Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-07
ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA
WHAT MR.. JOsEPHUs DANIELS SAYS
OF THE OUTLOOK.
The State Will Be Democratic for All
Ttme-The SenatOrshfp
Contest.

Mr. Josephus Daniels, member of the
democratic national committee for the state
of North Carolina, and one of the best
known southern politicians, is in the city
today
THE political situation in North Caro-
lima is all that the democrats can desire" "
said Mr.. Daniels. The reports that have
been sent out of large defections to Nc
Kinley have little foundation. l have made
careful investigation throughout the state
and have found but five men among the
manufacturers and business element who
voted for Bryan in 1896 who will not vote
for him this year. On the other hand l
personally know a hundred influential
bankers and manufacturers and business
men who voted against Bryan in 1896 who
are now giving him their enthusiastic sup
port.
Manufacturers Want Protection.
"Since Harrison's candidacy there have
been a small number of prosperous manu-
facturers who are protectionists and who
vote the republican national ticket. This
number was increased in 1885, but the re-
suits show that in that year Bryan carried
every manufacturing county in the state,
with one exception He will do better this
year than he did then. Since 1896 the pop
ulist party has almost disappeared in the
state. In 1893 most of them who had orig
inally been democrats returned to that par
ty, and this year most of the remainder
supported the democratic state ticket and
the constitutional amendment. Senator
Buffers position in the state, which is
virtually advocating that the populists stay
al home on election day, will have no in
fluence the result As political fac
tor he has been completely eliminated. The
few remaining populists who are not really
republicans will vote for Bryan and Ste
yenSon
"One Mckinley populist club has been
organized in the state with forty members
The members of that club are not populists,
but are republicans and merely call them
selves populists because they hope thereby
to help the republicans better than II they
sailed under their true colors."
Elimination of the Negro Vote.
How will the elimination Of the negro
vote affect the republican party?" Mr.. Dan
iels asked.
North Carolina viii be a democratic
men in the state nine of them are demo-
Gratis. and seven of them are democrats
because they believe In democratic princi-
pies, and the race issue had nothing to do
with their political convictions. North Car
olina is perhaps the most democratic state
in the tnion and the elimination of the
negro vote will result in the virtual wiping
political organization, except in the two
mountain districts. where both parties are
nearly evenly divided, and even in those
districts. when the ignorant negro vote is
eliminated, the democrats will have a safe
majority
The experience of every other southern
state will be duplicated in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Louisiana. 1t will not
result in the upbuiding of strong repub-
lican party. On the contrary, in each of
those states the republican party has gone
into innocuous desuetude."
The SenatOrxhip Contest.
"Who will get the United States senator
shiD2
THE last state convention submitted the
question of the selection of United States
senator to succeed Butler to a primary of
the democratic voters, to be held on the
same day the nreSidential election