The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-28
The PopuIist and Republican
Committees Caucus.
SWEAR STRICT SECRECY
AND REFUSE TO DIVULGE THE
NAMES OF THE DOOMED.
LoY0 AND FOWLER WILL RUN
Jockey and Meekins will Probably be Taken
Down. No Positive Action Taken but Power to
Act given Chairmen who will Issue an Address
and do All the Talking,


Act given Chairmen whowE Issue an Address
and do All the Talking,
The Republican and populist confer
ence committees held two sessions here
yesterday. They met separately ut five
o'clock in the afternoon and remained
in session for some time. They met to-
gether about O'Clock at night III the
Populist headquarters and remained in
session for three hours adjourning on the
stroke of twelve. The one definite and
positive action that was taken was that
no members, except the chairmen, were
to give out anything for publication.
The chairmen refused to talk.
The object of the joint meeting of the
committees, ms stated by Chairman Hol
ton on yesterday afternoon was to adj
Just all differences between Populists and
Republicans and to agree upon ticket
to be printed and furnished to fusion
voters. The differences referred to
were of course the cases where the Popu
lists and Republicans have put out can
didates for the same office, as IN the
Second Congressional district, where
Lloyd and White are both in the field,
the Third. where the Populists have
nominated Fowler and where the Re-
publicans have called convention to
name a candidate, and in the judicial
district where Loftin and Jockey, Popu-
list and Republican, are in the field.
While it is thought that nobody was
pulled down last night, an understands
ing was practically reached, but the ac-
tua. beheading process was left to Hol-
ton and thompson, who will later form
ally apply the guillotine to those con-
demned by the joint caucus The chair
men will announce later who has been
called off. They will also issue an
address to the Populists and Republi
cans of the State urging them to stand
by the fusion agreement and vote solid
~ and Loyalty for the fusion nominees.
At least that was the understanding
last night, though the chairmen have
been endowed with plenary powers and
may change that part of the programme
at will. The meeting was rather in
formal in its nature, Chairman Thomp-
son not even doffing his famous white
hat and the bald dome of Mr.. Holton
remaining under the shelter of his droop-
ing summer straw. No resolutions of
any sort were passed.
As to the beheading: Fowler and
Lloyd will not be taken down. That is
the present understanding. Jockey, the
Republican Judicial candidate. viii most
probably be called off in favor Of IOftin.
the Populist nominee There is also Il
strong probability that Meekins, Repub-
lican candidate for Solicitor in the
Elizabeth City district, will be taken off
the ticket and the name of w. j. Leary,
now candidate for Judge, win be sub
stituted. This was in general the status
agreed upon.
To return to the case of Fowler: Ii
is thought that the situation in his dis
trict was the most knotty problem that
confronted the headsnen. Fowler would
not come down. Between ten and eleven
o'clock the Reverend Baylus Cade was
sent as special emissary TO Fowler and
held him in long and earnest converse.
What the tale was that the political
parson did unfold its unknown, but
it is most probable that the Republicans
We're demanding certain concession of
HIM to which he would not or did not
agree. 1t is tolerably certain that as
AZ ANSuib Va iHlo lAtDuDilEdu IOuSEtS-
sional convention will name d candidate
in Fowler's district. That was the
complexion of the situation last night.
Whether Fowler was put on probation
with time to consider and come to terms
with HoltoH later is not known. The
chairmen are empowered to treat in ali
such cases.
With regard to Lloyd it can also be
said that he will make the race unless he
comes off of his own accord The com
mittee, however. was exceedingly willing
for him to withdraw if he felt so inclined.
he did not seem to feel any moving of
the spirit in that direction. The minority
fopulists in his district are opposed TO
him and declare that White has kept the
fusion agreement, is entitled to q re-
election and that they will vote for him
They predict that Lloyd will be defeated
IT he continues in the race. member
OF tie caucus said so explicitly last
night. That Lloyd will come down of
his own yolition is extremely improbable.
In the Ninth Congressional district thu
Populists have refused to endorse Pear
son and Boggs will make the race az
the Populist nominee The committee
did not agree to saw him off. His race.
however, will be made virtually in the
interest of Pearson as it is merely in
tended that he shall poll the Populist
vote TO keep it from going to Crawford.
Having adopted resolution of iron
bound secrecy the world can not be ac-
quainted with all the intricate ramifica-
tions of this last instance of statesman
ship until the pair of headsmen IRE fully
and finally ready to execute their coup.
The above, however, will probably save
the public from too sudden and sharp
a surprise.
The Populist committeeman present
were Cyrus Thompson. J. +. Schulken.
hal Aver, ]. b. Lloyd, +. A. Moye and
u. T. Garrett. The Republican members
were all present as follows A. f. Hol