The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-20
AND LEM WETMORE TOO
REPUBLICANS TALK OF VOTING
FOR JUDGE HOKE.
WEBB WOULD NOT Be OBJECTIONABLE
Eayes May be Taken Down to Get Even With
the Old Man for that Anti Fusion
Speech Other Troubles Over
the judicial Ticket.
the judicial Ticket.

The Fusionists have not yet seen the
end of their troubles over the judicial
ticket.
Everybody is familiar with the Leary-
Moore controversy in the First district
and the LockeyLoftin row in the Third
district. Then there's Long-Haired Hen
bricks in the Twelfth district who doesn't
know wether he's candidate or not;
for the Supreme court has not decided
the Judge Norwood case.
OF course these differences must be
adjusted, and in the adjustment there
are those that will consider themselves
harshly dealt with. But they may be
other changes, not dreamed of a few
weeks ago.
For instance, / was told yesterday on
good Republican authority, that it was
very likely Judge w. A. Hoke's name
would be put on all the tickets. 1t has
practically been settled, my informant
says that Robert b. caves. son of John
B. Eaves, is to come down in the
Eleventh district and Hoke's candidacy
endorsed.
Whether or not this arrangement would
extend to solicitor, my Republican was
not informed. He expressed the hope,
though, that his party would take down
its candidate, Lemuel b. Wetmore, OF
Lincolnton, and endorse the Democratic
candidate, James l.. Webb, of Shelby.
He says Wetmore was until recently
a Democrat.
Asked why this change was to be
made, he replied only by asking:
Don't you remember the speech that
I'll, II a..
lacking fusion?
"Our people like Hoke and they would
not hesitate to vote for him, or Webb
either as for that matter. Brown and
Bryan are the Democratic judges that
we are anxious to beat
Messrs. G. M. Cook and S. NJ Gattis.
of Hillsboro. were in the city yesterday.
and stated that the Democrats would not
only carry that town but Orange county
as well.
j. e. Pugh of Durham, brother-in-law
to Superintendent Chas. B. Ray. of the
County Home, writes that the News and
Observers statement in regard to the
Wake county commissioners paying his
father, J. l.. Pugh, S125 for the horse
burned in the County Home fire, is
untrue. Evidently he's chatting through
his hat. Let him take look at the
books or ask Major J. B. Hill. the chair
man and Republican member of the
board. The less Mr.. j. e. Pugh or any
one else discusses this transaction the
better for brother-in-law Ray.
The Fusion county candidates spoke in
Oberlin Tuesday night and left there
in disgust. The negroes didn't talk
to suit 'em. Finally one OF the candi.
dates said: "Well d-n you, if you want
to vote the Democratic ticket go on
and do it,
The publication of Chadbourns letter
in the News and Observer yesterday
raised a howl at Republican headquar-
tiers. eve are mighty sick down here
over the thing" one of the clerks said:
Its worse than if he hadn't written
that first letter We circulated that ex-
tensively and now we're in an awful fix.
That letter will cost us many a VOTE
Rufus Barbee and Bill Chambee will
be shy in future of making presents of
$125 horses.
Two negroes from Halifax county were
at Republican headquarters yesterday
'sUmph, UNI, no sir. We amt gwine ter
vote. We amt gwine near dem polls
lection day. De white people done tole
us dey gwine car it and dat settles it.
Dey'll do it or somebody'll be hurt, and it
hain't gwine ter be us. No sir, chile, we
amt gwine ter be dar." And no sort of
persuasion would induce them to change
their minds.
The Wake county people have about
decided that they don't need any more
commissioners who will make presents of
1925 horses to private citizens, paid for
out Of the county funds. Ask to see the
record about Jim Pugh's horse.
DIR. Cy. Thompson spoke yesterday at
Wadesboro. The same old thread-bare
speech he's been delivering ever since
the campaign began.
Holton, Hyams and Thompson are all
out trying to stop the holes in their
fences, through which their political pros
poets are escaping. Their care and in
dustry are TO be commended but its
no use. The patching time is past.
It's barely possible that Jim Pugh
didn't get the only horse given away.
Let's have a look at the books.
The Fusionists have had 100000 of
Hal Airs illustrated supplements pub
lished and now they are having trouble
in disposing of them.
E-Register of Deeds Willard Mial is
telling this good one: 81 nave a neigh
Dor who subscribes for the News and
Observer. The mail carrier throws it
into the mans yard and his little dog
runs out and brings the paper in. When
Hal Ayers picture is in the paper, my
neighbor says the dog always comes in
growing"
Captain Chas. McCorkle is in Raleigh
and will speak at the big Leesville rally.
to-day. Captain Cooke has recently been
on an extended campaigning tour in