The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-30
BUTLER SHOWED UNDER
Republicans of Greater Influence in
His Party than their QuOndam Lead
er. Theatrical Season Opened-Runds
for the Shipp Monument.
Messenger Bureau.


The republican leaders here mani
from the First congressional district
populist convention yesterday at Eden
ton, which they had arranged should
renominate Harry Skinner. They
simply desired to know whether their
! plans were fully carried out. The rev.
| enue collector went to Edenton to give
| Skinner aid in a more or less quiet
way.
Some republicans feared that E. A.
| Moye might give Skinner trouble.
| There are not a few of them who are
| afraid Of Senator Butler. One of these
says: Il do not minimize Buffers in
| fiuence with the populists. He has
much even yet. 1t all depends on how
| many pouplists We can control. I be-
| lieve we can control enough.
| The railway commission next Tues
| day will file its decision in the mat
| ter of the reduction of passenger rates
| on the Raleigh and CASTOR division of
| the Seaboard Air Line. There is every
| reason to believe that the reduction
| will be ordered. OF course the COM
| pany will appeal to the courts. 1t may
| also put the matter in the federal
| courts.
The taxes due by Swain county were
today paid into the state treasury.
| They were s21S4S6 The costs were
added The sheriff and tax collector
| (Teague) failed, assigned and did not
pay and his bOndsmen had to put up
| the money, which they did through an
! Asheville bank. There is a fine of
81, 900 in such, but from this the sheriff
| relieved leagues bondsmen, in con-
sideration of their immediate settle
| ment.
The republican state chairman rdi-
! cules the nomination of DR.. ]. 0. Will
| cox of Wilkes by the republican 'insur-
| gents of the Eighth district for con-
gress against r. Z. Linney. Hoton,
| the state chairman, declares that the
| movement is engineered by DR.. Wheel
| er and a few other dissatisfied men.
| People from the district tell quite an
| other story.
Chairman Holton says that though
| he has just opened headquarters, he
| has been at work a month and has
sent out three addresses, none of
| which he will give to the press. He
says the burden of all these is the
| charge that the democrats have COM
| mitted fraud in elections.
| The pOpulists in the First judicial
| district nominate w J. Leary for
judge, while the republicans nominate
| Augustus w. Moore for judge and c..
w. Meekins for solicitor. The repub-
J licanS here announce that 1.-The diff
| ferences as between Moore and Leary
| will be arbtrated by the republican
and pOpulist state committees, as
agreed on. This means those COM
mttees will decide whether Leary or
| Moore shall "come down.
Raleigh, N. c., August q.
Messenger Bureau,
Revenue Collector Duncan, who went
down to Edenton to look after republi
can interests at the meeting of the
| pOpulist congressional convention, re-
turned here today. He said: THE
convention gave Harry Skinner ninety
seven votes. f. A. Moye fifty-thre
None Of the Moye men bolted A. J.
Moye, while smarting under rasping
given him by Hodges, Of Beaufort,
said he would meet Skinner at the
| polls, or words to that effect. The re-
| publicans gave thanks that they were
rid of A. J. Moye. E. A. Moye, like all
! other good partisans, will support the
ticket. The republican congressman
| convention was held directly after the
adjournment of that of the populists
and gave Skinner thirty-two out OF
thirty-five votes. The pOpulsts acted
beautifully. They weighed things care
fully and then took action. Senator
Buffers man Friday, his secretary
Hoover, was at the pOpulist conven-
tion, but disappeared after the vote
was taken. Wheeler Martin was at
the republican convention and fought
Skinner in it's caucus, but after the
nomination he said he would fall in
line with the other good republicans
TheOphlluS White nominated Skinner
Butler had been trying to induce White
to be candidate for the nomination
Butler had written a letter to every
delegate, urging them to vote against
Skinner. But the convention trampled
Butler under foot. The populist con-
vention said it endorsed SINNERS ac-
t1On In working to secure Pritchard' 8
denomination for the senate, and that
this was carrying out an agreement -
Among today's arrivals here is Pro
fessor Henry Jerome Stockard OF
Fredericksburg, Va, we'll known as a
poet.
The theatrical season was opened
here last evening by AL. G.. Fields a,
the Academy of Music The audience
was large one, there being 400 paid
admissions. =
Wake county's democratic conven.
tion was held today, with a large at
tendance and unusual interest.
l. The fund for the monument of Lieu.
tenant w. E. Shipp, Tenth cavalry, U
;. A. Killed at Santiago, is increasing
Julian 5 Carr, of Durham, gives 800
Lieutena NJ Christian, recruiting Off
Ger of the First regiment, left here to-
night for Camp Cuba Libre. The reg
iment is full
In the First congressional district
Elihu A White and John Whidbee
have succeeded in getting the Per.
| qulmmans county republicans in line
for a straight fight and no fusion with
| the populists.
There is talk of E. c. Smith as the
| democratic nominee for congress in
| this district