The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-02

'ER. OCTOBER ?. 1898.
them. In his sworn testimony before
the investigating committee, Senator
tley said
9Th Saturday night after the bolt in
the Populist caucus. while the minority
P0puIists We're holding a meeting in the
PraISOn House, one of its members said:
1htre are 20O good positions that We can
fill by voting for Jeter Pritchard, and
we Will vote for Jetcr Prtchard and fill
these positions
AT this time the minority Popu!sts
were discussing the advantage of voting
for pritchard for United States Senator
and their opportunities of getting posi-
tons. One of the minority Popu lists
said. Just before the breaking mp OF the
meeting: IL WHAT WE HAN +
DON HIGHT Is EVER FOUND
UT, WE ARE RUINED.
II was not in the minority caucAS.
but occupied an adjoining room to them.
There was only door between them
and me and their talk was so loud thar
| could not help bearing them, At the
time l thought Representative Parker
of percuimans, was prominent III the
d:;tussi6n.'
If You will take the Blue Booi, that
contains The names Of all Fedora or
ticialS and look over the Fay roll of
North Carolina employees. You Will hnd
that The 200 pla@ps have been dlStrib-
nted to pnprlists who voted for and nd
vocated the election Of Pritchard. WhHt
they did in that room was found out.
and i'm the estimation of every cons $
tent man in the State the seventeen
men who thus hntra we'd their constitu-
ents ARE ruined" But there is ether
sworn testimony hearing out Senator
Utley.
CASE OF DIR. PARKER.
Or. Cyrus Thompson. Chairman Of
the popuIiSt State Executive Committee,
testified under oath that h" mp
preached Dr D. Reid Parker after the
bolt from the populist caucus, and urged
him 10 return. to the caucus. DIR. Par
ker expressed Il fear that, he would be
Disseminated aga INST in the distribution
of patronage. and DIR. Thompson says:
Il therefore assured him that he would
not he Disseminated against" After
some hesitatin 50 Or. Thompson Swor,'.
Dr. Parker replied 10 him: Well. YOU
see, |, have got it III black and white
already whore | ann" DIR. homl sos
went Cn to say:
"Dr. Parker had stated to me
some days prior to This conversation
that he desired and thought he had
peculiar fitness for the post on OF
Commissioner of Agriculture. ! was
atcandidate for United States Sena-
tor. and am informed that DIR. Par
l;er voted for me the first day and
that on the second day he would
have voted for Pritchard If he had
not been prevented by sickness. he
being absent"
What do YOU S"Ppose HAS become or
Dr.aParker and the promise he had N
''''hlat1k and whitci" He is not Com
missioner of Agriculture. hut he is n"id
$500. per day to so through the state
ho'ding what he calls. Farmers Insti-
tutnS with which the farmers will have
nothing TO- do. ID r,,.
~ PAYING WITH OFFICES.
Mr.. v. c.. Morton. bRopulist member
of ahn House from Richmond. county
" said that Senator Odunl had been prom
ise0 the postOfiice Mt ,WadesbOro, and
testified az iig 'ft Ie
fN>f bad n .fomise made 10 nae by.
tK0 chairman of the Republican Elk
ccntiye Committee of Richmond
county that il would use my influ
ence COR pritchhrd for Senutor !
oduld get position as collector IN
the revenue department. taat this
place was worth $1.3c0''a year
ptTcHARD POPULISTS In
HpELLED. 'se. h
There is other evidence. bat we viii
rest the case here ana proceed 10 seq
Wi!3t the popnlist party had to say ABOUT
the action OF men elected rs SILVER men
who voted for gold man for the Sen
ate. In an address issued on the 2Ith
Of January. 1897. the seventeen men were
formally expelled from the PopuliSt
party, and it was declared:
."rhc purpose of the Peoples party
is y.e.1ler than any plea for har-
mony. when harmony can be had
cnly NJ the sacrifice OF the pnrty's
1 principles
In lint address Col. Harry Skinner
was denounced as the arch traitor,
and he and his followers We're branded
ms traitors to the basic principles OF
: EOtlu government anu htiAAAN'' ~
| fare Of humanity"
| The Caucasian in its issue of January
! 2Sth said:
'.'lhe votes Of those who deliber-
atcly left the PeGp.e's party (for
causes that will appear hereafter).
| and leagued with the Republican
| rarity gave the election to Ptitch-
ard. hey came to the Legislature
rs Populists but will return TO their
| constituents ms Republicans III all es-
sentials They may profess to be
Pops. but you know that many peo-
PIE profess to be Christians who are
the best agents of the devil.
'Ihc names OF these leagucrs are:
Senators Barker. Cannon. Early.
! Newsom. Odum. Parker, OF Ran
dolph; Wakefield. Representatives
Alternately. Babbitt, Brown. of Jones;
bryan, OF Chatham; Harris, of
Hyde; Hodges. Parker, of Per
qumans; Rountree, White, Of Ran
dolph; Marlborough.
Senator pritchard thanked all the
| Pops. who voted for him. and said
4bn., would MARIAN lASn onVfhiuu nv