Evening star., 1896-07-29
What is Said Of the Situation in North
Carolina.
P0PULIST WANT BRYAN PROVED
Coming Meeting Of the Demo-
cratic State Committee.
PROSPECTS OF A DEAL
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
RALEIGH, ". c.. July %. Is


Politically speaking. things are changing
so rapidly and so strangely in this state
that the most practiced heads cannot keep
up with the movements. Perhaps an en-
Cellent way to show the drift will be to
give impressions picked up in the course Of
interviews with leaders of all three parties
republican. democratic, populist
James H. Young. colored. member repub-
lican state executive committee, says he
has not the least idea that there will be
any Mckinley electoral ticket at all In
North Carolina, but expects to zee two
silver tickets.
Ex-Consressmen John Nichols, on the
other hand. says most positively there will
be Mckinley ticket. and adds that he
knows whereof he speaks.
8. Otto Wilson. than whom no populist
In the state stands nearer to Senator and
State Chairman Marion Butler. says 1t
seems to him that there will BE- populist
Bryan ticket and a democratic Bryan tick
ct. He adds that he desires to renew his
statement. made three weeks ago, that the
ropulsts will cast the electoral vote Of the
state
This must mean one thing only-that the
populsts count on getting the great mass
OF the republicans to vote for their Bryan
and Watson electoral ticket. Delegates
who returned yesterday from the national
populist convention said quite frankly they
could not see how Watson's nomination
helped Bryan. One Of these delegates said:
I'VE populists in North Carolina will GER
tatnly not vote for Sewall. He will have
to be taken down. We found out at ST.
Louis that while the Nebraska populists
literally idoize Bryan, those In Maine have
no use for Sewall Southern popuIists will
not vote for the Maine man
Other populists say they want nothing
which comes out Of New England: that
this fight for silver Is between the vest
10
ly sectional so far as politics are concern
ed. and that it is the eastern money infiu-
ence they are battling against. And, indeed.
there are some democrats who say nearly
as much SO far as the fight against the
eastern money influence IS concerned
A democratic e1-chairman Of much prom
irence was asked the direct question, How
many democrats in this state will not vote
for Bryan? and replied, Perhaps $500 is
a close figure
He was then asked how many would have
declined to vote for geld man had one
been nominated. His reply was: "At the
very least 5000. In fact, the party would
In such case, have literally gone 10 pieces
In the state. nationally speaking. 1t would
campaign
State Democratic Chairman ]. H. Pou
was asked his opinion Of the prospects of
success OF his party In the state. and said
he thought the party had a good fighting
chance. 1t is no walk-over. and, Of course,
he knows that fact But the democrats are
Sanguine and in fine spirits.
Democratic State Committee Meeting,
When the democratic state committee
| meets here on the Both instant, Chairman
Pou will retire and Clement Manly will sue
ceed him. Manly lives at Winston, the
home OF Cyrus B. Watson. the nominee for
governor and 1t is the latter's particular
desire that he shall be chairman. 1t Is the
desire Of Watson that the campaign shall
no IN hut ,nf
one. He has invited Daniel l.. Russell the
republican nominee for governor, to meet
him in joint discussion during the cam
paign. Russell says he is ready to do this
In the western counties, but not in the
eastern.
Senator Butler now as at any time these
four years past, controls the popuis. party
The attempted revolt against him has fail
ed. His generalship at St. Louis was the
crow ming act Senator Pritchard is today
as absolutely the head of the republican
party. State Chairman Holton's power is
merely nominal. 1t is Butler who discusses
with Pritchard the things to be done by
the respective parties.
The republican committee meeting early
In August, Is looked forward to with marked
interest but far more important Is the popu-
list state convention. The latter will really
settle the question whether the party shall
cooperate with the republicans or shall
keep in the middle of the road, or shall CO.
operate with democrats. AS Butler willis so
1t will be. No man can say at this moment
just what will be done. Not even Senator
Butler knows. But powerful influences will
be brought to bear, and the cry Anything
to beat the democrats" will again be raised
There are democrats who swear they
rever will vote for Tom Watson They are
some who swear they will not even vote for
Bryan II Sewall Is forced to withdraw: in
other words. that they will never vote for
q populist. Others say they will vote for
Coxey and Debs if the national COMMITTEES
SO orders. There are yet others who raise
the cry Anything to beat the repubIicans!'
Then some populists step forward and saw
Why not vote for w. A. Guthrie whom we
intend to nominate for governor? Demo-
Gratis demur and say they have put l1p a
straight and sincere silver man for gov
ernor. q man who declared, like Bryan. that
ne was going for free silver wherever he
found 1t. Ae
The attitude Of the republican papers 10
odd, for they make hardly any reference to
the currency question. There is mild praise
OF Mckinley. but the silver business is
handled with gloves. These papers are
m1ld-mannered to the last degree The
tarin appears to cut no figure at all If 10
not worth while even to attempt to conceaI
the fact that in all North Carolina there +.
only one issue-free silver.
POpulists' View of Bryan.
People constantly ask what the rur,1
populfsts think Of Bryan. One, named Rag
Well. a member of the leptslatura NO.