The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-27
Made by the Populists to
Democrats.
AN 0DIOUS PROPOSAL,
fIade i'm Such Terms a. to Insure its
Rejection Laid Before Chairman
MANLY by a Special COmmittee-DeIe.
gates to the Convention Arriving in
Great Numbers-What the Leader
Greensboro.
Especial TO The Messeneerl

N1ISCA"A ~ " AIcSScISeT.D
Raleigh, N. c., May 25.-It was in
teresting to talk with the delegates to
the democratic state convention. who
fairly sWarmed late this afternoon and
this evening. They are certainly q
fine looking lot of men. A big and rem
resentatiVe convention is assured.
Julian S. Carr says it will be 5 to /
against fusion.
An eX-state chairman says he great
~ doubts whether fusion will get 100
votes out Of 1000.
Delegates Williams, HcKethar and
smith say Cumberland is by no means
soma for fusion, as will clearly appear.
FRANK Stedman, Of Wilmington. saws
mat on the way here he talked with
from twenty-five ~counties
ana found only those from one coun-
" were fusiOnists.
Robert w. Winston, who is an ex-
~1uSIoniSt, admits that the great pre-
pOnderence Of sentiment is against fu-
sion.
Congressman Fowler admits that he
came here to see what is going on and
will remain until after the convention
adJOurns. He admits the anti-fusiOn-
lists are largely in the majority. He
H-~ q Us
1t IS learned that Senator Butler has
been at GoldsbOrO two days and that
he was much in evidence there. He
was gOd-fathered by Congressman
James Hamilton Lewis, from the Pa
citic coast, who put in his hardest
lIcks for fusion and Butler.
The state today chartered the Mel
Vile Furniture Company, of Mebane,
capital $25, 900; stockholders, w. f.
White ana others.
The pOpulist central committee, at
q meeting his afternoon addressed a
letter to Chairman Manley, requesting
him to present the same to the con-
NentiOn. The letter was presented to
Manley tonight by a special committee
composed of Thompson. j. b. Lloyd
and j. b. Schulken. 1t is as follows:
W. the conference committee elect
ed by the state convention Of the peO-
Pies party, which assembled here the
18th instant, have the honor herewith
to present a series of resolutions
adopted by said convention, which
resolutions, together with this letter,
we request you to as chairman of the
democratic state executive committee,
t. lay before the democratic state con-
Vention for such consideration and
action as the judgment of your con-
VentiOn may determine.
This committee was selected by
the peoples party state convention Un-
der the fifth resolution of a series here
presented.
IF your convention shall declare it's
endorsement of the principles and pur-
poses set forth in these resolutions and
favor cooperation with the peoples
party in the coming campaign, to car
~ the same into effect, your cOnVen-
ton is requested to name a committee
to confer with us as to details of CO.
operation. We are now present in this
city with headquarters at the Park
hotel. where we will await the action
of your convention upOn this PROPOSE
ton.
Observation-Disclosures Thompson, CHAIR
mani, ]. 3. Schulken, q. T. Garrett,
e. A. Moye, James 3. Lloyd, Morrl-
son H. Caldwell, committee
Directly after this letter was hand
ed to him, Chairman Manly called in
twelve of fifteen democrats SOr con-
ference as to the disposition to be
made of the proposition. 1t was final
~ decided to refer it to the conven-
ton.
1t is freely characterized as odious a
proposition as could be made and will
be promptly rejected as soon as the
convention gets a whack at it. 1t Is
said that no fusion democrats car
vote for such a proposition. It's cheek
is simply colossal. 1t is surely present
ed for the purpose of being defeated.