The news & observer., 1897-01-08
NOW NAME YOUR MAN
This Came Hot From skinner
Muzzle Last Night.
THE CAUCUS PROCEEDINGS
Full Account of the Breezy
Ponulist Pow Wow.
BUTLER AND SKINNER CLhSA


Adjourned Until TO Night NO Business
Bones kinner's uniniroduced Res
soIu;ion-. Buffers FeeIers Yes
terday-- Both Confident.
One may possibly say that Senator But
Ter did not take his caucus seriously last
night from the frolicsome way in which
the election Of assistant enrolling clerk
was entered into. Instead of election the
ballot-casting resulted in merry making
wherein Mark Hanna, Grover Cleveland,
Harry Skinner and other celebrities were
roIHckingly voter for. The balesting
was rs follows; that is the first ballot,
II is not necessary to give more. N. b.
Mason. 10; Il. W. nedman, 10; j. w.
Brown. 8: J. f. Westmoreland, s;
n. Il. Lindsay, =; \. V. Miller, 10; c. c..
Gore. 1; Cyrus b. Watson, /; Howard f..
Jones. J.
On the second ballot. Hon Thomas Ma
sor received / vote, Harry Skinner, !.
Grover Cleveland, 1.
Third ballot Mark Hanna received /
vote; Josiah Turner, jr., /.
The question of Senator was not en-
tered into except in skirmishing way
nGt the skirmisaing was kId Of Lively
between Butler and Skinner
Ii may not have been known to Butler
tlar Skinner was heelel with n resolil~
ton, to spring at TIE proper moment,
reciting that the Populists were in honor
bound to support a Republican for the
Senatorship, and that, therefore, eau
Gus action was not binding upon that
question. Mr.. Skinner did not find ii neg
essary TO introduce il.
Indeed, if the News and Observer Pho
nograph was not suffering with too many
wheels, it looked as If Skinner was willing
TO leave his advantage in statu quo with
out pushing it further. On the other
hand, it would seem that Butler was sat
isfied to let his disadvantage stand where
it was without pushing it any further.
Certain it is that no action was taken and
that the caucus adjourned until tonight,
probaly to give Butler time to take Il
fresh hold to-day.
Mr.. Skinner was in one of his rasn-
ing. dramatic moods, and pointing his
finger at Mr.. Butler exclaimed: Il am for
Mr. Pritchard for Senator, who are you
for? Name your mani"
There was applause for both Butler
and Skinner and the Phonograph, on be-
ing turned on, made almost as much noise
for one as for the other which if a dumb
machine can show anything would 90 10
prove that the following Of the two lead
ers was nearly equal
Moreover, Skinner was quite severe
when he twitted Butler with having bolt
ed the convention of four years ago.
But Butler was cool, unimpassioned
but earnest and evidently left his follow
ers confident. For they spoke with cour-
age last night of the caucus saying that
they did not fear the issue, and that they
considered that they now had the victory
won.
On the other hand it was confidently
claimed by an insider that at least eigh.
teen sure Mike" Populists had given
their earnest assurances to the Pritchard
crowd that they could be depended in
through thick and thin, caucus or no
caucus.
Then the question came up with whom
will Butler meet his opponent? Guthrie? :?
Dockery? Mott, Jr., or Mott, Sr.?,
The claim of the Pritchard men is that
they will go in with the Republicans
solid, nor do they yield even the three
reported as disaffected, certainly not Cox,
whom they confidently claim. In addi-
ton to these, with Dockery and Brewer
not counted, say 10, the Republicans
claim Is Populists, in all SO, two above
the necessary number. That is the Re-
publican contention up to date,
and they defy Butler to shake the figures
which they say will mount higher.
They argue against Butler that if he
presents Dockery, he will make the Mott
people mad and vice versa
So that they count on faetional differ
ences IN Buffers camp 1t was whisper
ed yesterday that Mr. Butler sent friends
to Republicans asking if they would sup
port DIR. Mott, in answer to which some,
said: mo, he is too old"