The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-07
THERE ARE $50 IN WAKE COUNTY.

to office by promising reforms, which
promises they have repudiated, are nov
looking about for way to keep thei
fat offices by deceivng the voters one
more time. These fellows think the,
have the 10000 negroes who votet
last year. (10.600 of them Illegally solid
that most of the white Republicans vii
vote for them again: and they are NOV
ing heaven and earth to hold the Popu
lists in line. OF course if theyaccom
pilsh these three things. they will con
tinue in office after November.
Will the Populists, who left the Demo
cratic party because Cleveland was
nominated. let these selfish taX-eaters
use them to pull the chestnuts out of the
fire for them? OF course the gang that
anything for little piece of pie. We
make no reference to them. We never
appeal to them any more than we dc
to Republican revenue doodles.
Every day these columns contain the
names Of honest populists who an
nouncc that they went into that party
believing that it would accomplish re-
forms. but that continued fusion with
the Republicans means to degrade and
destroy the good name of their State
and they will have no more of it. These
publications answer the charge that the
Republican and Fusion papers make
that there are no Populists quitting that
party. The Monroe Journal gives the
names fof three and it is apparent that
there are many changes in all parts Of
the State. Everybody sees and feels the
drift except the fellows who want to
use the populists to get another piece
of pie.
In Wake county there is no doubt that
there has been revulsion of feeling
since Jim Young was given n seat in
1896 that belonged honestly to \. b.
Broughton. In 1896. while the regular
ty by majority of 1000. Mr.. Brough
ton was elected. but the Fusion county
ticket was elected by majorities ranging
down to about 800. What does this
prove? That very many Populists
voted for Mr.. Broughton and the other
Democratic candidates who were
known to be honester and better men
than their opponents. That was before
the pritchard sell-out and the county
and State bad administrations The
people in all parts of Wake are dis
gusted with the government that they
have. A well known minister of the
gospel, who knows Wake county as
well as any man in it. gentleman who
accurately predicted the result in Wake
county, said yesterday that the Popu-
list party had lost go votes since the
last election, 100 Populists would not
vote this year. and would lose more if
their politicians tried to carry them to
Il fusion looking to the election of the
court house ring and Republicans to the
Legislature. There are others who say
the changes have been more than $50
in Wake county. If there have been
so many up to this time, there will be
many more when the people are fully
of what Radical rule has done
to degrade the State.
The conditions in North Carolina are
now favorable to the success of the
white man and the white metal
party. but success cannot be won unless
the nominees are men of such high char
acter that they will command the con-
fidence of all the people. With such
candidates, who will appeal upon the
highest grounds for the whites to re-
unite. the days Of Radical rule in North
Carolina are numbered.