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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

AS predicted in the 1%ntclllsenccr yes.
terday morning, the Register made an
attempt In It's issues OF Tuesday to
make It appear that the offer to bet
10000 on Mckinley was n blum, The
l~ntelliSenccr Of the same date gave full,
particulars us 10 the men who wanted
TO make the bet. The Register makes
" appear that Il has a taker for the
bet, who Is unable to find the Rcpubl
llcan money. Tho money has been de-
posted In a slsterSvnle bank Sy DEW.
II. Gllespy. and II the Register has
some one in the bush who Is willing TO
wager $4,000 on Bryan's chances, 1t
has the opportunity to carr $500, as will
be seen from the following communlca.
lions:
The first is addressed to the Intcl!l-
Sencer and Is as follows:
To tho Editor OF tho l%ntcluscnccr.
SlR;-Thc bet offered In the IrtellI-
gencer cmanatcd from myself, backed
by 4 friend. who wishes 10 place soma
money on the chances OF the coming
elect&n, and Is betting to win. as he
looks at 1t. This bet Is absolutely In
good faith and Is not n bluff. | to-day
wrote TO the editor OF the Register. and
informed him that the $iO,O0O Is In the
bank here. and that the party wishing
to cover the bet willT|be pall $500 and
his expense FOR coming down here and
covering the same on an even bet OF
100000. that Mckinley viii be elected
PRESIDENT. II the party does not wish
10 come down. but Will deposit SO, 900
IN 4 Wheeling bank. subject to the
0 conditions, we Will come up. l
DO NOT like notoriety, but IL necessary
TO explain. You a publish this.
Respectfully yours,
W. II. GILLESPIE.
S!stersytlle, ". Va, October 6. 1896.
Tho second Is addressed 20 the el!.
tor 81 the Register and possibly VIII
appear IN that paper this morning. 1t
Is presented 10 the readers OF the In
tellIScneer. as follows:
Editor Wheeling Register.
SIR:-The bet offered In the Wheel
Ing l~ntelligcnccr was made by myself,
in behalf Of a friend who expects to
place his money NOT on politics, but on
his estimate OF the chances in the COM
irS election. and the Offer Is absolutely
in So2G faith. Since it Appears Won
have found q takcr, please tell him
the money is here In the bank and
that II he will come down and cover
the amount, his expenses shall be paid,
IN addition 70 gs"lns Kim the extra
odds OF $500 paid cash down. Amount
or net Is $4,000. l do not wish any no.
toriety, and II the man you mention is
not in earnest, let Us drop the matter.
Respectfully yours.
W. II. GILLESPY,
S!stersrille. W. Va. Oct. 6. 1896.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07
STONE & THOMAS
New Department stores liuiidinE De.
scribod-A Mercantile Palace.

scribcd-A Mercantile Palace.
Stone Is Thomas opening attracted
another large crowd OF visitors to their
Immense stores yesterday afternoon
and last night. and everybody who
visited rho stores felt that they were
amply repaid for their visit. The
scene which met the gaze OF the hun
drcds who attended the opening last
night and the night before was simply
grand, The two Immense stores were
brilliantly illuminated by a thousand
electric incnndCscent lights. which re-
ilGctcd brightly on the delicate cOlOrH
OF the decorations. Before the erection
OF thu new addition to the building, the
store IA considered u most complete
one, but since the other has been built
the firm has OF the largest and
most complete department stores IN
this part OF the country.
The large c0rne window presented a
grand appearance last night, illumina-
ted us 1t was by Il hundred lights,
tastefully arranged amid the delicate
shades OF costly silks. Two fine and
Very llfc-llke figures lent greatly to
the attractivcncss OF the display and
the window attracted the attention OF
Ill who passed or attended the Q
Ing.
The interior OF the store WAS decor
atcd with costly fabrics. The lower
floor Is devoted 20 every line Of goods
that makes up n complete metropolitan
department store and the furnishings
Indicate tina no expense has been spar
ed by the firm In their EFFORT 10 give to
this community an establishment to DC
! proud OF.
| In the basement the house furnishing
goods are displayed. The second lioor
IL the Ready to Wear floor. where
can be found ladies' and Infants fur
nlshinSs ready TO put on. The third
floor Is given up to the carpet depart
ment and q large and elegant stock Is
displayed.
One OF the features of the new stores
Will be Il ladies' reception room, which
is to be nicely furnished. A writing
desk Will be Included In the furnish
nSs. and here ladies' may write letters.
read. meet their lady friends and
make II their headquarters generally.
Something entirely new in Wheeling
Will be the Introduction of an electric
cash railway, which NIL be put In next
week. 1t VIII operate all over the
building. and Will carry the change
from me most remote part OF the build
ing 10 the Office In Il few seconds. An
electric light plant will be one Of the
Improvement.
The decorations In the stores are
fine and reflect great credit on the
taste OF the trimmer, Mr.. VIII ]. Nc
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

The trial OF Julian Renskl, the nine
t~ee'i-year-old Slav miner. for the muir
der OF John POlowski in a speak easy
nj Dll"nvale on August Ii, which has
been In progress at S~tcubenvllle for two
days, terminated suddenly yesterday af-
ernooa nj the conclusion OF the cxami-
nation Of the states witnesses. Renski
was on trial on an indictment fdr MUIR
der In the second degree. His attorneys
after n consultation. stated that their
client would plead guilty 10 manslauch-
ter. This Was accepted by the state and
the prisoner renlandrd for sentence. His
home is in Cleveland. He stabbed four
Others In the same ARRAY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

WAltREN-Rlvcr l foot . inches and
falling. Light rain and cool.
OIL CITY-itiver . feet q inches and
stationary. Coul and raining.
MORGANTOWN-River I feet 0 In
ches and falling. Raining and cool.
GREENSBOTO-Itivcr s feet S inchcs
and failing. Cloudy and warmer.
Observation-Disclosures 6.3 feet and
railing Mt the dam. Raining.
STEuHENVlLL;-Rivcr 7 feet 0in.
clles and falling. Rainy and cool. I'm
Jacob llcatherlnGton. Down-Kanaw-
Ia.
pARkERSBuIaG-ltiver II feet md
falling. Raining and cool. Down-LIh.
Srly. Valley Belle. d. T. Watson. Due
falling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

AS n remedy for all forms OF Head.
ache Electric Bitters has proved IN no
the very best. 1t effects Il pcrmnnont
cure and tho most dreaded habItlni slcl,
headaches yield TO Its influence. iva
urge oil who are afflicted to procure n
nottlc, II give this remedy n fair trial
IN cnscs OF habitual constipation Flee.
VIC Blttcrs cures by giving the needed
.omH 10 inc bowels. and fow cases long
once. Large bottles ouly afiv ccntS ~ ~
Logan Co.'S Drug Store. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
.oMMIssIoNER's SALE.

HHat=
Mary Elliott and others W.. Elizabeth r.
Wells and utherS.-In Chanccry,
In pursuance of IL decree OF the CiFcui:
court OF Ohio. county, West Virginia, rta-
dcrcd on The fourteenth day OF September.
ms. In the above entitled cause. II" IN
~ucrslEned, appointed Il spec:a! commits
sloacr FOR the purpose. will en-
THURSDAY. THE 18th DAY Or OCTo-
BEF:. lS96,
commencing at 10 o'clock n. NJ. sell 1T
public auction on the premises. adjoining
the village OF Potomac. Ohio couHly, We;
Virginia, 10 the highest bidder. the follow
Ing described property, to-wli: Al that
certain piece OF parcel OF land UdIoin!Hr
said village OF Potomac. OF which L.iiheT
Elliott died seized: and bounded as fol-.
lows; 'BeGinrlrE at Il stake In the lie q.
Margaret McMurray: thence south -
west Ills poles 10 u stake: thence noii7
I' west SO poles to r cOrn'r. thr1t'
south IiE, west eco poles: thence Ao:in
ltt- west ! poles - a birch: theRcr north
Is west .G.lG, poles TO II stone In the !Inr 81
J. II. Coz; thence north 5i2.' east - poles
10 q stone IN the road In the line Of j. II.
Cox; thence south iSi!a east = poles:
thence south So east .OS poles to a cnTTaF
or hM&rEnrct McMUTrHy; thence with Fer
Hue south 81 east 1881 poles TO Il cu"r-E.
thence GloHG her line south S45.' cas, i2@
poles to the place o; beginning, ard CON;
tanning eleven Oh acres AMI ono huGirci
and iiGtcrn and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lrcdth nl%T@ poles, this being the sImH
property that WAS conveyed TO the >ait
Luther Elliott by Thomas Hartley aHt
wife, by decd bearing dRtc ON the rlu'a
day OF October. l&6, and recorded n Veedi
Dock 81, page II, Of thc land rcCu!u5 0.
Ohio county, West Virginia.
TERAtSEOF SAT .:-Onr-third OF ne
PURCHASE money. and as much more ~ The
purchaser may elect to pay. In cash q,
the day'ot sale; the balance in two "I1Ail
instnllmcuts. OF ONT and " years. Win
interest 'fTOm day of sale. Tho iHtrrc''
on the, second deferred IN Etallmrut IS 10
be ~paiInnnunlly, the purchaser to execute
and Gelyer his notes Tor the deferred w
StallmeGtS with approved personal So
cursty, AMI HS II further scctrily iir $40
TO be retained until said notes are liilr".
e" W NJ. nINl.Af,
sc%SilSBS Special ComlEiSsienrr.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07
THAT $4,000 BET.
The Register Attempts to Make 1t
Out u Great Big BLUM.
DIR. GlLLEspY, OF SlsTERSYlLLE.

Writes TO 10th tho Wheeling Morning
Papers-rhe Money Has iiecn Posted IN
asistess'iiie bank AMI the Negls,er Can
Earn $500 Ivy Producing u Takrr-The
ciay-unlon Mscting-The Republican
Hattaiion-rhat Letter OF Mr.. Watt. to
President lIHrrisom-0ther News In tho
Political Realm.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

PROPOSALS.
BIDS FOR COAL.
W~IIEELlNG. W. Va, Sept. 20. 49,
Anlnn .AE1al- rLE If ls.a-.l - l..I...n LL-.L

WHEELING. ". Va, Sept. 20, lNi
Office otcleri of Board OF Education.
10 No. Il Fourteenth Stree.
uilS VIII I've received ut the Office " 'lS
Clerk of tho Board OF Education uHiI
TueFdnE, October II. ut L. H.. for ~inrntSlt-
Ing clCaa coal and also slack FOR the rl,,r
schools OF tho city of Wheeling Tor the
ensuing school year.
RiuNMAl he received for furnIshiUS cosl
for MI OF the schools aS well rs 20 rnrNn
Suh-dlAtrlct separately. 'Thr contract WIZ
he awarded to the lowest Responsible pld'
der employing union labor. The board re-
server tho right 10 reject any or NJ Nl'H'
WALTER II, HALL, tlr'h,.
- gN5h. NN-,J.t,tl-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

The Island Republicans Will hold 4
meeting ut their headquarters. South
Broadway, on Friday evening. Good
SPEAKERS will address the meeting. and
a large attendance should be the result.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

Special Dispatch to the I~ntelligencrr.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 6.-The
President to-day appointed c. y. PrItch-
ard TO be postmaster ct Warrington. W.
Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

Arrangements have been completed
for n great excursion frnm Clarkshurg
TO Canton. Saturday. October Il. The
excursion party will he represented from
all parts Of central West Virginia. The
train viii leave very early the morning
Of October II. probably at 3 or 4 O'Clock.
and will 20 to Canton via Grafton and
Wheeling. The excursion promises to
be n very large n and many ladies' are
going. Several counties lavet Joined
and when Grafton. FaIrmont. Morgan
town. Weston. Philippl, and other points
send IN their large delegations the crowd
may reach 1000 or 1000. It Is probable
that Canton will be reached by about
noon Saturday and the start for home
be made about dark. Many will take
lunch boxes along. The trip will be n
comparatively inexpensive one, and
hundreds of admirers Of Major McKin-
ley will embrace the opportunity to sec
and hear the next President.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

The II. C. Richards Six Footcrs will
drill again tonight, Mt the corner OF
Fourteenth and Chaplinc. In case of
rain, n large OOm has been provided. SO
the members need have no fear on that
score.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

THE healing and purifying qualities
OF Salvation Oil render It the hest ar
tIclc for the speedy cure Of liberated
sores. &c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

Col. C. II. Anderson. OF Washington,
DC, will speak 1t Sherrard, Marshall
county, Friday evening. October .. He
Is n good speaker. He will he accom-
panied out 10 Shcrrnr! by Mr.. John W.
Leach, AZ BanwOOd. one OF the Marshall
county candidates for the legislature.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07
POLITICAL EOTES.
Meetings In the Future and Gossip Abcn,
the Club Organizations.

The Eiklns Cadets are getting up q
history o: that organization. 1t prom.
ises to be :. creditabie publication. So.
lIcicors are now getting the advertising,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

On Friday evening Frank ". Ncsbltt
Will address the voters nj Grcgg's
school house, In RichIand district. Mr.
Nesbltt is II N the best speakers on
the stump In this county and Is sure to
be greeted by n large crowd.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

Gen. f. P. Brown. OF New York, who
spoke IN Charleston last night, will
speak In this STATE during the rest Of the
week, devO.ing his time 10 Faycttc,
Monroe and Raleigh counties.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

On Thursday afternoon there will be
n Republican pole raising nj Peters
run. The occasion will be n rally OF
tn, friends Of sound money and pro-
lection In that section of the county.
Frank w. SHShitt and the candidates
on the county ticket will be the speak
ers, Let everybody turn out and make
1t Il %rOuslng meeting.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

street. 4lH VI ""'"''
No. 1905 9IcColioch street.
No. 1868 &IcCOlloch street,
No. "a Seventeenth street,
No. g Sixteenth street.
NO. % North Front street.
nos. id2 and ~ National i.oat.
SiN-rOnmCd house Peninsula.
Nos; t?2 ana i22N Market street.
no. " Haue'strCot. store room and owen.
Lot on South Front street.
lots McNechen.
Z lots Elm Grove,
Lot Woodsdalc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

A. D. ! NNtaA NaN'A AEht III VIII
sneak In thIa STATE during the rest OF the
week, devoting his time 10 Faycttc,
Monroe and Raleigh counties.
The MoundsvIilc Republicans are
milking great preparations for n big
demonstration one week from tonight,
and they invite all the Wheeling. Ben
wood and Rcllalrc clubs to 70 down md
participate. The secretaries OF the varI-
Gus clubs are requested 10 communicate
with A. C. Humes. secretary OF the
MnundsvIlIe Mckinley club.
Coi T. II. Anderson, Of Ohio, ex-mlnls-
ter TO Bolivia, has been assigned to
snonIc in West Virginia the week OF Oc-
tohrr 10. He has been assigned to III
time In Hancock, Brooke, Tyler. Jackson
and Mason counties during that week.
Tho Tariff Champions will meet In the
council chamber this evening to make
arrangements for the tsp to Canton Sat
urday, Every member Is expected 10
be present.
Tha Triadelphia Republican Club
will hold a mass meeting ut that place
Thursday evening. OF which occasion
lion, W, Fl. Hcnrnc. OF this city. will
he the principal speaker. A big turn
N IN expected and all the voters OF
TrindcIphin district arc cordially In
,yited 10 attend.
The Clay-Unlon club met last night at
RIgchon'g hnll and decided to turn out
tomorrow night and 70 10 the Upper
Bcnwood meeting. They will meet ut
their headquarters ut Z o'clock and,
headed by their drum corps. march to
-. .fN1gaIfIi n.l rI.,AII-.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07
NESBlTT g. DEVlNE,
scls No. 1-a1 N,orrst S.-o..
HOUSES And LOTS FOR SALE

EEL"
- good Investment corner Twelfth ard
EoG streets.
No: ISL Sixteenth street, lot soxi:o zee.
a fne residence in Pleasant Valley.
Nos. 100 and 'l92 Seventeenth street.
No. 9 Kentucky street, 4 rooms.
NO. . hentncky street. lot 3g&li0 feet.
A Inc Tcs!dcGcc on Virginia street. Al
modern convenience: price low.
No 2cl@ Chapline street. large sr!cS
10. : 18th street. ! rooms and s:ab,s.
No. l$6 Eth street. 5 rooms and stable
Lot corner Main and Sixteenth Sifce:.
No. III i5;h street, : rooms and bath.
No. lL0S Chnplinc street. ! rooms.
Nc. 1913 Ch1plinc street. ? ROOMS.
Lot or Main ST, between 2.I and sd Sts
lots on North Wabash street.
No. 81 South Broadway. residence c: :.
{. Hughes. Esq.
Lot No. % Indiana St, ! rooms. raots.a
No. q NJ Wabash ST., C rooms, Cheap.
J fine lot in'PlensaEt Valley.
No, u Vermont street. ; rooms; lot cix,1
feet; 1850.
The Bloch property on North Main S.
MONEY TO LOAN.
RlNEHART g. TA?UM,
The City Bank Building.
Telephone 2ls. ap2l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07
REAL ESTATE.
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.

5000; very c.cAp '"''', ri,re
S-rGom h2gIg No. rs TWuty.,ay,,,.
Lots, HlYy .lNlgj I,rt ~,
street 1T IoO.'tuBy terms "''"' I'0r9N
broom hope. on Fuutitrnu ~
cheap ~ Via; rents for Flj d nr,r. 'ec';
bisin"NS building ON Water rf,.
twtsn Twelfth aud Fourteenth stl.. ~,
MONEY TO LuNv
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

Hon. J. Il. Sommcrvlllc. OF this city,
was TO have addressed n meeting Of
sound money Democrats at llcnwood
Junction last might. bat wag called out
OF town oil business OF Importance. con-
scquently no meeting was held. Senator
SommerrillN and other speakers will Hd-
dress the railway employees at the juno
lion In the near future.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

brcllaB md will make n nno appearance.
Every Republican In the two dlstricts IA
requested TO turn out. The officers OF
the marching club are: Captain, j. Il, w,
McCulley; first lieutenant, Celia Marks.
'second lieutenant, Charles Zimmerman;
third lieutenant, Irwin Thompson: first
sergeant, Richard Ryan; second Ger
Beant, Louis Zimmerman; third ser.
gcant, James Woodward,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-04
MICHIGAN'S VOTE SAFE.
FEW REPUBLICAN OBJECTIONS. But MANY on
THE OTHER SIDE.

FEW REPUBLICAN OBJECTIONS. But MANY on
THE OTHER SIDE.
w Livingstone OF Detroit. prominent business
man and Republican of Michigan. was in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Livingstone is publisher OF THE
Detroit Journal" and has been chairman Of the
Republican State Central Committee. He has large
business interests I'm the State and is interested
with ex-senator Palmer In the shipbuiding IN
dustry and other enterprises lie declared most
emphatically that Michigan was safely WITHIN the
Republican column. II would feel eminently con-
tented II | was as sure Of happiness In the next
world" he said las I am sure that Michigan VIII
20 for the Republican State and National ticket
Referring TO the talk Of the free-sver men mat
hundreds OF Republicans were boiling the hepun-
lican ticket and coming 10 the Democratic ticket
Mr.. Livingstone remarked;
"Of course you understand n free-coinage man
will make as much racket half dozen gold
standard men Michigan has always been consid-
cred such safe sure and aggressiveIy hepuphcah
State that unusual effort has not been made In the
last four years. Within the last year however
from sources that you can readily determine inc
State has been flooded with free-coinage literature
This hook Coin has been used with great lavish
ness Ii Is plausible. dtuding and specious !
readily see how some OF the people came 10 thnk
kindly of free coinage with the deiudlhs literature
they received but have met them halfway
and campaign is going on that Is surely OUT e.
fectvely wiping out the sentiment
,.Nuch has been said about the slump OF The
Detroit Tribune, which was a Republican paper
but its boiling the ST. Louis platform under the
circumstances does not carry much Welgh'. Inc
owner of The Tribune also owns The Evening
News The Tribune has been republican, while
The News has leaned toward free trade ana
everything that is foreign to Republicanism: Ihus
a neculiar condition noticed and The lfioune
did not have the weight that il woud haXeh hah II
been free fearless. and untrammelled hepunnlcah
papcr Its bolt has not caused such Woe discus
sion as IL would have under other CIRCUMSTANCES
II Ca only truthful 10 admit that there Is some Tree
coinage sentiment in the State. but the hepu3ncah
defacfion IL small. on the other hand the deleC-
lion from the Democratic ranks Is large pul II IS
q silent detection. ! know Of democratic electoi'
y,ho are going 10 vote for Mckinley. -. /,
sort NJ an experiment. The men VINO are ruilnns
g. 40 moi hope elect their candidate bur slthpS
- defeat Jsrvan. They argue. and perhaps Tx tS.
IA, there are hundreds of Democrats VINO 90 , no
~ Prvan and his platform but who Will nn iesf
snr,e alternative is offered. vote Tor MN III m
can have candidate em9o , ' Hank they will
vote for that candidate There are doao'es nha,
WI ,o,ers in the state It Is hard 10 say VIVA.
80 This ticket Will poll hut whatever sr'nsi he
docs poll will he drawn lIo" p'E"" " "
-, Lf,ned inst so much.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-04
CONFIDENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
REPRESENTATIVES, SETTLE COUNTS on $4,000 AS
MKINLEY'S MAJORITY

MKINLEY's MAJORITY.
Washington. Sept 5 (speciaD. Representative
Settle. Of the With North Carolina District. was at
the Republican headquarters to-day He thinks
the State Is good for $4,000. perhaps 10000 majority
Tor Mckinley and Hobart. Further. respecting
matters In his State. this sturdy Republican leader
SAID to Tribune correspondent:
Il shall. be elected II is all fudge about the Popu-
lists voting for Kitchin my Democratic opponent:
but even IL the Populists to indorse him
should have nothing to fear Through tho state
the Republicans have the best of H. The Demo-
Gratis and Populists have been discussing deal on
the State ticket. the idea being for the former to
withdraw some part Of their ticket. The Demo-
Gratis seem TO be more anxious for fusion with the
fopulists than the Republicans were. Their
committee has made overtures which Butler has re-
Jected 1t is ptiful TO the leaders of great
party such as the Democratic party used TO be in
North Carolina. get down on its knees and crawl
before Senator Butler. begging him to save them
from destruction. They admit practically that
tncy can 90 nothing without Buffers aid"
Executive Committee would do about the Lieu
tcnant-GovernOrship. since Colonel Dockery had
come out In public speech for Bryan and Watson.
He replied
day. when this and other matters will be con-
Sidered."
II Is understood that among the matters to be
deIntely arranged at the important session Of the
not already filled. and some questions of detail
TO the conduct of the campaign. Prominent North
carolina Republicans who In the city say that
there are hardly any silver Republicans In the
State. Mr.. Settle said
They all stand by the 81. Louis platform. which
declares for honest money"