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T-The Xorth Carolina I i«'(’i:,1|y Senatorship. i'Vi'rlsr.There has been an unusual interest manifested in the election of jl’nited States Senator in North j Carolina this winter. The Nonconformist, not wishing to express an opinion until fully informed inthe premises, has until now “keptstill and sawed wood. We have teen pained to see populists divided m that state, and it gives us much uneasiness to see a gold-republican elected by populist votes, that is, by men who wore elected as populists. If we have a correct understanding now of the situation, it is as follows:Two years ago the populists mid oii the republicans ftised on a stateand legislative ticket with the understanding that the populists should have the long term senatorship and the republicans the short term. The fusion ticket won, and the agreement was carried out to the letter. Mr. Butler was made senator for the full term, and Mr. Prichard was elected for the short term. At that time Mr. Prichard was a silver man and made tho fight in that way. He has served the short term and was a candidate for rc-election. In this campaign he saw fit to go back on his former position and stand with McKinley gold hugs. Mr. Butler, therefore, opposed bis re-election to the sena-torshin. The populists had votes enough to control the situation, hut seventeen of them under the leadership of Harry Skinner, bolted the caucus and supported Mr. Pritchard, who was elected by their votes. Mr. Butler has for years teen an acknowledged leader in North Carolina. Last year at St. Louis, he and Mr. Skinner worked together in forcing the convention to nominate vice presidential candidate first. Here Mr. Skinner displayed some talent for leadership. It seems to have necessitated an increase in the length of his bat-hand.He was re-elected to congress at the recent election, and this calls for another size larger hat. It seems to bo tho opinion in that state that ho wanted to go to the senate himself and gathered a hand of populist assembly members about him, whom he could control, and not being able to gain the desired prize, no turned it over to the enemy instead of magnanimously submitting to the rule of the majority of the party. Mr. Skinner has done much good for the party, hut has made a grave mistake this time. If we may judge by the tone of tho populist press of the state (and we get all or mostly all of them on exchange) they arc a unit in denouncing this action of 11 Mr. Skinner. Tho populist cau-tFcus has promptly expelled from its membership all tho seventeen members who voted for a gold-lmg senator. In this respect* the populists have shown themselves more loyal to principle than either republicans or democrats, who not only fellowship with, but promote to leadership, men who opposed the principles of their party, (for instance the vote for Hill, of New York, and Vorhees of Indiana.) The North Carolina papers are filled with resolutions of county and local meetings, concerning the action of Mr. Skinner and his seventeen followers, and support ing Mr. Butler in a light he made for a populist senator.The strangest and most surprising result of the fight, was the announcement that Mr. Watson telegraphed his congratulations to Mr. Skinner, when Mr. Pritchard was elected. This can only be accounted for on the theory that Mr. Watson considered himself mistreated by Mr. Butler in tho campaign last fall, and took this wav of expressing his satisfaction at bis discomfiture. In this action Mr. Watson was unwise. He could have secretly have chuckled over Butler’s defeat without losing the good opinion of many good and true followers in all parts of the country, but when he telegraphs “congratulations,” at the election of a gold bug over a populist, ho has shaken the faith of two million |oople in him as abroad-minded statesman, unil caused them to suspect that his personal feelings are too strong to makehim a trusted leader. ‘We hopeyet to hear a denial of the reported telegram of congratulations for otw respect of air. Watson has always been so high as to make us loth to believe he would permit hisE'somd feelings to carry awayjudgment to this degree.-Non conformist.in some of the lower where several intelligent gentlemen testify to casting votes at some particular precinct in which the Gazin vole is represented by a “0.In the seven wards of Orleans, which are situated in the 1st C ongressional DistrM, our “friendsand allies” lho Democratic Commissioner^ ably assisted by their“friends and allies” the Republican Commissioners, kindly consented to give Mr. Gazin 110 votes. In regard to the other portions of the District compiising the parishes of St. Bernard and PInqucmino, where several clubs and one or two impromptu meetings were held, at which Mr. Gazin was indorsed, and where he has a large acquaintance and many personal friends, and should have polled some votes, we will try and endeavor to find out something aliout it as soon as tho election returns are received and published.If we take into consideration tho fact that at least four or five hundred votes in tho lower portion of New Orleans were polled for the first candidate of the People’s party, and this in the face of the opposition of Mr. A. B. Booth, who devoted most of bis time stumping the district with tlic Hon.Adolph Meyer, whom he seemed to think he had converted into a Populist, it may te readily seen that the cause of tho People's party is not going backwards, nor tho workers getting discouraged.This committee has teen called upon lately to protest against the advocacy of the anti-Sealpers bill us advocated by Mr. Booth, hut havo declined to take any action, owing to the fact that he does not seem to lo advocating the bill as a “populist” measure, but purely as a personal accommodation to the railroads.That there is considerable discontent ami even political restlessness is evidenced by recent attempts to organize a Socialist party in this city. The Populists will however romain true to their principles and their party, and it seems to te more than probable that regular monthly meetings nmy soon te called and the work of organization carried on so that a straight ticket for delegates to the Constitutional Convention may te putin the field.R. I). WILDE,Chairman, 1st Dist. Committee.J T. Faust, Sec., 1st Dist. Com.^ 15rian' Chairman Peo-pie s Party State Committee, -Natchitoches. La.:rJ?*# Srir: Llb,e te8til»ony in the c«se of Joseph Gazin vs. Adolph ’ be^r» U. S. Commissioner Henry J. Gazin, has lieen «*o-wg along and at times proved to be quite spicy and interesting es-Refer it to Boggs or Snyder.The Shrovcport Caucasian dips tho following from The Sentinel of Washington, 1). C,, without offering any explanation:The Democrats should find out why Cleveland carried Illinois in 1892 by 26,993, Bryan received 38,242 more votes than Cleveland,and yet McKinley's plurality was 142,607.Cleveland carried Indiana by 7,125. Bryan received 43,001 more votes than Cleveland, and yet McKinley carried Indiana by 17,078.Harrison carried Ohio by 1,072. Bryan received 70,708 more votes than Harrison, and yet McKinley carried Ohio by 51,950.Harrison carried Minnesota by 21,903. Bryan received 16,912 more votes than Harrison, and yet McKinley carried Minnesota by 53,768.Cleveland carried Kentucky by 40,020. Bryan received 42,429 more votes than Cleveland, and yet McKinley carried Kentucky by 281.Cleveland carried California by 144. Bryan received 26,473 more votes than Cleveland, and yet McKinley carried California by 1,822.These figures are astonishing. They arc unnatural, and tho source of that Republican increase should be discovered, or else it will not te worth while for Democrats to enter into another national election.We are surprised that Bro. Gros-joan can not explain a little abnormal voting for which his parish is so famous. We therefore move to refer it to Boggs of Bossier, or Snyder of Tensas*List of JurorsDrawn to serve at the regularMarch Court;term of 10th DistrictNo.WARD.1William J. Cockficld92J. H. Ballard53T. H. Brown,64Pierce McClendon,75C. I. Ware,1K6Frank Hyde,61117Van Buren Freeman,4K8Wallace Rachal,10»Mi9W. S. Morgan,2U10H. H. Osborn,511Jno. T. O’Quin,112W. L. A. Monroe,213A. J. Pierce,2•fl14Jetf Rachal,2n15L. J. Perot.1
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The Louisiana Populist
Natchitoches, Louisiana, US
Fri, Feb 19, 1897
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