The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-15

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rs your Government friendly or un-
friendly to manufacturing eorporationST
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Tets sec-how does North Carolina
| rank among the other States in its agri-
cultural productsE"
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s.Ah, you don't live here, them
"Yaas"
What do you do:'
'Oh I'm jest member of tho Lcgisla-
tur."
The alliances ARC speaking out all over
the State in plain terms against the plan
to re-elect Pritchard or any other gold
bug to the Senate. Rev W..
II. Lawhon, the good silver Democratic
representative from Moore, yesterday
received the following resolutions passed
by Underwood sub-Alliance, No. 104,
Jan 9th:
"That whereas the Legislature of North
Carolina is now in session, and whereas
said Legislature arc to elect United
States Senator.
Therefore be it resolved first, That our
members in the Legislature are hereby
requested to vote for no man for Senator
who is opposed to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver 16 to 1, without interrfa
tional agreement
Resolved second, That the Secretary
send the foregoing resolution to our
members in the Legislature, and also to
A, No xxs,fh tho
to publish the same.
ID. o. BRYAN, President
s. Il. WORTHY, Secretary
The Legislature proposes TO give
Judge the power TO regulate the length
of the speech of lawyer in certain cases.
The last legislature tried to cripple the
legal fraternity by taxing them, now
this political Brunswick stew wants to
hill them outright! The nearest thing to
a palladium possessed by most of the
disciples Of Blackstone in North Carolina
is the right to weeak as long as they wish.
Gentlemen, forbear.- baskerville Citizen.
Little bill Bryan was what they call
ed the Populist member from Chatham
two years ago This session he has been
quiet until he joined the boilers from the
populist party, and the Pritchard men
have been claiming that he would vote
for Pritchard for United States Senator,
but his latest expression would not indi-
cate that he boltcd to vote for a gold-bug.
He says:
There are eight or ten in the minority
Populist caucus who will not vote for
Pritchard, caucus or no caucus. ] tell
YOU. Pritchard mas not a shadow OF a
chance We had before our caucus twice
the matter OF pledging for him and | de-
feated it,
Ex-State Senator James NJ. Moody, of
Haywood, has been employed by the Re
publican Executive Committee (they have
money to burn to go to Charlotte and
help Walter r. Henry make out case
against the two sitting Democratic mem
bers from Mecklenburg. He is at work
now trying to find some evidence.
There Is no public break down in the
ranks OF the Pritchard Populists, though
the air is full of rumors that all but eight
will vote against Pritchard. Discussing
the caucus of the boilers that refused to
re-unite with the anti-Pritchard men un-
less they could be free to vote as they
please ON the Senatorial question. Sen
ator McCaskie is quoted as saying:
"All of US were present, save two who
are sick We discussed the question
whether we should accept the caucus
ultimatum that we would have to abide
by the caucus decision il we returned,
and could not vote as we pleased for
Senator All of us voted solidly against
returning on any such conditions. Fiji
teen of us will vote for Pritchard, eau
Gus or no caucus All nineteen of us will
vote for him il we vote for any Republi
can. Four will vote for Populist i'll
preference to Pritchard. The latter is the
logical candidate and he will be elected. [
think to-night's action settles this
think Pritchard will be elected ON the
first ballot by a majority of twelve. L
think some of the ma jority Populist eau
Gus wall abstain from voting. IL Sena
tor Butler had accepted our proposition
two nights ago TO return to the caucus If
allowed to vote as we pleased it would
have been a winning card for him, but, con-
trary to my expectation. he has lost his
grip on the situation. We have letters
from P0pulists who elected us commend
ing our course. l heard of three of four
Democratic members who will not vote
for Populist. Two of these are gold
men aud would rather see Pritchsrd elect
ed than a Populist''