The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-22
properly distributed, would have a very
electrifying effect.

properly distributed, would have a very
electrifying effect.
Col. Andy Cowles finds time between
his efforts to keep the Second regiment
in service, to talk politics. He imposes a
half column of dwelling rot on the
Washington Post, in which he extols the
negro. decries the White Man and praises
the present administration of the State.
Hambone Jones is still campaigning in
the county, but he doesn't make a fea-
t,ire of his shotgun experience.
Some people have been unkind enough
to call attention to the fact that Thad
Ivey. one Of the legislative candidates on
the Fusion ticket, is prohibitionist and
several times ran on that ticket.
Populists are not to stop at halfway
stations this year. They are expected
to vote for Republican gold-bugs for Con-
gress, and for any old Republican bugs
for the rest of the offices.
Little Ollie ce-Hunter Dockery, Jr.,
who has been wearing yaller shoes and
fooling himself with the hallucination
that he is a candidate for solicitor of
the Fourth judicial district. is preparing
to let himself down easy by charging his
defeat to the great white mems mass
to be held in Goldsboro on the
2Sth Make your own excuses, Ollie.
They're all you'll have left
For the first time in his political career
Jesse Ball is not running on the Prohibi
ton ticket He's the Fusion candidate
for county commissioner along with RUFF
Barbee and Bill Chamblee, who give
away horses paid for out Of the county
treasury.
Judge" A. NJ Moore who proposes to
move into the Second district. or any 9th
or old district that will put his name on
the Fusion ticket for judge, is still in the
city.
That's rather rough on me-" said
Wheeler Martin, Republican solicitor of
he Third district, when John Atwater
vas telling how Nash and Franklin were
going to go Democratic by 500 majority
Zach.
Some inconsiderate friend of Col. Gee
Bent Afford, gold-bug candidate for
Congress in this district. has circulated
he report that the Colonel voted for
George Howell (col), for magistrate, and
against such men as David Adams and
Walter Norris.
Such demonstrations as that at Fay
atteville yesterday are rather discour-
aging to the opposition.
There are plenty of white Republicans
Who entertain views similar to those of
Mr.. Chadbourn and Mr. Foster. but they
haven't got the courage of their conyic-
ions. They are afraid to speak out in
neetin'.
.'Populists of the Fifth Congressional
district, let me urge you as friend to
Populism, drop s. B. Adams at once.
You don't know the MANN. Oliver,
chairman of Peoples Party executive
Caswell county.
Negro leaders in Wilmington are adj
rising the members of their race TO farm
themselves and go to the polls on election
lay prepared to fight"
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The Caucasian this week has case
If over-production. In order to get rid
If the surplus it hired man to scatter
he papers over the town. A citizen met
his man and learning his mission in that
told him if he put one of
hose papers in his yard he would indict
lim for maintaining nuisance.
Wilmington's white Republicans have
aiken on that tired feeling quite early in
the fight.
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