Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-11
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS
Republicans and Populists to Fuse on Con-
gressmen
Nominations Already Made--what the
Chairmen of State Conn
mittees Say.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
RALEIGH, N. c.. August 10, 1898.
| The populists have nominated James B.
Lloyd for Congress from the second dis
| trict. He is now a doorkeeper of the
| United States Senate, and Is one of Senat or
| Buffers closest friends. He Is also a
! member of the populist state committee
and was a member of the populist special
committee which last May proposed fusion
| to the democrats. Outwardly Lloyd APP
peared to be deeply depressed by the dem
ocratfc refusal to fuse. The second is
known as the "black district" Demo-
Gratis say Lloyd is put up TO keep popu-
lists from voting for democrat.
One Of the bitterest attacks of the cam
paign thus far is made editorially by SEN
ator Butler upon Representative Skinner
The enmity between these two populst
leaders goes back four years. Butler an
tagonizes Senator Pritchard on all occa-
sions. He represents that wing of the
populists which denies that in 1895 any
pledge was M e that populists should in
1887 vote for Prftchard's reelection to the
Senate Skinner represents the popuiists
who say that such a pledge was made.
party.
Senator Pritchard has a copy of the re-
port of that very notable speech and used
it with effect in 1897
e.
when asked his opinion of Senator But
ler's attack: II do not care in the least
for 1t. There is no doubt of my renom-
nation by my party's convention August
% and Of republican Endorsement"
State Auditor Aver expresses himself as
certain to get the populist nomination for
Congress in this (the fourth) district. He
can count on full republican support.
Republicans and PopuIists to Fuse.
Republican State Chairman Holton says
there is no sort of doubt of fusion of his
people and the populists. His idea is that
his committee and the populist state COM
mittee have ample authority to arrange all
details Of fusion, and to make any changes
of any candidates to suit any requirements,
such changes to even include representa-
tives-
The republican state committee will meet
here late in August, Chairman Holton says
Populist State Chairman Cyrus Thompson
says the convention of that party win GER
tainly meet by September. 1t is asserted
that only congressional committees can
make changes as to representatives
Senator Butler ten days ago advocated
as the true policy for populists in North
Carolina this year a holding aloof from
both the republican and democratic par
ties. Chairman Thompson was asked if
the Senator had official power to make
that declaration-in other words, was it the
view of the populist state committeeman
replied that 1t was an individual express
sion of opinion by the senator
State Auditor Aver, who was for several
years Senator Buffers associate editor and
who ten years ago was populist state chair
man. was asked today what was the popu-
list view of the status of affairs. He re-
piled: The populists do not think. They
will not think until September j. Then we
Will get to work to win by majority of
$4,000. This is not a guess or a boast but
a fact By the word we Mr.. Aver
means populists and republicans.
Representative Pearson's Chances.
AS predicted in The Star, Richmond
Pearson was renominated for Congress in
the ninth district and by acclama ton
Some of lis close personal friends say he
Eow feels cure that. IL the populists put,
UP candidate there and prevent any of
that party from voting for w T. Craw.9
iord the democratic nominee, Pearson can
muster enough republican votes TO be
elected.
Democratic State Chairman Simmons said
today: "All the drift is toward democracy.
Indlcations point to the election of a demo-
cratic legislature. The campaign is now
fuiiy on. Our attack popuhst office
holders " no are in fusion with the republi-
cans Will be hot and direct"
Republic an State Chairman Holton is
Working hard to save Representative Lin
ney IN the eighth district. The Star has
published the fact Of the bolt and Of the
powerful influences at work against Liz
n.y. "iAiN'A nave Sduocu tie Gull OF dnOtner
nominating convention. Just now Il is .n-
tmated that DR., j. o. Wilcox may be put
Up by this convention. 1t is learned that
II the boilers convention fails to make
Ia ruination it Is the purpose of ex-Rerre-
sentative John M. Brewer to announce
himself as an Independent republican can
oidate. Chairman Holtoa speaks lightly OF
the opposition to Linney and says he ex-
poets to quiet it, but he certainly Las
hard task. The Mott element Is all the
While at work against Linney.
Republicans continue to swear they will
prevent the reelection IF Representatives
Fowler and Strowd. populsts in the third
and fourth districts. respectively The
ODDS are heavily against both of them.
The republicans are entirely willing to
ccncede both these districts to the poru-
lists, but they demand men whom they
like The true reason for their dislike to
Fowler and Strowd is that they have both
been faithful to Senator Butler.