The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-25
POPS. WILL SUPPORT HIM
Walser Acknowledges the Ticket
Been Monkeyed With.
HOLTON'S FRIEND SAYS ADAMS IS OFF
And Tells About the Agreement to Run Him
For Congress in The Fifth District.
Straight Populst and Radical Ticket
Also Being Printed.


is of such long standing that it may be
said to have reached the chronic stage
Having been ruled off the track in the
race for Governor, having stood by and
seen the Hon. Jeems Boyd scoop in that
coveted Federal judgeship, not satisfied
with the threshing Kitchin gave him two
years ago, he has decided to try again
for Congressional honors in the Fifth
district. He doesn't have any large,
bounding hope of winning out, of course,
but a small thing like that doesn't deter
Spencer. He's bound to be running as
long as there's as office to run for. So
he'll chase a term in Congress in the
Fifth as soon as the August election is
over.
That said a Republican who is close
to Holton and in his confidence, was
the understanding with which Adams
came off the State ticket. That he has
done so there is not the shadow of a
doubt, though they are trying to keep
the fact a secret even from their own
people, knowing that many of them will
kick out of harness on account of it.Adams
will continue the canvass for the pres
ent and Butler and Holton will swear
there is no Fusion ticket agreed upon, but
there is as these two ticket traders well
know, and as Carl Duncan Henry Dock
cry, Claude Bernard and Zeb Vance Wal
ser likewise know.
"'The ticket printed in the News and OBJ
server is correct. Adams is out of it
for Governor, and he will be nominated
for Congress in the Fifth district"
In dispatch to the Charlotte Obser-
yer from Lexington, Attorney General
Walser is quoted as telling his intimate
friends that Fusion on the State ticket
is arranged, but he denies that Adams
is taken down as the nominee for Gov
ernor. The dispatch adds: "He said
that those on the Republican ticket for
the present Republican State offices re-
manned and the Populist candidates for
the Offices now filed by Populists re-.
manned, and all the others were taken
down" -3' a.f
II Mr.. Walser told his friend this he
was giving him "a hot jolly"
Does he deny that DR.. Abner Alexan-
der (Rep.), was traded off for ]. NJ
Mewborne (Pop.), for Commissioners Of
Agriculture? Does he deny that Josh
Franks (Rep.), was traded off for A. S.,
Peace (Pop), for Corporation Commits
sioner? Does he deny that l.. L. With
erspoon (Pop.), was traded off for j. W.
Bowman (Rep.), as judge of the Tenth
district? Does he deny that Mccall, the
regular nominee of the Republican party
for Judge of the Western Criminal Court
was traded off for Joe Alexander, the
ex-private secretary of Gov. Russell and
now Holton's law partner?
This don't look as if 'tall the others
were taken down."
Never in the history of North Carolina
has there been so much juggling with
tickets-so much secrecy and dark Ian
tern work-as has been going on here dur
ing the past two weeks between Holton
and Butler and their dark allies, 'tas
Senator Ransom calls them.
Two weeks ago they met and decided
to run Adams for Governor and Thomp-
son for Secretary of State on the Fusion
ticket
The News and Observer printed the
fact and a mighty howl of protest went
up from the Populists all over the land.
To stop the clamor Butler and Holton
and 'their dark allies" to a man de-
MED that the News and Observer had
printed the truth, and straightway they
held another caucus.
In the meantime Adams had been seen
and promised the nomination for Congress
in the Fifth district and all the backing
the Republican and Populist parties can
command to compass his election, if only
he would come down. He agreed to
I leave the perch
So the ticket was made out on Thursday
night, July 10th, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, in Buffers room at the
Marlborough. On that ticket, Thompson's
name leads all the rest, and Joe Alex
anders name is at the tail end. Butler
was directed to have this ticket printed at
once.
The News and Observer printed the
ticket. The Populists were pleased the
Republicans were mad.
What is the result? We find the Re-
publican leaders in the West swearing
till they are blue in the face that
Adams is still on the ticket, while in the
East Populist orators grow eloquent hop
ing their tongues may cleaye to the roof
of their mouths and their right arms be
palsied if they stand by and see DR..
/. Thompson's name. hauled down from the
head of the ticket.
Zeb Vance Walser tells a newspaper
man it's Adams, while exzCongressman
Fowler tells one it's Thompson Who
is to be believed? as ss
Week before last it WAS Adams.
Last weektit was THOMPSON.
Yesterday it was BOTH. During the
morning Hal Aver went. to a printing Of
flee in this city and ordered straight
Populist ticket printed. Half an hour
later Holton appeared and ordered &
straight Republican ticket printed.
Now which one of these tickets will
be offered to the people to be voted
Butler and Holton deny that there ha!
been fusion on the ticket. Walser say:
they have fused and gives out such
ticket as he thinks will please the Ike