The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-02
DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT
AND AS SUCCESS is CERTAIN,
THERE WILL BE MANY
CANDIDATES..
THE POPS TALK OF A STRAIGHT TICKET
There IS Some Talk that the West viii Demand
the Sens'or Now ard Let The ast
Wait for Pritchard S

Hardly has the political POT of one
campaign simmered down before that OF
another begins to bubble. Already the
politicians here are beginning to look
forward to and discuss the contest Of
1900, Though there seems TO be lit
tie doubt in the minds of any one as
to its final success. the Constitutional
Amendment is of course the issue
around which the fight will be waged.
Senator Pritchard. in his aRti-Amend-
ment letter. soon after adjournment OF
the Legislature. threw down the gaunt-
let and the Republican party could not
now, even if it would, escape the is
sue.
1t is true that the rank and file of
the party consider the fight hopeless,
and many of the more prominent white
Republicans openly declare themselves
in favor of the Amendment; but as Il
rule they regard the issue as joined,
the party as pledged against the Amend
ment and they will fight it, they say.
to the closing of the polls and after
that through the courts.
With the slim chance or success on
ponding backwardness on the part OF
proposed candidates, and 1t now looks
as if the Republican convention will
have trouble in even drafting a leader.
OF the four candidates so far mention
ed for Governor--Pritchard, Pearson,
Walser and Henry Dockery-only one,
Pritchard, is seriously considered; but
it is certain that he does not want SO
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will find some other shoulders to bear
it.
With the Democrats exactly an oppo-
site condition Of affairs prevails The
election for State officers comes Off
in August, three months before the
national election and along with the
vote on the Constitutional Amendment
This makes a nomination equivalent to
an election and ENSURES plenty OF anx-
iols candidates and pretty ante-con-
vention fight Already good men" are
"being mentioned" by their friends"
for the various State offices.
For United States Senator one hears
the following persons discussed: Gov
ernor Jarvis, Col. Julian S. Carr, Col.
A. NJ. Waddell. +. NJ. Simmons, Judge
Brown, r. 3. Glenn, Frank I. Osborne.
NJ. III. Justice, John s. Cunningham.
For Secretary of State: Dan Hugh
Mclean, Charles NJ. Cooke.
For State Treasurer: s. A. Ashe,
Ashley Horne, Herbert w. Jackson.
For Attorney General: Robert l..
Gilmer, Francis ID. Winston, James III.
Pou.
All these, and yet it is nearly year
until the nominating convention will
be held and more than year till the
election. From this it can be seen that
the next State convention will be
fine one and some pretty politics will
be played.
A significant fact is the mention of the
Western candidates for Senator-to
succeed Senator Butler. 1t shows that
the West is not inclined TO await the
expiration of Senator Pritchard's
term to put in it's claim. The weight of
opinion, though, is that an Eastern
man will succeed Butler and Western
man will succeed Pritchard.
AS to the Populists-such Of them
as there are-they are completely at sea
hunting for standing room somewhere
between the other two parties. No
body knows how many OF them there
are. A State official who has been
prominent in the Populist councils says
there are not less than 10000 straight
POpulists in the State and as many
more with Popuhstic ieanings. Their
policy in the next campaigns, he thinks,
will be to nominate straight middle
of-the-road ticket, denounce the State
administration of both the old par
ties, favor expansion, oppose trusts,
advocate free silver and government
ownership As to the Constitutional
Amendment, the voter will be left free
to vote as he thinks proper A ma
jority of them, he thinks, will vote for
it. On this platform he expects DR.
Cyrus Thompson to be nominated for
Governor