The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-08-23
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, y. c., August IS

dicted, agreed to fuse with the repub-
licans all the way through" The
committee adopted the letter of State
Chairman Cy Thompson of date June
9th. This letter announced that the
party was for fusion with the republi-
cans and that it should not accept
nominations at the hands of the dem
ocraic party. This letter was exactly
at variance with the views OF Senator
Butler as expressed in his editorials in
his newspaper.
At the committee meeting yesterday
there were present Harry Skinner, J.
B. Lloyd, V. J. Macarthur, R. B. Kin
sey, E. NJ. Cole, S. Otho Wilson, H. w.
Aver z. I. Garrett, A. S. Pearce, ]. A.
Sims, S. A. Edmund, R. A Cobb, A.
D. X. Wallace. DR.. Cy Thomp pson pre-
sided. Aver was secretary. Nearly
all the committeeman fairly fell over
each other in their efforts to show how
strongly they favored fusion and how
sorry they were that last May they had
proposed it to the democrats. The
republicans had a representative here
to act for Senator Pritchard, the
head of the party in North Carolina
With this representative (Carl Dun
CAM the populists openly conferred.
The committee appointed a confer
ence committee Of nine, composed of
j. B. Schulken, J. B. Lloyd. 2. T. Gar
rett, w. H. Caldwell, H. w. Aver, E.
A. Moye, Harry Skinner, S. A. Edmund
and A. S. Peace, to confer with the
republican committee and arrange the
terms of fusion, which of course means
merely a division of the offices.
Of this committee the first are the
central committee. Harry Skinner
says that while this committee was
originally selected by Senator Butler
all its members are now against his
policy.
The committee last night was actual
ly on the point of dropping Senator
Buffers paper as the party organ and
adopting The Home Rule, the anti
Butler paper. J. B. Lloyd made a
weak protest and then Skinner asked
that action be deferred. Skinner says
the concensus of opinion is that
whatever the committee decides on
Butler and The Caucasian, his paper
will agree to or else be kicked out,
The committee agreed to stand by who
ever the populists and republicans de-
eide to nominate.
Collector Duncan says if Senator
Butler is opposed to fusion his party
ic onr.ta in1u i'm, h,+ hot ha
does not believe he is really opposed
to it. Skinner says Butler will be
earnestly for fusion before the cam
paign ends. Duncan says the same
thing.
Skinner ridicules Butler for going
to Texas now and says it was an ad
mission of defeat Skinner says he
will on the first ballot get 10 out Of
the LAG votes in the First district con-
gressional convention.
James B. Lloyd said today every
thing is all right" He is the populist
nominee for congress in the Second
district and the populists are actually
trying to get democrats to vote for
him. Of course this is absurd. No
democrats will do So
Duncan and Skinner had a confer
ence yesterday and another today. The
congressional situation is being talked
over. Populists say that Fowelr and
Strowd can't be reelected to congress.
| Strowd is here. He is greatly depress-
ed. Republicans are swearing to the
| anti-Butler populists they will not vote
| for Fowler or Strowd. Populists say
| their people will vote for Linney for
! congress in the Eighth district. but
| that Pearson in the Ninth needs no
populists votes, as he got only 127
| two years ago and since that time,
| Mitchell county with LOO majority
has been placed in his district The re-
publicans today endorsed M. II. Cald-
we'll for congress in the Eighth. Cald-
| we'll Is an eleventh hour populist'
| and some of the populists hate him
| They say he wrote "sickening" letters
| to republicans at Washington to get
| their help.
| Democratic State Chairman Sim.
mons has made inquiries Of 10000
F., democrats of the status OF affairs IL
their locality. Replies are pouring Ii
and it is said that without exception
they are favorable. The republican
and populist fusionists are bOastint
of the big majority they will roll vi
against the democrats, but 1t is eviden
they are nervous and apprehensive a
to the result. II is said by the demo
Gratis that the republican leaders do no
! propose TO permit the negro regimen
to leave the state, as they want it
vote. Bets are offered that the regi
ment will never leave North Carclin
and that even il 1t is In the service o
| election day it's members will all ge
. furloughs in order to go hosne an
vote.
Joshua B. Hill says he will declin
to qualify as referee la bankruptc
/ for this bankruptcy district
The ranks of the First regiment al
| now full, save three musicians.