The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-18
WILL POPULlSTS ACCEOE2
THE :. OHIO CROWD TRYING To
ARRANGE FUSION WITH TIE
CIGARETTE TRUST.
THE TRUSTS EFFORTS IN DURHAM
Not Only Does This Trust that Robs Farmers
Seek 10 Control Durham and the Fifth Dis
trict, but Now Demands 10 Coatrol
Wake County Politics.


Ii has leaked out that ut the meeting
of the committees of the Republican
and ropulist parties, held in Raleigh
last Saturday, the Republicans demand
cd TO keep all the positions they now
hold and to he given the Senator from
Wake.
II has also leaked out "a IT the 5. Ohio
Wilson branch of the Popullst party
consented 10 the Republican, demand anu
will ON Saturday at the Popullst county
convention recommend that the Kepub-
lcous be given the Senator.
Why?
And who is to be the nominee for State
Senator that the Republicans are to put
nm? And who is debating the nomlia-
ton? - %
The nominee is to be John c. Angler,
of Cary, hrother-in-law of Il. \. Duke,
director of the Cigarette Trust. and II
i representatives of the Cigarette Trust
who not satisfied with trying 10 die
tate the politics of Durham county,
come over into Wake and propose to put
Rrother-in-law Angler into the State
Senate as the representative of the Gig
arctic Trust. the Republican party ana
the Populist party. And Otho Wilson 5
wing of the Poollist party, knowing that
the surrender OF the SenatorShlp 70 til''
Republicans means the selection of me
candidate by the Cigarette Trust, has
agreed to turn the Populist party over
70 the Trust that has ever since ITS or
ganization Systematically robbed the to-
bacco farmers of the State.
The question is: VIII the Populist
convention fuse with the Cigarette
Trust? That is what the proposition TO
give the Senator to the Republicans
means. and no Republican who is in the
inner circle will deny it. OF course II
the Populist convention has no desire eN-
cept to get big campaign fund for
its chairman. S. Ohio Wilson. to han
die, it will give up the Senatorship and
support the cigarette company's Repuh-
lican candidate If it is honest in its
hostility to Trusts. ii will repudiate the
trade and demand the SenatorshiD for
a Populist and nominate ticket un-
connected with. the domination OF the
Cigarette or any other Trust.
We shall see how it is on Saturday.
The great bulk of the Populists in
Wake county know that the Cigarette
trust has put down the price Of tobacco
which the farmers raise, and they are
honestly opposed to that or any other
Trust. In fact one of the main planks
in their platform is Down with the
Trusts" And now. here in Wake
county, S. Ohio Wilson. who has al
ways been ready to carry out whatever
the Cigarette Trust wanted in North
Carolina is trying to let the Cigarette
Trust name the man the PopulSts Of
Wake county are expected to support for
State Senator-and to name the brother
in-law of the Cigarette Trust at that.
That's pretty dish to set before the
populists of Wake county. Will the
convention that meets on Saturday con-
sent to fuse with the Cigarette Trust
and put Brother-in-law Angler in the
Senate! The Republican office-hold
ers are actively at work to control the
Populist convention. They and Otho
Wilson, who is "A Republican i'll every
thing except name, controlled the con
vention that sent delegates to the State
convention and controlled it in the IN
terest of the Republicans. If they CON
troll the convention on Saturday they will
agree to give the Senatorship to the
Republicans who will name the brother
in-law of the Cigarette Trust. That is
the real question the Populist convention
will determine Saturday. The Republi-
cans agree, if the populists will let the
Cigarette Trust name the Senator not
to put a negro on the county ticket. The
negro is to be sacrificed for the Trust.
Some weeks ago we printed an article
from the Durham Recorder showing that
the Cigarette Trust was trying to effect
fusion with the Populists in Durham
county. As it is now proposed to fuse
with the Trust in Wake county. we re-
produce the article from the Recorder,
which is as follows:
''The American Tobacco Company,
through its agents, held the Republican
county convention in the court house
Tuesday at noon. Mr.. Il. T.. Duke was
made permanent chairman of the meet
ing. There were half dozen white
delegates present and five or six times
that number of negroes.
''When the list of delegates selected
to the various conventions is examined
the milk in the monkey-faccd cocoanut
is plainly discernable. The judicial
convention, which will name n candidate
for judge and will nominate a man for
solicitor, was deemed of sufficient impor-
lance 10 the Tobacco Trust for the SUI
perintendent of the Duke factory to be
sent and w. T. O'Brien was selected
A. NJ. Moore. y colored Man Friday.
will accompany Superintendent O'Bricn.
]. w. Hornaday, who is foreman Of the
cigarette department at Dukes factory.
was elected delegate TO the Congressional
convention with ID. r. Watson, another
negro Man Friday. as his confrere. Two
Federal fice-holders. one white and one
black, ]. Il. Shepherd and r. r. Cozart,
were elected delegates to the State Con
vention.
''In each instance negro was linked
to white man and the delegations con
sist of "a streak Of lean and a streak
of fat"
"A. A. Parker and r. w. Kennedy.
both black. were made the delegates tn
the senatorial convention with s. NJ.
Holton and Green Ross. both white. as
alternates. Both these white men have
held the position of chairman of the