The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-05
NO BOILERS TO BE NAMED
THE HARRY SKINNERITES TO
he REpUDIATED IL BUT
LER HAS HIS WAY.
WANTS LATE COUNTY C0NVEN lions
Butler Says That if They Make Vigorous
Campaign the PopuIist Party can Gain
Twenty thousand Votes This
Year.


The populist leaders are very busy
these days sending out circulars. Before
the Congressional Convention III the
Sixth district. Mr.. Cyrus Thompson,
Popuist chairman. was busy sending out
circulars to that district. 1t was surmis-
ed by Dockery adherents that they were
in favor of the endorsement of D0ckery,
but this is denied by other Popnlists. No
copy of the circular could be obtained
and therefore. for the present. the public
is in doubt rs to whether Cyrus won or
was defeated in the Sixth district.
Senator Butler has sent ont Il circular
to his adherents. One of them has been
sent to this office. 1t is dated Washing
ton, ID. c.. June 18th. 1t begins by ask
ing please write me the political sitha-
ton in your county," and says he feels
sure that the refusal of the Democrats
to cooperate will strengthen the Popu-
list party. and after berating the Demo-
Gratis for their refusal to cooperate, he
continues:
1T is now imperatively necessary, in
the interest of good government, 10
crush these enemies of Bryan and trait
ors to Jeifersonian Democracy. | be-
lieve we can do it, but in order to do so
and at the same time to gain recruits,
we must everywhere put up candidates
who were i'll favor of making this propo-
stion to the Democrats to test their sim
certy. Such Il candidate can put his
Democratic opponent on the defensive
from the beginning of the campaign to
the end. and gain recruits at every
speaking.
DIR. Thompson our State chairman,
has just issued an official circular, which
you have no doubt seen, advising that
we proceed to put up candidate for
Congress IN every district as soon ny
possible, and delay other nominations
of county and legislative offices until
later. say till August or September.
think DIR. Thompson is right in this. As
the question that we must first act on is
the nominatian Of candidates for Con-
! gress. Of course it is of the greatest i'm
portance to have such candidates for
Congress rs can put our Democratic
friends on the defensive. TO do this we
must have candidates who favored
making the proposition to the Democrats
which they refused. We must also have
candidates who stood with the majority
populists in the last Legislature, and
not Il man who boited his party caucus
and went over to the side of the gold
bugs and the Southern railroad. against
his party and his principles You have
/ a number of sound and available men in
j your district who would make such can
didates for Congress. Please let me
| know as soon as you can if the popu-
lists in your county favor the nominal
tion of such Il candidate las / feel sure
they do) and also let me know il you
!, cam who will probably be the candidates
! that your county will support in the con
yenton.
Il have just returned from n meeting
of our national committee. which was
held in Omaha. The so-called middle-of-
the-road element was completely put to
| rout. Their wild and crazy scheme to
call Il national convention this fall to
nominate Presidential candidates for
!, 1900 was voted down by large ma
| jsrity. Some of the most radical and
extreme middle heroaders bolted and
| held a small meeting, and called a
rnmp convention for this fall. The party
/, will he stronger with such disorganizers
| out. The meeting of the national com
mittee has done great good. and the
party nationally is now in better shape
7 than it has been for years. Besides, our
/ party III this State has never been in Il
| finer position to make a vigorous cam
paign for principles than it is now. We
/ ought to. and can if we manage right,
gain twenty thousand recruits for our
/ party this fall"