The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-02
POLITICAL
por.poURl.


When the Democratic State GEN.
trAl committee met here few days
ago, some member announced that
the Populists and Deoocrats we're
getting ready to fuse in certain
counties. Then Democratic news
papers began to discover other coun
ties in which the Denocrats and Pop
Lists would fuse. The CArcAsIAx
knows nothing about these matters.
1t has bad no information which II
regards AS reliable, and these rumors
are given for what they are worth.
Mr.. u. q. Egerton is Warren
county IN. CT man now living In
Texas. In q letter to THK CAUcA
SIAN he says that wherever Democ
racy exists out there moboeracy lives.
He says that this has gotten so po-
tent that Republican is counter
anced by decent people while Dem
ociat is not.
| ID. l.. Russell, 0. H. Dockery and
Jas E. Boyd are the three prominent
candidates for the Republican nomi.
|
have been two Republican county
conventions Nash and Caswell.
Nash has instructed for Dockery and
Caswell for Boyd. tits claimed that
a majority of the State Republican
committee favor Russell.
| Messrs. William II. Chamblee and
L.W. Robertson, of Wakefield, drop
ed into the Office last night says the
News and Observer, to see the Mer-
genthaler machines.
They are two of Wake county'a
most prominent Populists.
How are you on politics this
, yeari" they were asked.
"We stand where all true Popu.
lists stand" said Mr.. Cbamblee,
"and will not vote for any man fol
| anything unless he is silver man
and there is not a Populist in oul
! end of the county that is in favor o.
3 fusing with anybody that means vot
ing for goldbug for anything. and
r whenever you see a POpulist tina
+ favors any such fusion, you ma!
know he wants an Office; and We viii
f attend to him in due time"
"How do you stand on electora
a fusionf"
"There is not a Populist in on
country that will vote for any electo
!: unless he is pledged to vote for sill
i yer man for President"
u Chairman Holton, of the Reput
lican State executive committee, ha
j. written Col. Harry Skinner lette
,, which seems to the CAUCASIAN to b
q the quintenscence of cheek and gal
n It says:
|. 81 see rumors of a fusion betwee
n Populists and Democrats in Tyre
10 county, with indications on thi
|, same line cropping out in othe
IS counties in your district. tru!
ID this is not with your approval. n
s; doubt you can control your people
it If it continues it will arouse our K
i'll publican friends and bring abol
" friction that will be hard to heal.
think our people are willing to de
ne fairly with the Populists, but yo'
as friends must not show a disposltl<
ct to form an alliance with the Dem
Ne Gratis and then appeal to US for su
ne port"
all We are interested to know he
ht Col. Skinner will handle this lit
COB of sublime impudence.
st. While Congressman Settle is boo
d ing Reed for President, and Senat
Il. Pritchard is calling on the Repuh
cans to rally for Mckinley, Col.
ny B. Keogh. a prominent Republic
all of this State, is championing Le
he p. Morton for President. Col. keo
no recognizes that Mckinley has
IN strong following among the Reput
, is cans of North Carolina, but he S.
me Morton has strength and will gr
stronger from now on while Mex
ley will grow weaker. Col. Keo
ro- il of the opinion that Morton will
the Republican presidential nomi
,ro- ton. The CAUCASIAN thinks "
Iwr Col. Keogh in this matter.
itu- -
in J. L. Harris. secretary of
the State Republican executive conn
for tee, says: IA straight Republl
mia cket will not get $4,000 votes. 1
ord ton wants the party kept convene
ly small so he and his friends
red the better control the national
ex- ronage. The issue in the Repu
,me can party in this State now Is
Eu- Reed or Mckinley or Russell or l
the kerry, but cooperation or a stra
i of ticket"
han County Republican convent
ner will be held in five counties on A
rom lllth.-New Hanover, Mecklenb
mig Richmond, Robson and Forsyth