The news & observer., 1897-01-22
Many OF In8m DID Not Like
the Maj Address
THREAT or ANOTHER BOLT
HARRY SKINNER WILL ISSUE HIS
ADDRESS NEXT WEEK.
SAYS he Is SORRY Foa BUTLER
The Boiters Got Gwfui Hor shout
Being Gale Traitors and Said
Many Ugly hings bout
Senator Butler.


Senator Butler.
Half a hundred visiting statesmen
went home yesterday. Their mission had
been accomplished. They had solved the
problem they came here to solve and they
were on their way home to- tell the dear
people how they did it. They went away
in hocks, quacking like ducks leaving
muddy pool.
A United States Senator had been
elected and each one went home fully
conscious tint it was due entirely to his
efforts that the contest had resulted just
exactly as it habitat is the Pritchard
men felt that way. The Butler disciples
had not pulled themselves together snf-
fcienHy to tell what they did think-ex
cept DR. James jeremiah Mott who never
loses his head. no matter what happens.
The Doctor was in better spirits than
| expected to see him after the cyclone,
but he wasn't in good humor. lie
was in a cussin' mood, though he didn't
cuss profanely. He just called the other
fellow traitor and said that the Popu
list who voted for Pritchard had for
saken the only principle his party ever
had and there was nothing left for him
but to so over bag and baggage into the
Republican camp.
Il tell you" turning to one of the bolt
ers, you will never be able TO justify
your course before the people. There is
but one hope on earth for you and that
is to get into the Republican party, with
ont any reservation, as quickly as you
can and yell for everything that Republi-
canism stands for If you do that the
Republicans may endorse you; if You
don't do that nobody will have a good
word for YOU"
Col Harry Skinner, who also went
away, represented the other side Of the
question, and he was in no better humor
than was DR. Mott. He went away with
n sort OF look on his face that said, TO
paraphrase the famous speech of Regulus
TO the Carthaginians: Il go, but / will
return, and what | shall do for that But
Ter crowd in the matter of issuing ad-
dresses to the people viii be a plenty" or
words to that effect.
| asked Col. Skinner if he had read
the address Of the majority of the Popu-
lists in the News and Observer. He
said he had, but he had not seen it stated
in any of the papers that eight of the
majority had bolted the caucus that is
sued that address.
rs it really a fact that eight of them
did bolt it?' | asked.
1T is fact. And they swear they
will never go back
And they have joined you, have
they?"
''rhey have"
What do you think of the address,
Whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make had" he said I'm sorry to see
Mr.. Butler and his crowd acting so bad
ly. The minority is the true Populist par
ty and will be so considered when the
matter is properly presented to the peo-
pie OF the State and nation.
What are you going TO do about it?'
I'm my leisure shall review the entire
situation and l hope the News and OBJ
server will be fam enough to publish my
side of the question"
Col. Skinner went TO his home in
Greenyille. Saturday he will go TO
Washington and return here with his ad-
dress, about the middle of next week.
Several members of the Legislature went
away with him.
Everybody, both Pritchardites and But
lerites, seemed to be mad yesterday. The
Butler crowd was sore over their defeat;
the Pritchard gang was displeased be-
cause Butler called their Populists trait
ors and Benedict Arnolds.
All day long the hotel lobbieS and the
Union depot sizzled with a sort of pent
up Republican wrath over what the Rev.
Babb called Buffers last card and death
sentence.
As Congressman Skinner said, there
were some members Of the majority eau
Gus who did not like the address; they did
not openly bolt and were at the caucus
last night, but they were riled and said
lot Of ugly things about Senator Butler
and his policy.
Speaqer Hile man did not subscribe to
the resolutions and thought that it was
wrong to blacklist any one He was OPP
posed to reading anybody out Of the eau
Gus.
Senator McCaskey declared the ad-
dress to be revolutionary and unwarrant-
cd by the facts in the case. He said that
unless they were modified he would never
go back into the caucus.
Representative Whitener said he also
voted against the resolutions and hoped
that they would yet be modified.
Representative Person likewise opposed
lutln Auu luOuSuk tItIl Il grave IulSLlke
was made in passing them.
Representative Pagan said he was OPP
posed to boycotting any man because
be held opposing views. He wanted the
resolutions to be very materially modi-
fed.
Representative Bryan pronounced the
address the most indiscreet thing that
any set OF men ever did. He said the
action OF the caucus was due to Senator
Butler and the outcome of oneman rule.
He was especially bitter on account OF
the cha rges that had been made OF bri-