Evening star., 1898-10-24
say which party will win in them; both
parties have a chance in them"
Sentiment Against White.

/ parties have a chance in them
| Sentiment Against White.
| There is a strong sentiment against Rep
| resentative Geo H. White, colored. in the
| second district among the negroes. This was
developed by his taking his seat among the
| white people at a circus, and then, when
| told he must sit with his own people, re-
| fusing to do so. He is a thorn in the side of
grcat many white republicans, who OPEN
| ly say they want his defeat brought about
| in some way, and that they would not lift
q hand to elect him. James y. Lloyd, the
! populist. who was counting at one time on
getting democratic support, will hardly stay
| in the race. He did not declare himself for
| white supremacy and knows that unless
he does this he cannot get democratic sup
port in the second district, which is known
as the black district" The democrats Were
on the point of holding a convention last
Thursday to nominate candidate, but
there was no convention, and another pop
ulist who will declare for white supremacy
will be put in the field and be given support.
There is an intense desire to defeat White.
IL the third district John f. Fowler, popu-
list. indorsed by the republicans, or rather
by a part OF the latter. is making a very
certain and unenthusastic canvass. r. A.
Cobb of the pOpulist state committee, who
cordially hates Fowler and who deploret
his nomination. says: "Fowler's fearful cries
for help may give him enough votes to pull
him through, but l would not bet on him.
In the fourth district it appears reasona-
(, Il
clysm, that ]. ]. Jenkins fusionist, will
win. EX-State Chairman Ed. Chambers
Smith. who. by the way, desired the demo-
cratic nomination, says ]. w. Atwater, the
independent pOpuist candidate. will get
large share of the democratic vote. Smith
further says that if the democrats had made
nomination they could have defeated
Jenkins. The fifth district is ranked as
doubtful by many of the fusiOnsts. They
say. however. that while two years there
was democrattC-populist fusion there on w.
w. kitchin in his campaign against Settle.
republican. there is now republican-po -popu-
list fusion for Adams against kitchin. But
the uncertainty is as to whether the popu-
lists will stick to Adams who is a republi
can. but whose nomination was avowedly
made because ii was agreeable to the popu-
list leaders. But the populist leaders and the
rank and file appear in a great many cases
to be pulling apart. like the officers and
regiments. The democrats claim the fifth
district certainly theirs. just as they
claim the second and the sixth, seventh and
ninth.
Desperate Fight in Sixth.
In the sixth the fight is desperate. the
pOpulst secretary says There are great
demonstrations by the democrats, with
mounted men wearing red shirts" John
D. BelIamy jr., the democratic nominee
there, has as his opponent Oliver II. Dock
cry who is claimed to be both a populist
ana a republican. DOCkeTy was TWO years
ago defeated for the nomination for gov
ernOr by u. l.. Russell and was very sore
over his defeat and the way it was brought
about. But he and Gov Russell appear to
have buried the hatchet.' and the govern
or is said 10 be using what influence he has
for him. In the seventh district the odds
are 10 l that Theodore F. KluttZ. demo-
crat defeats Morrison II. II. Caldwell, fu-
siOnist. The defeat Of Caldwell is practical
ly admitted by all parties. In the eighth
the odds are in Representative Iinney'S
favor. E. F. Lowell is the democratic nom
inee, but the canvass is said not to be very
active. Representative John Nj. Brewer
is Independent republican nominee, bu.
the fusionists. who have agreed on Linney,
say Brewer cuts but small figure.
The contest in the ninth district is full of
interest. Representative Richmond Pearson
is having q desperate contest with ex-Rep-
resentative William T. Crawford, his demo-
cratic opponent. George Z. Boggs was
nominated in sort of fashion by the pop
ulists. He is apt to retire from the race
and In favor of Pearson in a few days. In
fact, his retirement seems certain. He has
consumption and has issued a card saying
lie favors fusion There are few popuiists
in the ninth district, but Pearson wants
them all if he can get them.
The campaign i'll Richmond county is very
warm. perhaps being next after that in New
Hanover. 1t is stated in a paper there that
Gov. Russell thinks of putting the county
of Richmond under martial law. This
moves the Charlotte Observer to say: 1T
would be like the hot-headcd old reprObate
10 pcrpctrate some such folly this. We
nave great hopes of his doing something
to put democratic victory beyond peradVen-
ture."