The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-10
THE COUNTIES ORGANIZE
Pritchard Has Made Party q Personal
Machine and All Bow to Him.
]. A. NICHOLS TELLS OF THE FIGHT
The *. Congressman Says That Republicans
Are Tired Of The Appointment Of
Populists and Gold Bugs
TO Office.

That there is split in the Republican
party in North Carolina is now we'll
known. and the fight is on between SEN
atof Pritchard and the doodles on the one
hand and the Independent element on the
other hand. for the mastery.
The opposition to the Pritchard dicta-
torship,is now organizing and the fight
afor~the control of the party leadership
will be active from now until the date Of
the next Republican State convention.
Ex-Congressman John Nichols, who
held office under the Harrison admins
tration and who is a United States Gem
missioner, is one of the independents
who has declared against the fritchard
machine. Mr.. Nichols is in the fight
against Pritchard and the doodle ele-
ment that has charge o. the Republican
machinery in the State. In converse
ton with representative OF the News
and Observer Col Nichols said Jester
day:
ut has been we'll known here for
some time that a bitter fight is reing
made on Senator Pritchard in the west
ern district partly open. bur the nest
dangerous, is conducted in secret by
pretended and professed friends of the
Senator. At the recent conference at
Greensboro three of he loudest and most
felicitous speakers who urged Senator
Pritchard to retain the Craftsmanship Of
the committee, is known each to have a
knife up his sleeve for the Senator s
scalp. There was method in their ac-
ton. Then there was Hon. Thos. Settle
who has not forgotten his Unjust a,!,l
harsh treatment in the Fifth district by
order of Pritchard and his man Friday.
Congressman Blackburn does not hesitate
to speak of the bad faith shown him ard
the weak support given IN the last cam
paign by the party which colld be con
trolled by Pritchard and still fccls sore.
Even now he has to appeal for recognition
in the appointments Of his own district
and his candidate is frequently turned
down to make way for personal APP
pointment Ivy the Senator.
"Only recently Sci Pritchard wired
for Moody and Skinner TO meet him IL
Washington to confer upon the appoint
ment Of Judge Fuller's successor, and to
urge the appointment of the Duke of
Richmond to foreign country. Black
burn and all the Othe: Republicans of TIE
west and east were ignored. Eastern
Republicans have not forgotten the Sc
lection of of Mr.. Pearson as u Senatorial
candidate by the last Legislature under
orders from pritohari. At Lexington.
Notwithstanding his protested loyalty to
the Senator, there is another cussing mad
young, ambitious, active Republican.
with knife up his sleeve for the Sena-
tor because because for the last four
years all the best appointments Of his
district have been filled by the Sena-
tors personal friends and kinsmen, sent
over from the Ninth district. At Win
ston, there is Charley Reynolds, Mr. Lem
ly, Marsh Mott and others, ready to join
the fight against the Pritchard wing OF
the party, all of them to be sure. for
different reasons and on different lines.
but all united in that one thought and
purpose. At Greensboro there is Judge
Boyd, Judge Adams, Tyre Glenn, FranF
Ray Haskins and others opposing the
Pritchard machine. One Of them at least
would not mind becoming the head of the
party in the State when Pritchard goes
down in the fight.
cat Statesville the other day there was
held an nti-Pritchard conference, at
which Settle. Linney, Mott and others
joined grievances, buried differences and
agreed to fight together against Pritch-
ard and his machine.
eve have asked several prominent
western Republicans what was the cause
Of all this opposition to Pritchard, and
the invariable answer of all of them was
in substance that the Senator had made
the parity his personal machine and
every abpOintee had been made to feel
and know mis- personal debt to Pritchard
and to DO his personal bidding without
murmur lpr protest, regardless of the par
tvs best interest or the wishes Of the
local Leaders. If an appointee dared to
express an opinion or suggest nlaps for
the good lof the party different from the
mandates Of the machine, he is MA ked
man from that hour for the gui,lo: lie.
This is doubtless the reason why when