The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-01
DEMOCRATS TO WIN
The Brindle Tail llckas Almost
Played Our.
HAL W. AYERS LETTER
HE WANTS RALEIGH TURNED
OVER TO JIM YOUNG RULE.
REPUBLICANS GETTING DISGUST
Mayor Russ and the Whole Democratic
Ticket Will Be Elected If the Good
Citizens Go to the Polls and Vote
$40 Your Tents, @ Israel"


This is challenge day. At ten o'clock
this morning the registrars and poll
holders will organize i'm each ward as a
court, and hear the evidence in reference
| to challenges.
The Democrats have challenged thirty
| five Radicals who are trying to sneak iii
an illegal vote. and they will have abund-
ant evidence this morning to have their
names erased from the books, nOtwith-
standing the new election law was franz
ed for the express purpose of helping the
Radicals and their henchmen repeat
again as they did last fall. The Radicals
and brindle-tails will try to keep the lille
gal names on because they realize that
their chance is mighty slim one, and
upon an honest vote they are simply not
| Yin it.
LET ALL GO TO WORK.
The registration, which has closed,
shows a condition highly favorable to the
Democrats. 1t makes it certain that
Mayor Russ and the whole Democratic
| ticket. and a majority of aldermen will
be chosen IF ALL THE DEMOCRATS
GO TO WORK AND IF A FULL
VOTE IS POLLED.
These are the only two essentials to
| success. The opposition will corral its
pie-hunt:ng vote with ease. They will
promise everybody everything, and by
that means bring out the bread and but
ter brigade. The rank and file of the
citizenship. whose only interest is good
city government, have no selfish person
al incentive to bring them out. Therein
lies the necessity for work. Their interest
as men wanting a clean city administra-
ton, as property owners, as patriotic
citizens is high above all other considera-
tions. They cannot afford to neglect the
duty of saving the city from men who
| want to get in and to prostitute the
| city government to selfish ends
FAILED TO GET A MEETING.
| When the ring-tail ticket was nomi-
mated. it was announced that Il meeting
for ratification would soon be held. and
| twice since that time an attempt has:
been made to get enough folks together to
hold meeting. But both times the at
tempt has failed, and now it is denied
| that there was ever any purpose to hold
a pubic ratification meeting. When the
ring-tail orators can't get crowd willing
to listen to their tale of VICE." they are
in the ditch When Logo
Harris and Jim Young, and
Harry Roberts and c. Ton
Bailey. Peter Cobb and Hal Aver cam
drum up an audience to hear then
elocute, you may put it down that thu
people are ''onto their little game" of re-
pud;ating principles and working fol-
| spoils.
THE LAST, CARD.
| Failing to get enough crowd to heal
them ''orate," the conspirators found thai
they must hit upon some other plan t.
get the public ear. After much considera
| ton, they decided to rush into print.
| All the early conspirators had beer
| pumped dry. The people were tired an,
weary of them. Harry Roberts's ''rab
| BILE" had tired of his eloquence. jim
| Young couldn't get hearing unless Rev
| Leak would close his revival. Franl
| Stronach had talked out. Loge Harri:
had spoke out lin all capacities" TN,
| whole Reform movement was dying O.
| dry-rot and inertia.
/ Something had to be done-somethin:
| to remind the people that the ring
| tailers" had not gone into their hole:
| and pulled their hole in after them. AT
ter much discussion, it was decided II
| trot in that little Il am sir oracle when
| speak, let no dog bark" whose success
| full treachery landed him in the Stat,
| Auditors office last November. He ha:
the disease Of loving notOriety above al
things n the earth or sky. As a lettel
| writer. he thinks he is bowling success
| And so it was determined for Hallelujal
| Air TO write Il letter.
Bat how? 1t was settled for Guy
Y. Barnes, a Populist VINO hopes to ge
the State Printing through Russell, Aye
Il Co.. TO address n note to the STATE
Auditor, the fountain of ''ring tall wis
DOM and ask for his views, and then fo
the letter writer to air himself in a lon.
epistle full of vaporings and mouthings
pretending to want fairness and justice
but winding up with an endorsement o.
the 'ring-tail' ticket The programme
was carried out, and yesterday the lette
from the Sthae Auditor appeared.
1t will not have any effect even on the
few Populist voters in the city. All WIZ
are not Republicans at heart will repudi