The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-18
HE WAITED SEVEN YEARS
His Vote And Influence Decd
ed Convention Matter.
RANSOM VOTED WITH HIM
Not Probable That Col. Julian D. Carr
Would Accept the Nomination
For Governor of the
State.

mantled looking lot than the st. Louis
crowd who walked suddenly out of
their parlors at the announcement last
night that Chicago had been chosen as
the meeting place of the next Demo
cratic National Convention. They were
an effervescent crowd with a Side-board
ever flowing with the best of red Ii
auor, and the atmosphere and hospi-
tality of their rooms were truly some
thing Southern in effect and tone.
Then they left not the slightest de-
tails unlocked after. For example,
when Mr.. J. Taylor Ellyson, National
committeeman from Virginia walked
into the Arlington yesterday morning,
he was tackled by Ex-Governor Francis
who found out that in St. Louis was a
common friend of the two who had
formerly been class-mate of Mr.. Ely
sons. Gov. Francis telegraphed to the
st. Louis friend, without the knowl-
edge of MIR. Ellyson, and soon Mr.. ELY
son had a wire message of about 200
words from his old college pal begging
him to stand by the Missouri town. IL
was this kind of zest that pervaded the
whole st. Louis delegation, and almost
without exception they had the sym
gainst them. Among them were many
ex-Virginians and Kentuckians and
adopted citizens from other Southern
States. But it looks like it was Chica-
90 from the start, and in this connec-
ton it may not be impertinent TO note
the naming of Chicago in this column
both ten days ago and in my letter of
Yesterday predictions based on
10 .,,R. | alI<lnO YES
terdav morning with editor Knapp OF
the St. Louis Republic who was free
to refer to the bitter feeling that Cor
man had against StIouis largely on ac-
count of the stand the ST. Louis pa
pers took i'm 1888 opposing German as
chairman of the Committee on Resolu-
tions. Mr.. Knapp did not hesitate to
say that not only would German be
found leading the fight against him.
but that the friendship of Ransom for
German would lead the North Carolina
statesman to move in parallel lines
with the Maryland statesman. And
so it turned ont. The vote was taken
by roll-calI, each man answering, and
Ransom In Germans absence voted for
him. and vice versa. These two stuck
to New York until the last, but it was
between New York and Chicago as the
added votes on the two cities, each
varying. vet kept at the figures OF II
with the exception of a few ballots
when the two votes counted up %.
Thus New York seemed to be but a
foil TO be turned over to the Windy
City when the time came Committee
manEllyson stayed by Cincinnati dur
ing the early ballots, but had promised
to stand by St. Louis on the pinch
which he did voting for it on the last
ballot. The moment being ripe on the
last ballot, German dropped graceful
Nv over from New York and then came
Ransom and then observation-disclosures
Sheehan. of New York, and then the
iig was up, with the winning vote of
2s. and German, after seven yeas, had
got his revenge.
Senator Pritchard tells me that there
seems to be some tendency toward try
ing to keep in Sergeant-at-Arms
s.Dick' Bright, and to dispiace Secre-
tary Cox. The Senator said ne had
told his Republican friends that he
would not be a party to any such
ssdicker. that he was in favor OF q
clean sweep of the Democrats, but that
if Dick Bright was kept in, he would
usa his influence to see that General
Cox. also. was retained. Meanwhile,
the General stands to his guns; he is
standing on his identity as a Democrat
and is asking no fayors and listening
to no overtures. The sentiment ~
strong that he should be kept in his
present position, which he fills so
gracefully to the whole chamber, and
while it would not seem possible, nn-
der the strict machinery OF party ac-
ton, yet nothing but impossibilities in
the situation will be fatal to his pros
poets. But the plain English of Pritch-
ards statement is probably that both
will go.
Mr.. Pritchard spoke further touching
the matter of the electoral ticket in
North Carolina, and said he was not
fanatically welded to his plan, though
he believed that there should be fusion
from the bottom up, yet he said he was
perfectly willing to obey the behests
of the convention. But" added the
Senator, u see no more harm in fusing
on electors than in fusing on Congress
men"
A gentleman here to-day from North
Carolina says thdb ne mas heafd
Populist Senator of the last Legisla-
ture say that he was now in that frame
of mind which would lead him gladly
TO support Julian S. Carr for Governor,
if Mr.. Carr would run, but the gem
tleman said that he had no idea that
Mr.. Carr would accept, in fact he had
already. in letter to a friend, refused
to allow his name to be used, basing
his refusal largely upon the fact that
his business responsibilities, involving
the capital of other people beside him
self, entailed a corresponding respon-
sibility, which he felt TO be the most
sacred, next 10 his duties TO his family.
This friend said Mr.. Carr was unwill-
ing to jeopardize the interests of those
connected with him just at this mo-
llent, when the times required such
watehfulness as to preclude any ac-