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THE OPERATION SATISFACTORY
To All Classes of White People-Elim'nates
the Nefro, but Guarantees the Right to
Vote to Every White Man.
lhe pending amsndmeht In this State
is a copy of the suffrage amendment
m Louisiana except the property
clause. The Constitutional Convention
of Louisiana adopted the amendment
In 189a. It went into effect soon after.
There has been the fullest possible op
portunity to study the question in all
it3 details, The city elections were
held last year under the provisions of
the new constitution. This year the
State election was held under It. No
word of complaint has been heard. No
white man has stated hat his right to
vote lhas been dented. No test has been
made of the question in the courts. So
we take it that the working of the am
endment in. Louisiana will be its work
ing In this State. It has stood a practi
cal test there. In order that the peo
ple of this State might have the fullest
Information on this subject, Hon, Jo
sephus Daniels, editor of the News and
Observer, has been to the State of Lou
isiana and made a study of the ques
tion In all Its bearings. He was espe
cially active In seeking Information a
to whether white people are disfran
chised. His letters from the South are
Interesting reading. He interviewed
men of every shade of political ODinlon
j He did not confine hU investigation to
the twn3. The County Parishes our
townships were visited and people
themselves sounded on the subject. At
tention is invited to gome of the lead
ing points taken from his articles. In
the light of experience the people of
Louisiana declare unanimously that
their amendment was the only nossible
j solution of the suffrage question, and
I the amendment is regarded as an en
j tlrely satisfactory solution of It.
The Interviews had by him with well
posted citizens of Louisiana bear on
the following phases of this question:
1. Eliminating the Negro.
2. Guaranteeing the right to vote to
every native white man, whether edu
cated or not.
3. Eliminating reprehensible features
; from politics, and elevating politics
and political action.
1. Eliminating the Negro.
"Among ethers in New Orleans I had
a talk with Hon. John Fitzpatrick, who
is a wealthy citizen and was a member
of the convention that framed the Con
stitutional Amendment. He knows the
a b c's of the city politics. He said:
"The amendment works very well. It
takes in every white, uneducated or
not, who registered under the grand
father clause. The practical effect in
rjy ward was to reduce a negro regis
tration of about 2.000 to 112. In St.
Mary's Parish, with a poulation of
about 17,000 negroey and about 4,000
I whites, only about one dozen negroes
j registered."
"There wer only 3.300 negroes feg
; istered In the State at the recent elec-
lion. The paucity of the negro vote
took away entirely their importance as
j voters. They were not counted or
! sought after. As a natural result those
j who did register will have no incen
tive to do It again, aid at the new reg
istration nftri ti nrosont -rcriatrolr,Y
expires, which will be December 31st,
I 1900. there will be fewer neero voters
who desire to register." Hon. H. C.
Cage, of New Orleans.
' In this city the adoption of the Con
stitutional amendment, similar to the
one pending in North Carolina, result
ed in reducing the negro vote from 14,
177 to 1,493. These are official figures,
taken this morning from the books in
the office of Mr. Jere M. Gleason, State
Registrar of Voters, for the parish of
Orleans.
"In November. 1899, the first election
was held under the new Constitutional
Amendment The total registration
was 88.&S4, of which number 1,368 were
negroes, a reduction of the negro vote
from the 1896 registration, which was
the fullest known, of 12,709. This city
election showed to the whole State the
value cf the amendment, and opened
the way for the result seen in the State
election held last month. The State
election was held on the 17th of April
Registration closed on the 17th of
March, as the law requires it to close
thirty days before the election. The
registration In the parish (it embraces
only the 17 wards in New Orleans) for
the tSate election was 38,894, of which
number 1,493 were negroes." Hon.
Jere M. Gleason, State Registrar of Vo
ters for Orleans.
2. Guaranteeing the right to vote to
every white man, whether educated or
not.
"Under the Constitutional Amend
ment, by reason cf section five, every
uneducated man, who could vote in 18
17, or who is a son or grand eon of such
voter could register on a permanent
roll and vote as long as -he lives, pro
vided he registered on that roll by
September 1, 1S98. In this parish we
took Interest to see that every illiterate
White man was registered under that
section. I registered under it myself,
and there were very few illiterates who
did not' avail themselves of this pro
vision. The amendment works splen
didly, the elections are fair, the educat
ed and uneducated whites vote as here
tofore, and there is better feeling in
rlitlcs than for many years." Judge
P. Cailloneti.
"Prior to 1878, there were no public
achcols except mixed schools, open
alike to white and negro children, and
as the white people would not send to
them, many children grew up without
education. We were unwilling to dis
franchise these neglected men or their
children, the soldiers who followed Lee
or the men who helped rescue the tSate
In 1876. That Is why we put in section
five. The illiterate white voters are
delighted with the amendment." Hon.
Thos. B. Badeanx.
"Nearly all the Illiterate whites reg
istered. As an example, I may men
tion that in ward five (a country town
ship) there are 540 voters. I know eve
ry man In the ward, about half of
whom are uneducated. All registered
Jxcept about twelve."-Sheriff Jama
Beary.
"The amendment has more than met
public expectations. Our elections un
der it are closely contested and per
fectly fair, white illiterates registered
nnder section five and voted, few "e
crose vote, they are satisfied and there
Is good feeling between Ihe race."
Hon. Andrew Price;
"In Lafayette, St. Martin's, Vermil
ion, the Arcadian and other parishes,
there are many Illiterates. Many of
them are Creole. There are no better
oidieT3 than the Creole regiments.
They are men who, though illiterate,
have all the civic virtues, take a keen
interest in public affairs, and stood by
good government all the way through.
We could not disfranchise such true
men and brave soldiers.
"The men enrolled under section five
behind them is the manhood of the
State. It ia a white man's and an Am
erican roll. The late Hon. Thos. J.
Semmes, President of the American
Ear Association, registered under this
clause, it is a roll of honor. Moat of
the illiterate white men of the State
registered under this clause and are
now permanent on the registration
rolls." Hon. H. C. Cage, of New Or
leans. I next asked Mr. Gleason this ques
tion: "Have any illiterate white men in
New Orleans been denied the privilege
of voting because they could not read
and write?"
He understood the question and
made this answer:
"None whatever. Every white man
who wants to vote is permitted to rote.
Public sentiment is suoh that no man
in politics would attempt to throw ob
stacles in the way of an illiterate white
man's voting. Practically all who
couldn't read and write registered un
der the grandfather clause in the time
prescribed by law and are on a per
manent roll of qualified voters, and are
guaranteed the right to vote all their
lives.
"No white men none whatever
have been disfranchised."
Mr. Gleason said : "It took two years
to educate the people of Louisiana up
to the point that it would not result in
the disfranchisement of any white peo
ple. Now they all see it and like it and
wouldn't go back to old conditions un
der any circumstances. This Is as true
of the uneducated portion as of t'ae ed
ucated portion of our population."
3. Eliminating reprehensible fea
tures from politics and elevating pol
itics and practical action.
Hon. Samuel L. Gilmore, City Attor
ney, and one of the leading men in
New Orleans, speaking of what follow
ed the practical workings of the am
endment, said: "It has rendered our
elections free from any just taint of
fraud. It has worked wtli in every
say. particularly in lt3 beneficial ef
fect felt in giving a higher tone to our
politics. There has been no suspicion
of irregularity in the two elections
held under it. It has not only eliminat
ed the negro vote, thu3 removlhg cor
ruption and many evils, but has re
sulted in guaranteeing fair white pri
maries. hTe negro question has been
eliminated. No one now think3 about
the negro vote, and in fact very few of
them tare to vote."
Mr. Peter F. Pescud, a native of Ral
! eieh. who is now one of the leading
! ami influential citizens of New Orleans.
I told me that the amendment had wark-
ed well in every respect, and secured
peaceful and fair elections, eliminated
the negro from politics, and had not
disfranchised any white man because
cf hi3 lack of education and property.
Mr. Pescud ha3 been living here for
seventeen years and has made himself
universally respected and popular, and
is a business man of large interests
and wide acquaintance. He says that
he is in no sense a politician, taking
only that part in politics that a good
citizen is called upon to take. His ob
servations are of great value and
weight, particularly to North Carolin
ians who know him as an intelligent,
careful, and wise business man.
Though a leader in I'ew Drleans finan
cial circles, Mr. Peacud is proud that
the tar still sticks to his heels, and-he
rejoices in whatever helps or blesses
North Carolina. "The passage of the
amendment," he said, "will eliminate
the negro question and give the peo
ple freedom to think about the indus
trial expansion whioh promises so
much for North Varolina."
One of the foremose editors of the
foremos Phrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj Tfdl-'
South i3 Major H. J. Hensey, editor of
the New Orleans State, the most ar
dent and vigorous advocate of White
Supremacy in this city of believers in
the white man's party. I asked him
how the amendment had operated and
whether it had justified the expecta
tions of Its supporters. He said:
"It has worked admirably in the last
kick against it. No specification has
been made of any fraud or wrong. It
put Louisiana on the old system of
a white basis, brought it back to the
era when it was noted far and near for
the chivalry of its people and the brav
ery of its sons. Its adoption was a
grand and magnificent revolution. It
has put the State on the high road to
prosperity, and I believe there Is a
higher tone in public life than in 20
years. There is a feeling of reief that
the negro question has been eliminated
and that we have returned to the old
time honor.
"What has been the result of the
adoption of your new constitution on
the elections?" 1 asked Mr. Gleason.
Here is his answer:
"Elections are now absolutely fair.
The most bitter enemy has been unable
to substantiate a charge of the least
unfairness. The oppoition, after elec
tion, were forced to ay, 'We havn't a
word to say.' There is not a suspicion
of unfairness about our elections. I
believe that the registration in this
city Is the cleanest of any city on the
continent."
All trouble on farms and plantations
has vanished.
"The Constitutional Amendment has
brought about a beter feeling in the
State. In absolute and unquestioned
control, the white men feel the respon
sibility of protecting the negro in all
his rights. The white people of North
Carolina, regardless of party, will miss
an opportunity to put their politics on
a higher plane if they do not adopt the
amendment. They owe it-to themselves
and chidlren to do what we have done.
Here the negro is eliminated as an Im
portant political factor, fair elections,
leave no excuse for complaints, the
white man and negro are on friendly
terms, no native born Illiterate wihite
man loses his vote and all. these bless
ings have been brought about by the
amendment." Governor Foster.
"rh elimination of the illiterate
NEWTON, Nf C.f FEIDAY, MAY 25,
black vote in Louisiana has placed our
politics upon a higher plana and ush
ered In a new era in our civic life."
Dr. C. Aphonso Bmltln Professor of
English ia the tj&ifersity of Louisiana.
"The amendment has brought about
a condition as If in 1866 the white elec
torate thn existing had been Brain-taine-d
And life Zot fcpeaea 0 Htsri
voters who possessed $309 worth of
property or had reasonably good edu
cational qualifications to become vol
er3." Honu. Leon Jastrem&ki, Com
missioner of Agriculture.
Senator Pritchard undertakes to say
that the amendment in Louisiana has
disfranchised the Illiterate white vote-;
and to prove that he gives the white
vote registered in 1896, and then shows
the number of Totes cast in the recent
State election, and agrues front thin
that the balance are disfranchised.
The books in theoffice of the Secre
tary of State in Baton Rouge show that
in 1896 28,3tl illiterate white men reg
istered and made their mark to the ap
plication which the law of the State
then required. In the April election of
1900, the books show that 11,070 regis
tered undfer the grandfather clause.
Th'n shows that the illiterate white
men were practically registered and
any shortage in the registration was
on the part of those who could read
and write, and who were of course,
not disfranchised. They simply exer
cised their choice not to register and
vote in 1900 because they felt that there
was no contest that called for it. The
fact is that the vote in no State is ever
up to the registration. It falls 03 far
short in Massachusetts as In Louisiana.
In our own State the actual vote gen
erally fahl short of the registered vote
50,000 to 75,000, and our registered vote
13 from 50,000 to 60,000 less than the
number cf men entitled to vote. This
is so in nearly all the States in the
Union. To illustrate, In Massachusetts
in 1890 the registered vote was 655,000,
and the actual vote cast in that year
was 285,000. In Connecticut in 1890
the registered vote was 224,000, and
the vote cast was 125,000. Does any
one contend that those persons who
were registered in these two States and
did not vole that year were disfran
chised? But Hon. H. C. Cage, President of
the Louisiana Senate, answers this
charge of Senator Pritchard as follows:
"The only white illiterates disfran
chised in Louisiana are those foreign
ers who were permitted under the con
stitution of 1879 to vote under a mere
declaration of intention to become citi
zens. Of this number those who took
few, but thousands continued to vote
from 1879 to 1898 under their declara
tion of intention. This lllustrteas the
foreign ban vote, especially that por
tion which wa3 Italian had gotten un
der the control of socalled political
boss3, and a prejudice against it had
arisen in the better element of the peo
ple second only in intensity to that
against the negr; vote, and when the
Constitutional Convention of 1833 un
dertook to eliminate the negro vote,
there was, especially in the ciy of Ne
Orleans, a determined demand that the
illiterate, bcs3 controlled foreign vote
should be eliminated, and the efTect of
the suffrage provision was to eliminate
every illiterate foreigner who had not
been naturalized previous to anuary 1,
18&S.
"The elimination of these thousands
of illiterate foreigners, voting upon
declaration cf intention only, accounts
for the falling off of the white regis
tration in Louisiana.
"Every native born white man in
Louisiana, whether educated or unedu
cated, votes and is protected in his
vote."
This statement fully accounts for tho
falling off cf the registration there in
1900.
What a Good Cha rraan Can Do.
We copy from the Winston Sentinel
the following letter of thanks from Mr.
Andrew Joyner, the able and energetic
chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Forsyth county. We
copy it because it will illustrate the re
sult which will follow the work of a
good chairman, and to commend such
energy to others. We need not say, for
it is known that such work is sadly
lacking in many other counties and we
canrot urge tao strongly tne import
ance of a change where such is the
can.
The Pott congratulates the Demo
cracy of Forsyth, and its worthy
chairman.
Mr. Joyner says:
Editors Sentinel.
"In keeping with ni sense of justice,
I desire to publicly return the thanks
of the Executive Committee cf the
Democratic party of Frsyth county, to
thoie speakers who laid down their
business on last Saturday, closed their
offices on a busy day, and filled the ap
pointments made for them by the
Committee.
"The names of these gentlemen are:
C. B. Watson, L. M. Swink, Clement
Manly, Frank T. Baldwin, Walter O.
Cox, E. A. Griffith, A. H. Eller, W. M.
Henderson and J. B. Whitaker.
"At not a single meeting were the
people disappointed in having a speak
er, except at two places, and It was no
fault of the chairman this was so, for
he was not notified by the gentlemen
as signed to those places that they
could not -fill the appointment.
"I venture to say that no county in
North Carolina can boast a finer dis
play of devotion to the cause of white
supremacy than this cheerful compli
ance by these gentlemen with the re
quest of the committee, and I am sure
that the large audience they received,
and the hearty reception the people
gave them everywhere, will stimulate
others all over this county to earnest,
faithful, unselfish work for the cause
most dear to every true white man.
"I wish to acknowledge the thanks of
the committee also to the citizens of
every township for giving these speak
ers such a good turnout, and such pa
tient hearing, as well as for the for
mation of a White Man's Club and the
election of a wide-awake Executive
Committee in every solitary township
in Forsyth county.
"I honestly believe it was the best
day's organization work ever done in
any county, and am glad of this oppor
tunity of returning thanks therefor.
"Respectfully and gratefully,
"ANDREW JOYNER,
"Chairman Ex. Committee."
"P. S. As an instance of the splen
did work of the country secretaries of
these meetings, I had full reports from
every one of them, with the names of
delegates, alternates, executive com
mittees and white man's club officers,
signed and certified, and in my office
by 12 o'clock Monday, many of them
coming in Saturday night's mail. For
all of which many thanks. Raleigh
Post Dispatch.
.Tommy "Pop, what's the difference
between a habit and a vice?" Tommy's
Pop "Habits, my son, are our own
frailties; vices are those of other peo
ple.". ....
FIRST OF ALL, WHITE
Maiiljr Words of Leading Forsyth
County Populist.
ONE WBd fcGES HIS OWN fflft&fNS
fir. E. A. Conrad Advocates the
Amendment and Refuses to Pe mit
Btler i Jlak Him a Traiior t His
Race.
It ia out of ray line to write for
publication, but since it has been cur
rently reported in my county that
there was some doubt about iay posi
tion on the constitutional amendment
I think it best to set such reports at
rest, and give the public my position
on that question,
1 afli a Populist. My principles are
those enuncipated in the National
platform of that party, but first of all,
I am a white man.
So long as a drop of Anglo Saxon
blood runs In my veins, I shall regard
the white race superior to the negro,
and until some great change for the
better takes place among the ne
groes, I shall continue to believe them
unfit to dictate dominate, or even in
fluence the local, State or national af
fairs of this country.
This, to-day is the first plank in my
political platform, and I here and now
serve notice that I henceforth and
forever sever my connection with any
party of men, who by word or vote,
or platform chicanery, as was done by
Senator Butler at his late so called
Populist convention at Raleigh, show
that they regard the negro, in any
sense, the equal of the white race, or
advocate a policy or a fusion with a
party or a set of men who, to retain
office are going up and down this
State reviling the white, earnest lead
ers of my race, in efforts to keep the
negro vote and continue his demoral
izing influence in our public affairs.
All true Populists are far from
being in favor of negro equality and
will not vote against making white
supremacy permanent, and eliminate
the race question from politics, rele
gate the negro to his proper place,
which is to' the rear in politics ana
society. He will then cease to be a
fool, will become a useful and law
abiding citizen.
With this question out of politics,
the white vote would divide; a party
would have to depend upon the merits
cf its policy, the integrity of its lead
ers and candidates, and politics would
be purified and honest white men be
set free. As a conscientious Populist,
I cannot see how we could ask for any
better hope than this of a fair chance
to test the wisdom of our principles
before the untramelled vote of liberty
loving white men and this we can
never do so long as the negro stands
a factor, to profit by our divisions or
seduce our leaders into delivering us
into the bands of the enemies of our
party and our State. Here are we
Populists, advocating and hoping for
clean and honest politics, and out
self-constituted office holding leaders
are trying to use us as a club to
crack the heads of cur own race on a
question that is to determine the
purity of our principles and our civi
lization for all time. We advocate
free silver, and this same crowd for
the second time proposes to have us
line up with the Republican party,
which has not only cut the throat of
silver but enters on the campaign a
prclessed defender and advocate of a
continuation of the negro in power in
North Carolina. Such as this is a
stench in my nostrils.
They try to dodge this issue. One
of the wide-between the horns fusion
ists, who has just had to drop a
mouth full of public fodder, and it
was even then watering with a mea
gre hope of more by way cf the negro
vote, said to me only yesterday: "How
can you discriminate against the ne
gro on account cf race, color or pre
vious condition of servitude?" That's
pure stuff. The amendment is plann
ed to prevent that very thing and he 1
knew it. Our white loving statesmen
in the Legislature guarded aga!nst
that breach of the words of the Fed
eral Constitution and only discrimi
nated against the peculiar attributes
of the race, not singling out anybody
or any class of people. The Supreme
Court of the United States says that
you can do this, and every intelligent
man has read of that decision.
Senator Cullom, a great Republi
can, in his report of the Hawaiian
Commission, says: "The American
idea of suffrage pre-suppeses that the
body of citizens who are to exercise
it in a free and independent manner,
have by Inheritance or education such
knowledge and appreciation of the
responsibilities of free suffrage, and of
a full participation in the sovereignty
of the country, as to be able to main
tain a Republican form of govern
ment." Now the North Carolina
amendment proposes what Republican
leader Cullom says the Constitution
presupposes, let all white men vote
by inheritance, and negroes, not hav
ing capacity by inheritance, must vote
by education, or not at all. Mr. Editor,
this amendment will bring our Con
stitution more in accord with the di
vine law itself which has made the
white man so greatly superior to the
n6gro, and on tiis solid rock I plant
my feet in this present campaign, and
propose to woork and vte with my
race.
I aided in organizing the Populist
party in 1892, to secure reforms which
were thought could only be accom
plished by a new party pledged to
these reforms. Prominent among
these was a demand for an expansion
of our currency system, which' resulted
in an issue in 1894 and 1896 for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
In 1894 there was an agreement be--f
tween the "bosses" of the Populist and
Republican parties to put out a joint
ticket. The fusion was stood up to.
Guy Watson, the purest andstrongest
anti-trust and free silver man in the
State, was defeated for governor, and
through a continuation of this fusion
for the "bosses," Butler, a silver man,
was elected to the Senate for six years
and Pritchard, who stands for trusts,
monopolies, gold bugism and now for
the negro against the white man, was
elected for eight years.
So that, while in 1S96, the State was
carried for bimetallism by 108,000 ma
jority of the white vote, the 120,000
negro vote elected the fusion ticket
and legislature, and our principles de
feated by 12.C00 majority, and putting
North Carolina literally under negro
domination, securing to the gold
standard a vote 13 th Senate for elghtj
yesr aiiAIr, Butler a4 Prftcaifa in
the meaziu eorinjt - two .tfHeoSld
offices which they are w5?4ter try
ing to hold on to. Mr. Pritchari h
gold and trust apostle, and Mr. Butler,
the silver professor, are fighting the
amendment and trying to commit
their parties that way, hop!2 tbr
by to perpetuate their office and pow
er through the degradcSon of their
parties by tfi contemptible continu
ance of the cegr Vote and segro
domination1.
This, Mr. Editbr, beJg the exact
and truthful condition of ibe" ffTWal
organization of wis Populist party in
this campaign, for the present, I
thank yon Mr. Butler, no more of It
for iai please. Very truly,
fi. A, CONRAD.
Politics aad PoEfidais.
Nearly two weeks have elapsed
since State Chairman Simmons (Dem.)
wrote td State Chairman Hoiton
(Rep.) proposing a joint canvass of
the State by the candidates on the
Democratic and Republican tiefctts, to
discuss the amendment.
As yet no reply has been received
to this Invitation. One is expected,
however, to-day as Holton was on
Tuefeday In consultation with Pritch
ard and other Republican leaders.
A Republican is responsible for the
statement that the Populists have
tried to pull Holton out of the hole by
inviting a joint discussion between the
Populist and Republican State tickets.
And this, it is said, was after a thor
ough understanding between the Re
publican and Populist chairmen, In
order to give Holton a chance to reply
to Mr. Simmons that as the Republi
cans have been challenged by both th
Democrats, the Populists cannot now
accept one without accepting the other,
and that of course it will be impossible
for the Republican candidates to be at
two places at the same time. He will
further state, It is thought, that the
Republican candidates are perfectly
willing and anxious for a joint discus
sion and will meet both the Demo
cratic and Populist candidates togeth
er. He will then suggest that the
State Chairmen of the Democratic,
Populist and Republican parties meet
in Raleigh on some given date and ar
range a list of places in Norfii Caro
lina where the candidates of all three
parties can meet In joint discussion on
the same days.
How much truth there is in this re
mains to be seen. ,
Good Men For The Lefis'atare.
Now that county conventions are
being held all ever the State the News
and Observer desires to reiterate its
caution of some weeks ago that only
the best and strongest men be nomi
nated for the Legislature. In their
selection this year theDemocracy can
not be too careful, as the following
will show:
During the Republican State conven
tion Chairman Helton was asked:
"Do you think the Democrats will
carry the amendment?"
"Yes they've made up their minds
to do it, and they'll do it if they have
to steal the State."
"Will they elect their ticket?"
"The ticket will go with. the amend
ment," "Then what do you hope for?"
"The Legislature. There are many
close counties that we believe we may
be able to carry."
This wag said, not to a newspaper
man for publication but to a gentle
man who is taking no special interest
in politics, and it gives the real pur
poses of the Republican party.
And why the Legislature?
For the reason principally that the
Legislature acts as a reviewing board,
to pass upon the action of the State
Board of Elections.
Thus you see, though the amend
ment be carried by ever so big a ma
jority, if the Republicans control th?
Legislature enough contests can be
drummed up and enough votes thrown
out to defeat it.
An again, the men selected for
members of the General Assembly
should not only be men of ability and
character, but they should be men un
trammeled by . corporation influence
and possessteg the full confidence of
their entire people.
These be important matters to
which the Democracy just at this time
cannot give too earnest heed, hence
these words of warning.
Tbe People Demaad If.
The orators of the black-and-tan
party are going through the State pro
claiming that the Democrats in sub
mitting the amendment acted con
trary to the popular demand. As a
matter of fact, after the revolution in
Wilmington and the terrible tension
of October and November, 1888, there
was a universal demand for the elimi
nation -cf the negro, and leading Re
publicans and Democrats joined in
that demand. Dr. Cyrus Thompson
voiced what was universal when he
said, shortly after the election:
"It is evident that he Democrats
will have to eliminate the negro ques
tion now. I do not think that the
people who have given the Demo
eralc party power will be satisfied
with anything else than the elimina
tion of the negro from politics in
North Carolina."
In view of the necessity of eliminat
ing the negro vote the Legislature
would have violated the trust and ex
pectations of the people if they had
not put it in the power of the voters
to stop negro rule in North Carolina.
The Legislature could not and did not
disfranchise anybody. It submits to
the voters whether they wish to be
rid of the big negro vote which has
been used for bad government and has
engendered strife and trouble between
the races.
Whits Mei Mcst Work.
The Greensboro Record quotes Hon.
Chas. B. Aycock as being "full of con
fidence, based on one thing that iJ
the party will work we can carry
everything. He is a great believer In
organization and says if over-cpnfi-dence
does not get us we are aK
right" That's It! The white folks
will win if they work. If they sit
down in a feeling of security they will
wake up on the morning after the
election to find that the negroes aad
their allies are in possession of the
State. "To your tents, O, Israel!"
The Holton-Butler trick Is too
transparent. It is one show with twe
rings, both performances going on at
the same time. The white folks knov
that the State tickets were nominate;
as a blind, and they don't propose V
treat this Millie Christine in politic?
as two negro women. They have two
faces and two jaws, but the body is
k ft. r s ft ei 1
fTc ua
Wit Plows and Castings,
liii! &ti ? PumPs anc leI1 fixtures.
, .-m nM
A Probable Result
"If people were only compelled to
practice what they preach 7' sighed
the theorist.
"What good would that do?" de
manded the practical man.
"It won Id make the world better,
wouldn't it?"
"Oh, 1 don't know. I'm Inclined to
think that whatever changes we Bo
Cced would be In the preacning rather
than in the practice.'" Chicago Pose
Beware of a Coagn.
A cough, is not a disease but a symp
torn. Consumption and IrrcTkehitiJ,
which are the most dangerous and fatal
diseases, have for their first indication
a persistent cough, and i properly
treate-i as scon as this eougi appears
are easily cured. ChambertehTs
Cough Remedy has proven wonderfully
suoeesEiUl, and gained Its wil3 rrpiita
tioo and extensive sale toy its success
in curing the diseases whch canse
coughing. If it is not beneSesa! it will
not cost you a cent. For sale by T. R.
Abemethy, Druggist.
For a stiff neck there is Eothicg bet
ter than a free e.ppl?fJon of Chaniber
lain's Pain Bafcn. U quickly relieves
the stiffness and soreness, effectiiig a
complete care. For sale foy T. R.
Abemethy, Druggist.
Sweet Sorrows of Parting.
"He no longer loves me!" cried the
young wife.
"Why do you say thaiV
"He used to -iss me whenever he
came into the house; now he only
kisses me w hen he goes out." Phila
delphia North American.
A Sprained Aakle Quickly Cared.
"At oiie time I suffered from a fisren
sprain of the ankle," szjs Geo. E
Caxy, editor cf tie Guide, Washington
Va. "After using several wsll recam
mesied medicines without success, 1
tried CSimTberlain's Pfcin Balm, aai
acn pleased to say that relief came a
scon as I began its use ad a comple-t t
care speedily followed. This remedj
haa also been used in my 3iily foi
frost fbitttn feet with the best results
I cheerfully recommend its use a
who may need a first-c?aS lirTrat.'
Sold by T. R. Abemsihy, Druggist.
Otto Koro, Grand Chancellor, K. P.,
Boonville, Led., says, "DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve soothes the most delicate
skin and heals the most stubborn ulcer
with certain and good results.' Cures
piks and skin diseases. Dent tray an
imitation. T. R. Abernethy.
An experimental pneumatic strtet
railroad is lwinK ewutrueted in tbt- viry
of Toki. Japan. It will It- twenty
.allies Ion?. Forty cars will be iter
ated on it. If it is a success other
lines w-ill be built and equipped. All
the material used in the structure and
Its equipment comes from the United
States.
A Verv Remarkable Remedy.
"It is wiii a good deal of pleasure
and ztxiitfzJctxzx ths.i I it ocean jnd
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera acd Diar
rhoea Remsdy,"Esays Drcgglft A. Wj
Sawtelie, cf Hartford, Conn. "A lady
customer, seeing the recnedy exposed
for sale on my etrnr ca?e, said to me:
I really foelieveL tht mtdecin? tired
my life the past sumaicr while at tie
snore, and she iec-jie sa entha&4as:!
over its merits that I at once made uo
my mind to recommend it in the fu
ture. Reeestfy a gentleman came into
my store so overt-cine with colic pains
that he sank at once to tha fictrr. I
gave ism a dose o this remedy which
helped him. I repeated tbe Io?e and
in fifteen minutes he left my store
smilingly informing me that ha felt as
well as ever." Sold by T. R. Aber
neshy. Droggisi-
i II. Clark, Chauroey, Ga., says De
) Witt's Witch. Hazel Salve cured him of
j piles that aad afflictad him for twenty
j years. It is also speedy cure for skin
S diseases. Beware of dangerous coun
i terfeits. T R. Abernethy.
In the Composing Room,
Mr. Smallcaps That new man on
the ihird machine is a funi.y guy.
Mr. Iedgalley Is he?
Mr. Smallcaps Yes. He's been set
ting up tbe Transvaal war stuff all
evening, and just now he went over to
the copycuTters desk and asked for
more Kopje. Baltimore Ajnerican.
"No family can afford to be without
One Minute Cough, Cure. It will stop
a cough and cure a cold Quicker than
any other medacine. write C W. Wil
liams, Sterling Run, Pa. It cures croup,
bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles and prevents consumption.
Pleasant and hannisss. T. R. Aber
nethy. When William Waldorf Astor reau3
that the estate of the late George
Smith, former Chicago banker, who
recently died in London, had to pay
five million dollars inheritance tax to
the British government, be win prob
ably conclude that it will be cheaper
to come hack to the United States to
die, although it may not be quite so
stylish as to oass away in England.
Cleanse the liver, purify tbe blood,
fttvigoraie the body by using DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. These famous lit
tle pills always act promptly. T. R.
AbaroeUxr.
NO. 17.
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THE IMFLfUEM C0.,3!,'
Tie Dawes M ire.
The Pittsfield fMass.) Journal re
ports a remarkable Instance of animal
sagacity. As the Instance occurred in
a well-known locality and is vouched
for by local authorities, it must be ac
cepted as true. The story concerns an
old mare, formerly the property of ex
Senator Dawes, but now belonging to
a stable in Fittsfiefel. Tbe "Dawes
mare," as she is called, if used on the
station baggage wagon.
One Icy day recently the old mare
fell twice In tbe course of the fore
noon's work. At noon she was unhar
nessed and sent to the stall for her
feed. She is never hitched. At 1
o'clock, when it was time for another
trip to the station, she was not in the
stable, and no trace of her was found
nnt'l about 3 o'clock, when she vralkt-l
In unattended, and took her place ia
the stall, as if nothing had happened.
Then it was noticed that she had
been newly shod. Inquiry disclose!
the fact that the sagacious animaL af
ter eatin? her dinner, had gne to the
blacksmitir'sshop and waited her turn.
Supposing thst some stable hand had
sent her in there the blacksmith sharp
shod ber.
The name of the Dawes mare de
serves a place in tbe annals of equine
intelligence as that of a bors? who
Knew what to do and did it.
HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.
All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson. O., after suffering is
months rom Reatal Fistula, he would
die unless a costly operation was per
formed; but ise cured himself with five
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, tha
surest File cure on Earth, and the besc
Salve in the World. 25 cents a box,
Sold by T. R. Aoernathys Druggist.
W. H. SMpman, Beardsiey, Minn.,
under oath, says be suffered from dys
pepsia for twenty-five years. Doctors
and dieting gave but little relief.
Finally be used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
and now eats what he likes and a
nvach as he wants, and he feels like a
new irvn It digests what yoa eat. T.
R. Abeobe&far.
Several hundred paroled prijoners ia
Indiana are leading the lives of goodi
citizens. Under the reformed system,
the sentence of the criminal is inde
terminate. When, in the opinion of
the State Board of Pardons, be is fi
to make the effort to live outside the?
walls, he is given his freedom on parole
He earns for himself ten cents per day,,
and advances through various grade
until he gets rid of prison uniform al
together. He is taught a trade, and ia
permitted to earn extra money by
working overtime at it. When he is
freed on parole, an agent of the State
"has already procured for him a place
in a factory or on a farm. His em
ployer is tbe only one that knws his
antecedents, nnk-s he i-boos to tell
them himself. He and his employer
make written reports to ibe prison
monthly, and agent of tbe State verify
these reports as to conduct. When the
man has fully demonstrated his ability
and inelination to live an upright life,
full pardon is granted him.
J. L Carson, Prothonotary, Washing
toe, Pa., says, "I have found Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure an excellent remedy m
case of stcenach trouble, and have de
rived great benefit from its use." It
digests 'rhat you eat and can cot fail
to cure. T. R. Abemethy.
W. W- Mayhew. Merlon, Wis., fays.
"I consider One Minute Cough Cure a
most wonderful medicine, quick and
safe." It is the only harmless remedy
that gives immediate remits. It cures
coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, fxipe.
whooping cough, pneumonia ad all
throat and lung diseases. Its early use
prevents consumption. Children al
ways like it and mothers endorse it
T. R. Aibernethy.
Newspaper reports as to the wealth
of Cape Nome, and, more recently, of
the diggings on tbe Koyukuk River,
are in part responsible for tbe rush of
miners from Dawson aud otter Yu
kon diggings to the new gold districts.
These stories are founded uin reports
of prospectors, and lack any sufficient
basis for leaving paying diggings. Pro
fessor Heilprin, who is well acquainted
with the Nome district, has In the Pop
ular Science Monthly an article on
Cape Nome which gives a scientific es
timate of its gold-bearing capacity. Af
ter close personal examination of the
beach and some inland districts be de
clares some of tbe optimistic talk
about them ill-founded. But scientists
do not get a hearing w hile a stampede
is in progress, and accordingly there
is likely to be the usual crop of fail
ures and losses amor : "hose who, ac
cording to this morning's reports, are
likely to leave the gold they have for
the promise of more.
THE APPETITE OF A GOAT.
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose Stomach and Liver are out o
order. AH such should know that Dr.
King's New Life Pills, the wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a
splendid appetite, sound digestion an-J
a regular bodily habit chat insures per
fect health and great energy. Only 2St
at T. R. Abemathy's Drug Store.
In the Crimea the Brfeasa left 09,006
erpes. which are interred in ISO
cemeteries.
"I thtek DeWttfs Little Early Ris
ers are the best pills in the woV 3."
siya W. E. Lake, Htappy Creek. Vi.
They remove all obstructions ot the
liver and bowels, act quickly and
never gripe. T. R- Abemethy.