The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-22
not DAYS IN JANUARY
Seems to Be The Order Down In the
Old North State.
isIlasIaG ARO SWEEPING RESOLUTIONS
bitter Dcnuncintion of the Won WHO
Tried to Destroy the Popuiiss Par
ty- Bntter on The Wnrpnth-sic
Sltn2s Nome Literary dynamite
Into The Encmy's Camp.

Raleigh, n. c., January 21.-(SpeciaD
~-Three car loads of Republicans left
here last night for the western counties.
They had been working for Pritchard's
election and they were full of JOY.
kilograms of congratulation," said he,
if"from Mckinley, Hanna and all the Re
4 publican Senators"
SHUFoRD A TRAITOR.
.SfYA Republican said the reason why
3 Pritchard cursed and denounced Shuford
IN the hotel here was that Shuford was
Y traitor; that he had feared defeat in
= the Seventh district and had begged
Pritchard to come and HEP him; that
Pritchard at his own expense had gone
Ito the district and rallied the Republi-
cans. who really did not want to vote
for Shuford. Pritchard. after cursing
4 Shuford called him the vilest name the
Is language affords.
One politician here said he wished
\ Fritchard has cursed him: that he had
done many times more to defeat him
4 than Shuford ever did, but that Pritch-
IS ard knew who to curse.
81 1t is no secret that Yesterdays majo-
grity for Pritchard was smaller than he
expected.
Senator Butler said last night: 1--WE
have done with the boilers now and for
!, ever"
FLoCKING TIME COMING"
Congressman Skinner said this morn.
s Ing; when the flockinE time of the
Populists comes they will flock to u.s."
The Republicans say they will get the
= PopulIst boilers. One OF the latter
3 Brown. of Jones, said to-day they pro-
posed to vote INDEPENDENTLY
y Another OF the boilers, Hodges OF
Beaufort. said to-day: 1--WE will now
get to work to reorganize the Populist
+ party. We contend that we IRE the true
4 Populist party. McCaskey and Pagan
will stay with us. That will make oul
4 Pagan are Pritchard men at heart. Sew.
y eral other men now in Buffers caucus
will walk out and join us. and Will moi
be bound by the resolution which thai
& caucus adopted last night. which eXpell
ed US from that caucus"
THE POPULIST CAUCUS.
The majority Populists were in caucus
d until 1850 this morning. Butler spoke
q Matt and Oliver Dockery were present
IA resolution was adopted that no on,
Y be allowed to be n member of the caucu:
s{save those who voted for Thompson FOL
Senator; that the majority rule of thu
S caucus shall govern and that votes II
4 the. Legislature shall he in accordanc,
with the caucus decision. The caucu.
4 issued long address to the North Caro-
lima Populists. Senator Butler and
committee prepared 1t. 1t declares tina
X potn democrats ana PopultStS hav,
Il planned TO destroy the Populist party
that the Populists who made Prltchard.
election possible are traitors and NJ
/ longer Populists; that the Republican!
q In order to elect Pritchard had to fine
& come Populist Of prominence who woulC
& sell his influence for price; that in Con
y gresham Harry Skinner they found thi
y Judas; that the allies and stellites of THU
3 arch-traitor played with their party
that his hellish plan is now to destro,
4 their party: that by bribery and b,
4 promise OF office they will seek to cor
n rupt the Populists In every county anc
township; that they wish to take int,
their own party that part of the Popu
i list party which they have corrupted
= and debauched: that they they will seel
10 involve the Populist party equal.
with themselves In all the acts of thu
Mckinley administration; that the bolt
ers are now turning themselves to cor
rupting Populists. while really they ar
8 merely Republicans: that further co
operation with the Republicans canno
q De permitted or tolerated.; that tn
4 Populist party must purge Itself by cast
ing out all who place self above the PEG
pie.
ON A HIGH PLANE.
; The conduct of the Democrats in tn
Legislature has been on so high a plan
as 10 even gain the compliments of tn