The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-17
STRONG FRACTIONAL FIGHT
WITH OHIO WILSON CLAIMING
THE VICTORY.
co. OPERATION ON PRINCIPLE
On Co operation For Office Seems to be the
Antagoniziug Ideas The Confer
ences Last Night,

Inc TWO ElduIdtOIS dAS hCiS EA2CA''''N'
Butler and Harry Skinner. They come
in several respective capacities. Sena-
tor Butler comes as the Populist U. ).
Senator from North Carolina. He also
comes as a representative of the Nat
ional Populist organization, he being thu
chairman of the National Popuist com
mittee, and in close touch with the rep
resentatives of the Populisr party in both
houses of Congress. He too, comes as
a delegate to the State Populist Con-
vention.
Congressman Skinner is here, likewise
in several capacities. He is here as
Populist Congressman representing the
First District of North Carolina in the
House of Representatives. He is here
too. as victor in his last fight with
Senator Butler, when he lead enough
Populist members of the Legislature out
of the Populist caucus to elect deter y,
Pritchard, gold bug to the United
States Senate. He is here, however, as
Il victim of Senator Butler, he having
gone down in contest with the NAH
from Sampson in a fight in the last
Populist State Convention and he, too
is here as n delegate from his home
county-Pitt. These two Populist Glad
iators landed in Raleigh ut or near two
O'Clock yesterday morning aud they both
took rooms Mt the Marlborough House
Senator Butler was assigned to room
No. 100 and Congressman Skinner to
room No. 53. When the night had worn
away and their respective followers be-
gan moving about the rooms were some
how changed about. Perhaps the Skim
ner people concluded that 100 would
beat 53. with AZ to share and yet it
was perhaps argued that 53 would go
into 100 one time and have AZ over.
So the room of the Senator was
changed to 2S. The Skinner crowd per-
haps concluded that % would 90 into
SO one time with % over. so a little
later on Col Skinner was moved to No.
80.
The Gladiators were getting near to-
gether. so near that some wag was sHea
gested that they might take tour
around the city OH one of Mr.. W.T..
Hardin's Companion bicycles.
Twenty-eight and thirty are adjoining
rooms and if there is anything in room
numbers the Congressman from the First
district has the situation by two major
| ity, unless we calculate upon the methOu
of division instead of subtraction, When
80 divided by % would so one time with
| two over.
Anyhow these two Populist leaders are
| in Raleigh, and they hav'nt come just
to be a-comin'. They have come to at
tend the State Populst Convention and
each has come to carry that convention
his way If it is possible to do so. From
expressions dropped from themselves and
| their respective followers, they are not
both travelling in the same direction, and
| Judging from the appearance of things
| last night there is going to be warm
time in the old town, beginning about
) o'clock or whereabouts this afternoon.
Senator Butler has some lieutenants,
very lively fellows and fellows that have
been fairly good fighters. Among these
ARE Congressman, Fowler Of the Third
district, Congressman Shuford of the
Seventh and Stroud of the Fourth, and
! Chairman Fountain of Edgecombe is
here. He arrived early and is wearing
1 d suit Of clothes almost light enough to
mix with democracy Lloyd Of Edgecombe
came along on the same train with the
| Senator, and he is going to be III the
convention standing with the Senator.
SO everybody says Sheriff Moore of
Duplin is among the early arrivals
''Fusion on principle" is his motto, and
the Skinner and Ohio Wilson crowd
take that to mean that he is against Re
publican-Populist fusion. These and Il
large number of others who are friends
of Butler are already in the city.
Congressman Skinner has many lieu
tenants in the field. and they are takers
from away back The Adjutant General
of them all is S. Ohio Wilson Of Wake
1t may be said that Ohio is here in al
most as many capacities if not more
than either Butler or Skinner. He is
here as an eX-State official of the State
Farmers Alliance. He is here, too
ms the ex-chief of the band of Gideon
He is here also as the dethroned P0pu
list Railroad Commissioner whose soft
lsnap glided out from under him while he
was running the famous Round Knot
railroad eating house. Like the Negro
lover was by his presents, "He wants
dat soft snap back Then Ohio is here
as a rip-roaring. uncompromising Re
publican Populist fusionist and "ain't 81
gwine ter play" unless something like
|
tinental who knows it, He eft" Skin
ner awful hard on the Pritchard oues
ton. and then he bit the dust along will
Butler and voted to expe Skinner and
all the other boilers from the party. but
times are changed Ohio had pie then
he has got no pie now and he "cuses
Butler with conniving with Russell am
'jerkin +" his piece Of pie awav from
him. He is here. and he is going f.
play for keeps" His proposition Is !
bold, belligerent and open deal with th,
ReDubllcans first. last and all the timo
Harris Of Hyde, is here and his min,
came with him. He is smoking n,
same kind of jam o de fence tobacc,
that he was smoking at the last session
of the legislature. when he voted nm,
worked for Pritchard for the Unite,
STATES SENATE against CIV Tbomnsor
and with the gentleman from HYDE /
Is still anything to beat the Democrats
Sheriff Jenkins Of Chatham i her,
early and he stands about like his connt,
stands Al for cooperation Win II,
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