The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
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A Lively Time Among the Bolters-West.
ern Republicans Fighting he Butler
F~action-The Situation I'm . Wsnss Mud.
die Than Eve.

A Lively Time Among h BOlterS-West.
en Republicans Fighting the Butler
F~action-The situation In . Verse Mud.
die Than Eve.
Especial to The Messenger-)
Raleigh. N. c.. March 3.-2 a m.-
Boiling populists caucused tonight until
1890 O'Clock. There were twenty pres
ent. Speaker Hileman was among
them. They chose r. A. Cobb for state
librarian. D. Reid Parker for commits
sioner Of agriculture. DR.. William r.
Wood, superintendent OF the insane
asylum at Raleigh; ]. r. Hamrsck COM
missioner of labor statistics. They
made some changes In their lists Of d.
rectors OF the insane asylums and OF
the agricultural department. Repre-
sentative Abernethy is one OF the d.
rectors OF the Western asylum All
those named are OF the boiling pop
ulist faction. They declined to give out
the names OF the directors. saying there
might be some changes before tomor-
row night.
The republicans in their caucu first
took up the code commission bill and
decided by yea and nay vote Of ~ to q
to defeat it on the ground Of expense.
The committee Of conference appoint
I'd last night to see the governor and
ascertain what he proposed TO do with
regard to maintaining appointments
submitted its report. Everything. 1t
said, was adjusted and the governor
does h appointing, and that he assur-
ed the committee his appointments
would be for the best interests OF the
party and be made after concultation
So the caucus Gid not name anybody.
A member who told me said h gov
ernor was in the saddle. One was frank
enough to say he would let the govern
or go ahead INT pick his own men.
The negro members were said to be
very to quiet tonight, while last night
some were very angry. The caucus
worked hard to get unity. Sharp. of
Tredell, declared he stood with the v
ernor who had been so much attacked
in Monday nights caucus when there
was strong sentiment in favor of put
ting the am in all the bills and Civ
ing h governor no power in h mat
ter.
A caucus member said You saw the
bills passing tonight. This is what
made the bills pass. You saw boiling
populists all voting with us tonight or
the asylum bill. Tcday's work caused
this.
Two negro members from Edgecombe
voted against the asylum bill. They
still want to be free Of Russelrs hands.
Some republicans are angry with
Sharp. He bolted the republican eau
Gus tonight on account of the proposed
action to stand by the new election law
as drafted by HOlton and Grant. Sharp
said You men can vote as you wish
but id if I don't vote as / please"
Maultsby stands with Sharp. The gov
ernor, it is understood, is opposed to the
proposed election law because it's pro-
visions are such as to shut out h ma
iority populists in the election machin-
cry. Russell is determined on stand
ing in with the majority populists and
ignoring the minority.
The cat was let out Of the bag by
Sharp and Sutton, Of New Hanover, n
speeches before the caucus. Western
republicans say that rather than see
Buffers faction nave control OF the
state institutions they will leave them
in democratic hands. They assert that
Butler and his followers in the next
elections will bitterly antagonize every
| republican who voted for Pritchard and
against the governors railway lease
bill. 1t is their endeavor to build up a
| republican party by acting so as to at
| tract sound money democrats and build
up the minority populist boiling fac
| tion. All this news was given by eau
cuSmen.