wIrA HIM
The Populist Traders Are Trying to
Drive Him Out of the Party
For Not Supporting
Gold Bugs.

For Not Supporting
Gold Bugs.
81 am a lawyer of thirty years Prac-
tice, and my life has been spent
amongst men, many ofwhom not only
tell lies, but swear TO them in the
court house. If those who have been
knifins me in the dark think they have
been deceivins me, they are very
much mistaken. And il they think
they can prove 10 the satisfaction OF
the Populist party, rank and file, that
have in any way betrayed them, they
very much mistake the intelligence
and honesty of the plain voters of the
Peoples party. At any rate am will
ing to abide by their veriict."
This was the answer that Maj. VIM.
A. Guthrie, Populist candidate for
Governor, made yesterday to reporter
of the News and Observer who called
to ask the Major what he had to say
about the attack made on him In the
Hayseeder There is nothing in this
language that he way-faring man cam
not understand Further than this
statement Maj Guthrie declined to be
interviewed. He returned to Durham
in the afternoon. He will speak IN
East Durham tonight, in West Dur
ham tomorrow night, and in RoXboro
on Monday. He will close his campaign
by speaking in the Parrish warehouse,
in Durham, on Monday night.
NJ - brio Y4Q ar 9II npTfJJTIgnd
bv the vicious attack made on him by
the Hayseeder. This paper, by the way,
has issued an edition of $4,000 copies,
and the Republican Executive commit
tee has been sending them out in large
quantities Many of them have been
directed by the secretary of the Repub-
lican Executive committee, and the Re-
publican s'heelers" were praising Aver
reply to Guthrie. Of course they We're!
1t was written in the same vein the
gold-bug Republicans would have writ
ten. and was an attempt to compel all
Populists to support gold-bugs, and
drive out of the Populist party all high
minded men who cannot be silenced
by the command '4DO NOT DISCUSS
PRINCIPLES The stronger the friend
of the gold standard, the warmer the
praise of the Hayseeder. BY the way,
who pays for the circulation of this
publication? IF the Republican Execu-
tive company doesn't pay the freight,
why does it circulate so many of the
vicious little Radical sheets? There
isn't a line of Populist doctrine in she
whole of the edition except Maj.
Guthrie's card, and three columns are
given to a silly attempt TO destroy the
effect of Mai. Guthrie's reiteration OF
what the Populists have been saying
since they organized party.
II am Populist," said country
man in Raleigh yesterday, "but | will
vote for no gold-bug. / will scratch
every gold man on the ticket, including
Jim Young and Buck Adams for the
Legislature, and Ham Jones for sheriff
in Wake county. / honor Maj. Guthrie
for standing by silver He shows that
he is a true Populist, and is carrying
out the principles of his party, even
at the sacrifice of himself. Instances
of such patriotism are so rare that I
love to see such man. My neighbors
are going to scratch. 1t is going to
take twenty-four hours to count the
ballot-the ballots are going to look
like bad proof sheet.
,sNe said yesterday morning, in writ
ing of the situation in the Fifth dis
trict, that Settles managers had or
dered Congressman Strowd's son to
run with Jim Cheek for Senator in
the Orange district, and expressed the
hope that the young man would not
permit himself to be put in such
position. We are glad to know that
young Mr.. Strowd did not permit him
self to be used as a stool for Settle
and Pritchard to step on in order to
maintain the single gold standard.
A few of his friends pressed him for
the Populist nomination, and if it had
been given him. he would have made
the race, but when Jim Cheek wanted
him to run with him on the Radical
ticket, he wouldn't consent. Notwith-
standing his dechnation, the bench
men of Cheek are still telling all "a
round the district that Strowd is
Cheeks running mate, and that there
fore the Populists will support the
ticket. now that Strowd has repudiat-
ed the gold-bug deal, Jim Cheek has
nut a so-ealled Populist by the name
of WiIkerson on the ticket with him,
and by this dodge is try ing to get Pop
uIist votes If he gets them-well,
we will not suppose there are amy
Populists who are so utterly lost to
principle as to walk into the trap set
for them.
The fight has been hot one. Per
haps it was never before more per-
fervid than it is to-day, but it is al
most over. The week is drawing to
close and next Tuesday the battle OF
ballots will take place and the world
will know the result In the mean
time the contest goes merrily on.
Politicians come and go. Speakers
know no rest, speaking day and night,
trying to make the best Of the linn
tied time that is left them to win
votes for their cause. Registrars and
judges Of election are getting their
ballot boxes ready and county and
township chairmen are hustlfng to
have their ballots at the voting place
when the polls open next Tuesday