The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-09
ALARM SOUNDED
IN RADICAL CAMP
Conference Called at Green's
boro Saturday.
IOGF IN VERY HIGH GIEF
l.OGE IN VERY HIGH GLEE
Believes Roosevelt Will Appoint Nc.
Laurinites to Offices.
PRESENTATIONS OR sCALPs" HE SAYS
That is What loge Told Republican Office
Holders Yesterday in Emphatic Style.
Says Senator Rawey Has Seen
President About N. c.

Loge Harris, daddy of fusion and
sponsor for McLaurinism in North
Carolina, is in high glee.
The appointment Of Ex-Governor
Jones, of Alabama, to district Judge
ship and Blalock the South Carolina
McLaurinite to be Internal Collector OF
Revenue by President Roosevelt, is
considered by Loge to be a solar plexus
blow to the old line and Federal office
holding Radicals in this State.
1T is the hand writing on the WALL"
Loge declared yesterday ''and it means
that President Roosevelt is going to re-
cognize the gold Democrats who are on
ly waiting an opportunity to join the
Republican party
There is alarm in the Republican Of
ce-holding camp, and conference has
been called at Greensboro Saturday.
Senator Pritchard will be present, SO
will Steptoe Holton, the chairman of the
Republican State Committee, and few
more Of the favorites, who have close
connection with Pritchard's megaphone.
Collector Carl Duncan and Postmaster
Bailey, OF Raleigh, are among the invlt-
ed. Up to the hour of going to press
neither Loge Harris Or Claude Bernard
had been favored with invitations. All
the office holders who stand grass hop
per high will be on hand 1t will be
strictly meeting of the pie brigade.
The distribution of the Federal pat
ronage is the immediate object of the
Greensboro meeting. 1t was stated yes
terday that a surrender will be made of
at least two good berths for the Nc
Laurin crowd, hoping that this will sat
isfy Loge, the sponsor of the Com
mercial Democrats" and those for
whom he is speaking.
It'll have designations or scalps,"
said Loge with his picturesque gloved
hand pointing at Maj. Grant, Postmaster
Bailey and other radical office holders,
who We're giving close heed to LOge's
melodious song of McLaurinism. Loge
is man of visions and he feels that he
has scored heavily in his scheme to have
the quasi Republicans, posing as gold
Democrats, put in charge of the Federal
pie counter in North Carolina. And he
swears that if the members of the Re-
publican State Executive Committee,
who hold Federal offices, do not shortly
chase in their designations he will have
their official scalps dangling at his belt.
President Roosevelt has been inform
ed as to the conditions in North Caro-
lina," said Loge to Grant, Abbott and the
rest, who had their ears close down to
the earth. mo less a person than Sena-
tor Hawley, of Connecticut, went to the
President last week for this purpose.
Senator Hawley who is native of
Richmond county, this State, knows
more about the situation here than you
would suppose. He carried a letter to
the President written by a North Caro-
lnian who knew Mr. Roosevelt init
mately when he was candidate for
mayor and governor of New York. This
letter gave him an insight unto the po-
litical situation in North Carolina. 1t
informed him plainly that there was no
hope for the Republican party in the
State with the old time Radicals in con-
troll and endorsed my plan for turning
the party over to the gold crowd"
All Of this makes powerful interesting
reading and Loge says he is not talk
ing through his stove pipe. This close
corporation Of office holders should
cease" the God of war went on to
say. land give those who are knocking
for admission a chance to enter the Re-
publican ranks. If Pritchard had as
much sense as mustard seed he would
see this. Pritchard's action defeated us
in 98, when we had every office in the
entire State says one-a Supreme Court
Judgeship. His course now is not get
ting man in the party, though there
are plenty waiting for the opportunity"
.I4oge, who is recognized as the daddy
OF fusion, has entered full-fiedged in the
arena as the daddy of McLaurinisrn. If
Loge thought fusion good enough to
reach the fat offices of the land in 1894,
why shouldn't McLaurinism be good
enough for the same purpose in 1901?
There is nothing in store for Loge since
Russell has been turned out to pasture.
He is just where he was in 1892, when
he first daddied fusion. Who would say
nay to Loge in his new role.
Senator Pritchard will be in Raleigh
Sunday and Monday. He goes from here
to Louisburg, where he is scheduled to
speak Tuesday. There are handful of
McLaurinites there. to whom Pritchard
will give the glad hand as Republicans
in good standing.