The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-06
.PRlTCHARD's PLEDGE
He Says He Is for Silver With or With
out International Agreement.
POLITICS SEETHIsG n THE CAPITAL
Tho Senatorial Eiaht Persists liz
keeping to the From pcspitc
Efforts az rtcvrni &c .Fopuiist Ec-
pubticnnS Hard ut work for Pritch.
nrd-Argnnents Most pcrsunsivc.

ator Pritchnrt. Republican to-day took
the free silver pledge In letter which
he wrote 10 Populist Congressman
Skinner In it he says lie Is n ,stanch
friend to all reforms contemplated In the
Popuiist movement. and will vote for
free silver by international agreement or
independent action, and will vote for an
! amendment to the national banking act
so that farmers can borrow money upon
! land and staple crops He denies that
he has ever heen n single gold standard
man. He will vote for free silver only
as en- independent measure. and not as
"a rider to any protective tariff or other
remedial legislation bill.
Politically speaking everything was in
. stir here last night and .o-day, and
the Republicans and Populists ruled the
roost. Some of the Populis;s tried hard
TO keep the Senatorial question from
coming to the front, but il came never
the less. The Republicans forced the
fighting.
Congressman skinner said this morn
ing, The Senator must be n Republican,
OF the Republicans own choice.
THEY CAN'T BE BOUGHT.
Some Republicans having said they
proposed 10 buy Populists on the hoof."
Editor Ramsey, of the Progressive Far
Iner, strict middle -of-the-road Popu-
list. said, They can't buy the voters.
The later will be whore the Progressive
Farmer Is The few Populists the Re
publlcans can buy on the hoof are moth
Ing to the $4,000 or 10000 Populists the
plain people. they can't buy"
All day there was intense interest In
the caucuses to-nlght. 1t was noticeable
that with Congressman Skinner there
We're always the an:i-Rutler P0pulsts.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.
We're Henry C, Covles. ex-mcmber Ma
tional Republican COMMITTEES; L,euten-
ant Governor-elect Charles j. Reynolds
George w. Cobb, of Elizabeth City: L.
e, Caldwell, of Statesrile; Rufus Amis
OF Granville; Claude Dockery and j. Il.
Schulken.
YOUTHFUL LEGISLATORS.
The youthfulness OF large number of
{ the members of the Legisla .ure is re-
4 marka BILE. This Is particularly appllca-
Il Die to those from the East. Some appear
like boys.
Senator Prltchard arrived early this
morning. He held a regular levee at his
rooms.
VERY PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS.
The arguments which were heard in
hotel corridors last night and to-day as
TO why Populists should stand by Pri;ch-
ard were as follows. They were made
by Populists of Republican proclivi,ies
to those they wished 10 get IN line: you
know we have only 10000 voters. but
look, we have five Congressman, five
State officers. and one-third of the Leg
islature. Why is this? The Republi
cans helped us to cleo. them. If we
try 10 walk alone now, we will be swept
away two years hence. Then, too. you
know mighty good Populists saw we
made promise, or rather II was made
Tor us, to vote for Pritchard this time.
s we must keep that promise for If we
don't we will be denounced just as we
nave denounced other people who don't
keep their promises"
An angry Republican said: at is now
Pritchard or bust. We are going to down
Butler If we can't elect Prltchard n
Democrat shall be Senator rather than
4 Populsts. We want to drive Butler 10
the Democratic party"
MISCELLANEOUS MENTION.
a u. Is. Wallace, who was beaten for
be the chief clerk to the Secretary of
State.
1t Will be at least sixty days before the
street railway is again IN operation here,
as good brick power-house and car
barn has to be built.
The Seaboard Air Line has as vet Of
Tered no reward for the capture of the
persons who wrecked the freight train
near here =
A FINE SHOWING.
General Manager Leazar, of the peni-
Tertiary, tells me this morning he finds
that after paying all expenses and re-
paying Ill expenses andETAION SHRJ
paying the $4,000 taken from the state
he has $4,000 to his credit This Is the
finest showing the penitentiary has ever
made.
4 III. a. Whiting, general manager of
the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk
railroad. arrived here to-day to attend n
meeting of the North Carolina Commits
sioners to the Tennessee Centennial Ex-
position.
Senator Butler says, mo Populist,
unless he Is ready to join the Republl-
can party; can afford to accept Federal
patronage from the Mckinley Admins
tration."
ANSWER FILED.
To-day in the Federal Court here, the
answer OF 8. A. HenSzey, receiver of the
Cammack Coal mines. to the sensational
petition of Samuel p. Langdon, OF Phil
adelphia. was filed. Langdon's petition
charged that Henszey and Miss Kate
Waite, his typewriter had conspired to
cheat Langdon, and that Henszey had
Illegally and Improperly issued her $780,
coo OF bonds and 100000 Of capital
stock. Henszey. III his answer, denies
these charges, and says that instead of
Miss Waite being the recipient Of his IA
Eors. she was the recipient of many fa-
yors from Langdon; that 1t was the lat
ter who gave her the bonds and stock,
and not Henszey. and he attaches copies
OF bills of sale from La.ngdon to Miss
Waite, for these articles and says that
the transfer books show that Langdon
transferred to Miss Waite $500, 900 OF his
stock In all, and September I'd last, ito
be rid Of hia IN, nnrft,pitieo md jpca