The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-06-11
oROBABLY ONE OF THESE FOUR


Ke the Democratic Nominee for Govern
or-Populists Are Split and Butler Is
Quiet-On State Issues Democrats Are
Unanimous TwO-COny yention Idea
Dead-Senator Ransom Says He Is Out
of Poitics-A. & M. Commencement
friedrich R. Place. of OtIllinois, Made Prin.
cipal of the Institution For the Blind
Cordial Reception Awaits the Char
Iotte Dramatic Club in Raleigh.
RALEIGH, June 9.-There are divisions
in each of three parties to-day. These
are growing more marked as to the Re-
pubIicans. The boiling negro element in
that party takes bolder stand and calls
an antiRusseII mass>meetipg here July
2pd. But Democrats need not put much
stress upon this boiling element. State
Chairman Pou says that it will not be
over per cent Of the total negro vote.
As the latter is about 100, 900 this max ss
it something like 5000. A more danger
GUS element to the Republican party
might be those of its members whom the
Russell faction 80 delighted in "crushing"
last month, but even this cant be count.
ed on to absent itself from the polls. So
on the State ticket the Republican party
as it will be faced this year will put in a
bigger vote than it did four years ago; de-
spite any division Or absenteeism.
The Populists seem To be split, and the
tone of their papers show this. They are
al ~
Butler and the anti> Butler factions. That
remarkably quiet. For weeks he has
sent on no circular and written no public
letter There was little murmnr in
favor of having him call the State commit
tee together and let it call a convention
to elect delegates to st. Louis, but this
appears to have died away. Butler does
not wish to appear to be "boss," yet on
the quiet it is said he has lost practically
none of his power. By promises, mainly
of aid and position, the Republicans have
certainly bagged some Populists. The
latter as a rule make many protestations
of their independence, yet the drift of
their view and sometimes of their talk
also, is that the Republicans are to be
preferred to the Democrats, since they
voted together in 1894. But there are
other Populists who practice what they
preach, who really think the silver issue
the one thing, and who say they will cast
their lot with the Democrats.
That the Democrats are divided on
national issues all men know. Some OF
them say wild things The division is on
: silver; we may say on nothing else. Wild
takers say 10000 will vote for Mckinley
If a straight Democrat on q silver ticket
-AIs pvo up ~againsG him, and that 10000
votes will 90 to Mckinley if a Republi-
can like Teller is put up as the head oi
the Democratic. On State issues there is
fair unaniYtv it now seems. There is q
faction whichs 5sesires fusion with the
Populists in order to get control of the
election machinery (Which is precisely
the same impulse which animates the
Republican tusionists) 1t was partly
this faction which has desired that two
conventions be held, one to nominate
State candidates and the otheess~to cleo
delegates. But the two-convention idea
has died out almost with the certainty o
silver victory at Chicago. Thomas J
Jarvis, the silver Democratic committee
man for North Carolina, was at the bot
/rtom of the two convention movement
which was on the point of causing grea
contention among the party. the senti-
ment,in the Vest was against the tw
conventions and this is the fact whicl
caused the movement to be dropped.
There is movement on the part Q
some Democrats to do almost anything t
induoe people to vote their State ticket
that is not TO question how they vot
nationally. This is declared by others t
bo a confession of party weakness. Doe
ANY man in the party feel able to max
an estimate as to its voting strength to
day? 1t is said the Populists have mad
great inroads.
There will be four names no douh
placed upon the Democratic State con
yention for the nomination for governo
certainly aa far as one can now se'
those of Julian S. Carr, R. AZ Doughto
and Theodore F. Davidson, and quit
possibly that of of ex-senator jarvis.
Is alledged that the latter wishes to
U. S. Senator and that Walter Clar
would like to get that plum. It is 4
secret that the latter, who has virtual
declined to allow the use of his name as
candidate for governor, will get Mort
Carolina's endorsement as vice-presideI
tial candidate. Some of the newspape
have more or less openly questioned b
Democracy. 1t seems to be OF the gu
nine sort. His letters AMI declaration
are manly and clear.
Some Democrats have been sayir
that DR.. J. J Motifs idea of nominatir
Teller (silver Republican, as the Dem
cratic candidate for the presidency WI
an excellent one. But the Progressi'
Farmer of to-day pours cold water on
saying:
"St. Louis is the place whore the Cal
ddate will be nominated who will ha
the confidence of the mass of the peopl
and July 22nd is the date. 1t is absu
Tor the Democrats to thiuk they Can TO
the people again by nominating Telle
Sibley. Boise, Bryan or anybody else
Chicago. If the Democratic party is
low that it has to nominate a Populi
for its presidential candidate, it is tir
for it to go out of business - v
are willing to join hand with those w
who favor financial reform, but th'
must meet us at St Louis"
When Senator Ransom was here Is