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HON 1 IJll CUE 10 BE PASSED.
Republican and Populist Bosses Cannot Understand How the Rank and
File of the Democratic Party Control Legislator
The Republican it ml Populist bo.ves
seem to be greatly disturbed over what
they call the lad faith :n:d broken
promises of some of tliu Demm ratio
party managers in the great campaign
of 189S. Wo call them bosses lvravi
they do not had; they drive. P fs in
tSiC proper word. Huilor i 'i mo fiom
Washington to the IV pnlist const -a-
Ion at Raleigh with a i:it and dried
programme, ami lio eompilh.i a con
vention; composed la,g.dy uf nu n op
posed in Bryan to Instinct lis th-le-gatrs
tr veto for his nominal inn.
HOSS HI LE.
It is a well known fait tii-i i h-:i-were
on ihc ronmilteo that lopoite.i
those resolutions of in i'-m-tien r.imo
than onn man v ho.se dully t
point's from the income of Eci. rat t;'.
flees held by themselves or s uno mo.n
ber of their family p.tuh;- th- ;.. .
Kinley administration, .aid lint th's
ren, while re porting those n,iiitnt:.
Instructing for Piya:i. openly doolaretl
their purpose t,, vote for McKinley.
IMil It was tiea-eesary fv Ross Htuler's
continued siicccm hi trading am! traf
ficking in office that his i ou i nt nm
slicnid do Mm bidding, r.nd it vj . iii:: .
SjftUiiW Pritrhard mine I rem Wa.di
Igton to Raleigh with a prepared plai- 1
form and programme fur his Rcp;0i- ;
fcan convention, and the vol i. w.:.s ;
dono according t. his tn.-nma-.d v. It!i- ;
out dissent o.' deviation, j
It is a nutter if common Know',- ,
edge, of which no 111:111 no d h,- ig
norant, that both the R-pti! f n ,1:1 an I '
Populist partes a.e K'err.ed and 1 on
trolled by a committee- of b.tr.se.-. an. I
that these bo.-f.rs dictate t'o if po'ii .
and roniiii.it' 1 their for. is. i'i,. .
committee 4 ii.in.e and wit rt.a-c ca: -dldates.
substitute and change t'.i.no iit
will, separate or fuse tin m. as 1 ,ili.:i '
limy require, ami woe he nnto tit" !:,-- ;
publie-an or Populist who dans to '
hitvo a will of his own. These polit-.- '
cal Itcast-s have pi act iced thes- iiicth-
od so lotm they cannot i.roi. i ;::;trl 1
that a pnrt.. cn be run olio-: wise than '
h a few political lnw-.'. i .iey '
not take tin people ii.to tlie aecount '.
al Hll. and hence tin y o, not I t .1.1
not understund Pfir.iv.-.itlc mcthtxis. :
They do not uu l cannot nine r.-aud :
thai in the Prnioeratic party the p. mi- !
pie make their own nhit.'oi 111s and
declare their own party poll. -v. i
MCMvX'KATS KAVi: NO liOSSi'ri.
Tho Democratic people will neit'i. , ;
obey self-constituti il bosses nor stall. I j
tipi-in cut mi l dried piatfoi u,.-. Th. y 1
think for ihcu.fid , . and they
accept what they In lieve to be rijjl t i
atid reject what tiny bc!i.e to b
wrong. Their deman '.a mas! ! : hee 1- :
ifl by thote who hae b.-eu ('10-cii to 1
lend, or they will siren li:d in w lead- I
rrs w ho wil! "listen to th.-m N . nun
has ever yet been so mm a th":r idol
that they vvoald no! cast him asid
when he (eased to ttndy their tn. :r
onruents, to strive to improve th. ir
condition and to properly understand
and interpret 't In ir Hydrations.
lint I'ritchard, Helton. IMtt."'.
Thompson and their a.soci.itis tannot
understaud how it is thai the people,
composing the Ihmmu ratic party, ha.e
a will of their own, and that they act
for theinisilves when they p t ready,
and often contrary to tile purposes and
direct political campaigns. Wi bcin;:
uble to tuke
HKPmUCAN HOSSKS I'ANXOT
t'NDBKS 1'AN'I)
it in that the Democratic paity Is no;
like their own bo-s-t iddcti panics
(foverned and. control! d by a coiMiuii
too of hOi.sc s. thc.y iacu.it coiiip: eL.-n 1
the fact that the' people ele.t. I and
sent to the legislature men who p:f-
aued a different cour.e from that si:j;-
gested by some speakers, newspaper-; :
and workers at the beriniiiiiK ai:d dm -
lug the progress of the latepaiMO of
1S98. The conven'-.on of lv:.s .!-
olare-.l for white supremacy, but it did j
not Bpee irically declare for a change ni
the qualifications for .suliraue i,y
eliminating The i.nnoi ant nepro v i.
as the best nuiitis of seiuring it
Therefore some of the party wo: Ke -gave
it as their opinion that no ih.uiM"
would be made in the qualifications for
suffrage in the event tho Democratic
party got control of the IcKislai inc.
This was simply the opinions of those
who expressed them, based upon ex
isting conditions, and could not bo-.d 1
or control the people lit the ballot b 'x j
or their representatives in the b -i;.. j
la tu re. The proposed amendment is j
not the work of the State executive j
committee, or of the chairman,
committee of Individuals. U
'!1y I
o. ig:-
uated with the people
TUB AMENDMENT DKMANI K! BY
thk rEoru:
and was the direct outgrowth of con
ditions existing at and just prior t the
election, as we will demonstrate later
on ia this ait'.cle. U was prepared and
pasacd by the chosen repr. sentatier.
Of the people, and not by self-appointed
bosses. So I'ritchard ami Dat
ltr and llolton. must charge th'.
white men of tho State i:nd their
chosen representatives with bad faith
and double dealing if they wish to
strike at the real authors of this
amendment, it is idle to make such
a charge against the State committee
Or its chairman, aud these bosst s shall
not be allowed to raise this falsi' iss'v.
Tho Senators and itepre.-.entaii s of
the people w ho prepared and pa -.- i
this amendment understood the tir.ii
onments, conditions and demands i f
their constituents, ami those who
make these charges must face them.
Ia the Senate the following named
persons voted for the propo-ed amend
ment: Drown. Hryan. ihit!.-;, ( heck,
Cocke, Co'Jie, t'owper, Danii Is, Davis,
Eavca, Fields, Glenn, Hairston, IlAlt
R13. Hicks, Hill, Jackson, James. Je
rome, Joue of Harm tt. Joins uf John
ston. Justice, Lambert, Lindsay. Lowe,
Mason, Miller, Mdntyre, Murray, -.
borne, Robinson, Sattetflehl, Skinner,
Smith, Speight, St.mhack. Thomas.
Travis, Ward. Whitaker, WiPi mis and
Wilson 42.
In the House, the follov mi; R pre
tentative-! voted for :t ( eni'or -V.i-bst'.
Alexander. Ailen of Cvdui-ibe. ..
Uea Qt Wayne, Henaltv, IU'kss,
l''t!-h.ill. ilronn of .luliiiston, lirown
of t't nih y. Hi :m of (;r:iu.dle, liaueli,
e'r.r.-. Carta way, Carroll, Clarkson,
Coiiiian. t ouiien, I'raitT, Citr.Ml'LKll.
Ciirile of ICadea. Davis of Kiitnklin.
I)als of Uayv.ood, Decs, Hllen, l-'ou-sj.f
iv (laml 111. (iarutt, tiattis. Gilliam.
Ha:visnii, Hails, dl. liaitser, lloey,
lloflman. Loiman, .lame-!, .ItillN'SON
of Sampson, .lolin.ou of Johnston,
.iiiHan. Ju.t'ie of McDowell, Kennett,
l.ar.e, I .c.i !, l,eai 'lerwood, Leigh, Lyon,
M. Inioi-.a, :.i.;l:;d. Maiim y, McLean
of Harm-it. Mel.un of Uichinoti-I.
Moore, Niiheh:, NichoNon of lieaufort.
Nol.ii . ficcrinaii. I'attiirs 111 of CalU
weil t'attcrsjtt of Knheson, l'owell.
U.1P.5 ."il. Kay of I'limht-ilund, Kcevpa,
iio'iiti. .it. It:i:mt'-ee, Stcveii-i, Stuldj'.i,
Su;.:i. ;. 'I AKKINi; TUN. Thonipsan of
I'.i.iiion. 1'bonip.rfiii of tlnslow, Trut
iiia'l. Wa:!, V.'i-b-h, Whi'- of Halifax.
W'iijf'dield. Wiilard, Williams of lre
di II. V I. . r. and Winston M.
:;o w. av" l'::ly-two Senators ami
eie.lity-oi.e ! i, 1 .ft selttat i i s. making
1 no hundred and twenty-three in ail.
'''I'll? to cne I'ti. people an opportu
nity to p :ss i.ji .ji tlti., question, for he
il 1 .-men in r-d the people could f,nl
' : ties ci portuttity by and thiougls
i he ,-ietM 11 of their
Tin: Y0KT-: oi-' tiih ploi'i.k.
Sciiaiir and Kepi , genial ivi s. In thus
Living the pi.. ;iie the opportunity to
. or.si'ler ami ib Sermine this vital ques
il.ui. did they act in a 1 orditnee with
the wislns and demands of the men
vd.o eh, led tit! in? If they did, then
KieillT. no matter what
la-ell the opii.lon or predic
'.aiti papei-, ipcakers or
ueti. That I hey listened to
01 IV 111
i uTiiini; !
te- voice and obeyed the demands of
io.n-li'ii.s of the white men of the
"!:! 1 beyond ail i;a,stii.n. This l.e
ia.: irae. ,t m.r; be periim lit and proli
t.iide .iiisi be e to brii lly review the
( ii'eutaM.iii. . s ,;;:d cottdit Ions wltiill
led to this demand on the part of tie-
ople thai .... ia, thing bo i.jtte to
limiitate lit-. i:iir:!nl, icloiis negro
-.'te f-oii! the p-ditie., of the State, to
'be 1 nd th.a rood government and
peace ;'." rafu:y nrjdit be made cer
t.'on iitnl pevj.et.uil in every section of
i.o. i)i ( ' ironn.t.
Tin: ui.id ni.1.-an l'Airrv domi-n.T!-:d
hv .c:gii)ks.
Tile ); pub.n an party, emnposeil as
.! 1 ; a'ld ever has been in this State.
. f .i ;r ni f.r.ies for every while man
f .::..! ia it . ranks, is neco.-sardy under
1I11 domicilii. n of tlie negro. It makes
. . 1 1 i-. 1 i i n - if .1 white Republican
'e -. I,, hi ilie (.'.I ic e and draw the sal
ary, the nei;r. gave him the office, and
III-: is the j wer behind the office
holder, and 1,.. ia us.t be placated and
a'caS" ,1. or ! e. ia the si - ticns. w here
it"..' r-egio i- in tiie majority, the white
man mot step down and out and give
pia e t.i tit. iif.gto. It is, then-fore, idle
10 .-ay that there was no danger of
ne-.o li.-aiinati.m. No intelligent,
iioilif.d man will deny thai the Ke
pahliiau party has been dominated by
he t.egio in all the eastern counties
:;oi-i 1m;s til! now. and will so eontln
ee t, It, if thi' proposed suffrage
: ntciidmi tit is ibfeati d. It is an Tisuit
t ti'.e intelligence of the people l"f the
.st t i oil them there is 110 danger of
negio domination when the It 'pulilicin
pa'-ty is in power, 'i'hey have twice
i:n.l i'. and th. y know by a bitter cx-pe'-ame
what it means. t ,s e-ejuully
.d'S'iid to .'ay that the Republican par
ly, dominated a-; it is by the negro. au
ci , c to the people if the east good gov-
i I S KKCOIil) IN v;:i.
! I lllhl
ei:h :
.Mid 11
i:t. Il :1.1s been twice tttid and
sill!.; that have twice aroused
ted ii:e white people (o drive it
i(
j.u
,
power. In imis th.s negro-doin-I
Republican party took complete
id . f the government cf North
I'arol.ua
It foil! d the people poor and
. , ... ,..1,, ,K
tj,. i-uins' 1
i id and raiment amid
ileva-tating war. Tln-v
; i il (e..t fo, peace and rst. That par
gavthcm ilis, rder aud viedenec.
ilny needed good laws: that party
..v.- iheia 1,.; 1. In their poverty they
01 did low i ixes; taxis w-r increas
. I nr.i.l 1 hey b..e:..mi. intolerable. They
i e. ,1. , : t i-r 1 I icoiMiiiy 1:1 public ex pell -iit
iri -: ilc p. i!iy levcllid ill n regit!
'.' wild el rav:i.;alce. They Heeded
1 ruimlous ho.'osty i'i it-nerntueiit af
i.tir.K the party inaugurated an era of
t minion. Tiu-y reeded schotil houses
uul t aiders for their children; the
any 1 do.-: il the
nd misused
e.dcd patriots
schools in existence
hool fund. They
md honest men for
putty gave them
I. gislatots; the
knaves and freebooters and the legis
lature became a curse to tlie State aud
a stench in the nostrils of all honr-t
men. The loiinty and town govern
n.eiits in tr.e east passed into the hands
i ;' th" negroes or bad white men who
were il. p,;ilet upon the negro, and
iheso local governments, intended to
so'H' the interests of the people, be
anie tertible iti.-tiiinieni.i of uppres- -:
hui.
Id I K TKHKl'tLE
CONSKQCENCES.
the poop!" in their helpless and
ilit-.'tg.d conditions needed protection,
b'.tt the paity in power l:-.io them ,1
reign of law b s-iiesfi and f aror. Prop
erty v. tis insecure and life was unsafe.
The e aveus were made lurid by ihe
iii.tin s of burning hams and dwellings.
.Mi n w re assassinated by tho roadside
l-y 1! iv and mo-urged in their homes by
might. Women insulted mid outraged,
lived tu t- rrer ami appealed to armed
leu for protection. The Loyal League
applied Ihe torch and the Ku Klux th
lah. Lawlessness marked its victims
ru l terror executed vi-ngciiH . Gloom
sett h il 01 - r the State. Two (-untitles,
were tlei laivd in a state i f in.-arre. -turn,
an army of eut-throats was or
ganize l. si ort s of Innocent tin 11 w ere
art .-ste d and bulged in jail without
wan. nit or pivcess of law and a tnili
taiy louit was organized to try and
exec-ate tlnm without judge or jury.
Sech is a faint description of the con
dojons exit. tin.; in North Carolina un
10 : It- piil.'ii-. ,ui rule. It was in the very
r ids' of
IDE PFOI'I.K t'ORRECT THE EVILS
! x t in; n SI. '.Of.
tie,- 1 tii , - j. 01: th. f,r.- Wf ilin-fcdav of
AusiiHt, liT'J, V-1 '.he wijit iut;5 y
t in- State, speaking tiuoiigh the halloi
hex, decrcid' a change. And It seems
that these same white men and their
descendants are detorininej to speak
liiroiigh the ballet box on the fliat
Thursday of August, 1900 thirty years
thereafter and make a reciirrenie eif
those things impossible.
Hut. fald I'ritchard ami Hut lor and
Holton nnd Thompson, in ISOil, that
tho Kejpulili.-an party had hecrmc
purer nnd la tter than it was in Jmiv
lsii3 and 1s7', and that if again in
trusted w!.h power it cotibl and would
give Hie people good government. The
fact is. as
THK if RlTr.I.lCAN PARTY WtiRSK
IN lS9ti TH AN IN lSiii.
we think we have bhown c!s win re.
that this purty was in lS'.iti and l'aT not
so good as formerly and that it was
moie under tho dominion of the nearo
than ever. In Ksiis, 1 Mif and ISTu the
Keptibliean paity had in t, nearly ail
the eastorn counties, many good and
capable nu n. These men have passed
away or quit the party, and the negro
has become so Intolerant that hut few
white men of charter have taken their
vai ant places. (Hie may go into and
through the counties cast of Raleigh
and it is rare that lie will lind a white
man ot character who will say he is a
Republican and that he takes part in
the Republican convention in his coun
ty. It is worse than folly for Senator
I'ritctiard to say that there is no dan
ger of negro domination win 11, in that
part of the Stale where the bulk ed Ills
party lies, his own party is ab.-olutely
under negro domination. The people of
the east know this, if lie does not, and
they further know that it will continue
to be so if this amendment it not rati
fied, for but. few self-re.- peeling white
1:1111 ale giung to vote w ith the Repub
lican party as long as it is dominated
by the negro. Rut be this as it may.
the facts demonstrated that the Repub
lican party was no more lit to govern
in the east in s:)ii than it was in ivi'.i.
Prom 1 S70 to y.H the white people of
the State had stood together and had
kept the legislature in the hands of
the Democratic patty, and gooel order
and good government prevailed every
where. Hard times came in I sir! and
IV'l. A difference of opinion arose
among men honestly see-king after the
1-. utli as to the causes which prodim-d
t In bo hard linn s ami as t the besi
remedies to overcome them. Thee
honest, din'ei'cjice s of opinion h d the
white nn-n
SOMi: WHITES MISLED,
to divide. They were cautioned on til"
one hand that division was dangerous,
and assured on the other that the Re
publican party would do the r:ght
thing. Tho scenes ef l.vJS. IMJ!) and
1-iTu were placed before them, but the
Populist and Republican speakers in
sisted that was only done to freighten
the people ami that, there was no
danger. The people listeiied to the.-:-Populist
and Republican leaders, and
by division let the ftisionists take con
trol f the legislature in 1'! and of
both the legislature and executive
departments of the State g norii-uei t
in 1S!m;. Nearly all the county and
town governments in the east passed
into the hands of the ftisionists alsi.
As in 1m;$ ami lSliSt, the negro vote was
the main factor in placing the white
men in office. The white man dtevv
the salary but the negro was the power
that stood behind him. and the negro
must be pjlaced and pleased or the
white man must give up his salary. step
down and out. It did not take the white
man who had given up principle
THE NEGRO AOlTRESSIYE.
One point was eielded. another w.i
demanded, and the ncKro again found
himself in the saddle, lie hevame more
and in; -re tn.-atiiite In his demands, and
i:i the Mate Republican convention of
Ivis. we hear Congressman White
probably the fori'ino.-t negro of. the
Slate, declaring, amid the applause eif !
his , -nib-agues:
I AM NOT THE ONLY NEGRO j
WHO HOLDS OFFICE. THERE ARE
OTHERS. THERE ARE PLENTY I
MORE IIEING MADE TO ORDER Te)
HOLD OFFL'ES. WE DON'T HOLD
AS MANY WE WILL. THE DEM
OCRATS TALK AUOl'T THE COLOR
LINK AND TIIE NEGRO HOLDING
OFFICE. I INVITE 'I'll E lSSrKV
He. no doubt, well understood that he
had 125.HO0 negro voters behind him
and that they .nild compel their white
ns.-oviares to submit to their demand.;
and elomination.
HOW IT WAS IN lJii. I
A - a result of all this the second com- I
ing of tho Republican parly iu the east
was like unto its first. It place 1 ONE I
THOl'SANH NEGROES in various of
fh c.s in eastern North Carolina. They
were postmasters, and jitftlces of th" I
peace, and register of deed-', and 1
county commissioners, and town com- j
misstoners, am! policemen and the like
and thousands of white men held sim
ihiv and other offices by their grace and
tu .-. As in liUS when this same
parte wn.s in power - in 1S9S, bad I ' "
fovernnieitt got in its work. The ne- And Arrange h'uslon tori heir parties.
gr-. til-ding himself In the saddle again ! Huitler: Well. Senator Prltchard.
he ame not only intolerant, but arm- 1 you know we entere d into the hnsiii"s.s
gaii-. He foolishly believed the boa.;t- ' of trading lu office in 1VM to our mii
ful language of White in tlie Rrpithli- tual beue'lit. You got an eig-hf year
can convention was to find its complete j term in the I'nite'd States Sentwe and
ftill'tlliuetit and that white men would j 1 got a ix year term Hut nty term is
submit to it. ITUit and unu-ed to gov- ; aiHut to expire and I see no way t get ;
em, he had no proper conception of ! back unless we can enter into another
his position or his duties. Tho more trade.
vicious of his race, supposing; that th- ' I'rit.-haid: Well, 1 admit wo traded
execution Of tho law was in the hands u i a each other and each one) of us go; .
of those dependent upon them and that a si it in the l'niteJ States Senate.'
they were 111 iuiv nle' uanger, H.nigiit
out tin- ilcfetigelOiis and the wevak f.-
their victims. The less vicious but more
arrogant thoiifi.it they could jostle and
insiiit w hite nien and womeu with im
punity. A spirit of aggressiveness, if
net ot frenzy, scorned to seize upon
the whole ra-o. Whole fitiimunitie.s
felt
THE HORRini.E SITI'ATION.
that they were standins as it were,
upon a .smoldering vole.tvo that might
hii-ak forth at any time. Wiii'e women
were afraid to travel the road unpro
tected or to be left at home alone. Men
went armed bv day and by night, net '
knowing what an hour might bring
forth. Thi- forbearance and self re
straint practiced by the whites in
many eases we.o taken by the blacks;
tea 1 viiletiee of timidity and fear, and
they bet tune more insolent and acgr -s- ,
sii e. As the day of election drew near
er 1 tn- ter.s'on in-canie strotigf -r and the
exi iten'f r.t more ltiU nsc Tl: - hi. !
cf the httc man a-s at fevvi' fceat j
and he ilmerniiin d to put an end to : u
intolerable londltions lit any m 1. The
sanctity of bis home and the s-( nity
of his loved fines wi-re at stake. Dtiven
forward by the determination to rid
himself and his community of these
appulllng conditions, he did not stop to
reason he a-etcd. Tho unfortunate aud
bl.iody outbreak at Wilmington, after
the election, was but the itlmin.itiou
f these horrible condi'lous. t
THE PEOPLE DEMANDED ACTION
once the white men of the State who
had passed through this t'-rnlde or
deal, with a wondeiful unanimity, i'e
matided f.f the men they had elect,-. I
to the legislature that sfnnct lilng be
done to make a recurrence of the con
ditions and m-encj of 1S70 and Iv.iS im
possible. Hardly bad the i.-siilt. of the
election been Hashed ovei the ,-tate be
fore the ab it, live press, voicing the
dem.ind of the people, c oiniiiciu e.l. tho
eli-.-iii.-sion of some plan to eliminate
:his ignorant and vicious negro vote
ami to prevent a rei tirren- e of tin so
evils. When the legislature 1 the
.Senators and Representatives under
stood the demands and wishes of the
men who elected them as well as if
there had been a dire t vot" on ilhs
qui sti; n. White
Will i E SITREMACY "IT IE 1SSCE
IN THE CAMPAIGN,
supn inai y was the only issue dis-",i:-.--ed
or thought of for weeks pit ir t ) the
lection, and !'u men who voted for
this aniendn.i ut well knew thty were
elected to .wake w hite ,-t;prem c y en
during and perpetual. Hence the Sena
tors and lteprr 1 n'tiliv.s ha I hardly
taken their seats before tiny com
menced the work of piopa'dug the
amendment. Day after day the ablest
and best men of that body title I w ith a
love of their State, labored over it.
I'hey had the fixed purpose to make it
conform to the requirements of the
constitution of the Tinted States, be
cause they had sw.un to support, that
instrument and to pass no law
WHAT THE AMENDMENT MEANS
in conflict with it. Tliry were bo de
termined to so draft it that it would
.cure, whi supremacy and disfran
chise no white man. The white man.
thmgh illiterate, has the intelligence
Pi lit him to vote. They were equally
determined to eliminate the ignor,m
lief to vote, because it was better for
him as well as the white man that he
should be taken out of politics. So
well were the conditions known in tie
State and so well did these patriotic
members of the legislature do their
work that when it came to a vote one
I'opttiin S mat or Mr. HarrK eif North
ampton. and three l'opuliit Represen
tatives Messrs. Tarkington. of Wash
ington, Grumpier and Johnston, ( f
Sampson. voted for it. Many Popu
lists and Republicans outside of the
legislature gave it their approval at the
time of its passage and expresseel their
determination to support it. Indeed,
there was hardly a voice hoard against
it until it began to ibwn upon tin- Republican-Populist
fusion otltce-holderj..
who held their po.dt.ions by the negro
vote or who were see It ing office through
this vole, that if the amendment was
ratified their occupation was gone.
REPITiLICAN OPPOSITION.
I Then suddenly they began to attack it.
to mlsropresenit it and ;o hold it up to
the poor and illiterate white man as
I Li s enemy. No measure ever submit
j ted to the people h.i9 been so much per
i vetted and misrepresented as has this
'simple proposition to eliminate the ig
I tiorant negr.i vote: and yet we believe
j it will grow in pop ''aii'y and strength
i a it is better und:s!ood. It does not
land wil! rot disfrniu hi.-e a single whi'"
I man; and this, wo think, we have
; made plain in another article of this
' serie's. it d ies aud will disfranchise
7.'.. ni"! to SOjiOO ignorant negroes; but
who eloew that hurt'' Only the white
i otlice-feeker. who may be deprived cf
i an office by the loss of that vote Hen -e
! we see the men who are- see'king ottlc"
1 throuKh that vote phi ing the illiterate
j white inan'liy the side f the Ignorant
! negro and appealing to him to ,-tar.d
bv
ILLITERATE WHITES NOT THE
Si AM E AS IGNORANT NEGROES,
the negro. The amendment docs not
place him there, and the.-e orhee-hutit-er.-i
must not be allowed to do it. The
amendment place? the w hite men who
cannot read and write in the same com
pany and place as the m wt learned.
The poor and lllttemte w hite man. liv-
ing out in the mountain cave or tn his
I humble home anywhere, in any section,
t can stand by the Governor or Chie f Jus
tice of the State and register and vote
under this ante.udmont. '1 his is the
change the people demanded, and this
demand has been complied with by the
legislature, and their work is now reg.
I ul arlv submitted t 1 all t-ne voters of all 1
parties in the confident belief that it i
I will be 1 .it Med bv a large maioritv and !
! thus make ii impossible for Is-'.S and 1
I ly.is to be repeated in our d-ar oi l i
j sttite. !
. ' ..... ;
THE WAY THF BOSSFS TRADE
w hich wi could never othei-wise have :
gotten. Hut I must have some better
understanding with you before 1 en
ter into another trade with you.
Hntler: Why Senator, surely you
don't suspect me of having been guilty
of any bad faith with you. do you? tn
that I will in tho fnttiie not keep any
contract. I may make wlih yon?
Prltchard: We'l. then are some
things that you did in ls'.'7 when 1 was
seeking re-eleitlon ih if need an expla
nation. You wail remember that you
we nt to R.tUigh an l that you made
the public belicxe that you were light-
ing me and trviti
t 1 get the Populists
. after having pro'n-
to vote against tu
iseel me In '94 lo stand by me. Now, 1 1
want an exnl'in.it'ou of this. ;
Hntler: Weil, it is true that I ii, ;
agree In '91 to aid you to be re -!.-. ted ;
iu '97: and. 11 1 .;iii:adi: tory as my eon- '
d ie t nitty appear. I a M-rl -that I eaiib-d
out the eon, ra ' I 'ti ftiimoi l-'-p
up an ippiMr.te i- of lighting oa :n 01
d'T ipr me to t'-' al,i'.' iv dc eho t,;e .
I'.. pulist- and other people ,vh i were
.strong for silver, and to maintain my
inllneticc with them. You had aban
doned silver, ami if I ht d onuv-rtod
you openly I would have lov my lutlu
enio with the .-diver people nr. I would
have been unable to soi w you and
your party iu the future. As it was I
had to light oii openly and suppori
yiii secretly. And 1 did it 111 this way.
'I here was .strong talk, as y .11 remem
ber, about the Detniwratic and Populist
members of the legislature uniting on
some, silver man and denting him over
you, I had to break this 111 to ivo
you. And I did it by having the I'opu.
iists 1 1 nominate' Dr. Thomp-Mi. for It
is well known that Dr. Thomp.-on had
said so many hard things about the
Deiiiocra.t.s hat they would never vote
for him.
Prill-hard: Gut have you any evi
dence that Dr. Tlioinp-t, 11 was n minal
ed fcr such a purp---c?
Puller: Why, d.o.'i ou remember
that, after Thompson had been humi
liated, lirown. of Jones, arranged i-n
interview betv.e 1 ou and 'li-:iip. ' 01
and thi' Thomp--m '' Id y.ti that he
had taken the r.fimiiia: i n and wa ; lin
ing to hold it for your benefit to keep
the Dem . rats and Populists from unit
ing?
I'ritchard: Why
I do reniein-
that aff r all
her that. And I siippos.
you were really helping
llntler: Well, now I
you t
help me.
Pritoh aid: Hut. Settaio-. eon liti m
don't exist like they did in ':M Tin n
ymi had a pirty u'lmhejing forty of
tit" y thousand behind yen. And yon
had n-aieihitig to give me in return f r
my one hundred and twenty thousaii I
negroes and thiny thousand white Re
publicans. Now- i still have my IJO.
111111 negroes behind me and a eonsider
ahle number of while Rep i'dica-is,
whib- your patty litis dwindled down
to live or .six thotisanl Po;uiists, most
of whom will follow me anywhere.
liutlrr: Come now. Senator, thut's
menn in you to be taunting me with
losing .-n many of my party, l.tv:ius.e
you know that 1 lo.-t thrm by trading
them w itii you for the neeT vo'e and
by trying to force them to stand up 10
you ami your party in putting up ne
groes to hold tdlice f.vcr whito men.
Hut I have got. cnouir'a b-tt ynl, 1 think,
to hold the balance of power between
the Democrats and your par'y. And 1
will trade the entire Populi-o v ;e far
your 120.1'uu negioe-.
Pritchnrd: 1 don't agree that you
hold the balance of power: bur rtill if
you will agree t") my terms, I reckon
we e-itn trade.
ltulh-r; Well, want are your terms?
I'ritchard : You want me to support
you for re-election to the Senate, do
you '.'
llntler: Ye.s. that's what 1 want
With the future understanding t hit if
I am defeated for the Senate, and M -Kinley
is re-elected President, that 1
am to be taken care of.
Prltehiii'd: Well, yeti are not at all
modest in your demamls. considering
the small party behind your ba.vi.
llntler: Well that may semi o, but
jstill. I may be mine necessary to you
i and your party than II now- appevir.-. I
I. all your attention I 1 the fact thai M.--I
Kinley is growing weaker every day in
i many cf the Wertern S ates ..ml iu
, some ef the Eastern States on account
; of his position on Imperialism. Trims
'and tin- money question. It may tuin
! mi; before the election that i; will be
1 co-ne so apparent that lie will !-'x a
I number of these States, that h- v.-ill be
; driven to look to North Ctooliutt to
I save him.
! Iu North Carolina, you kit w. thcr-'
j are a number of Demot-rats who will
I vote the Stat ticket In Am;. '. ho
j are not likely to vote for lli y.-.r. In No
vember. Now it may be that a little
j skillful mauipulati 1 1 between you and
; me can give that State to M Ktalev.
i I'vitehard: Hut will ou i" fact and
! in truth n-sit me in carry::, N'.: !h
I Carolina for MeKinley. if it -hall be
; come actually necessary?
j lluthr: Yes. If your p,n ; mil sup
port me for the Senate and agree to
I take 1 are of me if 1 am b . 'en and
I McKlldey is elf 'ted.
; PriUhtU'd: Well, tell me plana
i for giving tin- State to Mi K.r.i'-y If it
become-i neeevsnry.
I Hntler: Well, I will g . do-in to
! North Carolina, to tho l'opu!:' e-:i-I
vent ion. ami I will have a :.-dut ion
: passed, instructing the do'. - rites to
' ote for Bryan and I will have a reg
I ular Populist electoral Hi ke-! put up
j and a full Populls't Sftit" tie-k-t t rmi
1 n.ited. This will make me s..iid with
j the Populists, and make them e.die.-e
' that I am really supporting Drvan.
- Then I will go out to the- P qmlist X1-
"on.si -on en. ion aim nave m.i:i
nominated for President and someone
whom the Democrats will 11 t ae.-ept
nominated for Vice-Pi evident. Then
1 'tin appeal to the Notth Ca.-olinn
Popnbsts tee stand bv m- in mv fluht
f()1. trvan an,) (he Populist tn k' t 1
can keep this ticket in the tii.M and
thus draw away from the De?n-i rati
electoral ticket in North Carolina t"ii
or llfie-en thousand votes, whl h may
be eiiougii te) give the State to .L Kia
b .
I'ritchard- Weil, th- si heme .c-nis
10 have something In it. an I 1 will tn
.opt it with one addition,
llntler: Well, what is that?
Prltchard: Well, you must neiee to
keep tl'.i.s ticket in the field, or with
draw it and fuse- on the Republican
ticket at any time I may think thai,
you van aid M. -Kinley and the Republi
can party by c-nher .uni-se: and yen
mtist further agree to oppcise the t'oti
satiitional Amendment with all -our
might and milu.
Hutb-r: Hut 1 tol l a number of g-11
tb'uien in Sampson that 1 was going t 1
support the amendment, and 1 don't
want you to mix this with au agree
ment about National polities.
Priti hard : Hut it is necessary in oi lier
the enable MoKinb-y tt hold the
netir-o vote in the middle and Northern
States, that lie should stand up t- tile
negiots iii Nort!t"Caro!iiui. and I tell
yuu now that you miwt agree to this if
you want the North Carolina negroes
and McKinley to take care of you.
Hull" - Well, I am ao anxious to re
turn to the Senate and. if 1 fail in tha'.
to be tuWMi care of by McKinley, thai
t accept your t.-t ms, negro and all.
Tommy "Pop. when .1 tursted i-m-plove
robs a bank and is caught with
hip il!-ifott"n g-diis. who gi ts the nnm.
e ? " T-tiim.vV Pii "H'-x layer, I
IK'? e.'1
FARM AND GARDEN.
X New- r-M eif flu- I irlil..
It is estimate-el that the State of
Maryland lost (Km.niMI iluriny; tho
past season throiigdi the ravages of tho
pea louse, w hich Professor V. i.
Johnson, of tho Maiyl.tiid station,
says is an insect rather new to science.
Il belongs to tho well known group of
tho aphides, or diint lice, and on ac
count of some) change m e'ouditious
bus become suddenly abundant, np
peariujt; for tliu first time on the cult i -vateid
pc-a. It is ot a green color, and
only an eighth of an inch long. It
eueks tliu jiiice-s from tho leaf nu l
stem, and tho iditnt dies. Not only
iu Maryland liavo tliu growers eif peas
sulVi-i-ed, but in New Jersey, Dela
ware, New York, Virginia, North Car
olina and Connecticut also. I'oiiit
mitely, tho u ii-lmiso Inn many iusecl
enemies which played havoc with it
be-fore the closo of the season.
A lle-iiii 'ly l or I he- Ui-s.inn I v.
TliO Hessiiin lly is cruel ally rccopt
ni.eil as the most destructive insect
nirecting; wheat. Tor so small a
ereaturo il causes u large amount of
injury. The fully elevclojicd lly is a
tiny two-wing.' I e-i a utui -. md unlike
a mosquito. liaily in uMt iitttii tho fe
male (lies appear m the wheat field,
and deposit their ogs upon the- uppe r
surfaces of the; gi cei: h ,-if-bia.li-s. A
few days Inter Iter g:;y hatoh j.,to
liirv.e that desielid to the bases of the
sheath. Hero they le-inuin to nbsoi li
the juices of tho yoiin--; w heat jdtint.
In tlnee or four weeks each larva- be
comes full grown, iiein : a soil, wlutc
legged maggot, i u cr.ler tlnit it may
go into tho pupa state t hr niiler skin
of tho maggot hai'iieua and becomes !
brown, sepiirating from tin-rest ot the
body, but. still HUirotinduo; j;. H
thus forms 11 sort fit shell m- cocoon.
which is technically called a ptipa
rititu, and is I'opularly kiioivu as the
"llaXeod" sttitc of the lly. Within
this pupariiltii tho larva- change:, to a
pupa, from which somewhat l.il.r,
generally not until the following
spring, the lly emerge.-'.
O110 of the best remedies for the
Hessian lly is to sow a small part of
the grain earlier than the remainder,
so that the llicawill be atlraclcl to
the former nod lay their eggs in il.
This part id the field may then be
plowed under.
Ke-einiu tale tl t'im'ii lli-ceei.t,
The scale mid record sheet ought to
be at hand when the cows ate milked.
Then each cow's milk can be weighed
and a re-ivr.l made of the amount, so
that one can tell what his cows are
doing whether each cow is paving
her 1v.1v and Koiuctliiug more.
whether sum., of ihein are running !
the dairy in debt. The percentage !
of cream each cow's milk a florets
ought to b know 11 to the dairyman. He- i
can gain the information by the Ihib- !
cock test, ..r (approximately) by set- i
ting a quart ol the milk m a. straight
sided vessel Htid noting the proportion
of cream to tho whole depth. Then
with tho record of the iiuioiiitt of milk
piveu ley each cow, the value of her
weekly and monthly product becomes
instantly kuown. Have a record sheet
and keep it on a hinged bo n d behind
the cows, as shown iu tno accompaiiv
:ng illustration.
te.l I'eer Veeeoii; Tto ke-y.t,
Comiuoii xv heut bread is about die
best and simplest food to give young
turkeys for n few day-". Sunk this iu
milk or water mid feed sparingly, but
often, (ii rgiug young fow ls is a bad
plan, 11s it iif'.eti kills them. After the
young turkeys are once started right,
lin y w ill eat. anything w il h-mt de tri
ment, ami everything seems to hejud
what tlicy need for good .level. ipitieiit.
I. ate hatched turkey- tire no! to be
despise, 1 by any lueasis. as these late
hati-ties often turn out as well a earlier
ones. Tlie late hatched fowls will not
need to itiuke now 1..; of leathers iu
the fall, so while tho first broods are
feathering out again, or i.ioiiltiujr, the
late hatched ones are expending nil
their energies in grow -ing. Such birds
may be pi o lit ably kept lei- s,. 11 ing alter
tho holiday s, and often to t a better
price tha'i those sohl a! the holniay
scason.
Sour milk and curd are excellent for
young tut keys, and em a dairy hunt
turkeys may be raised as a by -product.
Take ten turkeys ami keep them from
spring to Thanksgiving and they will
bring us much as a good call", and with
less trouble and expense. l-i e-tiltle
raising it good ileal ef tune is n-.piiied
toluingtu returns, but, with ttukeys
they nro soon ready to mat ki t ami
bring in an early return. Tin keys
light to bo raised with quite us much
profit on n dairy farm as hogs, -md
with 110 more work, and probably less
i-xpeiise, 11s it will hardly take as iiineli
to fatten tin ke, s as ho; s.
XV10 kioi; I n ,e l.s I'll...
Te huiidin-g- the log pile, 'l little e d
v'lati .n iu;Tt.'Ve' i-puplera.'v tim-j aud
Vrf't',
1 1 , M.L
1 1
mue.ri bnrd work. A location shouldl
bo fcloete .1 hero the ground slopes at
tho rate of about ouo foot in sixteen.
Select a logabuiit one foot iu diameter
for it head log. l'hieo it in position at
the bead of the skidwey anil notch
deeply two feet from each end.
Fur skids, use straight polen sit
inches iu diiuiu-ler ut tho large t ml
and as long; as can liu found. Stprui'ii
is best for this purpose. Place the
large' ends in tho notches iu the luad
lo.-t, letting tho ends project ei;fht
j inches beyond. The lowe-r side should
I be hew ed oil' so as to allow tho cuiriigtt
j to ho placed partly under them. Lei
I tlie small ends e-xtoad lip the bill at
right angles to tho lieu 1 lo ;. Put
sullie-ieiit blocking under them so
that thev eautiot bend or break.
Notch the skids lightly, exactly over
tho head log. Now elraw four liir.:f
logs, l'l.tce one oflheiu in the liolchos
and roll the editors in close as pos
sible, but do not put any on tho top
of titeso lo-ti- 1'irst 1.14s, "for they will
be liable to roll down tig-iinst the- car
riage! or the sav. Hut back of them
pile: as lii-!i ,-n yo'.l ple-lsi-, N ithiil
will bo gained, however, bv ptliu.;
more than tine - or four logs In, 'a.
When the machine arrives, phi'-T
the ciu i 'tige as far under the ski Is ai
possible and allow the trucks rn.nn to
move. Ieot tliu "hedgehog" be ju't.
oiit.-ido the skids, and sd the t ji:k'1i i :i j
to this position. When ready to saw,
place the trucks four feel from tho
further end 1' the carriage. Ihdl on
the lirst log and saw o:V four feel. Tho
log; will then balance en the trucks
and it should bo lolled back and oil'
on the gi-oiuil on the lower side of
the carriage, where it will pteviut nu.v
loo; from rolling over tho carriage.
l'or tho other lo.'s, place tho truck 1
as fiir hack as possible.
It is much belter to split the blocks
into slabs as fast as they co ne froai
the machine. This paves much hand
ling and heavy lining, and be-ides llm
wood will never again split as easily
as w hen first sawed. Ordinarily tivi
men will be re Hired; two men with
tho machine, Iw. 1 liien to take away
a'ld split tho blocks, and 0110 mail to
handle the logs. When circ umstaucc
will permit, considerable labor can bo
raved by having tt man and team to
draw the logs c.s ueedo 1 iusteilof
building a log pile. When this i-t
done, tho sUidway should bo built ai
desenbad, but it need be only about
tevcuiy lo.-t in le"i.;tii. than ai -lull
Cai'iiie-i'.
I't-aclieal (lieieiii t'lilliu-r.
Onions, like some other farm crops,
require a largo amount of labor to
give tho best results. Hut it given
good cultivation and the weeds are
kept down, 1 hey make nice largo
.0, hois. On the average farm, onions
niv et'own front scN, but the last 1110
p-o lucod from seed, as there are not
1 no ig'tt si ts to go round. I h-:ve
gi-.-wn tln-m fiom seed and have! ex
perimented on a small scale with
planting tho little ones tho second
yea'.-. Tiiis plan gave good returns,
but I could not get enough Itltlo
1 '.it us.
The soil for onions should be fcr I lie,
s ir iy, we-', tin. lei d' ained s that !'
-.. ii! 11 u pack :t ft r every r.iio. It 11
I cs! to apply a g-...l e-i-aLtig of lurn-y.tt-l
manure, bat ,-t j-rcat i-bj.-.-i 1 ni is
that tt always contains a bug..- a-.i.t'iut
..: we.-.', see l. A fair amount of sand
is all advantage if the soil is suffici
ently retentive to resist drouths.
lb-gin t get the soil in shape two
or three years beforehand. first sow
,.s much clover as possible, to iucreasi
toe fertility o! the soil. AUo plant,
hoed crops to kill out its many weeds
a- po.-sible, for woods are ono of tu i
gre;ite:t barriers to success. IVirn
yard i-iaiiure aud ltc.i lnauure ;' c g .i I
ft Ttiii.e-rs to be applied befou pla i1
lng. l'or the onions to make a good
growth, tin- gioiin.l must lie plowed
us early as possible, aboiil tto- last of
March, and not later than the I'.oth.
They will mak" a crop planted 11
month later, but tiny will g-t oi.ly
half as large. The ground cainiol bo
in too line a condition and should 1,.)
barrow e.l and dragged several limes.
I get the- ground a. free front clod i
and trash as possible, f 1 ,-, j 11 e-1 1 1 1 v rak
ing it v, nil tt common 'girde-t hind
take.
To phi'ii the seed I tiso u e:ti !--n
drill, w hich marks tho next to.v, h i 4
UU adjustable- shovel an I jelant , inn
feirm'.y. I drill tin- rows about thit
teen 1 ;i h"s apa't. planting six to ten
seeds per foot. I would advise every
farmer who plants very miti-li garel;i
to buy one of these drills, wlm-h sown
any si.ed gurde-i :-. e l. I cultivate too
onions us soon as they are laig,,
enough. The ground soon packs an. I
the weeeis i.iai.e an early si all. They
should be plowed ttt 1- tt-t ai'li r very
lam, its the ground the'i runs to
gether and crowds the young plant.
They also have to be hand iio.-d, ,, s
the 'vcciis cannot bo plowed out i f
the row. I'm- getting rid of they.)
weeds 1 Sometimes use it co:nnio:i
knife. It is very hard woik, what
ever is used.
The phew wo use runs .tstrido the
row and is a double- wheel hoe witli
doubl,. boejs. It. b.ies. veml alia -',
nie-nts, soiio- e-iitting h n uontally air I
sotne cnttitig vertically. The funnel
are best for cultivating the plant, 1
when small, because tiny Hi row the
oirl away from the row. When
the bulbs begin to enlarge, the lalter
te.t.v be it-vd. Tho 01,10ns are pulle.l
as soon 11s thee tops turn yellow.
Then they are topped ,,,( i,,tl au-l
laid it way 011 shelves so they will not
hea'.- '. C- Ota'ps, iu Alueii.-t'U g t t, .
CUtt Ui Isi,
a MourL, tan! I'tt.i:.