The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-30
The Fusion Conference
Completes Its Work
The FUTON NOMINEES
for Judge and Congress.
men Settled-A Republican, Conn
plant That the Populist Rank and
File Are Deserving Their LEADER and
Returning to the Democratic Party.
Eighth District Republicans and Ne.
groes I'm the West Unaffected
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. c.. September %.


Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. c., September %.
The populist and republican confer
ence committees for this state were in
session until 1870 o'clock last night.
They agreed very amicably, to divide
congressman and judges. By the
terms of agreement the following
populists are endorsed, that is, are joint
nominees: Harry Skinner, First dis
trict; John E. Fowler, Third; J. J.
Jenkins, Fourth; M. H. H. Caldwell,
Seventh, and the following republi-
cans, S. b. Adams, Fifth; r. z. Lin
ney, Eighth. The republicans have
George H. White in the Second and
Richmond Pearson in the Ninth as
their own nominees. This disposes of
all the districts save the Sixth where
Oliver H. Dockery is declared to be
the fusion nominee. Chairman Hol-
ton, of the republicans claims that
Dockery is the nominee of both parties
and is claimed by both, but he is real
ly endorsed by the republicans as a
populist. They do this SO as to make
it appear hat the populist are given
the congressman in the Sixth district.
POpuliSt State Committeeman Peace
says: CAS- to Dockery it is a dog
fall"
The status of ]. B. Lloyd, populist
nominee in the Second district, is in
teresting. He said today: 81 will get
the solid populist vote. 1 will need
the solid democratic vote. If I get it
I can defeat White by 800 to 500. 1
want to beat him. I will not issue any
address. l will conduct my campaign
on national issues. That is good pol
itics. I will discuss the populist plat
form and principles. While my I'M
d~erstanding is hat democrats will
vote for me, yet l have been told that
at the last moment the democrats will
put up a man of their own; but there
is an overwhelming democratic senti-
ment against such a STEP"
It is now a time when any political
news is of the first Importance. Yes
terday afternoon u correspondent
was travelling towards Raleigh with
"ILcpuDllCdu OcdLC SOllCl ChCC LII
teeman Bailey. The latter said that
the republican congressional v
ton at Fayetteville would endorse
Fowler for congress-. He evidently
knew beforehand what would be done.
Today that convention was ordered to
endorse Fowler. This knocks out S.
H. Buchanan and A. w. Slocumb, one
of whom had calculated on getting the
4-:-I ,o~-I1ioor roroi in fi0n in tho
Third district. Bailey admitted that
he believed Kluttz, democrat, would
defeat Caldwell, fusion nominee, in the
Seventh. He says the Eighth district
republicans are badly disaffected. His
cousin, Alex Bailey, was nominated
by the republican boilers there, and
Committeeman Bailey said he heard
he would be endorsed by the demo-
Gratis to defeat Linney. kilograms
were sent Bailey yesterday to refuse
the nomination. At headquarters re-
publicans today declared he had de-
clined it.
The republicans admit that there is
trouble everywhere. They say that
they hope for the best; that in 1894
republicans declared for free silver;
in 1896 declared against it and voted
against II. lu6y give Ills dS q Coooh
for belief that republicans will vote
solidly in any emergency. But in the
Piedmont and western section the ne
groes are disappointed because they
did not get the offices.
The populists are giving the repub-
licans trouble. A republican commit.
teeman tells me: 1--WE can't hold the
populists in line for fusion. Theil
I .~l I,f h ~ L n n
file are jumping the game and goine
back to the democrats
The republican and %populist con
ferees not only fixed the congressional
slate, but also the judicial one. 1t wa:
decided that c.. =. Jockey should b.
taken down as the republican nominee
in the Wilmington district and tina
the republicans shall vote for Loftin
the pOpulist nominee.
Today the republican and pOpulis
chairmen met and ratified the agree
ment as to congressman and judges
The two secretaries then signed it
They will make publication in a few
days.
Francis D. Winston says that to thi:
date 700 white Government Unions
have been organized in the state.
II IldfIuS pCCh pubIioAiSu Tia = ~
officers of the Second regiment intend.
ed to go to Washington and make al
effort to have it kept in service, denia
was made today that n would go
There are not over $50 men in tn
whole regiment who want to stay in
There is no reason why it should no
be mustered out. Between some o
the officers and the men the gulf is 81
wide that it can never be closed. 1t i
known that the First regiment expect
to get some men, maybe 100, out o
the Second.
r. F. Lloyd, of Chapel Hill, is build
ing q 1000 spindle cotton mill there
Chapel Hill is rapidly developing. l
now has a bank. of which Julian S
Carr and B. N. Duke are directors.
Cards are out to the marriage DC
4ohor 10Th Of Miss EVELYN Thomas