The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-21
THINGS POLITICAL.

State-at-large committeeman Jim
Young, whom it is said Settle COM
manded in gloating kind OF way
with a cuss word i'm it to sign the re-
port declining to accept the Populists
terms for fusion, says that there IS
GOING to be a Russell meeting in Met
ropolitan Hall shortly which will in
numbers and enthusiasm forever quell
the Dockery fiasco in Raleigh and
Wake county.
Tomorrow Caucasian will refer at
length to the fact that in the Populist
proposition to cooperate with the Re
publicans there was not a mention OF
office or spoils, but only PROPOSE
ton based on principle submitted,
while in the Republican proposition
for cooperation there was not hint
on principle, but the proposition was
based purely and solely on spoils
In the one the offices were not men
toned, in the other the issues were
not mentioned there would seem to be
slight difference sure enough.
The gentleman who consented to be
interviewed on Saturday and who gave
us the important news and views pub
lished Sunday sends request to mod
ifv his statement. His information
was that the PopuIsts would vote for
some Democrat whose views on free
coinage were as well known as Judge
Clark's, and that Judge Clark would
be acceptable to them. He was ~,
formed that the Populists would s!e-
Guthrie was their fayorite, but it was
mand the Governor and that Major
thought possible that they might con
sent to the nomination of Judge Mas
Rae because of his outspOken stand for
silver,
Chairman John Nichols declares that
it was not on the boards for him to
preside at Saturday nights DoclIery
meeting. That the craftsmanship and
the first speech had been conceded to
and accepted by Col. Thomas K. Pur-
nell as per a prearranged programme,
but that Col Thomas r. didn't put in
an appearance nor did he even send
word ''to have him excused, just SIM
ply didn't go. So when Chairman
Nichols was asked to take the chair,
after speaker Leak had spoke, and
spoke, and spoke, thinking every
minute that chairman and star orator
Purnell would put in an appearance,
there was nothing left for chairman
Nichols TO do but to take the chair.
1t was suggested by a Russell Rad
that the reason slated chairman Pur-
nell failed to appear was that he didn't
wish TO call a meeting TO order when
there was not a quorum present.
The Progressive Farmer this week APP
plauds the action of the Populist Elk
ecutiye cimmftttee, praises Senator
Butler for his keep-in- the-middle-of
the-road policy; predicts that on a
three-cornered fight the Populists
would elect all the State officers, a
majority of the Congressman, State
Legislators and county officers and will
poll $4,000 votes; gives the Democrats
only $4,000 votes and the Republicans
100 900: denounces both the old parties,
and says both are trotting after the
Pops asking for cooperation; favOrs
Senator Buffers policy of trying to get
''all who believe in financial reform to
get together; says that the Senator
isn't crank enough to care for party
names, and if the reformers could all
be gotten together, any of dozen or a
hundred new party names would suit
him just as well, but the man who
thinks ne is willing to join hands with
the Democrats under that name is
wasting time and breath when he says
so. To begin with, if there were no
other reasons, it would be supreme fol-
~ for any man to join party as weak
and as unpopular as the old Democratic
skeleton