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TWELVE PAGES The News and Observer. VOL. XLVIII. NO. m. IL®g}d]© siDO KJ®[f&od MKINLEY UNFIT FOR PRESIDENT r r l * »- Says Senator Wellington, of Maryland. r" » WILL VOTE FOR BRYAN Would Regard McKinley's Election as a Calamity, IT „ THE GRAVE MENACE OF IMPERIALISM Senator Wellington Considers it a Departure From the Faith of the Fathers and the Vital Principle of the Campaign. * (Cumberland, Md., Cor. Baltimore Amer ican. J .. "l am unalterably opposed to re-election of President McKinley. Jlryan is a. belter man every way than McKinley, and I regard his elec tion essential to the preservation of the republic.” This is the gist of Senator Georg-e L. Wellington’s position in tln* pend ing Presidential eampaign. 1 called upon the Senator at his office in the Citizens’ National Bank this morning, and in the course of an extended in terview J been me convinced that In* is terribly in earnest. He vvouild not make a definite statement as to the part he will take in the campaign, but it is easy to see that he intends to aid Mryan. In fact, when asked the direct question if he did not intend to do so, Senator Wellington did not. deny it, but. declared that just til pres ent he is net prepared to desei Ibe the efforts he will make to encompass the defeat of President McKinley, to whom he is so bitterly opposed, Ixolli on political and personal grounds. Here is the interview I had with him, 3i*jx)rted almost verbatim: “Senator, are you prepared to de fine your position in the Presidential election?” I asked. "I am unalterably opposed to the re-election of President McKinley.” “Does that.mean that you will take the stump against, him?" , “I am not prepared 1 to say as to that.” ‘‘Have you tendered your services to the Democratic National Commit tee to aid in the election of Bryan?” “I have not.” “Will you do so?” ”1 believe you arc safe in saying that 1 will not: still 1 can’t toll what what may happen.” “Since you are so bitterly opjxvsed to‘McKinley, il is but. natural, is it not, to conclude that you will use your efffforts to bring about, his re feat?” I asked. OPPOSED TO McKINLBY. ”1 only care to say at this time, that 1 am unalterably opposed to McKin ley, and regard his election as a cal amity to lx*. averted, no matter what the coat,” was the answer. “Well, Senator, wince you say you will not take the stump, and taking your opposition to McKinley into con sideration, liow would it* do to make a guess that you will work quietly to bring about the election of Bryan?” ( 'Hie answer shows the present in tention of the Senator just as clearly as would a definite statement. In he sponse to the above question he said: “Quietly? That’s it. .lust at present I am devoting myself to my private business, which has been sadly neg lected for five years, and, so far as I know now, whatever 1 may <!o in jh>l itjes will Ik* done quietly. But I think my influence will Ih* felt.” “Do you abject,” I asked, “to s|x*ci fying why you are so bitterly opposed to McKinley and why you xvill aid in the work of defeating him?” “Not in the least. lie no longer represents Republican principles; his defeat is necessary to the- preserva tion of the Republic, and, in addition, he has deceived and betrayed me in my personal relations with him.” “You do not, tihen, indorse the Phil adelphia platform.” FAITH OF OUR FATHERS. “I do not." “Why?” “Because I regard it as a grave de parture from the faith of our fathers. It is not the Republicanism of Lin coln. but an indorsement of the inim ical policies foisted upon the country by McJvinley.” “But do you not acknowledge the power of the party representa.taves in convention assembled to define the party principles, and as a. partisan do you riot consider yourself bo mu I by the decision,of the convention?” “Not when tin* convention#deports from what I know to lw the true prin ciples of Republicanism. In certain matters—corresponding to those things which in religion tire termed non-essential—l am willing to bow to the superior wisdom of the party ma jority, but on questions of vital prin ciple I refuse to do so, when that de cision differs from what I know to be right.” “The ‘vital principle’ ini this case is, I sup|Mjse, the thing the Democrats term ‘iinperialismY’ I said. “You are right,” the Aerator re sponded. “I am an anti-im.wrialist. f do not talk one way in Congress and another way on the outside, nor do 1 talk otht way and act another. I urn not like old Hoar able to apjxml to flu* past, and tin* future, and then stulify myself. I s<*e only the pres ent. The past is gone, and the future can care of Itself, but I’ll help lake care of the present.” "You believe, then, that there is a real threat of imperialism in the pres ent jtolicy of the Administration?” “I most certainly do," was the Sen ator’>< emphatic reply. “Will you tell me wherein the Ad ministration has so acted as to con vince you of a danger to the republic from this source?” 1 asked. THAT SECRET ALLIANCE. It is convincing me of it every day by its oonduel in tin* Philippines and by the workings of the secret alliance which exists with Great. Britain.” “You think, then, that the govern ent errs, in the Philippine matter?" "Inquestionably. It is impossible to perpetuate tin* republic here and maintain, an empire N,()<><) miles away. We are at the parting of the ways, and must now choose which road we we will follow in the future.” “You are also convinced that a se cret understanding with Great Britain really exists? “Beyond any doubt. You remember the cry that was raised against Cleve land of subserviency to England. There was not one quarter the ground for it that there is for the same cry against. McKinley. He would not dare to do a tiling that would he unaccept able to England, for In* is nothing more than an English proconsul.’* “But have you any positive proof of a. secret alliance?” “No more than is in possession of all tip* world.” “You have never seen any documents in the State Department to prove the existence of such an alliance?” “lit is impossible to sice them.” “Nor have you any information that such documents are on file?” “None,” the Senator replied. “You are, then,” I said, “simply of the opinion that an understanding ex ists?” * “I know it," the Senator replied, ve hemently. “The best circumstantial evi dence in the world proves it. Did not England open the official correspondence of our Consul at Pretoria? Had there Keen no secre t understand ling such a breach of international etiquette would have meant war by God, sir. war!—right there. And then, why was Macruni re call! 1 and Hay’s cub sent to Pretoria? Solely because of that secret understand ing.” AGAINST PARIS TREATY. “You said President McKinley had de ceived and betrayed you in your personal relations. Do you object to explaining th.-t statement?” 1 asked. ”1 do r.ort, and you may publish my ex pi: r.o icn if you want to. I was opposed to the Paris peace treaty, and would never have voted for its ratification of my own volition. I told Die president so, and he induced me ito vote few it by solemnly pledging me that it was not the intention of himself or the Govern ment to forcibly bold or permanently ac quire -the Philippine Islands. He further paid thrt his percental desire was to re store 1- iw and order in the Islands, and then submit the matter to Congress with Die idea cf having It grant absolute freedom and self-government to the Fil ipinos. With that pledge from President William McKinley 1 voted for the treaty. Without it I never should have done so. The resolution I offered in the Senate, and which was the basis of my speech oo the Philippine question, provided for exactly what the president himself told me he desired to bring about. It was ,thus that he deceived and betrayed me.” “From what you have said, Senator,” I said. “I gather that you indorse the Democratic platform as ad or ted at Ivan nas Cit?” “In so far as it makes the Issue of im perialism raramount, yes.” Senator Well ington replied without hesitation. “It is your opinion then that impe rialism is of greater a.nd mote pressing Importance than the money question?” I said. VITAL PRINCIPLE. “Without a doubt,” the Senator respond ed. “Imperialism involves a vital prin- | cl pie of government, while the money question as merely one of government policy. Beside, the money question is 3io t in it at al. Even if there were, when it conies to that I am a better sound monay man than McKinley ever Was. I have always been from conviction a gold moncniettallist while McKinley was drag ged into it. Prior to 1896 McKinley was no more of a sound money man than Bryan. This Is proved by his every utterance.” “Why do you say that the money ques tion is not in it at all this year?” I raked. “Simply because It i!s not,” the Senator replied. “The complexion of th;> Senate prevents cny adverse legislation for four years at least." “Leading Republicans differ with you in that regard," 1 said. "They don’t know what they are talk ing about,” Senator Wellington replied, with considerable warmth. “The money question Is settled for four years, ait least. and, if necessary, I can produce facts end figures to prove it.” “May 1 say. then, that you regard Bryan as a safer man ithian McKinley?" I asked. “Yes. and without equivocation. lie is safer in every way,” Senator Wellington answered, with constantly increasing em phasis. "1 would na'ther take Bryan’s wtcrd on any subject," he continued, • than McKinley’s." % “But does i/he fact <tha.t you arc willing to take his word make Brystp a safer man than McKinley to hold the reins of gov ernment?” I ventured ito ask. THE ONE GREAT ISSUE. “As I see it, yes,” (the Senator an swered. “Bryan is absolutely right on the one great Issue involved in this cam paign. and, with the money question a.t rest for four years, he is a bigger, a bet ter and a safer man than McKinley. Even if the money question were not settled, Bryan Is a man of too much sense to undertake to tamper with tho currency." (Continued on Tenth Fage.) RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST I?, 1900. LIEUT, COLONEL JAMES STUART Brave British Officer Killed at Guilford. SLAIN IN SINGLE COMBAT His Military Career in the War of the Revolution. THE SON OF A SCOTTISH NOBLEMAN Monument Trected to His Memory in 1893 bv Guilford Battle* Ground Company of Greens boro. Sketch of His Life by Mar shall De Lancey Haywood. On the old Revolutionary battlefield of Guilford court house, near Groensb wo, in this State, arc many noble memorials of American heroes and heroism — the statue of Joseph Winston, mark ing the place where he and his brave volunteers so long fought the Hessians ' and Tarleton's cavalry; the massive , granite boulder with its bronze tablets,] sent by Maryland to commemorate the I deeds of her soldiery; the statue of William Hooper, signer cf the Declara- I tion of Independence; monuments to | Summer, Dixon, Daves, and other North Carolinians. Nor, while commemorating the prowees of our own troops, has the Guilford bat tle ground company neglected to preserve the mcmer:’ of a brave officer who lost his life cn the same field while fight.ng under Lord Cornwallis. As ito stands j by the Maryland monument and gazes in a northeasterly direction across au ’ open space where the battle once raged, he will see in a litle ravine, about thre'l hundred yards distant, si small shaft ) f white marble, erected In 1893, “in honor of a brave foeman,” Lieutenant Colons I James Stuart, of the Queen's Guards. w\s this gentleman, bc'h by reason of birth and persona! achievements, was well known in his day and g»n * al.ej.', ! a few notes eon erning his caret r may j Ik* of some interest now. In Burke’s i Peerage (189F> edition, p. 111), he is per- j JconaP.v mentioned, tngetibw with the I battle where he was slain. He was the | son of Pobert Stuart, seventh Baron of Blandyre, in Scotland. The latter’s father , was active (in orooDtl* g the English | Revolution of IGBX, and another ancestor , was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, • Colonel Stuart was also lineally <i. scend ed from Sir John Stuart, of Minto, slain at the battle of Flodden, where — "No Scottish foot went backward When the Royal Lion fell.” After the American colonies had dc- dared their ituler.ie silence and when Great Britain was attempting to regain them by force, Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart, of whom thia sketch treats, wait one of the officers sent over bv King George to aid in restoring royal authority. By his bravery an I merit he soon gained a high regulation among his euaM.-a.los At Guilford, after the wfaunding o.f General Charles O'Hara, he placed him self at the head of the Second Battalion of Guards, and with these troops com pletely routed the Second Maryland reg iment. lint his triumph was of short duration, for Colonel William Washing ton, of the cavalry, was soon engaged in a furious charge on his rear. In his ad mirable work on our State’s Revolution ary fc;'story, (which every true North Carolinian should read), Judge Schenck says: ‘‘Washington had hardly passed, like a destroying angel, through this de voted regiment of gallant Englishmen, in this vallev of death, before the First Maryland arrived on the scene. It wheeled to the South and rushed like a whirlwind on Stuart's left flank, bearing down all before it, slaughtering its vic tims and piling up its sacrifices as it rolled on. But still Stuart refused to fly. He stood like a lion at bay and re pellrl the fury of his adversaries.” The death of StuaVt was the 1 result of a hand-to-hand combat, in this battle with Captain John Smith, of Maryland, in a former fight these officers had en countered each other but were separated in the confusion of the conilict. Both had expressed the wish tihat they might meet again, and this wish was gratified at Guilford court house. Os Colonel Stuart’s death, we lind in Johnson's Life of General Greene, a minute account, (partly quoted by Judge Sobneckj, which says: ‘‘Two combatants particularly at tracted the attention of those around them. These were Colonel Stuart, of the Guards, and Captain John Smith, of the Marylanders—both men eonspicious for nerve and sinew. They had also met before cn some occasion, and had vowed that their next meeting would end in block Regardless of the bayonets that were clashing around them, they rushed at each ether with a fury that admitted of but one result. The quick pass of Stuart's small sword was skillfully put by with the left hand, whilst- the heavy sabre of his antagonist eleft the Britain to the spine. In one moment the Ameri can was prostrate on the lifeless body of his enemy; and in the next, was precis ed beneath the weight of 'he soldier who had brought him to the ground. These are not imaginary incidents—they are related on the best authoriiy. A ball discharged at Smith's head as his swoird descended on that of Stuart, had grazed it and brought him *o th<- ground, at the instant that the bayonet of a favorit.3 soldier, who always sought the side of his captain in the hour of danger, pierced the heart of one who appears to have been equalW watchful over the safety of_jhe British colonel.” There captain John Smiths in the Maryland line. The one whfp^^v Stuart wos known as the Hero of Hob kirk; and, after the Revolution. Presi dent Adams gave him a commission in the armament against France, when war with that country was '»xpected. In ISM, eighty-five years after the deaith of Colonel Stuart, a negro laborer, white crossing the old battlefield, notice 1 an object protruding from the side of a gully, and dug it out. It proved to be a sword, encased in a scabbard of Ger man silver. Except a portion of the hilt tprobably leather) which had retted off, i.t watt in almost a perfect state of pres ervation, owing to the protection of tin* scabbard, anti chased on the blade, may still be plainly seen the arms of Blan tyre, showing that Colonel Stuart was its owner. About twenty years after thr* discovery of this relic, the Hon. David S.hanek, of Greensboro, with the co-operation cf other patriotic gentle men. undertook to restore and beauti fy the battlefield (then a neglected waste) by marking the positions of the respec tive troops therein engaged and erecting monuments, stature pavillions, etc. I low far this movement has succeeded, let the present splendid condition of the grounds bear witness, and while 'huso memorials are erected to commemorate the valor of our Revolutionary fore fathers. they will also proclaim to future generations the unselfish labors of Judge Schcnck, who first conceived this noble work, and has devoted so many years of his life to its consummation. As a result of the action at Guilford, Lord Dunglass, son and heir of the ninth Earl of Homo, also lost his life. He was a young man twenty-four years of age, ami held the rank of captain. The wound he received was not instantly fa tal, but. fever set in and he died in less than a week. Colonal Stuart’s sword is now deposited with other relics of the Revolution in the museum at the battle ground. The fact that it was sheathed when first ex humed shows that it was picked up af ter his fall. Probably it was buried with him. May those who fought for our inde pendence ever be held in grateful re membrance. Mav those of their ad versaries who confined themselves In open warfare be also remembered with the respect due to bravo foemen; and to Colon'*! Stuart, !;» particular, may we apply the beautiful linos of one of Ills own countrymen: “lit* lit d a gallant knight, With sword in hand, for England’s right." M. DeLANCEY HAYWOOD. HANNA’S VISIT TO EOSTON Col. 1.11, of North Carolina, Submits a Few 1 Remarks. Tlie other day the Boston papers .‘dated .hat the Hon. Marcus Alonzo Hanna was expected up that way, and that his visit was likely to extend through the week, lie c-ur. -s, the papers went cn to say, j as chairman of ithe Republican national eio.mnittce, to replenish 'the parse the party, which is equivalent to saying tl:*it he means business and will not be d( nied. The Boston Post believes that as itiho result of a similar visit four years ago, the national committee “re ceived from various sources “centering Yellowine Yell, of Yellville. N. C.. deplcis Democrats, as well as Republicans, con centributed." It is true tl*nl amounts of money beyond all precedent were rai.ed 'll Massachusetts for the cam paign of IX%. In the old days, when | Republican national committeemen were able .to collect above $200,000 for a na tional campaign in this State plain folks wore staggered. That was in our callow political period, so to speak: it Is safe to say ithat the half-million dollar mark has since been passed, and thu.t high water mark lias since been passed, and that high water mark was reached four years ago. What tha.‘ mark was the lioliticians are shy cf saying, as might be eveeeted. In view of Mr. Hanna’s coming, Col. find it hot: but tli* wise men for his in the Bo on Advertiser the situa tion, with a graphic jiower akin to Dooley’s philosophical analyses, us fol lows : I understan’ there’s trubble up yore way; thet State streets feolin' very far frum gay & thet folks each day inquire of Gc-et ting cr cf Meysr: “D’ye think thet lie will g'.t aroun’ t’day?" To' stock exchange is quiet too as I>eth & vh brok <rs whisper lew with halted brea.th. If lie comet,h down <th’ pike, will he make j a winnin' strike?" and yit depone n't nutli- | in- further saith. So, th’ questionin’ con- 1 tinuc s tremulously: Is he cornin’ after j me? Is he coinin’ fur my wealth, or a jureeyln’ fer his helth, or t’ gaze upon' th’ great, imperial sea? There is gran Jure in th' tempest's 1 thrillin’ shriek. There Is silence when th’ thunderbolts do speak. But there’s i mere of eloquence in real dollars, and real sense just in Sen’tor Hanna’s visit of this week! Let th’ pesky poets sing cf storm-boat rocks, cr the tempest which at drownin’ sailers mocks; but when Hanna drops a hint. It’s as good as any mint. Doesn’t say much? lie. don’t hafter! Money tawkf*! That's just why his cornin’ sorter makes folks squirm. He kinder probes beneath the’ epideem. He’s a man you all re spec’, hut he’s alius marked “collect.” He seems mild. but. O, he’s most al mighty firm! He is cornin’ & guess you’ll find it hot; but th’ wise men for his visit tarry not. Some are kep at home with chills. Some are maltin’ for th’ hills, and th’ rest are down th harbor in a yacht! A GOOD SELECTION* (Greensboro Re cord.) Mr. L. W. Crawford, Jr., is in receipt of a letter from Mr. J. A. Lacfrey, secre tary of the Board of Trustees of Ruth erford College, informing him that, he had been unanimously elected a teacher in that institution/ Rutherford College Is 100 a/ted near Mo.rgan.lon, has been pur chased by the Western North Carolina Con fe ran ce—an d will he &r>: , ne , l for pu pils September 1. Mr. ('has. C. Weaver and Prof. J. C. Reynolds are the co-presidents and th* r * is considerable enthusiasm man ! Rested in the interest of the school. THROUGHTREHEART OF THE BLUE RIDGE The Carolina and North Wes tern Railway. LENOIR TO TENNESSEE A Description Given of the Three Proposed Routes, THE CONNECTIONS THAT WILL BE MADE With Lines West and North. What Extension Means. Heavy Freight Traffic. S6O, 000 Voted For the Railroad by Wataugua Co. Beginning at Lenoir, the pros**at north can terminus of the Carolina and North western Railway, this article will en deavor it,o describe the three practical routes cf the proposed extension of this railroad to the Tennessee Sttata line, one of which routes the road is pit»t,ty certain to select. The first route, beginning at Lenoir, runs through the upper valley of tin* Yadkin river, crosses the Blue Ridge at Coffey’s Gap and runs thence to the val ley of the Watauga River and down that river into Tennessee. The second route, beginning at Lenoir, runs up Johns River to Coffey’s Gap, crossing the Blue Ridge at that point and thence down Barnes’ Fork off Watauga River into Tennessee. The third line, beginning at Lenoir, passes up Wilson’s Creek and crosses the Blue Ridge near Montezuma. Mitchell County, and runs thence to Tennessee, either down the Toe River or byway of the Gran bury Iron Mines, and thence down Doe River to Johnson City. Tennessee. Each cf these routes are entirely practi cal and will have possibly less than two |ir cent, grade. WE3TERN CONNECTION. •After crossing into the State of Ton ne-, see the. Carolina and North-western Inti I read will then connect west ami north with the Southern, Norfolk and Western, Virginia and Southwestern, and the Louisville and Nashville railroads. Pts connection with the latter road will give travelers from the Atlan tic coast the shortest and most direct line to Cincinnati. Chicago and ether joints North. WHAT EXTENSION MEANS. The Virginia and Southwestern Rail road Company owns and operates ex tensive coal, coke and iron properties in Southwest Virginia and Tennessee. The Carolina and Northwestern Railway gives an outlet to the products of this great coal, coke and iron producing Company, which has tinve&ted more than slxteeu million dollars in ccal and iron propertlc» in the Bristol district in Tennessee. HEAVY FREIGHT TRAFFIC. The extension of the Carolina and Northwestern Railway through the Blue Ridge will make connection with West ern and Northern roads and will open up a heavy traffic westward in transporting tho magnetic iron ores into Hip Southwest Virginia iron district, where it is needed to mix with the rod fossil ores which are so exten sively mined in that section. I't la diffi cult for an outsider to appreciate the great value of the extension of this road through Western North Carolina. The vein cf magnetic iron ore men tion .1 above extends In a northeasterly direction entirely across the counties of Mitchell. Watauga and Ashe. In the lat ter coutVy the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany has purchased extensive deposits of this fine magnetic ore. The development of mineral deposits in this section of the State is still in its infantcy and deposits nf copper, silver and gold have been discovered recently In Watauga ccunity. A firm of capitalists from Milwaukee ■has lately invested largely in the Elk Knch Copper Mine district; also In Watauga county, and is now working a large for o in developing their holdings. Deposits of copper have also been found on the Watauga River and Meat Camp Creek, in the same county. There will he nearly one million acres cf virgin forests, never heretofore touch ed by the woodman’s ax, Immediately tributary to and adjacent to the line of this road. The next and last article of this series will endeavor to *hcw itihe im mense benefit the building of the exten sion of the Carolina and Northwestern Railroad will be to the people in the eour.ities through which it will pass, and Ihe development of every industry possi ble of that beautiful and God favored section of this grand old Commonwealth. SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS VOTED. Appreciating the Importance of rail road facilities, the people of Watauga county, on August 2nd inst., voted to tax themselves sixty thousand dollars for the purpc&e of subscribing that a men at for bonds of the Carolina and North western Railway Company, provided the Company would build their proposed ex tension through Watauga Couni y and cross tba Blue Ridge at Coffey's Gap. The sixty thousand dollars being availa ble only when the road is completed en tirely through the county. RICHARD BATTLE. Maryland Democrats are claiming that ' ?,;aite as sure for Bryan. The book makers are hotting two da one that , Bryan carrier, the State. The Republican Senator from Maryland, Mr. Wellington, has come out far Bryan and may take I the “’""Milflßliyip- SECTION ONE-'-Pages 1 to 4. ***■»#.? ''*rj — - °in , ' “ENTS. LET THERE E UNION All Democrat! Mait Work Together For the Defeat of McKinley. (Wilmington Messenger.) It is to be hoped that the democracy of North Carolina that were so earnest and so united* in the State campaign will bo equally us united in the presidential campaign now on. In union there !. .strength. In discord and dismember ment there !s sure defeat. Ivd all Item erats, however disagreeing on same particular measure, heartily agree upon the Democratic national ticket and do all that ran well he dont* to elect It. We doubt if there is a man of informa tion, reflection and candor who accepts every plank in any campaign in any party's platform. You can find one or mote measures favored or statements made that you wish had been left out. They mar, as you think, because it or they fail to express your own convic tions. Let the Democracy of North Carolina now united as to good and hon est government for the people of the State continue united, and earnestly strive to secure capable, just, elevated, pure, honejvt government in the national government. It is sorely needed, as all men who are informed so well know. The Democrats in 15)00 who helj) to re-eleot McKinley will not only injure the country’s standing, but will visit sharp pr!r.a and penalties on the South especially. We do not here stop to inter upon a review of the McKinley admir.isitra.tion so dishonorable, so honey combed with corruption anti stupendous follies and inconsistencies. There Is lime enough before November next to pass in review the chief offending anti disgraceful acts ©f the weakest, moat venal administration hitherto known to American history, unless it he Grant's The country is in danger and the funda mentals are being steadily undermined. A roiturn to first principles of Democ racy. to tho basic principles of the fa thers is imperative now If this great re public is to be saved to other gonera ■t ions. The whites In Nofth Carolina must no! lose sight of McKinley's course as to the negro. The way he treated North Carolina white people is one of infamy and detestation. It ought to send his name into the courts of Infamy to he recorded there until “the lost. syllable of recorded time.” Our Raleigh contem porary, -the News and Observer, that did such effective and admirable work in the late Stale campaign, well brings out a most Important fact—one 4bar i-s worthy of the conaidcralion of every true white man in North Carolina. It Is Mils: “Is a negro postmaster appointed by McKinley and Pritchard and George White any mere acceptable ‘than a ne gro magistrate and Abe Middleton? If so. whv so? “A vote for McKinley is a vote for ne gro officials in North Carolina —*!,n Ral eigh, In Wilmington, and -twenty-seven other towns and cities of tha State. A negro postmaster in Halifax is no hot ter than a negro magistrate in Halifax; Butler and his crowd are responsible for the postmaster. The man who voted the fusion ticket on .the second day tW Au gust voted for negro mag!«tra.tcs and other negro officers. “The man who votes for McKinley in November votes for negro collectors of customs, negro postmasters and negro revenue officers right here In Nq(f«? Carolina. "Is it any better to vote for negro post masters than for negro magistrates? John Dancy as collector of customs in North Carolina’s principal city is no worse than George White as Congress man in the Second dlflrict of North Carolina. "Butler and his gang have been re pudiated. “The same fate awaits any man or set cf men who lead the fight for McKinley In November. “There is no difference; one puts ne ngroes in office in the* towns of the State as well as ethers.’’ "Mv ccuntrvni'in.” its funeral Ran som is wont to say in his public speeches, think of this and answer in the tribunal of your conscience. Stand together, and get rid of 'the meat accursed corrupt 'tool oi power ever known in the past of our country. McKinley forced ttwiewt v-seven negro post minsters uihmi the white people in the eastern counties. Os these, seven have been tried for steal ing ntul convicted or ought to have been convicted. Think or the last and how the northern radicals have cursed, af flicted, abused and tried to abuse the white people in the South, and especial ly in Eastern Carolina. Think of how Wilmington fared at his hands. The seventy-five of mere business firms of this city ithat have custom house itmnsactloos during the year, have been compelled to wait upon a negro, John L'taucy, In charge and “sitting at the reoeip<t of customs.” It was done in malice by McKinley and for the jturpose of punishing the white men here for daring to he Democrat* and for opposing “Bin Supreme High ness." Remember the little fellow in the presidential chair and let him alone severely ait 'the polls, hut give him i>ar- Hcular fits” until the election ends. Think of that fellow Jim Young flourish ing like an entire grove of big “bay trees’’ at the capital city, lording it. over whites. We quote again from our Raleigh contemporary: “It is true tha« seven of these pets of McKinley have bean sent to >the pen itentiary, hut that tells even more agaiutei McKinley. The mutbern men in North Carolina who voted for McKin ley In IS©* will not do it again this year —that is, none of them will who voted for tihe constitute dual amendment on last Thursday. To do so would be equiva lent to saying: ’I am strongly opposed to giving negroes Stale and county of fices, hut I am Just as strongly in favor of having .them appointed postmasters, revenue officers and collectors of cus toms in North Carolina.” And few men arc going to take such a position. When they voted for the eonsti/tottonal amendment Thursday they (Continued on Tenth Page.) J