The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-08
NORTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN.
Pritchard Has No Hope of Being Able to Carry
the State.
washington Post.)

Senator Prtchard, of North Carolina,
who is stopping in Washington for few
days, visited Representative Loudensla
ger at Republican headquarters in the
Normandie yesterday He has been in
Indiana, where he addressed the Afro
american Council at its recent meeting,
and also dn New York. At the invitation
of the State central committee of Ohio
he is soon to make several Republican
speeches there after which, for time,
he will be at the disposal of the national
committee Early in October he will re-
turn to North Carolina to take up the
Presidential campaign in that State.
Since the resignation of State Chairman
Holton Senator Pritchard has been re-
quested by number of prominent bust
ness men in North Carolina to manage
the contest on the part of the Tar Heel
Republicans.
ct might not be in good grace for me
now to predict a Republican victory in
North Carolina in November said Sen
ator Pritchard," but there are many Dem
ocrats in the State who would like to
vote for Mckinley. l shall take hold
to do the best can, and I am confident
that we can materially reduce the Demo-
cratic majority. There is such strong
sentiment for protection and for the adj
ministration that it is not beyond all pos
sibility that North Carolina should give
q Republican majority"
What impression did you gain Of the
campaign in Indiana?" the Senator was
asked
81 talked with the men who are manag
ing the campaign there" he answered.
"They told me something of the cond
tfons, from which l am able to say that
they have full faith in the ability of the
Republicans to carry the State. The poll
of Indiana, reported to show Democratic
majority, is not worrying the Republican
leaders in the least. 1t was not con-
elusive count
HOLTON IS MORE HOPEFUL.
A. f. Holton, of North Carolina. United
States district attorney and until few
days ago chairman of the North Carolina
Republican State Executive Committee, is
in the city, in company with Senator
Pritchard who succeeded him as State
chairman, and is a guest at the National
Hotel AS chairman of the State COM
mittee Mr. Holton was in charge Of the
campaign made by the Republicans last
lnOnln TO prevent the dUOpIlOu VI Iue COn-
stftutional amendment DISTINGUISHING the
negroes. He only resigned the chairman
ship because the duties of his office made
it impossible for him to give the campaign
the time necessary.
ST was opposed to the adoption of the
DISTINGUISHING amendment" said Mr.. Hol-
ton last night to a Post reporter, be
cause believed it was morally wrong and
in violation of the fifteenth amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
Looked at from the standpoint OF party
expediency, however, l do not believe the
Republicans will, in the long run, be in
jured by the adoption of the amendment
Even without the negro vote North Caro-
lima is naturally a Republican State. The
business men and the farmers, to a large
degree believe in the policies of the Re
publican party, but they have refrained
from voting the Republican ticket because
of race prejudice against affiiating with
the negro. With the stigma OF negro
politics removed from Republicanism
these men will come over to the Repub-
lican party by the thousands, and even
tually a majority of the white voters in
North Carolina will be Republican.
"If we could have fair count in North
Carolina next November" declared Mr..