The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-13
FUSION NOT A SUCCESS
Not Complete in Over
Six Counties.
REPUBLICAN BLUSTER
About Indicting the Officials OF Neck.
Ienburg County Reeoils Upon Fusion
fict of Jurisdiction as TO Assessing
Certain Railroad Property for Taxa.
IiOn-SmalI tumble o. Bankruptcy
Cases.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., September s.

Raleigh, n. c., September {.
Late this afternoon the populist
congressional convention met here.
Many delegates arrived yesterday and
all day there was wire-working and
conferences with the republican lead
ers, who as all now know, regulate
and direct populist politics. Con-
gresham Strowd, though of the But
Ter faction, cut a big figure, as a pos
said some time ago, that though the
republican manipulators pretended to
scorn Butler they really fear him. 1t
also proves h republican brag about
fusion with populists is only brag. In
not over six counties in the state is
there complete fusion.
r. A. Cobb told me many populists
in the Second district would vote for
George H. White, negro republican,
for congress-. Today Cobb says: IF the
pOpulist and republican executive
committees decide that Lloyd and
Fowler are the legal fusion candidates
for the pOpulist and republican parties
in the Second and Third districts we
II "Ol d. ldId lol lIltlG election DIS
we are doing for that of Harry Skin
ner in the First district" Cobb says
there is no better friend of free silver
in congress than Senator Pritchard.'
He puts the fusion majority in the
state at so, 900 to 1900. These figures
will give demOcrts a hearty laugh.
The pOpulistS are to name the flu
sion nominee for judge in the Fifth
district, to succeed S. b. Adams, flu
cinn nominee for nuracc IT &c Jac;lnI
that they will put up A. S. Peace, of
Granville, now a member of their state
committee.
A remarkable drop in the tempera-
ture, following a cold rain last night,
will do still further damage to the cot
ton crop, which seems to be almost
doomed.
The state treasurer finds that the
report which the Raleigh and CASTOR
railway filed with the railway commits
sion included stocks and bonds and
other solvent credits, and that it is
the only road which made such a re-
turn. Two of the commission, Caldwell
n Pearson, have signed a statement
that all the solvent credits were in
cluded in the list. Commissioners Alb
bolt did not sign. He says 81, 200, 900
was not included. The treasurer says
the commission had no power to as
SesS the stocks, bonds and solvent
credits for taxation; that this was en-
tirely in the province of the treasurer.
He will, therefore, take the necessary
steps and will include the 81, 200, coo.
The republican state chairman made
a big buster day before yesterday
that he would indict the officials of
Mecklenburg county for not appoint
ing fOrty-eight registrars of election
nominated by the pOpuliStS and repub-
licans. 1t is ascertained today from G..
3. AycOck that in several townships
in Robson county the fusion officials
did not appoint the registrars nomi-
mated by the democrats, but appointed
others.
Judge Purnell says that some time
ago the calamity howlers'' declared
that his district was in a bad state
financially, but that though the bank
ruptcy law has been in effect sixty
days there have been only three petit
tions in bankruptcy filed. He is inform
ed by James E. Boyd hat there is
very little bankruptcy business any
where in the country. He expected a
rush. No one is regretful save the ref
erees, who are getting no business.
Judge Purnell has issued a set of
bankruptcy rules. He says that SO far
as he knows no other judge has done
this.