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itattom (Chatham Qecovd. RATES (EljQlljata Hrfcri. II. A.. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROI'ltlETOIt ADVERTISING One square, one insertion - $1.0 ) One square, two insertions J 1.10 One square, one month .t0 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strict! in Advance. VOL. XXII. ITITSBOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, X. C THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1000. NO. : For larger advertisements liberal eon. tracts will be made. She f. i. mm Before the Recent Democratic State Convention at Raleigh, WHITE SUPREMACY IS THE SLOGAN - VI Trie I'd sent Campaign - A Vigorous Presentation of Pacta That All N,r.h Carolinians Should Read. The full text . f Mr. Simmons' speech follows: lienilcmrn of the Convention: This convention is assembled by or der of your fxeiutive 1 1 i:uu i 1 1 I : bf purpi-so of nominating ia :uliiat - r Snip olllces ami for the traa-a. -jtion of such i.tlii-r business as mi he pro-ontod fir its consideration. a'-uH fif the roll ( f , uijti.'. dlsrlo..os a fact liever before, m far as I can reiuembur. irsc-:iteit in a )i nm. rane Slat.- coa- .vontron. u js U. t , ;( ,.u,Vy Jounty in North Carolina is (-"present-ed by duly a iv re lite I delegates, an-! no fontest from any canity. Tlio r. nrc-ntii a is then fete ready to proceed to perfect Its temporary' o Kiiiitr.aiion. It is my duty, as chairman uf your executive c.-muoUloe. to name tho temporary !:-.-i ii i ctllci r of tin. convention. Hut In-fore thing tl.at 1 wish, with your poi mi -.sion, to sttbnii' some general ohsorvati .as eoucertiing mat tors of party policy, party work, party aehipveiitcn's since the last c :i- volition. When your oxo'tittie i :. inlttce nut !n tin." iity da tin. lit.i nf Inst I', .vnil i-r fur hlmiiu then an liou:'.oel ami wi-U liuilotytuiil. a:. I which ilit iv foic mod i,.. l rep, aii 1 now. after duo ; ousidoi a I ien of tt po! itioal c 'iidilh.us then existing iti th" State, tlooiue.l that eamp:ig;i in favor of tho nine:id;ne:i! should at on,e Opemd. anil din -1 , 1 ui" yon. . hoi.' man to open th campaign and p:ose cuto it without inl-'.-ru pt i ;ii mini the mooting ,f tills conventi ui. Kron; thai day ta this 1 h iv;- kiv.-i nu- in lixid ial ettention an ! time to t ais ' .:!;. .-l-ing under tais ,vihi":m..i ,, ' ;; mltteo tho wo! k i;f boon persist. 'inly p: . ; .:; . ,,. . count y. Cnat vo'm. diyoussliig and oxplai.. '.; .. .... . . moi'.t aiai Kortnatio yti! . t. . . Reattered l.nia. least 'i- ..- t" Kta!o. The press ,,f tile Htate. ,nh daily anil w. ekly, with. ml a .-iucle sd itary exception, has ca-.-perato l ia his v,.rl; w ith your omniiitt . it is leu just to say w.th a deKi-, e ,.f zeil and onthllsiasin and helpf ulni ; ;;ev. be fore excelled and seld-mi e.ir eij:a!.'d In the history nf canipa.icii:!, ia ihe Statr. 'I'ln-re has luin siaie p,i,;c KpoakillB. llilt there has beea t;.) f,-- l.ir and sy.-teniaiic at',. nipt at "st'imp in'." A a result of these iv.mt'in.-d offorts I am glad t b.- aide i , ri cn to you that in every county i f the fi'tato, with po-.-iMy ,ne i.r tv.a ex i-epilons. .ti' erfinnizatUin Is in a .-,;a'e if iinusiial exce. ii.-.. an ( i, t., , Tho people have generally he. a broUKlit to a i-KiTec; uiidi rr:aii!iii.i! (': tho objects aia! 'iu ..i.-. s if Tie l.,;--fslature in submitting; tin- am--ii'i im-nt . and what will be its effect when rati fied upon tho lights f f.;e individual citizen and the general welfare i f tin State. 1 do nm mean to say that the influence of the f aU .o id ,,iid laisiep- I re.-entatii n , which h ive been pvoinul jriitod by tho opponents of tae am: ad Jiiont havo been altogethor overcome, but do mean ta say that t'ao leavin . f truth nnd of fact which has thus be. -a put in nioti ,:i is rapidly leaveaiai; the whole loaf, and tlio re nly aad h. arty resp.mse nf tlie pe.;p!e . the work al ready been d uie ties aliun.lant and t-atisfactory iissuraiue. ihat w'.ien tin work which is y.. to be d.iae by fae press, tho candidal, s . f this n avch tioa. caiiiihlale; of the Ht.te ami Sen a. torial convention-!, our White Suprem iicy Clubs, the coimniitees and the b -Kions of individual workers t!ir- ic!i out the State before the elecii.a; liiei-.-will ho such e:miii(? tni;ether of the white pooplo uf the State in faor ,.f tho amendment as has never before ta ken place in favor .:f any measure sub- . Itlit toil to the people; anil on the day (if tho election the white pooplo of the State, irrespective nf party, will rail up a majority in favor of while su- ' premacy. and the candidates ti.imiiiated I by this convention which will be r.iis.i. lately cru-hing to the advocate; of i.e gi rule nnd negro suffrage. Wheu your la t State convention met in this city two ears ago every de partment of the State government was in tho hands of the fushmists. Not loss than one thousan I negroes were iholdine public olllces in North Caro lina. Tlio then m..st influential no a In the Republican party tlio recogniz ed leader of tlie K'o.oiiti negro voter, that bright particular star in the Ui -publican lb mainent, the negro Con gressman (leorgo H. White, wai deti antlf inviting the race issue and Inso lently declaring that, tho ncgrucs iu North Parol iua did not hold as many offices a they were entitled to hoi i. and demanding in their name thai the. be given more olllces Chan they held We accepted tills issue; upon ii we went to tho people, and they declared that negro rule in NortU Carolina must and should cease, gml negro otliee holding should stop. Neuro rule in North Carolina has practically stop- . pod. There are still some negro mag- Istrate here and there In tlio eastern part of the State, elected by the fusion- j Ists. whoso terms have not expired, but ( thank C5oJ nr not doing any business now. There are still same negro post masters holding office in KastemNoi th Carolina, the appointees of I'rilchard and White, but them are not so many as there once was; many of them have heon sent to tho penitentiary for co,-- : mptlon in otrho. As a result of the election of white supremacy has been restored. I Hid we now have white supremacy in the State. If the white pooplo of the State would always ttand t -gothrr and veto together as they did in !)( wo would always have white Eiiprema y ; the isity ,-r a .o-s,:,,,!,,-,. : 81 t'li"ti.!im but th" white people ; WTU, n..t always stand tog. t her and x '-' tcgetlicr as t.hoy di,i in isps, am! !".?',, S'T. ' vllil su"-'ni:ie.v. , ' .' ...Miiu unuivB si:i:ni I : ion ii"r and vote t sother "r,s thev ill,... i did up, a all public oiiestlonB, without , niiy roierenco to differences in opin ion !!d intere.-(. that ill It.olf woull ae : :i bad and uadesirablo o diti .n. both , t i the individual and to the Slate, be. "-Use 111,..,. P.m J,,. , J,,.,!; ,;., morally, intellectually or m.itorialiv wlnlo the mind is Cjt free to ac- a.i jo Ipmenl ,.,nd ,-ans, ience directs. , the pin ji.-so of n siorim; white .-unrein-;"'.v nal.it:- it necessary that . white a., n ... ci. always vote U.L'eih-r nnd act oceU.er with .nt referf nr.. to tho impulse ,,f heart and dictates of ! Hie lus-t I.rs::d:.t.ire. n prc ei, i mm: the whi;,. ma' . od ard while wo rn ;ts1j. od of t!i S ato. submitted th, c: s. national ane ndm. at. This :i'i:i in'iiient emi-o iii s our plan f r cs- j tiibh hii.i; white supremacy upon a pelmatic..; basis and at the suv.e iimo fn-eiim the i.;ij,d and c nsi ieiu e of ihe Whit,- !,,;;,. -J l,,, w.y ( . lljt,u , l'i'. object can be r.i, j ;,, one .-em. a.,.; it ,j :cs it by dl.-na'a- i.s itur :.-e i.'ii,a-aiit i;e;ro with ill .1 ! a achisinu the i'ii,.u,-ated white mm. 'Ibis dls.-rimiiiatioti acain-t the isi ac-- i'lit n-m-o ia fax. if of ihe utiol wa:.e man we mair.ri!:i i. n.t vl l.i' in; eitiisi- the ftainte nr n;,;r,d i iw. ' 1 ' ' 11 is teu a li.'scrtn.itintio:) ,..i ,e -''" .nt .! "i.ue. c nr i pro i. m.., ciiti 'l;!:,n." h it ,,a aeiount of w.-ll recu,- ' s: .-i.tial ilttfei. ii,-. s in riora! and iii!.jecual attribalcs ol tie- two r.ie. s. i Ihe I 'i ill. or,' lie I'.nriy sflyn. as a re iilt i' ' .i a H i il. that ihe i-norant --'io is a i hi to v.de and is n,,t entit:, d I to i.te. bcoau.e he noisier seeks to isriit.'i s.aml uie- is he capable f un'er. s:a itdisiK baliot. obJiM t and effi Dcni.-.erat'e n i ct of ll; e.onu. i ae oppnner.U ;f the atuenumeat do u.-t t iko into ticoouni this cf.-ciitial difference between til lines. -Ihore js a distinction between tlie ign -.rant uian and an un-'ducai." 1 matt, not a fanciful or th -oroiii ;il di.--tii tion. but a te , Hying di-.tlacth.n. and in tiilr; distinction is found 'he fou: d ui. ti prim i.. s of our an.e:., ni'.at. The uneducated white man of No: :h Ca oli'ia. although ho h is no b 1. ie.'irniiig. i, selii.. :i evei iin i-nor-.at:! man: he is grneraily w.-ll Iniorin od: h" is generally well -i . ; ho cannot :' a-i t he newspaper.-, bat he can lorsiaed lb in when be boars thi :u n. f b" abln 'o ili.-cuss nice and t I' i.T. but ho m w'aon h-' hear llnue d: 1 as understands ii dl: . ti-.-cd. II, c i- ;i Man i..; indepe i glil and indeo.-ii lei-.ce of eeks to unilei -'.in I and del:.- of th, ai :i 11. I Ie is capable of u!!ile:staadi:n; tie- . f i of public iptisti.-ns urn: him ;,nd im. re-1.-. lie loy s his t i'i,..i .- h.iiuo an t his c .uiitry, rMid ! e.iu I'm - Iho e before he cast ; hi- vol si oka diligently to umh isiaml its elTcct up a family, homo an I c ualry; he not only acoks to un.iei .-land, but he lias the capacity of ua':er.-tandilc; its eft'", t upon iln.se sail i I interest-, i he ur.e iueatid white nu n if N'oi-ii Carolina are go:.l citizens in pci.-o ami spi.-ndid s.d.lii rs la war. Tin lined i i.iicd white nu n f North faioliini ate iV cendid from a race who. heiVr.. ihe art . t reading and writing wis known. I bad i -,t tldlslu A an orderly system (:f i go. eminent, the basis ( f tin system under w h h we now live and tl." envy of the w- rid. Th" linodacal. d w hile men of N'Ut'i Caralina at" deurerde.l from a race who. before th-ir pi "i-.lesi i iiiof e ,nbl re i 1 or write had produced . a. iters, s: :tesn:.n ami warrior; w!n.-o name nnd fame live in histirv ci,:, ' this day. The iinedm-ated white men 'of N ,rth Car.dina are df -ceiide, froul :i race which is today Uie domimititi , power in the world: the world s great , oivllizor. tho world's great Carlsihin ; izcf: a race of S ate builders and Stan; construct irs; the fear of the oppres sors, and the hope of the oppressed throughout tho earth. The white men of North Carolina are do a ende i fnen a race which t:ol only here, but else when-, nut only loday. hut at all times ia their history, have shawn their c -paeity for the ballot and government in th'-ir uneducated as well as iu their i dmati d e ml ii ion. On the other hand ihe uneducated negro is nearly always an ignorant man. dull, heavy, without opinions, without convictions, with but little Judgment and scarcely any independence. Here some one in the audience said. "And ho has no conscience." Mr. Sim la ms stopped, ami turning in th" di rection of tli" iinerriipter. said with -ol mnity and with much i'u unless, I laiiuat say tli.U and I will not sr. that." Then proceoiing. he said: H-. has couwmratlvcly no love of famih. homo or country, and because ho care-, little far those he is Indifferent as tothe effect of his vote up m thorn, and there fore neither seeks to learn nor h.is the capacity of understanding its etfe. t j iipan these interests. He i descended from a rin e the lowest in order of in- j d iligence and moral perception anion the races of men. Sometimes. iud-'"-l. : he attains to a measure of civilization. ' but it is always the result of contact ; with tin- white man. and a.; soon as that contact is withdrawn he rapidly : returns to his original condition cf barbarism. He j; the child man of' ihe aces. Shall we long, r continue, this j vain effort to preserve political equal ity bet worn two peoples nitulo by Cod j so unequal - between this giant of the ! ccnturic.s and this child of tho dat k 'continent? Kor thirty-three years we : have tixr.,1 ourselves in our poverty to have p. ' it. him liUti?.-. 1; is not cur pu. ; t , t .j... fiMtn him any of the r- ri.ii ,,- mivi If-Koa. lhu-ins lhe-o t.iirty tli V. -.i he has alio been all. .wo m uUe s.e'.i of them hue mea.-urabiy pr.-pa'e.i tlioir.:o!v(s for ji io;'sr;;ab'ly int. ifii-eai OXereise of the .-llffl but the i; , .,; muss and duly uf them have rotaaia.-.i isn.iriuii as in th" !. rtlniiliiir. .-.n ! line ou.-ci-ad the ballot fur tbii: own hurt and to t'.ie injury i f tin white men of the State. After this la:..-, and pat ion:, experiment we now pr. p to take ft, -.in this per.-jstoi:! Iv i i coa p-t. nt iaass ihe ballot j;;st as w. would tiike a pi-tol fr -m thy hand a diill for hi own protection and tin prnteoti, n i f I'.c S.ate, Y do rot d; ihls in an :;.T, but in inert y; ve ,i,i nu, ilo it i:i th.e spit it o-f an Mioniy, hut of a frienu; w,. du .,, ,, u ,),, i.ij,,;.. tlco t.o the ,ip;M; we ii) not illUild ;r do injustice to the iio;:v; we nr.. ,, :! lilK itiin-iao to tin' ii. yru: but if v.o cannot do full justice to :ho white p, ,i ,le ;,f N :rfh Caridina rvithou. di;:.; i'lcidf ntally inj is.iie t i the then the lav.' (f the s-irviviil of !! littir-: pin t apply. If it b - inju.-ti.e and we deny that it is t th- ijn.iraat. noiro in take lue bilbu fr mi him, it would "ue a cro "or i i: j ; -1 ' , !,i tie." .vhite men i r North faiolia.i n ! ta do it. The.,. a, , :litv b. I'.Vee.; the black Hill it aid the w lit" Mail. V' U lair.nt .a.l.i thim i.jii.ii wiiheit i,,;!l- i::K l ie 1 whit- !c: down to cannot ie lOj.TO U id t'.e a r pallici: i ii tle --,l (,f tlie 1 I! the I'.e.rro Up i el of lh hit" m i1! i i. V. it he b i 1 illle l...l'l i iWtl to of t he w lii ma .and v. race ; v;.:.ts to H 1 ..vei i f : The Amend moving all p 'I v.i k: ilot.iii upon a pci.a tuaiy. and f... ai :'r. tie at is oar plan for n--o sible d.-.tia. r of fat ui " itition; for t staldishing 'n nt bacis w hi;.- supn -r forcing the white man it he may vote ;js ja-U- tj tto ',: to 1 tic :id OiP n tarns a: pub !'c V. e say it is I, iv. t,ii. v it is .ii. st. and with intiro ooalid. to both in its wis. loin an 1 its jus;h e ;.r its righteoiis:,. ss- rip .. too-usnoss to tl write man without being unjust to i! Uigro- v.e -al -nit it not only to ; white p. opie ,,f the State, irr.-sp, cti oi party, but to the j nlgim-nt and co: science of the world. C.i nti men of th. I i the duty of Cci: 'on vi mion. il convention to ap- ' ' ' '. ..ii,.-. to wiiat In- laocraey has iotk. m m, an. The p; rl: was in Ihe hnr.ds of false hadcis. vvh i bad betrayed its prineipiis; ilo i-e v.a.: doubt a., to v.-'ieti'.-r the N.-itionul Con volition whiih was to meet that .'ai' would adoj.t th" 1 iomio -ratio prtnelple if iumoial!iMn or tl.o Kepi:!dican i - t ri:i" of gold n:ie:o;m ;! v. as i n doubt as to whet! volition would hive the I. ai. Th or tiiat co i oarage in minute straight )etno,v; is for tin p; : iii. in y and i, c-p". si '. -m . That great i luivontioa. the mo t-t p:i .-:,: . the of the ma.-. a s in the !-; t, :y ol' th party, met the :-sue s;.::r.-"ly. ib -pos.-, tin so false bailors, brought th" part., back to its lirst -riri.-ip!. s. and r. p. lished it upon the id. ais of ,lei'i,-: so,i and Jackson. Theio Is now no doue about w hat Hemocraiy ia.-aus. 'I'h ilab'gates which ibis convention sha'i i ppoint when they meet with their associate delegates in Kansas City this year v. iil meet not to iju.irr. I about what 1 1 inoevacy means t,, -,. i, whethi r it wiH be exjc iluut to mci.: nate a straight Democrat for the l resi dency, but to reaffirm the gnat prir liplcs of ihe party i.s they live in the hearts of tlie I ie rr.o: ratio i.n.s . and to ratify the n .niination which has al ready been made be t! people of that great tribune of the pi o;de William Jennings J!t van. 1 bring you a ires-sag.': it is a ins sage of gladness. 1 be':, vo 1 have some little reputation prophesying w ith lie matter o:' ar-oiiably tliot ongh iindei.-tindina : !' the situation After careful nm tnraiion I ani abi - to 1 say to you that the constitutional nnicndinent is safe; that every noad nee i f this convention wiil be elected; and while I cannot venture to speak with certainty about the nsult iu tin nation. 1 can and do say that, the yros pect grows b: ight.r ami brighter day by day: and if I were not afiai-l 01' th" joviaus dirorder whi, h the m.-ntioa ol his name a f.-w- minute:; :u:o cvo!-:ed I would say that there was abundant ; reii-on to believe that William Jen nings Itryan will be w.ur next Presi dent. I did not int, nd to say as much as 1 have said. 1 am no speaker of r 1 speeches. As 1 have proceeded you u.iv encouraged joe to say more th,;li i had 1 oiiteniplat. d faying. L I loive spola 1 too long ) fm are r, spiui..!de for 11. and not 1 II is my duty, as 1 staled ia the cut set, to name your temporary presiding officer. In doing that it is also p.-,-pleas lire to introduce him to yo,:. Winn you ." him you will say he ;; a young man for such a respon-iba-position, lie is imbed young in vein ;. but ho Is mature in jialgini nt. He i a tepresentatlvo type of the young De mocracy of North Carolina, and I , o i d not pay any young man a higher 10:11 p'iiiii nt than to i iiy that. ' II.MPDUAIiV CIIAIKMAN WKltli. Mr. Simmons then auiioiim 1 d that Mr. I'. V. Webb would bo the tempor ary presiding officer of th" convention (ireat Slaughter ill Luzon Province. Manila. Hy Cable.- General Your.'; reports that "on insurgent rillrn.an i'lid bolonn n attai ked the Anicri'.i i garrison at Hat, v. proviine of .Vot.'t 1 locos, yesterday, but wire iep;e e!. losing oi; nu n. 'I he Aio.-i i niai had l.o losses. Captain Do. I I. v.Mi a (iiailron of the Third Cavalry n : n: -ly surrounded a vill i: e iu lb i,g.. province and surprised -jm KiMiptno . living in I. ana, l-.s. npar. -nt iy a i " Tiiiting icntrr for th" ptovin.c Th, natives Toi t men kilbd nnd lliap Hired. The Anu i if ans but nr, tlie nl luge. One Americin w.ss wo nidid. Mhiente his ohl!dio . : cd him In his lif-v 1,1 ity; wo have ndruii equal luitid-d ji s ; MR. PARKER AFTER TliEM. Trylnj to Kerp Th: Populist In Ths Middl-of 111 .Road. JiaioiKh Post. .'o. A. Parker, of I, uis ille. Ky.. sec retary of tho so-cali'd nilddle-of-the- j road wing ...f the p. pulist National Committee, js in the citv, quartered at tlie Carrollton. I Mr. Parker has rotiio here to get a ! line on the North Carolina Populists, whom he desires to see represented at the national convention of the .Middlo-ul'-the-Koaders, which meets in fin cinnati. .Mr. J'arker says that a dob Kiition will go from Notth Carolina t Cincinnati, Senator Uutler tj the con trii'V. Now the middie-i.f-the -r union love Uatler like a prohibitionist take-. to red rye. Mr. Parker pays his i e- sieotg to Senator Itutler iu an inter view with the Po-t: to a reporter Mr. Parker spoke oii':the nr. at revolution in ! --TO, which ; thusiastically of the prospects of th Cincinnati convention which meets o: May '.i;h as a result of the call issue, ' tho anti-fusion members of the tional committee at Lincoln. Ni b 1'cbi nary. i Speaking of the Sioux Kalis c him n tlon Mr. Parker said: "Cndoubhte d'j the Sioux Kills o invention will , - , whatever th" so-called 'ioidciv.' of taa lusbiii pnrty wish it to d . They wii: . Illle that eatuelilioli with the satin- 'tactics tiny employed ;" the m-ei in ( of the national i ommitn : "How is Cat ?" "At a ;i:o. -tins of the n.rional i-ani mitloe tli majority cf the legal votes ' wa re against the fusionists. As so-.n r.s this wa.s deiermined H itler m ide up ( Wi.nt he i ailed a 'lomp a ary rvil' of the eoniniiit,.,., dropping from the roll ar changing thirty-one anti-fusion moinbeis. The pretext for this was that some h id participated in the al leged nominal!, n nf Harlo r and Hon le'.lv at Cincinnati in !vv Hut thi; was a. mere pr. t"Xt. as only two mem bers of the national (iiniiiil pari..--piled in that omv.-tr :-,,::. whoieas Itutler dropped off thirty-uiu- a p:o rceding so unusual, so di-reputable ll'.al it arou.-e 1 tho groan -t iu ligua tioti throughout tho nation iu P p;ili--i circles, and today Hut lei ha- no foi 1 iwers outside of North C.iroilo.i. fave among deputy iiemocrats. P..)oil:si.: (very where are doing like day d. 1 in Georgia, which by ri solution, una-iii-. .. . convention at - i - , . .dialed Butler's . oer. done in In- 11 .da, Miniiesoi:i, I nearly ever-' .- t. Jkmy Stale ...... .oi. ..u.s ate to ta held (hiu week. and with tiie po-sible exception of North Carolina will all ivpudi ite liu: ler's action at Lincoln by .sending ,! I egates to Cincinnati. "The ami fe.si, n Populists nt Lincoln had ".7 b'ga! volt complying ia every respect wiMi the rubs of t he c .mmil tee. Senator Itutl.-r's contingent ha! :i!i out :to leglll Vli'i'-., though they voted a nunibi-i' of men and proxies not. meiii b.'ls of the cointliiHeo for years. "Uutler b ol n i rig.it to make up a 'temporii' y r el f ti:e committee. The committee is c imposed of thice i-iea eleiled by the I'.'P'lii-tS of their sever al State.-, and n., oao h:is a right to re move one ,,f iho-e men except too pe i plo who eleet.-d til ill . Mat Iiutb-r tv iiM'. od, temporarily, at least :!l of til -s members, cte.it. d a majority out of a pronounced minority. disfraiichaa ,1 onipli'tcly t a Populists i f many a t- t i further his political am from Kentucky, an 1 al known (loholisni at i: i ' lane. du Uutler u;-i;.ie .-tat".-, in o scbeuio.s. I have :e.n ; worst, but 111 !. ,1 C.eic "We prop sioiid of n. ltim.-clf. lie 1 onniii:t,-e : ! to Butler thiit if. in fai luring a roll to .-ui: :ld take the roll of l!i" i- -e I up. n by the com mittee itself , it Omaha iu lspv and as given 1. ut by !,i;u on his artlyal at l.in 1 .du to the pr, except where chang ed by Slate coii.eiitb'ns as the inle.i provide, ami would hear all contests iefere a colilUilltee 1 pi eselll ill ; both elements bairl.. . e would abiimlon o.ir ciuiic-tiai; o-uatiiatioti. but Itut ler saw iu this p-i p sii;oa the certain ly of our controlling the commute" and replied b. 'tiring over tho tr.iti-,-o,a,' as :-"e:iut.,r Allen calls i:. such worthy Populists as c-('ongresnuan Howard, of Al. ib. .ma. H n. l-'raiik ltur l:if. of lli.s-i.-sippi. the venoiaide .In"). Si itz. 1 f tlhio. State chiiirtnan A. I.. Jl.nis. of Tonnes -eo. Chairman . W. Kilos, of Arkansas, the three C.eoigin members a til many 1 tlnis. With P.ut b r it was nil" or ruin, and ho allowed nothing to stand between him and suc cess. The result Is that today ho is a b ader without a following, and his al- I, -.'a, I convention at Sioux Kalis will he otcble t. deliver to ltrvan a single i Populi. t vide. Kvery one who will fob j low that convention would have vute.l 1 for Itryan any way. "I'usion is a disreputable policy on gen. I..1 p i:o ipb s. If I th ti;;ht the , I ici.iocrat to party was right, and thcre I lore worthv to 'fuse' with. I would join it h.-v.es'ly, and take 'pot luck' ! v.iili the b y.-; inthe trenches. I would ' not band ti gether a lot of pie hunters ! ;.ml make place and pever Ihe price of ! 111 y lovaliv. I "I'u i 11 i political p.ostit'itioii. and I its leader- are political prostitute:. ! ' lluile- i- simply phtv'ng to the gal ' lorie-. in M t h Carolina If Ihe Homo 1 1 rata are i.o.ni enough nationally I'm i Pi,;,:.h-is 1 - voie for ila v are good ' 1 -1 1 - : - a 1 1 in Noil ii Car. Im ,. It would be a pe.son.tl insuii to N 1 1 1 C.ii olin.i ! pe pie to siv Democrats an- dislouiest hero, bit p.iro elsewhere A North Carolina D inooriit is as good as a Ne i l,ra-!,a Democrat, only the Nebraska J I'tomo. mi miisi be good to th" Popu ! lists iu o; di r to hold his vote Hen 1 tho D moor its don't need him. Tin I I torn no: a is of tho Northwest, throng! j such nun as Si nator Allen and oilot I fusion Icoieis are simply playing ih I rank atal til" Populists for suckers I ' lividitig 'ip ihe spoil-, while they 'w.n 1 th" otic r .e.' " j Wli.,t ,1 1 you think" the North Cur , oliti 1 e-.iiv, ntion lu-ro will do?" Mo j Pi'Iile.- uas asked. I - hi e no idea.'' wa tlw reply. 1 l.a.e no .icquaintigico with a singlt Pupal. in iu North Carolina and know absolutely mulling of the situation. I presume Senator Hutb r will have Hunts h.s own way. I hiir heard that tie runs things pretty tcia h p.s ho (ilea.MS in North Car: I;:,:; ' Mr. Parker ku.vk ho I i.. r e to "do tho i' st ho can for his cau-e and is por Ncily willing to defend lo- jio.-iiion on :his (pKBtion in the c incnti .n today, f given the (.ppoitiiait... Prom One Wh.i Km v. I Progress! v e I'.ii iu. r. I Kditors I'niBrissivo l iniiier: 1 a.n tery deeply inti nsted ,:i the Bairrss of the I'ff.irt to siceiiro ;i liniite 1 saffrai'.i' to the nopro in North Carolina, by the adoition of the propusi d Constitution. t! Amendment. I am faily persuaded it would prove a prosit blessing to ihe State of North Carolina, to all of its citizens, includini; the ne.-oes, I lane been sojourniii-; in Sm.th Carolina, my natix. Still., for pbout two months, and see tlw gnat li. ne lit to all classes of its p ipt. nemuo- i im dud .!. from the practical retin inenl - , if the negro tram poliiii.il inila. r.rc j nnd power. ', ins was virtually dor by i 'wrested tho ,r,wcr from the negro's on 'and their leaders, and vested it in ihe ip'-l whit" pi old.'. I or soai time th" vires nu- letainid ih- political power by :n cn i:i I tire control of the .-h ction machinery, '.he manag. in, t't of tin . b-ction was 'Iltlrely in the hands of the llll() ratlc pa-'ty. The lav rcqui-r d tl.at (hero sh al;l In a S(;;': ' :,o far tho reception f each vote for a candidate foi any pai I'cular op'. .. lho h box was to be marked for (ievi rnor. Lieutenant II Itl linr, i'o:.;,:i" . fei nu ::;'.- : s i f the House nnd the law provi.h I that in any cure if tlie la!'.,.t was not ib osit.il In the right lo it was iu.a!i tiatcd. It also provided hat o.u h voter should deposit his ballot iti person, with no one near him. As a !' sa.t il literate persons co::M :a t vo;". unless the management of the election chose to give Information a .5 to tl'.- righ' 1, -i In which to d, po-i- i a, I; b illot . - a result Illiterate .on-.s where '.ot.-s were not desired w "" p'.-.n lii ally do burred from yotin-,'. Th-To v. ere g"i ve .lbj.t lions to this sy -stein, an ! .;.',!. (Iiouglit that it wan iiuvvi-" t ) l.i.z.int its continuance in in so of div is-.n niiiong tlie whitis. To fully .-ei are the Victory that had ".r'sied the povv,r from the igmirart mi I i:n . : :i ; -i -tit ie grocs and tliel.' self-.-, .-kin r : i.le.s. the aiiiendiuenl t.) tic- ''o';s,if,(;iai v a. idoldeil. I livid here during that lmrrii !" l'gl'.tmaro of Iteconsina tion. and tan f Iv idly recall the anxi.-tv a- ta. ;i:', ami iiop.rty. that hung lino a ;:U aver die whole people, and 1-1:1 but note tLe la'.nz'ug change that lias taken placp. I wish to say a few words. 1:10:0 iecially to my Populist friends, in trard to tb.e ni ndirg contest in oar ,tatG. Wo have ofi. e. criticisi 1 ami not Im't i qncctly abused the ,1 n,ii.-.-;iti for makinij tlie m gro l.-.soe a iraraniov.nt 1)110. Now tho amendment will practically limin. it" the negro ipiestton from our l-oiiiiial contists in the future and ivo trt us Cue I'pportunity of discis.i 1 11 c :--sui s of far gn ater iniprot am. .-. Now, will it be cons .-P nt in us to n f ufo to assist in that cii'o.t to supn ss tlio ignoi uH negro mi. ' I think it he duty oi ery o .lilt aside ;.iy lu'ti rti nent that may have iiist. i'.ml unite in. the o secure this P.; d:!':c a:. I reliev its f.oia ! h:. I dangerous re g o ( I II: 01 ot the Stat" to or 1 strange- ( " . irr. d in tli" pi' st from all 'a n of suffrage :: spioabil-l . II II. HOCCS kcpublicAn Pa p; r Conns Out For It. The State Journal, I '"d by Jam, " M. Allen, a white Hi : le an, puts ,( :he bc.ol of that p it- r Ih.- niotto: Wblto Supictiiiicy . n.iii.-torcd by .lie Henublicjn Pari;. We give below Mr lclinitig lho pr.sitlen Journal upon .110 A:: (H it em The State Journal. ; pension, is be!' Ue t ie have decided to ad-.o inoiit, believing it to , liter, st of N..;ih ('. .ally surw-yed the u die fai t that we do: jur Kopublican fri.-n-i While the P. piibl ion has not jet as .'lared ag.'iiia-t the An liltistieil ftlitn pr' set". Mh a s editiirial. , 1 tl." Stat" o : a short pus aoo again. W, the- Amend for the lest . :.a. We have .:. i and realii' 1 w'th many of a S: ato Ciinveli r,!'l, , and do. j ncinrnf. we are uidieij iiui.s t hat , t w ill do so. if' i v.'lA " Siiv clear to abatf b : oiid s.-e our ie, -ision on ' i .1iis ipn stioti. i Ar. :i Wi'.'ti'Mi It. pul in .1:1. we cani. I o lialeigh iu lv7 to ;....pt u position i imler the fusion adiii.ii'.-ti ation. We ' have had nil opp.u ti.ni'y to observe j Jinl study ast.ru coalitions and have i r.ccumo i olivine, il thai .ere is some- Ihing radically wrong in the i-.nst. While the Ar.iendm. 111 may not earn ill our ills, it h'-ad.- in tin Mon ami v. Ill iaipr iv pr, lions. As a life long Id pubii, this coulee, bi Ii. 1: a it t be.-t illtell St of the white North Catoitn.i and al th right dine oudi- 11. We .1 1.0 be for the peopl" of .-,1:110 tunc the neg',1 n as a ., -pparl.-d the , ts to 1 all lt ...i- duty n the St;. 1 see 1 ,n - Will etc race. V auhlica: Itopubl, a'o and iinpio-.e lalo' this j as It 1 w ho has alw ay., s. ill 1 1. k( and e 1 do so. and belt.-'. 'tillllO la do if every tn 10 do the sa Ucpuhli, an . We wani 1 lions such that mi 11 , an moot 1 ,a a oilier on the slump as g, 1. in nun and di. cuss piiiiiiplcs and 1! - -,al 0,111; 0111 ii a I. 1 1 bp utiolii'l and . -1 1 . 1 a.ti 1 1 st of Ih" Sl..le. This ea-l la '. 1 . be i!"V cist of Charlotte until tin ulil. k 1 !o id of Hie ';,st is lenillVca. K10111 now until the eh. I. a v. diail battle for what v. e hr!ne is nght, regardless of tlio ecnsoqur noes. This ia I que.-tion that should be clove pari v. t itle the i.uiition of white supremacy n North Car. Una first, remove tho lunger ami then battle for white llo- pal.iii an rule. Wo shall iiiiitinue to suppon the l(e- II iblican ticket and defend Ii "pu bin ;. n I' incipli s. but on ihe race qui s: en w ,1 o a;.. f . to : t.it d bv our nv, n : ;, ,-. A IM!!':'. !' of large i.ix it. I'd., have illstii l! njuio t'. n ai.ai"-t the 1 -t-aipieg t.h'-ni tram -iyerr. of 11, 11- I : .-nit for an j ' ty'a ofocia's, looting into lioy, a:- ,- ,n rad with the new La-ruiili- III, 'rj, Company for city light. PHILIPPINES CHINESE. TCRM AN ALMOST INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT IN THE LlrE. Itilrrillcil It'll .Not I.lllril t biquilT Truilrr Niilive mi, I Clilnrse l.Htor C,.ii,i,iri, A 1 loulile l or the Future I llipliei I.ulior U l lti rlr lluirlr. ACTS brought out by recent investi gators prove thai the Chinaman forms an almost in disp en sable cle ment in the life of the Philippines. 1 am not wholly sure that it would be a wild statement to suy that develop ment in the inland:! is impossible witli- tnit the patient, industrious Chinaman, American correspondent from Manila. The history of these people in the Philippines is a long tule of a tena cious struggle iigainst opposing con ditions. No one knows just when these relations lirst began. Chinese trade with the semi-barbarous abor igines probably very greatly antedates Spuuii.li discovery ami settlement. Their position 111 the islands has al ways lieeu a lu cuioir one. They havo been tolerated r r than encouraged, because of 11 Minutest necessity for. their presence. Tin y have never been j rcaliy welcome, m-vcr popular, always I regarded as a thing apart, a sort uf necessary evil. Aguia and ugaiu their total expulsion bus been considered, and about the miil ileof the eighteenth intury it was actually ordered, but tho order was suppressed. The com plaint brought against the Chiuamau in tiie Philippines is the same as that too often heard iutheSla'es. Jle does not form or become integral part ol th'j so-.'ial and pcitical organism, lie is a kind of eoaini' '. cuil parasite, or leech. He goes to another coun try than his own simply to make what money he can out of that country, and then return to his own lun l. He will work cheaply nud sell for a narrow margin. His patient industry, his economy ami thrift, are offensive rather than otherwise to the indolent and improvident native. The Filipino v. oi'.'d not do the work that John docs, but ho clings to an ilea that JoUu is h.s industrial competitor, and, by working nt n cheaper rate, is taking the bread out of his mouth. As a eon- se (tienec, .lonn is not approved Throughout the islands tho China- man is the general trader. His shop is seldom much larger than a dry goods box, but he crams a lot of mer chandise into it. In m.iuy sections ho is the middle man between the producer and tho Iluglish or I'.u- ropcaii trading uouse. He buys hemp, pru. and other products iu small if 1 ''&fj I .'.iibiuissn I writes 11 lot --, often takes them in trade by ! novice. Hailed before a committee of baiter for his wares. He stores I11V '. feuiors. he was solemnly asked whether lump until he has a bale or two, ' he was of 1 he "founder's kin," i.e., which he mny sell direct to the ex- i of the family of William of Wykehatn. poller or turn over to a compatriot ' N' matter w hat the answer might bo, who deais on a little larger scale than i whether "yes'' or "no," its accuracy himself. His general transactions are : was tested by "breaking," or attempt on a small scale, though here and ; ing to break, a plate over nis head, there one finds a Chinaman of v 0 .icusivi! trade relations and lurg, iu- j i' in.'. Such men, as a rule, arc the j gatherers of the small lots picked up 1 by liioir fellow-countrymen. The I ( utili se pack-peddler has ulsto been a I, attire iu island life, and many of ; them have lost both lifo and pa il at . tiie hands of those with whom tluyi .-oii-jht trade in outlying and isolated ctioiis, Iuiioeituin way, John docs j 1 d se. ia to have the pluck of a sheep. : Hut lie will seek trade at the risk ..f ni- life among those wiio hate hi 111, 111 1 the Chinese litter bearer jo.'ging :.l"io: 111 dangerous spots on the Hung in.e, seemingly indifferent to bullets, 1. a wi ll-re.'oguizcU feature iu nub- t oy experience here. This apparent tcu'u riiv ia probably loss duo t mr- ir pluck than it is to tho fact that the King of Terrors is loss of a bnga- bo, to him than to many of greater physical and moral courage. His be- in a blissful immortality seems to I b" a bit morn firmly anchored than j tu.it of tho average Christian, and j death is nu incident which does not ' 1 cue bi n as it does most of us. John is n shrewd trader, a clever evador of custom tariffs and an eco nomical merchant. Yet ho is surpris ingly honest iu commercial transac tions. Prom the stocks displayed iu ;tlii! Chinese shops in Manila, in llo-'il-i, iu Jolo, in .atuboangii and in the :-,.i:iiler eities of Luzon and I'saiju, i t.o might readily iufer, probably w ith correctness, tiuit tho Philippine trade was chi Ity iu the hands of n lew houses in ilong Kong .m l Sinapore. There iin very noticeable sameness in the articles and patterns displayed l'iie Jul stoic might almost ns well be in San Fernando or Aparri and vice versa. This may be duo in large measure to a cci tain o.uiservuti voness 011 thu part ol Ihe patrons. Certain colors, certain wares and certain pat- torus seem to be staple. Fashions do II,. change, ns w n h ns The position , t tlie Chinaman iu the industrial and agricultural life of the islands is probably one of supremo importance, lie works patiently and pi rsistently. He will work all the time, and, if necessary, endless hours a day. He can bo counted 011 for 1 ii lit hours, for ten hours per day. The Filipino cannot. lie employs his tiuio to suit his ow u ider.s, not to suit thus,, of his employer. Almost no reliance is tn be placed upon him. That is one of the thing ' we have to loach luui. He hai- to learn that he will be a great deal happier it he will ivoil, liiui'c'.f half to death for tho s.iku of getting a lot of things that will not do him a littio bit of good. He has Jo learn that lile is n tint failure unless be has something better than his neighbor; that life is useless unless tpent in moiling and toiling, early and 1 late. Of course ii is social heresy, but tho more rep of tropical races tho more do 1 wonder if they really have in.t the best of it after all. Put the Chiiiauinu will work, and therefore is of much interest ami con cern for the prospective investor. Ho is the laborer of that region. He will labor at anything and will usually d his w ork faithfully and well. At leas', Ii- can be made to if rightly bundled. Jle is the worker now, particularly in the cities and towns, where his life ii protected by laws and policemen. Ju many farts of the linul districts ho runs some risk, with no added in ducement to do so. Jlight there lies a dilemma. Tho sugar planter, in order to succeed, the hemp raiser, tho tobacco planter, the indigo or coffee raiser, if these industries prove successful hero, must have regular and reliable labor. Tor Hint, J'ili nino labor is utterly hopelifs. Tho 1 native might bo educated to it in a j generation or two, but who is to pay ' for his education? John is the man, I and there are enough of him lobe hud I for all the farms, plantations ami i estates, for all tho mills ami factories ! that will ever be started . 1 the Phili , piuos. l!ut if he be allowed to come : 111 huge numbers, tho I'liitcl States will probably stand in the position of I an interested participant iu a very j lively nice war between the Moiifoi j un i the disccudant of tho Malay. CURIOUS FACTS. Many marvelous .-.capes enrred in South Africa, itn hit iu the right thumb, the have oc muti was eft little : he had uuger and the tip ol t':e ! ,,.,.1. .. ll bin Jl.. V,. hit four times and scarcely marked. Mexico lias a clever bird called tho inelanai pe-, whichj has discovered a new use lor tin- ti legraidi pole. At the foot 1 i ihe post this bird makes a large In Ie, ia which it rear.; its family; , somewhat higher '.'.;' the post it makes 'an observatory, :i ,ni winch laired I holes permit it to observe the horizon in every direction; stiii higher 1111s sagacious bird makes its storehouse, and thus the pole serves us its house, fortress r.u i v.arehou: c. The witch house, which is s'.iil re garded with great interest and uwe at Salem, Mass., is supposed to be the oldest building in that part of tho country, the repute 1 date of its con struction being Dill. Modern addi tions from time to time have almost changed i's identity. Tlio witch house is win-re people suspected of practicing tin. black art were tried. I Tho original had pea .Oil allies ud was of a very ancient stylo of architecture. The present structuro is no more than a ititiiuceuce. At Winchester, i'.n. custom was in vogu not without its hum. land, a cu. :""i , which, while oils aspect, was i particularly trying t 1 the luckless the theory being that 1! tlie pi ite broke lirst his ancestry was ok 11 Iv proved. An even more barbarous bit of bully ing, once freely indulged in, wus t "lit" the unlucky wight with a "pair of tin gloves." This consisted iu scor ing his hands with a red hot iaggot stick by way of breaking him in to handle heated things. T enclose a hastily made sketch of a phenomenon witnessed by myself, ( H. v. W . H. Laird, ! brothers, 0:10 sister i servants, writes I'.. i j V11.. to the Haltiuior 1 was slightly ov roast. " shone brightly, j at the I'oniparative di , my sketch were two Mis. 1 .aird, two and the family . Lunl. of Kecno, Snu. The sky I :i the cast the )n either side stances shown iu suns fainter iu I tone, but quite distinct. Above these, ; with a centre cutting tiie centre of the i Due sun, was a distinct rainbow, above j this another, ami to the right two rain- hows, whoso arcs met at a tangent 111- clrird as you sen on sketch. J he rays of these two arcs were continued in feathery lines toward the horizon till lost 111 the cloudy atmosphere. Thu display was first noticed by the col ored boy of tlie house, w ho canio in to notify 111c, and it continued for more than half an hour, when tho sun dissi pated the clouds ami the phenomenon vanished. There is a littio inse Caledonia called the counts," and which si t found in New "insect which uns ca)ablo of . It is found counting to nt least 011 the leaves of the l amina tree, and w hen the moment is favorable it may be seen to turn around, with its head ns a centre, describing rapid circles. '" "rst it executes six of them, nut j one more nor one loss, then it rererses j 'he movement and makes the sunn) numb, 1 in mi opposite direction. It s''ips a moment ami begins again, Im' 1 "nines only nve mis nine, always al- toruutclv 111 opposite directions. An other stop, thou double rotation iu al ternate ways, the tin us this time be ing only four, and so on, diminishing constantly in such a way to success ively three, then two and at last one single turn. After these gyuiuastie. exercises, which are at the same time mathematical, tho insect remains ab solutely motionless iintik.it gives itself up again to its complicated calcula tions wiih au eMic'.itudo which many pooplo might envy. Fset s of g ia and e!.-ti ic lights w ill soon be able to put in a hitlu knick knack by which ih" 101 1 or ,lecliie light can bo put out nt a predeter mined time by 11 11 i 1 1 1 1 : ; the upparutus. About 1 SoO tons of flowers are annu- ly raised on 1 ,",oimi acres of laud iu southern Fr&uce lor the perfumer, h ti i r.;r-J; !"" Is Isi.. dBftsiS.Mwww i,wpoiwljSu.Jfj
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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