The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-29
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To Tie Senate Is Paramount COnsidera-
ton Says Republican Committeeman.
POPULlSIS PLEDGED TO SUPPORT KIM
Republicans Claim Ehnt 33 Members
of the LcGi.Iniurc will vote for
Nina EiG MAJORITY of the Stock
holders at The Atlantic mud North
carolina Favor Its Lease.

Raleigh, y. c.. Nov. -,s;pecinD-
Republican headquarters were closed to-
day ana Secretary Iiyau.S lief. for
WASHINGTON, u. &. He mas been Il hard
and faithful. woriicr and the newspaper
men are inaebted TO him for ii great
many courtes.cs. He was spcailini to-
day OF the Democratic vo!" ANA says
that really few failed - Vo;e the
straight ticket. 1t had been said thous-
ands would not do so. lie does not find
ii that way, he declares. after n ve.A
careful examination Of the returns.
POPULISTS FOR pRlTCHARD.
a Republican State committeeman
says very plain words about the Popu-
lists and the vote for Pritchard for sen
ator. He is in favor Of making that
election the paramount consider alton.
Tom Bailey. u devoted friend Oi prich-
ard. made the positive assertion to-
day that thirty-iive Populists In the
Senate and House stand ready To vote
for PritChard.
Senator Butler will be here next Mon
day or Tuesday on his way To Wash
inGton. OF course he will say something
interesting.
1t is the opinion of able judges OF
affairs that the straight Populists have
It in their mind To put up Oliver II.
Dockery FOR the Senate. OF course Ohio
Wilson is = candidates. This morning;
Or. Cyrus Thompson. secretary "f state
elect. said: Wilson is the blooming
est candidate ever SAW" lie is Ger
tainly very much ia evidence.
Or. and Mrs. Laird. of Haw River.
leave for Europe next week. DR.. Laird
will Push the fortunes of Buffalo l.ithia
water in England and on the Continent
GOVERNOR HAS FEW PLUMS.
a Governor these days has very little
patronage. Directly he has only his sec
r1tari"s, adjutant- general and military
star. Even the keeper of the Capitol
is appointed with the consent of the
Board Of Public buildings. ana all III
rectorS and trustees by tie consent of
the Senate. OF course Il Governor can
select trustees. etc. who Nlil form his
favoriteS for the Supcrint"nucy 81 inSti-
tuition. etc. but Yet they have 10 run
the gauntlet of the Senate o;np viii
son said the other day that N Senate
now has all the patronage II IA state
has the Governor less power t!an in
North Carolina.
The States fiscal year, for all save The
Railway Commission, ends next Mon
day.
1t is asserted that 81 per cent of the
stockholders of the Atlantic ana North
Carolina railway favor its lease To the
Goldsboro and Mnrehead CITY Railway
company for forty years.
Work ON the Gicndon and Gulf rail-
II
point Two miles beyond Deep river.
All the line is in Chatham county.
TIE: STATE AID FIGHT.
The state aid fight is getting lively.
This is on the question whether the
state shall maintain a university. The
fight is made by the Baptist dcnumina-
ton acne, i; may be said, and is mainly
against the university, though, Of
course. also against the normal ana in
a inl 60. i,.t,
the State will have 10 take sides i'm
this matter ii seems, and some are al
ready in line against it, Ii is going to
be a hotter tight than the one las, year
before the I,cgisia turc.
Governor and Mrs. Carr left this morn
ing for Washington, d. c., on n short
visit.
The local cotton receipts here by
wagon since September ! aggregate 49,
Sl3 bales, against l1,2i2 to this date last
year.
UNSUCCESSFUL MISSION.
Rev. n. NJ. Jurney. a widely known
preacher, came here 10 see Governor
Carr regarding the matter of Il pardon
Tor the men who were convicted of par
iicipation in the "3ramfort" graveyard
insurance" swindles. But his mission
was TO no purpose. There is no par
don for these men. Really their sen
fences are very light in view of the
cnormity of their crime.
The condition of the Revenue Collec-
tors Office is said by experts TO he in
finer shape than ever before. Both the
Office and field force are excellent
Rev. DR. J. II. Carter. pastor of the
First Baptist church here. has gone TO
Washington, y. c.. To dedicate a new
BAPTIST church
FIRST ENGLISH SETTLERS.
To-day a memorial was erected on
the site of O!d Fort Raleigh on Roanoke
Island, in Dare county, to commemorate
the first English settlement in America
1t was erected under auspices of Roa-
noke Colony Memorial Association.
The Base is OF North Carolina granite
and the table of Virginia granite. The
table bears this inscription:
"On this site in August, 1885, the colo
nists sent from England by Sir Walter
Raleigh built the fort called the New
Fort in Virginia" ~
The colonists were the first settlers
OF the English race in America. g
The monument was dedicated with an
propriate religious exercises and an adj
dress was delivered by Graham Davis
president of the association The out
lines of Fort Raleigh are distinctly WISH
BILE and the angles are now permanent