The news & observer., 1897-01-22
.,HE NEWS AND OBSERVER. FRIDAY. JAN. % 1877

county il he would not vote for the Dem
c,,ra t;c nominee. Since his arrival in
Raleigh. though protesting that he was
Denocraf he attended only one or two
caalcuses. and has been very thick with
REYNOLDS, Blackburn and the pritchards.
When there WAS some talk that the Dem
9crats might vote for a Populist he de-
rounced the Populists saying he would
never vote for a Populist, but wanted a
straight Democrat. Then, when the
Democrats not only gave him a straight
Democrat. lput a citizen Of his own coun-
ty.-(the first citizen of Alleghany ever
honored with a Senatorial nomination.
Mr.. Jones ran and hid himself and didn't
vote Mt an. Being asked why he was
unwilling to vote for Mr.. Doughton, his
own county man, Jones replied
that Mr.. Doughton's father and
brother had fought his election,
and he didn't see why he should
be paying compliments to folks who tried
to defeat him. But" trying to find a get
ting out place Il would have voted for
him, in spite of that, if there had been
any chance Of election" No Democrat in
the Legislature believes anything Of the
kind. They see now that the claim made
10y the Republicans last November that
they had one Democrat was correct aud
they believe he would have voted direct
for Pritchard if his vote had been ncces-
sary TO elect him. He is just such q
Democrat as Billie Bryan Us a populist-
ready TO act with the Republicans when
ever they need him.
Let it he added that Jones was not tbe
nominee of the Democratic party. The
Allegheny Democracy has been torn by
party dissensiUns. This year. i'm view
Of the protestations OF all factions that
they were Democrats, no nominations
were made for the Legislature, and two
men ran. Jones got the Republican votes
and was elected. The next time you
hear from Jones he Will be in the Re
publican party just as the next time YOU
hear from Wakefield and Billie Bryan
they viii be in John Sherman's bosom.
You made a mistake" said a Popu-
list yesterday, ''in not including in the
blacklist, Senator McCaskie, of Martin
1t is true that he voted for Thompson
for Senator, but he did it under protest,
and his heart was with Pritchard. We
all wish he had voted for Pritchard, for
then he would be excluded from Populist
and would have to stand with
the seventeen open traitors to silver. As
it is, he can say he voted for Thompson,
and gain access to Populist meetings.
This is the sentiment among the silver
and they don't hesitate to give
expression to it, And the feeling toward
Pagan. of Martin, is about the same way.
There is n story current that McCaSkie,
who had offered To vote for Thompson
early in the game, went to him after
Thompson had been nominated, and said;
IF you say So, | will vote for you. but ! |
will never have any more respect for
you" What answer Thompson made | |
have not learned, but he held McCaskie's |
vote while that Senator was in favor Of |
Pritchard and his gold-bug policy.
There is talk among Republicans of |
rcsdistrict the State-or at least Of |
making change in the Fourth district |
Mr. Hardin, of Alamance, who is here, |
wants AIamancc put back INTO the Fourth |
district. What | want" said a Republi- |
can lawyer yesterday, is to redistrict so |
we can get rid Of old Strowd and elect |
4 straight Republican, want to be rid of |
Johnston county in the Fourth district so |
az to kill off Strowd.'' Mr.. John II. |
Smith. who is promised Mr.. Leazar's |
place as superintendent Of the peniten-
tiary said: II don't see why Republi- |
cans want any redistricting. AS it is, we
have eSerything, and do not see how it |
,ould be bettered." A Democrat caid: Il |
wish you would change the Fourth dis
trict--put Randolph back in the Seventh, |
Vance back in the second, and restore |
A amance, Orange and Alamance so that |
the old Fourth could be restored to its |
former status"