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EDENTON, TsT. C, THURIt, APElL 19, 1900.
NO. 45.
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FUSION CONFERENCE
Leaders Planning to Unite Against
Honest Government.
THEIR SCHEME MAY NOT SUCCEED
When The White Men of the State
Register Their Opinions in the Com
ing Election.
Special Raleigh Correspondence.
The Republican and State Populist
chairmen were in conference Ihere last
night. The veil of Becresy was cast
over the proceedings, but enough leak
ed out to show that the situation was
far from gratifying. "With them some
of the machine me of both parties,
Revenue Collector Duncan, Marshall
Dockery, etc., of the Republicans,
Treasurer Worth, Auditor Ayer, etc.,
of the Populists.
A Republican said there was no sign
of activity in his party anywhere in
the East, so far as he could discern.
He declared he did not know what
would be done as to a ticket; that at
Washington these things were regulat
ed; that Senator Pritehard would
really name the ticket.
Another Republican said he would
gue3S that a Winston-Salem man of
prominence would be put out as the
sound money and protective tariff can
didate of the opponents of the Demo
cratic party.
A Populist who attended the confer
ence said the Republicans would agree
to anything the Populists wanted;
that they were asking no questions;
that they need the Populists and must ,
have them.
The fusionists decide to put on their
' black list" State Superintendent Me
bane because he favors the franchise
amendment. The Republican machine
men are all especially incensed against
him.
Chairman Simmons, speaking about
the blacklisting of Republican leaders
ers who favor the amendment, said
that if that party takes the attitude of
fighting Republicans who favor the
amendment it will array itself against
a large majority of its leaders and best
organizers in Eastern North. Carolina,
men who have always voted the Repub
lican ticket. Chairman Simmons re
marked that Republican leaders tak
ing this view of favoring the amend
ment are to be found in county after
county in the East.
Republican State Chairman Holton
has Issued his fifth campaign circular,
a four-page affair, in whidh he dwells
on what he terms Democratic pledges
not to take tip the franchise matter.
He knows perfectly well that the Dem
ocrats said they would do precisely
whit they are doing, that is, leave the
question to be decided at the polls.
The local event of the week there was
the trial of Thomas Jones, the negro
exhorter who murdered six1 members
of a negro family. The old, old plea of
insanity was the only defense.
Judge Dorsey Battle, of the Eastern
district criminal circuit, died yester
day. The governor immediately ten
dered the place to Charles A. Cook, of
Warren. The latter has not accepted
and intimates mucin doubt as to ac
ceptance. It is stated on Republican
authority that the legislature which
elected can fill the vacancy in June, so
Cook would have only two months to
serve.
The work of laying the foundation
for the Vance statue in the capital
square is in progress. In ten days the
base will be in place, but not until July
4 will the staute be placed upon it.
The board of agriculture 13 sending
out through the State veterinarian
doth signs in great numbers setting
forth the law that "no cattle infected
with, ticks shall be allowed upon the
public roads in any stock law or no
fence territory or be received in any
enclosure or stockyard therein."
The White Man is Capable ol Self
Government. Centuries of experience have quali
fied the Saxon race for self-government
and the government of others.
Through years of toil and trial, they
reached the former; then through
years of toil, and strife and war, they
reached the latter. The negro can not
reverse the order or close his eyes and
blindly leap over centuries, of history.
He must tread the same paths. The
iguideposts are plain. First he must
learn to govern self; then he may hope
to leai'n to govern others.
WHY THE WHITE 'MAN IS SU
PERIOR. .
The white man, whether educated or
uneducated, knows as the average ne
gro voter does not know that race and
color in office and power will not Mde
his crimes or protect Mm in violations
of the law. Negroes as a rule expect
their race and even their party to pro
tect them when arraigned 'before the
courts'. ' They mistake liberty for li7
cense and hence give their evil pro
pensities full sway. "License they
mean when they cry Liberty." This is
one of the principal evidences of white
superiority. Men may subscribe to the
declaration that "all men aire created
equal" and yet not uibmdt that it is
wtith the meaning of either the De
claration of Independence or the na
tional constitution, that a weaker, less
intelligent race shall administer their
affairs, ifor at the promulgation of
'both those documents the negroes
lived here as slaves and were Just as
fit for suffrage then as they were thirty
years ago.
THE EVIL INFLUENCE OF NEGRO
SUFFRAGE" ON THE REPUBLI
CAN PARTY.
The RepuMtoan arty so far as
Nwtk Carolina. Is concerned d divided
into two distinct and aeparate arts:
WSt and Bast and Black belts. Tlie
average Western North Carolina Re-
publican, and in. this .respect I ami
sorry to say Senator Pritehard seems
but lattie 'better informed than the
average, tout silly and incompletely
comprehends 'the (Situation in Eastern
iNorcn Carolina, where the negroes,
ignorant and dnsolent, art entirely n
control of all Republican conventions
and where every effort to better the
condition of affairs is counteracted by
the opposition of some Mack-hearted
white moan witfh corrupt practices who
sees In added intelligence and reput
able work a diminution of His own
unscrupulously (acquired power. Al
though the Republican party lhae an
excellent plan of organization it is
scarcely ever followed on account of
the ignorance and corruption of the
negro politicians who being numeri
cally stronger preside over white men,
call them to order at will and occas
ionally consent for them to 'be elected
delegates to a State Republican con
ventiion. The white Republican, if
honest, is entirely at' their mercy and
under their coatTol; if corrupt he must
purchase their votes and influence.
Unis as not an overdrawn picture.
HOW OFFICE AFFECTS A NEGRO.
The negro originats nothing; he
merely imitates, and like most imi
tators he does not distinguish 'between
:rue metal and the false and spurious
So in the administration of any office
he loses sight of 'the responsibility and
considers only wfhat he thinks- is the
added dignity and importance to him
self among his fellows, Tnis caus-33
him. 'to be impertinent '""d insolent to
the white people. In .ice he is an
entirely different indiiviuual as all the
people who have seen him in office
know.
Lastly, 'but of supreme "importance,
is the effect the settlement of the race
ment will have upon the progress ol
:he State. And every intelligent voter
ought to regard it as a patriotic, and
not a partisan question.
Every votei every white voter
knows that the cause of good govern
ment demands that the affairs of state
be administered by white men because
theirs is the property to be secured,
theirs the mind to originate, to plan
all progressive movements and theirs
the strong arms to uphold the State in
limes of strife and war.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS.
To urge the adoption of ithe amend
ment is not an attack upon the prin
ciple of majority rule. I 'believe in
majority rule, but for the good .of all
the 'people and the successful manage
ment of the affairs of State that rule
must be the. rule of an intelligent ma
jority. And to secure such rule for
ever what more potent than the incen
.'dve to all men to secure an education
ror their children furnished 'by the rati
fication of the amendment. Knowing
that after 1903 every man whether
white or black, not on the permanent
roll must conform to the provisions of
the article there is a neat stimulus to
all the children of the State to learn
to read and write at all hazards when
they become of age in the govei'nmen
tal affairs of their State and country.
THE NEGRO VOTE THE CURSE
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
It is no secret that the negro vote
Is the curse of the Republican party in
she South, the open disgrace of all
State conventions of the party and ir.
purcaas-able quality a source of shame
s-ven to the great national conventions
Not alone, however, at the. negro
should the blame be directed, but also
it his white leader, who in corrupting
'aim or taking advantage of his corrup
tion is more criminal because more in
telligent.
WHITE MEN CAN'T STAY IN" IT
I will give one example which I do
net douiot may b paralleled in a ma
jorlty of the counties of North Caro
iina east ox Rajelg'n. In tnis county
(Pitt) in the eighties there were sev
eral hundred white Republicans.
There can not be twenty-five counted
now.
A DISMAL PROSPECT
If it is not blotted out I firmly be
lieve before very many years have
parsed away the memory of the South
rn white Republican party will be
only a dream, a hideous dream in
which black specters hold ceaseless
oraies above the grave of men ones
j-ronuinent in the councils of their
States and country.
WHAT WILL THE END BE?
One of the postoffices in this county
is kept by a middle age white 'man, a
merchant and a substantial citizen. A
short while before the last election a
aegro 'boy, son of one of the negro
school teachers, walked into the post
office, and called out: "John, is there
any mail for us' The merchant asked
jhe hoy to repeat Ms request, thinking
possibly he did not hear correctly,
but the boy went off without 'his mail,
and soon returned with his mother, by
sufferance a school teacher. She was
very angry and demanded of the post
master what her boy had done. Upon
hia giving her a statement of the mat
ter he replied: "Is that all? That is
all right! I teach all my children not
'to 'Miisteri the Joneses, the Browns
and all these white people around here,
but to call them by name." This was
told ime hy the postmaster himself. To
test this matter of the constantly in
creasing insolence and disrespect to
wards the white people I have fre
quently in the last year called the at
tention of friends to the fact that in
driving along the roads not one ne
gro in a hundred met would speak first.
rThey wait for the white person to
speak first or they do not speak at all.
I can give other instances in my own
experience and from my own observa
tion, but only mention these two to
call the attention of the 'better class of
negroes to the f act that the whole ten
dency of events is towards a wider
and wider sepiarataon of the races. It
does not take a prophet to foresee that
a continuation of this state of affairs
will end in a clash between the two
races. And it is ther duty, and just as
incumbent upon the negroes as upon
the whites toendeavor to. prevent this
clash. As to who will ibe the greatest
sufferers and who will be the surviv
ors, the good judgment of the- negro
ought to teach him. The Bible speaks
of the folly of sowing the winds. The
harvest te reaped In ithe whirlwinds.
FALSEHOODS NAILED.
Who Are Entitled to Vote Under The
Amendment
WiLrninaton MesfiniMi
An examination of the 4th and 5th
sections of the franchise amendment
to he voted upon in August next will
satisfy any one of ordinary sense thaUj
two thiinjga are clear, are apparent.
First, all who read and write may vote
under the 4th section. Second that all
whites who cannot read and write may
vote under Eth section. And why?
Because it distinctly sets Jorth that
no ahale person, wio was on January
1, 1867, or any time prior thereto, en
titled to vote 'under the laws of any
State in the United States wherein he
then resided, and no lineal descendant
of ?my such person '-shall he, denied- the
rignt to register and vote at any elec
tion in the State by reason of his fail
ure to (possess the educational quali
fication prescribed in section 4 of this
article: Provided he shall have regis
tered in accordance with the terms of
this article prior to December 1,
1908." And that means simply that ail
the whites can vote under that section
for the plain reason that there is not
a single white man in all the state
whose .father or grandfather could not
vote in the year indicated, 1867. There
can 'be no possible disfranchisement of
the whites under that section, and all
the liars in the state cannot make any
other thing appear however much they
may lie.
In the amendment there is another
mostwise, fair, necessary urovision. It
is compulsory to have each voter to
pay a poll tax. This is just and
proper. All voters not otherwise ex
empt should pay something toward3
the support of the state government
The poll tax is the best way to reach
all, and it is heeded to carry on the
state government The law makes
proper exemptions from the lawgov-
rnipg the poll tax. All persons over
fifty years of age and' all persons who
are exempt by the county commission
ers will not-have to pay a poll tax.
The whites are the burdenbearers. Ol
all taxes paid in 1898, 96 2-3 were paid
by 'the whites. Surely the negroes who
may vote should be forced by law to
pay something for that privilege, for
the privilege of citizenship, for. the
support of the government. They are
poor citizens who do not help to sus
tain public government in some way.
No poll tax paid no vote given. Here
tofore the neglect as to poll tax col
lecting In 'the State has been greatl;
abused.
WHY SOME REPUBLICANS FAVOR
IT.
We heard an old time Republican
say he would vote for the constitu
tional amendiment as a republican
measure "that its adoption Vvculi
eliminate from that party a class !
voters and ignorant partisans vh had
made the party in the south a disgracs
to modern civilization.
Butler is trying his eld gam? ol
helping the Democrats in Nebraska
and the Republicans in his native
State, This year Mary Ann will learc
on November 6th, that 'the people ar?
on to him, Tarbcro Southerner.
Raleigh News and -Observer : Con
greS'Sman Atwater is in the city', hav
'ng just returned from his horn? i2
Chatham county, where he miada twe
telling speeches. "You may state thai
Chatham is in line and will give a -na-iority
for the amendment," said Mr.
A. t water last night. "These meetings
did good. I am enlisted for the fight
for White supremacy and am ready tc
fight for it anywhere and at any time j
T expect to speak in Franklin count? j
next month. j
MR. ATWATER' S VIEWS. j
When questioned about his receni j
sceech-makinsr, among his people, Mr 1
Atwater said he had merely comedowr
to the State to talk to his constituents
a little bit. He was sure that the boy;
were all right, he said, but he ha
been afraid that some of chem did nol
understand matters just exactly. So,b
had conversed with them for a few
minutes from a speaker's stand, nnc
now there Is no danger ol their goins
wrong.
"I told tbrm 'the only thins there is
to tell," he added simply. "I gave
them my word that none of the whit
men would be disfranchised, and I told
them that the amendment only moan)
:hat the negro would be kept out oi
politics' in the future. It seems to me
that this is all that there as in oui
fight."
The most, in personal credit, thai
the gentleman from the fourth d 1st rid
makes of his present position is to say
that the boys called him away from
the plough to go to Congress. Some
where a-t the plough, maybe h
leained simplicity and wisdom. In
the great struggle that is nov on tiis
hands of his party he begins and con
cludes his part by saying to his peo
ple: "You won't he hurt. We will
get the negro out of politic?. That's
all." And "the hoys" in the fourth
district go hack to ploughing satis
fied, while their representative pro
ceeds 'by easy stages to Washington ta
find out what the congressional boys
have done in his absence.
t
ONE OF THE 'BENEFITS.
One of the greatest results of th
adoption of the constitutional amend
ment will he to incite more 'interest in
education. The white people the ris
ing generation will make more sacri
ficea and greater efforts to ''acquire
knowledge. It does not affect the pres
ent .generation of white men. except
to cause them to be more anxious 01
and to strive harder to secure more
school advantages for their children.
This will, (necessarily, make a more in
telligent -and 'better people in North
Carolina in the coming yearsKinston
Free
I ncomprehensibfe Woman,
Frederick Flavilla, you pledged
yourself to be faithful forever; and
yet you say you have Hot grieted over
our broken engagement.
Flavilla Of course not; my heart la
8 true as steel but when I set my
nind to it I can -be Just as shallow
did fickle as anybody. -Life.
VIEWS OF A: NOgTHES Mt
He Expresses HJsSe9tittjietsin or-
-f j 'if 8
'"White" .Repuibll4Mrttttiau to
fall In line for theciEftett3mentj! An
other class from wl4ohvlile support
was expected is be0aalnf to ad in
terest to the slt,aaifiXLt ;We resftr to
our Northern friend yoThave resided
long enough in the Jjputnjto find - out
what negro suffrag3ma&s. A special
from Franklin, N.;$i, off Mar 4,
eays: ,
"Mr. Henry Stewvft,' entlenin of
Northern birth, a fteputcan ln!poli
tkss, came to this cjsky Overall ears
ago and 'purchased sat Highlands.
He owns property 4frd'ffJ deeply in
terested in immigration .and apicul
ture. Since his resenScfc 5in the 'couth,
Mr. Stewart haa &Aag & a poit to
Btudy the negro qipetlo, and'' In &
communication whkh appears 4b-day
in the Franklin PfeS?, Mr. Stewart
writes na ahle anaj-sjt'roysg article in
favor of the pelioastitijional
amendment," :;,'' 1
To the Editor: ,?$hli suhje&t is
worthy of the deeijetfiirwnsidetatiou
There never has joct-rifca in history I
anything like the fact uon whici thisjidmlnistej- the affairs of governi'ient.
amendment is based,," tae occuxrencc-1 . ' '
only has ever happea'like theisud-J HOW THE NEGRO SUFFRAC K c .
den enfranchisemeni-some nillion - CAME. ' ' j;-,
of slaves, eemi-barbi.05, and entirely f ' In the consideration of the an W' j
ignorant of the -dwt4aii'd re?bonsi-a nent let us remember that theien
bilities Which attach foihe posiaon of .'ranchiseimenit of the emancipatedtaire
a free intelligent .-erafen. Ahrdf thaeL .vas held out to the SouCh at the ;Jbint
one occurrence was ttsuddenfibera-i
tion. from slavery of e' Hebrew ract
the total rumheTSoFW0kh'Wha thej
were permitted ,,to, -diip&Pt fronaj Egyp5
amounted to only- sfctjhundredt thouf",
eand souls. i fjj( '- ,j
"In our case, on tfiej contrast, si
millions of people; .i-surant aSja unfij
for civilized . citizasKfcjp were su?ddenly
precipitatea into qjS5lty, potrticau.j
and, to a degree, SocSexiy, with fn edui
cated refined peO14"This W -may
well be sure was $08: as a - punish;'
ment upon the SaSitli a victorious
overbearing NoftlS, -dfrous of jiruimili
ating, and destroymin a mefsure-j
the self-respect. ad?i(rty of Uir di
feated opponents.v Ol &is I pei.
sonally cognizan tiySfq . my theSt . p&sfr
tion as
an editoa pipreeporjjlent.
em politiatper. )i
a Northern
"What could b&?:ffleted frofti suaj
an unexampled oecignce? Precisely
What happened. -4 V
"We cannot say-wt the jprecis.e
effect of the ameiidnlt if carred injo
force may he. "&c$tyjt may p suge
there will be a hP new departut
in regard to the4iniby.gement'5f mr
domestic affairs.-. A" ore wiB hajve
been healed, tfn-qeltpiaibly q -Jieal'tthy
and .vigorous gf&wlhjijf and iievelop
menlt of the matWresourceai1 of - tht
State will resultge'jthe rapid im
provement in alt our-'Industrial con
ditions will tendfjo tract tihusaaias
01 energemc ajifl-jaacrious j'aciuzen
from other czni -oje Unira, 4d
bring them here to" Eelp in tfie w&rk
of making North-: Cailina on6 of fine
most prosperous'; arid- rea1thy' of Jpie
grand comm'Unaf-ojf bates. Then fhe
negro will stetdi'otllis ownj me&ts
and if he is worthy40pjOining'iandiri
hand with hi whit$ Brethren Jhe 11!
be entirely welOema Wo take -Sis pari
in the respdnsibifitt of a fee and
inteligent gqverrltnTO;as siopa ashe
is fitted hy the . r$ay$onable '; yequfre-H
merits of this proposed' aimendgnen fo
our constitution.," 'i 'V2
White Labor -Supersedes Colored.
Wilmington, KC., Marih ii.
Mr." T. S Wright Sheriff, Cocking
ham, N. N, : l " U -
Dear Sir:- I hav' j'st received youT
letter, saying tnat. ajromin.et Popu--
Iist was clrciyatinsd're'portq.pn .your
county that -fort? or :J,cty White iaei-
employed at the Oorfpress heare werf
discharged and negreis put '.in their
places; that- the whita men cot (foad
and threatened trotthl, and that Iad
dressed the negroeSjMnd told them to
stick to their jobs, 4Lofl I woud protect
them against tne wratn or tfije. wnites
etc. and .tihereupori fqu say;"? 'as th'i
report is not calculated to;, do the
Democracy any good ."We will panfe you
to let us know. "
"First. Wheth6romofan'yn'umhers
ci white la'bore'rainour citj subse
quent to the electiori"Jh 1898 Kave been
diechai'ged from the-places;; filled by
negroes? "V '-js ; i .
"Second. It EO, :whtjther or ?not you
addressed them? ,-..-.' 1
"Third. The elatjii'e opportunity cf
the white laborer, to'"- obtiin employ
ment in the city.afilmlngton 'during
the fusion adminifctration' - a&d ' jour.
own?" . . ---5? . ,?
I take pleasure irf-giving -jou flain
answer to your auestions. jS :ik
(First) No wjite5ien wereisca1arg-
ed from tne -ucgaaress at. an.;in joaa
ing vessels . negro v srfcvedores iiare . em
ployed. At the uppr Oonpres ame-
time ago there, wasj.: a ShoifiJag o;
negro laborei-s aha.'ias vesss . .were
waiitinsr to be - loadfSJ a nubeif of
Btevedores wefeeegraphed? foV to
Norfolk. They cai and oni negroes
went In disguise an threa;teed them
Thev were alftTaaed and ofRoard to
leave, and th pTOp; i&tor ofi ;the fi6om-
pres? asked .prfeotiej for thyi. t took
some police o-ticerUp ther hiayi the
negroes put iu, A line; am d tfjld jthem
they had oonroQJtte no qffencf and
should he pratectecT'Sis longs' as v; fney
behaved -right. Wo-, White attianswa6
concerned in -it, atH-; we hax noyn
dence aKaihetfr. ftnXi&he. It 'twas j-
ousy on the frt'-6J. negroef afe,in3a
other negroes- Th NorfcJ negroes
staved am.d trait 'was the irnd f it
They loaded t id 'vessel and3the- left
here. This cersthe first xwoques
tions. - 'Z i'? 11 K
(Third). T&f city -floes ntft oontrol
the labor market, tt it is notorious
fact .that white labor haa.;u;neae(ied
negro labor Jttetr3loymeato all
kinds, . aa4 to tent ne'?er before
known here-riip.-tit, it is ?aie the
most, marked features of tlie flange
here. The; iy -loytf nii negroes,
except In a rocjp quarry where tere is
(nuch mud QJjfr-yr&lJr, aind wieriwhite
men will not wow Eyery frhitg man
who asked fc Wo there, it i. '
Let me say $n -Snivel usi on i&tif only
the Populistsand .gadicalaell "fies on
me this y&eril 'wfeild be!;werJ- wel
satisfied', teot'lt smther ixn3nrthe
campaign, evea for thorn, tat 0msei
mat 'business. J
f: ' -ir j. . I: ;
ivuira iruay,
f A. M. -rtnADDELL i' t
j. .w a give your lecier ana mis
ly to 'the press in justice to
rud the people of Wilmington.
Some extracts from an article .by E.
V- Cox, a Republican and (fori jpv
epresenltative from Pitt county.
The public goodh-the good of all li-
Bens is more to he considered t Jin
lhettaer this man or that man-
ne rignt or suffrage,, and if the pu Jc
jood can- he secured by limiting 4e.
jsuffrase what right has a iState i
pas not tnis one, and what is a so s
ign State if It can not enact laws i 'at
-iec'jare the peace and prosperity "otts
kpwn oitlzeine? A State, to he a Ste
-ift all. musfc be the judge of the ai&U-
t -cations of tits own electors: If -f3,
te ioit has become merged not only &tq
I -hev Federal Union, but into the lfed-
-ral government itself. It has fer-
endered the fundamental right of fjv-
f 3reignty. It has lost lits statehood
ma Decome a territory.
.The proposed amendment in c r4ePe
,o -provme i or tne public gooa
it unfitness and Incompetence, ard. i
s not the "race, color or orevious on-
lition of servitude" of the negrotihai
has hrouigiht about, the present' discus
sion, out his unfitness and total ,: in
"oni'petence to participate in mucrffless
if the viobor's sword and that is tie
:uwpLau o tne i6va, im ana aotn
mendiments to the national con Ji'fcu-
ioa 'tihe Soiiithern States had nj- free
.'oice. it Is not disloyalty to the con-
titution that prompts these aa .nd-
Jierats to Southern constitution!- but
-elf-iprotecltion, self-preservation- ,'.and
he inflexible will of a race conjious
jf its- own superiority, a race 4iich
iaaalways ruled' 'dominated ilf you
trill overy other race with W ;h-'it
las come in contact and ruled swith
uch masterly sitrength and klr ness
hat all the arts and sciences ha; 4 ad
vanced, factories flourished, anc- - the
people) prospered till benighted-'.'jsces
3f otner lands look to at to leathe
nguard of human liberty and 1-man
xrozress. ' " &s ' "
The Amendment Demanded . by th Eril
I w . 1 A
rTenideancies of Negro SuffiafS-;.
Again, these amendments t the
3tate constitutions of MissiafipP1.
Louisiana and 'South Oarolinai ajjsgady
idopted, and that proposed to ti;' con
stitution of North Carolina, we.'nqt
.ro.posed, as might have been ejected
ifter the carpat baggers who h.(. aaIe
the ex-elarve ruler over his Jranir
master, were overthrown, ahoulSJO,
but after years of trial and '"pitiincex
with the negro as a voter, shar-p the
schools anju asylums with him ' ?&$ his
Children from a store alrea iy too
neagre, when the danger arc ,that
"he ignorance and insolence of -jb ,ne
srq in politd'cs might precipitate aton
Slict ibefween the white and HiUack
races. No one can trutMull ? claim
.hat there was negro dominat jor,- in
North Carolina except in a fewlall
ies duing or prior to 1898, buifiiwaa
he tendency of evils then apparent
'jo become greater and greater1 dintil
mbearable that solidified the ftc-aous
,if theTam'oeratic party, founi hem
yii'ed and insured their sweep ag-'i vic
tory. ; .
"IOW IT WORKS IN SOUTH A;RO
LINA. . I
The last issue of the . Sampsc'i dem
ocrat contains a letter written-'jb f- Dr.
I. A Faison, of Bennettsvilh . C-f
vhich contains facts that oughUto'have
.weight with North Carolina vefs .in
Ire August election. As there j-svsim-Itirity
.between the South Caro aifi, and
. .Torth Carolina amendments a t the'
if its Workings in the Palmet 'b'JState
nay he said to may be said tovioeeast
'iow it will work in North aro t We
luote: ' ' 4:r-
-"The 'political situation he;. is de
'ightiful. We all go to the ' pj&'aries,
'iast our votes for the best r, jn, and
here is no sw&ppi"n!g or com'o-iiises
nade at conventions. So on flection
'.'ay everything Is quiet, harmonious,
nd satisfactory. I feel dejljr in
terested in the coming electiCjj iii my
lative State, and I want t '; say to
hose of my friends who left -Dem-cratic
.party, that if they cou)' : live in
i State where there is suffra- $uali
"".catone they would he delighf-1 at the
changed condition. '
"The uneducated white man jots not
'ose his vote, and the negro i a class
"s satisfied. vK-
"I have practiced medicine lln rural
districts of North and1 South alolina
nd I will say afiter a stay . nearly
hree jKsarsi In South OarolJ4 that
there is less- friction amd Jesxdlssatia
'iction among the negroes aes than in
Tortlh Carolina, The negro Question
has been eliminated from potjtics and
we have an ideal governmei J. I have
never heard a half dozen negoa com
olain of the election law in Sjiu'b Car
'olina. They have accepted situa
tion and are contented, an sT far
'nippier than the negroes North
Tarolinai. My friends, you-.'lve a
common interest; you wentofl' from
v out party In the hope of retaliation;
vou were honest in your cc. y ctions;
to I will ask you to take a .re: rospec
Sve view and join hands, fcJiere is
no .ealviaition for my friend lit North
Carolina ou'Ucide the Democrat! f party.
I have always voted the IMQcraitic
tioket, ibut havinsg many f &&$As in
'he Populist party, I am deslrtjis that
they may bury the past' fe nifs and
"unite" for the common purpisp of a
'better government for the North
POOR MEN NOT PISFRA(Tn.
No- man who does not coi'trfihute CO
the support of a governme swld
have . voice n its tadrndnisti $tam, aad,
that part of the aimendmjent-rwtii'Ch r?T
quires a man to pay his po; iax a a
qualification for the exeTci t of the
rranchise, is not only just" , what i
wanted but Is What haa : fDig 'been
needed. We -take no stock t the talk
Tn at it will disfranchise '.ny pfor
but worthy men, for we do 'Of believe
liheae is a anan in North Or-Ijiha' sub
ject to poll tax who canno vifjay 'It it
he would. Durham aierakL' ,:
PEODUCEE CONSUMED
HOW WALL STREET LIVES ON
LABOFLOF THE WEST.
The Capital 1st of the East Is Always
Anxloua to Enow About the Western
Crops This Class Reaps tb Real
Harvest.
The western visitor in New YGrk,
Philadelphia, Washington or Boston
is always asked the question, "How
are crops out west?" He generally re
gards this question as a mere observa
tion, calculated to make talk, .some
thing like-that on the weather. But he
little reaLaes the importance to the
people of the East of the crop condi
tion of the West, writes ex-Congress-mah
Hinrichsen in the Illinois Demo
cratic Press Bulletin.
A, few years ago when asked this
question by a Washington oapitalist, 1
answered him and then politely ask 3d
the condition of the crops in the East.
He seemed surprised and said: "We
have no crops." This started a train Of
thought in my mind. I had begun to
wonder what they did in the East. I
found that they had money and thrift,
and that we, of the West, furnished
the wherewithal upon which they fed
How is it, then, that in the course of
years, their stock of money grows
greater, while ours grows less, and vet.
they get our wheat, our corn, our pork
and our beef, in fact, everything we
raise except what is absolutely neces
sary for our own subsistence? Their
money makes money for them. The
debts we owe them makes the interest
charged large enough to overbalance
the farm production.
JThe advance in the price of the gold
dollar and the constant fall in the
price of other articles makes it im
rnssihle for us to nav this debt, and
f - 1
year by year we find ourselves grow
ine noorpr and the money lenders of
the East growing richer.
The large fortunes held In money
roll over and over like the snow ball,
increasing In size, absorbing every
thing in touch year by year, while the
great mass of the people growing
poorer andaoorer, find but little satis
faction in the thought" that the country
as a whole is growing richer, and that
the riches are all in the pockets of the
men already rich. Is it any wonder
th'jn.that the moneyed men of the East
urn fnr a e-nlrt standard, and should not
our people favor a rational increase of
Hhe volume of our currency, which can
best be produced by the free and un-
limited coinage of both silver and gold
at a ratio of 16 to 1?
M'KINLEY, THE MONARCH.
Like Robinson Crusoe, the gentle
man from Canton, Ohio not Canton
China, please remember is to be left
"monarch of all I survey, to accom
modate the political campaign now be
ing inaugurated to make him Emperor
of the outlying dependencies as well as
President of these United States. The
fiat has eone forth, that is it is settled
by the President's fellow imperialists
that he is to be left undisturbed in his
rule over the colonies, because the fif
ty-sixth congress is afraid to tackle the
ouestion. As a Republican senatoi
said:
"If we were to legislate for the Phil
ippines we would draw the fire of
the whole anti-exnansion army c? the
country. We can avoid, that by re
maining quiet and leaving the Philip'
pines as they are." .
The cards are already out, that
is
to say, the letter heads of the depart
ment of "Our Colonial Possessions"
are printed, and the Q. M. G., the A A.
G., the A. G., and the Secretary of
Wet are daily practicing penmanship
on the virgin sheets, the Secretary of
War even using one of them to write
the ' house of representatives . (of the
U. S.) , asking it to provide additional
sergeants for the Q. M. D. This es
tablishes' a precedent, and we may
new expect imperialism to be on the
rampage, and it may not be long ere
the plebian American must give way
before the high and mighty Lord of
the colonial possessions. Faith,
though, what a come down it would be
if the American citizen should refuse
to pay the expenses of .this almighty
highness!
DRUMMERS' REPENTANCE.
They were a seedy lot, even thei
jokes were threadbare. Tb.e returning
Knights - of the P.oa.1 happened on
Bryan's train, after a four months'
trip away from home at one-half their
former salaries, doing the work df ten
men each, to enable the trusts to pay
large dividends and thus maintain
prosperity. They were smoking
"Stogies" in the enforced absence ol
choice Partagas, and, sitting in the
smoker through the .deprivation ot
Palace car perquisites, every one
thought deeply. At last, breaking
through the oppressive silence:
"Say, Blobbs, it strikes me that
thousands of us who worked for Mc
Kinley and honest money in 189C, are
working ourselves out of a Job."
"That's about it," coincided Jobbs.
T diun't know Bryan then. I just ir.et
him on the train for the first time.
How .they played us for jsueker3. :
thought Bryan wore his hair down his
back and talked through his bat Boys,
I've found oat something. Bryan suits
me."
"My size, exactly," confessed Nobbs.
"What a lot of asses we were in 1D6.
Advance agents of prosperity,' that's
what they humbugged us with."
"Well, weren't we?" queried Si ebb.
"We gave our bosses all the prosper
ity, and there is nothing left for us."
"That's just it." remarked Hobbs.
"Our house had 160 men on th ionu
and I had three States. Now thrc ire
Ipss than a hurdreri and I mul w3.r
over eight States on split wages. 1
was fool enough to vote for McKinley)
in 1896, but"
'Say no more," interrupted Gobbs,;
with a waive of his hand. "We are all
with you. There isn't a sensible trav
eling man in the United States that
does not realize now what an ass he
was, shouting for 'McKinley and Pros
perity' in 1896. Where la it. boys? I
mean the prosperity; we've got McKin
ley all right enough. -
"I am for 'Bryan, and everything he
ropi-esents. I wnf. opportunities to
live and have a little" carnlus, w don't.
get them with McKinley. Iluiran for
Bryan!"
AH: "Hurrah for Bryan!"
EXPOSING THE FRAUD.
Senator Turner.in opposing the adop
tion of the Beveridge resolution .in fa
vor of the retention o: the Philippines
for all time, give the Imperialists a-,
point to consider that la vry penetrat
ing.
The senator basis an objection to the. . ;
retention of the Philippines upon the
logic of that central economic prln r
ciple of the Republican party protec-. 8
tion. The Kansa City Times, allud
ing to the senator's point, says: "Sen--:
ator Turner' contention cannot be re-
futed without the a-lrr.Ission that the
Republican plea for high tariff,wbicli ' -
that party has been making, for the -. .
past thirty yera, oa the ground that it
is essential, in order to protect Ameri-'-' '
an work:ngmen against the compcti-
tion of t.e pauper labor of other coun
tries, has been a delusion, a sham.' a
false pretenae and a campaign ruse, d- )
vised for the purpose of olJ-trJ.cking
the laboring classes of the country out 1
of their vote. He Insists, as a matter r j
of fact too obvious to be clouded, by .;
political sophistry, that, oven if. as 'the '
imperialists contend, the Inhabitants;
of these islands will, under a colonial ,.;
system, have all the privileges of cltl-"
zens of the United States for them- &
selves and their products, it will , re--v
suit in the pauperizing of the labor -ol
this co :ntry, inasmuch as the 10,000,- p
000 underpaid and underfed natives of ;;
the archipelago will be pittei competl-,
tively against the artisan, the mechau-,
ic and laboring men of the United
States."
THE SALT TRUST.
An Insignificant thing Is salt, but It
is a staple and therefore fair game for '
the trusts to monopolize. Here it ia ;
set forth in ths Evansville Courte1"' , .
"The National Salt Company is a
$12,000,000 New Jersey corporation :
formed In 1899. By ownership and,
lease of factories, and by purchase or"
product, it now controls about 90. pet
cent of our product of salt. It and toe--smaller
combinations, which it has abi
sorbed, have, since 1896,' nearly doubt
ed the price of common 'salt ' to.;
many consumers in this , country. It
has "dead rented", and closed many of
its plants and is now being prosecuted!
in Ohio, because it has, for monopoly
purposes, bought and closed three ox
four furnaces at Pomeroy; Ohio; '
The officers of this trust and of; the
United Salt company, the local Ohio,
corporation, are mainly Standard "-Qui
people; in fact, this trust appears.;?!!
be an adjunct to the Standard Oil
trust- With such backing wo"inay"e
pect it to d"rf much during the ; next
few years to teach us the , so-called
"Economic advantages of trusts.""'
DRIVEN TO DESPERATION;
The trusts and monopolies have a
way of getting around high prices
that the poor cannot touch. They sirn
ply give a poorer article at a nighei
price and continue their work of" be
nevolence. This time wool aggravates
the trusts .and they avoid the high
price of it in the following: manner,
according to the Springfield Republi
can: v - ft
"The high price of wool is driving
manufacturers to the use of rags ant
shoddy andr cotton in the manufacture
of cloth to an exceptional degree, iso
the trade papers say, and this is, -,ol
course, what would be expected. Pricea
in the, rag market are accordingly Quite
as strong and buoyant as in the . wool
market. As the general purchasing
power of the people has not increased
to such an extent as the prices of wool
and rags and shoddy, the result of It
all will be that the masses must wear
more adulterated woolen clothing than
usual and pay a higher price for the
same. We hope, h6weyrrhaft1lia
will not increase the liability of the
people to colds; and 'grlp rnd pneu
monia, m accordance with a theory,
advanced by the late David A. Welfc."
PUZZLED.
Mr. McKinley is In danger of being
i nn over by the imperial- band "wagon
he undertook to drive thfonghhe
world's open door. Having' got every
thing he wanted, like the chCd who
got hold ot a wasp, ho wishes hruafln't
got it. This time it is the' question
of church property in the Philippines
and Puerto Rico. The President wnt8
to do the right thing, particularly on
the eve of his presidential capajgn,
and therefore he desires (o placate the
Roman Catholics in regard to ibe 'dis
posal of this property. . Bnt, ansJ
there are'oth'ers WhcT want him to do
the wron thing. Hence he is ptwfcled,
very" much embarrassed. .Ho '.tTTj IH
damned It he docs, and damaed,f he
don'LIt never yet has occurred tolMr.
McKinley to do the right Uiir always,
! aatf hvio demonstrated Wif inaWpy ,
to do anything but Wabble -'it t
for him to step cut of the way anff let
the car of American progTfesst'fJve
along on the Line3 it WA3 intene t
run. . .. . :i;.-5v fiz-iW- -
The mod-rn ruloi cf ?iTi8i4tpn
seema lo be to shoot anfi'srsn-v pelp.
who haven't got any 'money.
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