The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-14
The Republicans Must Take
the Regulars or Boilers.
CAN'T HAVE THEM BOTH
The Populists' Majority Caucus
Submits an Ultimatum.
The BoLTeRs STILL eoLr!nG
DR.. Thompson and Speaker Hileman
Speak in Favor Of Majority
Rule--the Battle Still
Rages Warmly.

1
Rages Warmly
| Now the fight is getting interesting.
| The artillery is lining up and the can
nouading has begun
Which will you take, General G.. O. p
| the lainority or the majority? VIII You
| take it straight, or viii you mix it?
| 40 you want the regulars or the bolters?
This IS the question that the Repub-
| cans must answer by 10 o'clock tonight.
II is the ultimatum of the majority Popu
| list caucus held last night The majority
| caucus and the minority caucus both met
one in the Senate chamber, the other
| ia the ball Of the House. The minority
| soon did their work and adjourned They
/ merely turned down the maj0ritys pr0po-
| sitlon, and rcafrmed their determination
| Got to return to the majority caucus un-
| less they were allowed TO vote as they
| pleased for United States Senator.
| This action was made known to the
majority caucus then in session across
| the hall
This caucus Immediately took it up and
began to grapple with it.
| DIR. Cy. Thompson was present and
| also Speaker Hileman, and they both
made speeches in favor Of the majority
rule. Many other speeches were made.
| and the burden Of them all was that the
| lime to cease temp0rizing had come, and
| the time was at hand for the regular
| representatives Of the PeSulist party l.
make a declaration The minority had
| adjourned. Brown Of Jones had heard
| down to the Park Hotel to carry the
| news to Hanna" There is nothing
! new, he said, as he hceled it through the
| office. DIR. ID. Reid Parker, had. it is
| suid, left the caucus before adjournment
| and was almost tempted to walk into the
| other caucus. Half a dozen had said dur.
/ ing the day that they were about ready to
rejoin the regular caucus and abide it's
/ action, hut all but two were at the bolt
| ers caucus, and they were reported
/ sick. All the majority members were
/ present, except a few absent by leave
/ The majority members showed more i'm
patience than they have heretofore, at
| tlle action Of the boilers, and finally de-
/ termned 80 bring the matter to a ter
minus.
A resolution was proposed appoint
| ing committee of five TO wait upon the
Fhepublicans and ascertain from them
whether they desired cooperation with
| the Populist party as represented by the
majority caucus, or cooperation with a
| bOlting faction Of said party
The resolution went through like q
| whirlwind, and Messrs. Clark, Whitener,
! Dixon, Johnson and Reynolds were ap-
| pointed as the committee.
This committee is to wait on the Repub-
| hcans to-day, ask them to hold a caucus,
| and let them have a reply to submit to the
! regular Populist caucus tonight. This
| is another bombshell thrown into the
| Republican camp, and when the caucus
action was made known there was a
| scramble on the part of many Republi
cans to find a hiding place. Its a
/ knotty question" said one, but we can
solve it all right"
/ Our forces are somewhat scattered
now," said another, ''and i fear this win
scatter them worse. OF course we want
cooperation that viii win now and
hereafter" said a third.
Dad blast politics, anyhow, am tired
/ OF it," he said as he went off to bed
There is not break in our
; ranks said S. Otho Wilson last
night "and Pritchard is not
/ elected and will not be-" They are COM
1 ing to me even yet with their overtures,
with all kinds of offers and propositions,
but I'll sleep with his Satanic majesty
I for the next four years if it is necessary
! to defeat the crowd that fOists a gold
/ bug at this time upon the Populist party
| for United States Senator"
! Senator Butler was viewing the situa-
| ton from semi poised posture ON
, his bed in Room SO at the Park
II viii not say what / have already
said in any different language" he said.
II can only say it in the same language.
Pritchard can't win
1t was said last night that half dozen
or more OF the boilers were weakening.
| 1t is also said that at least a dozen OF
these bOlters signed written pledges at
least a month before the election that
they would vote for Pritchard if elected,
and that these pledges are now in the
hands Of Pritchard's friends.
1t is asserted too that some eight or
ten of these bolters have written letters
since the election declaring that they
would not vote for Pritchard, but pledg-
ing themselves to free silver candidate,
and that these letters are in safe keep |
ing, and wil come to the front at the |
proper time.
There are good many other little |
things and sayings that are to be venti- |
lated when the day arrives for washing |
the dirty linen. One OF these is the con |
ference referred to exclusively in last |
Sundays News and Observer in which !
the declaration was made that "all were |
ruined if all got out"
The tide OF the Marsh Mott boomlet (
ebbed and flowed with each passing .
hour yesterday and last night.
The Republicans were not at all en- |
thusiastic.
The skirmishes to-day are going to be
pretty lively.