The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
POPULISrS TO PROPOSE A DEAL.
They Wish Fusion With the Democrats.
Editor Ramsey, of The Progressive Far
mer, Indicted for L~ibeI-Fruft Siauxht-
cred by Cold Weather

Editor Ramsey, of The Progressive Far
mer, Indicted for Libel-Fruit Siausht-
cred by Cold Weather
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. C, April T..
Much Of the talk here today was
about the proposition which the ma
jority populists' VIII make to the dem
ocrats for cooperation. Secretary Of
State Thompson. of he populist state
committee. said: Il confirm all Audi
tor Aver said yesterday as to the plan.
It Is the sentiment. l rhink il will
cover congressional, judicial, legislative
and county fusion. You understand, a
certain element does not want to make
any proposition at all. But l thfnk the
sentiment of the convention will be to
make it. / do not know certainly as
to county offices, but I think il will be
for complete co-OperatiCn."
Editor Ramsey, Of The Progressive
Farmer (populist) said: The plan
is of course to fool the democrats and
1 believe they viii bite at the bait"
John A. Sims, of the populist state
committee, said: The proposition
will be made in good faith by a large
iAaJci VI III Ills AIc
minority will oppose it. 1 believe the
democrats will accept it. Tt will he on
such lines that they cant refuse to &C
cept It. 1 think it will apply TO judicial
and congressional tickets. and may ap-
ply to county offices, though the latter
will be very difficult to arrange. 1
think as to the Legislature there will
be some satisfactory adjustment. These
matters were all talked Of at our re-
ao~lt aonra-aro- {u-a u-anIy- .-kl oil
save as to the legislature, were talked
of at the committee meeting night be-
fore last"
Ohio Wilson, minority popuIist,'
is wrathy and says he will go into the
counties and work up delegations OPP
posed to k any proposition to
the democrats. Another pOpulist, from
the east, who is an anti-Butler man,
says: 'tOhto is dea but doesn't know
it. He can't bring n delegate from
my county, which is strongly populist."
The revenue collections in this dis
trict for March were $119, Ola.
Ice a quarter of an inch thick again
formed today, but as the wind blew all
might, there was no frost, certainly
upon uplands.
Ford Taylor, a we'll known young
business man here, died suddenly this
morning of heart disease.
It is said that the present king OF
Spain is the grandson of a distinguish
ed North Carolinian.
The organ of the Methodists in this
state says that if var comes with
Spain it will be a necessity and that it
will be one of the most just wars ever
waged in the history of the world.
Mr.. Samuel J. Pernberton, of Stanley
county, whose attack of paralysis was
annn11non1 ES ~ niT1y frn nrnyyino Mr.
Charles Bruner, brother of Mr.. Thorn
as K. Bruner, and a veteran editor,
died near Salisbury yesterday.
More cotton mills are now working
at night than ever before in his state.
Yesterdays slaughter of fruit was
terrible in the Piedmont and mountain
sections. AT Greensboro the
ture was as low as %, and in the noun
tains was as low as Is degrees.
State Geologist Holmes and Mr..
Pratt, of the geological survey, left
New Bernie today for a trip through
the great sounds in the oyster patrol
yacht lilly"
Senator Butler in his to-
day says he believes Governor Russell
is acting from honest inc conscientious
motives i'm stopping the fight against
the lease of the North Carolina rail
way" Butler attacks Railway Com
missioner Chairman Caldwell with
gloves off, saying he is a Hopper" and
has betrayed the people" He declares
that the people should elect the rail-
way commissioners and calls on the
pOpulist convention to nominate John
H. Pearson and Tome true populist as
his running mate. He says Chairman
Caldwell did have enough sense of pro-
priety to tende his resignation, and
that h governor should accept this
and Should appoint some man who
knows his duty n is brave enough to
do fit.
1t is quite noticeable that Senator
Butler in this weeks paper publishes
a letter from a distinguished demo-
craft commencing him.
1t is announced that plans are made
for a battery at Beaufort, at or near
old Fort Macon.
The Morning Post Jumps upon the
populists today for Their statement
that they will propose to make a deal
With democrats and terms them prov
ender hunters.
Today a warrant vas served upon
Editor J. L. Ramsey, of The Progress
sive Farmer, for criminal libel upon
ex-Judge William r. Allen, of Colds
boro, in connection with his duties as
an attorney i'm the Pamlico and Car
teret "oyster claims" He was expect
ed to go to GOldsboro this afternoon
for trial. Directly after the warrant
was served lie went to see the governor
and they a a conference. Ramsey
said he thought he would go to Colds
ooro this afternoon, but changed his
mind and will go tomorrow morning.
He was told of the current statement
that it was j. w. Denmark, Treasurer
WOrth'S chief clerk, who wrote the
editorial i'm nI1QCflOn Ror7o ~ fhnn
said he did mot see a proof of the edi-
tOria1.
The Southern railway today filed ex-
ceptions to the railway commissions
order fixing the price of mileage books
and no limiting their use to one per-
son.
State Engineer Ramsey returned to-
day from Tyrell, where he looked aft
ter survey of 5000 acres of swamp
lands, which a New Jersey syndicate
will buy.
Farmers i'm this section. when asked