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THE CAUCASIAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BT tltK C4CCASIAN PUIlUHHIKO CO SUBSCRIPTION 'RATES! 9NK YKAH. . SIX MONTHS TilflSK MONTHS ST- Kntrrr-l in tl.e I'ot Hfir t I!aleifrh, . ''. a Reronrt Matter rWe earnestly ask each Subscriber to lock at the label cn his paper, and if the date is behind the date of this issue, 9th DECEMBER, 1897, to send us SI. 00 and get the date moved up for another year We cannot continus subscnp lions that have expired Please attend to this at once Tli "iiiirr" organ in thin State are now dtarifinff train H at they have informat ion, which in tbi- time correct to the effect that Senator Kutlt-r will help tli goldbiigs to organize tbe Sen at. Thin in about the trith time that they have nfarteJ thin lie. They have cried "wolf" so mtny time already that no one believe them. Two big trusts have teen formed do ring the lt week, one is a coal trust with a capital of $11 (KiMUOO; the. other in a newer pipe trunt with a capital of $.;.'. iXM),(;iM, yet the democratic anti trust law and the Republican anti triiPtt law are both on the statute books in full force. Railroad and gold bug have gotten up both of there trusts. Trusts can never be rooted out till the cauten that produce trusts the gold standard and transportation monop oly are removed. Those who are honestly opponed to truntn must favor these reform. vv e nonce mat ;enral Hoke in an interview says that be is strongly of the opinion that the government should build an armor plant and make its own armor plate for vessel. Every man who in conversant with the facta and who feeto the interests in government and justice to the tax-payers alone,the BellUh interests of a fraudulent and greedy trust must be of the same opin ion. The Kditor of Tint Caucasian, ever since he has been in Congress, has been exposing the robbery and frauds perpetrated on the government by the armor trust, not only in excessive high price, but also in inferior and defective armor. At the last session of Congress .Senator Butler prevented a million dol lar ($1,000,000) steal from getting thro' Congress and put through a resolution directing the Navy Department to in vestigate the cost etc., of erecting a flist class governmont armor plate fac tory and report to Congress at the ses sion which met last Monday. AN f Kit Oil. In the article of Mr. F. M. Whit which appeared in the last issue rn - . . iiib uAtcAsiAN me woru not was omitted by the printer in the follow ing sentence : "I might also call attention to the fact that while the tarilf has been a leading party issue of the People'i rany. It should read : I might also call attention to the fact that while the tariif has not bee made a leading party issue, etc. TIIK HASH AMI MAMCIOIS IAKNAII Ml WITH .MO Hi; AIH1IAVITS. Last week we published seventeen aflldavits branding fquarely the base and malicious lie started by that gold i m . Dug jiccKy juounc paper aoout our speech there. The allidavits were not of the "in substance" kind, but tbey were pointed, clear, explicitand posi tive. They not only branded the lie but they testilled to the absolute cor rectness of the signed editorial in Trnc Caucasian stating what we did say and did not say. The character of the men making the affidavits, the number of atlUav its, the pointed and explicit language of .the affidavit maue the testimony complete and overwhelming. All of this was published in Thk Caucasian a week ago. Up to that time, the gold organs, the "nigger" or gans, the railroad organs, and the sil verplated organs had each day been publishing with great prominence the goldbuglieandcommentingon it with dehrous ecstasy. On last Thursday morning when the complete conclusive evidence was pub lished, they suddenly hushed. They hushed, not because, having learned me rruin, iney aid not want to be parties to circulating a base and slan derous lie, but they hushed because they were forced to and they did not have the honesty to tell the truth Why do we say thu-? After fair and just men are misled into circulating a lie, but such men are always quick and very zealous in correcting the lie and making amends for the wrongs unin tentionally done. This they have not done. There have been six issues of their papers since but not one of them so far as we have seen have had the fair ness, the manhood, or the honesty to publish our statements and these affi .a i . 9 . ... - . uvus. is mis j ii si f is ifiis fair? is it honorable? The great masses of the people, a part of whom are the readers of these pa pers, are honest and believe in justice and fair play. They are competent to form opinions for themselves if they be given the facts, and they prefer to do so. They have a right to expect and demand that any newspaper that is fit to go into their homes shall fairly and impartially give the facta about anything worthy of mention in a news paperand there they will form their own conclusions on a basis of facts. Therefore tbesepapers ( no matter what tbeir opinions, and prejudices or en vironments may be) owe it to their riaiers to publish my signed state ment and the affidavits is verification of the same and let their readers de- cide for tbeznelve. Tbee papers owe to tbemielves if tbey make any pretention of Christianity, fafrnesf, honesty or decency. Of courie they especially owe it ,to u, but we ask nothing from them, on our own account, either poli tically or personally. Tbey have nevtr been fair or jut toward u, and uilil the leopard changes bis spot we do not expect it. Tbey have miirep reaented, abuned and villiflVd on since we were elected ti the State Senate contending for a Railroad Commission and other kindred reforms. The more we have denounced the oppressions of tb gold standard, the more we Lave fought the invasion of monopoly, the more we bare contended and labored for the principles of true Jeffersonian Democracy, the more they have abu-ied us; and ti e more eor.:-Iiif nt we have b-en the more villanou-t has ben their abue. It ban been the brayir-g of the ass who knows his ma?t r's over seer's; crib. We have received, and this week I uMieh in another column more affi davits branding tl.e gold-bug lie. Their ra.e has already been proven this is pimply surplus testimony. All honest men in all parties will now watch to see whether or not the ' nig ger and "monopoly organs will ad vertise their own imliciou unfairness ar.d infamous degredation by lefusing to publish the tru'li with the earre prominence that they published the goldbog lie. A HIM: AMI MAMCHirs Ml. NMIUi. I.JHt week we published a signed state ment headed, "What St nator Butler said at Itocky Mount," giving the lie to the malicious misrepresentation of our speech, and stating what we did say. We reproduce below the same state ment this week and publish a number of allidavits from gentlemen who heard the speech testifying to the falseness of the Argonaut's report, and testify ing to the correctness of our statement These nai! the lie and prove the truth, WHAT SENATOR HITI.EK HA Hi AT KOCKT MOUNT. Last week, when Senator Butler, was in Jtaleigh, a reporter of the News and Observer showed him what a cer tain Kooky Mount paper reported him as saying in his speech there on Octo ber 15th and asked whether or not it was correct. Senator Butler prompt ly branded the report as false, not only in the words quoted, but also in the impression which that paper tried to convey as to the tenor of the speech. ine Aews and Observer reporter then asked him for a statement of what he did say. He promptly dic tated a report of that part of his speech on the color question, which was the same that he had made in every speech. In another column of this pa per we publish the interview from the News and Observer. We republish here the garbled and doctored quotation which is as follows : It colored men commit on traces the Democrats pretend to be terrihlv shocked in public, but when thev ect behind a wall they laugh until they grow fat, and if the outrages are not frequent ent ugh they hire worthless negroes to commit them." Now turn and read the interview on the first page and see what he did say. Thus any one can see how the speak er's meaning might be misrepresented by quoting, even correctly, one sent ence, whtn the connection in which it was used is not given; but when the sentence is ingeniously doctored and put into language different from that used by the speaker, and besides comments made on it to try to create an impression that it was used in an entirely different connection (concern ing rape cases,) then the editor is guil ty of the basest slander, lie seeks to make it appear, that tbe speaker said just the opposite of what he did say. Now the editor of the Rocky Mt. ptper attempts to justify his doctored and grossly misleading quotation with the following affidavit: We, the undersigned do hereby make affidavit that we heard the speech of Senator Butler, and that the above ex tract in quotation marksis in substance what he said. (Rav.) B. S. McKenzik, F. J. Thorp, M. D. J.J. Daughtry. Nov. 12, 1807. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 13th day of November, 1897. John L. Arrinoton, Notary Public. It will be noticed that the men mak ing this affidavit are careful not to fay that Senator Butler uspd the word which the Rocky Mount paper puts in to his mouth, for they could not do so without perjuring bemselves. They are also careful not to endorse the claim of that paper that tbe language was used in connection with rape cases, which claim is a base and malicious falsehood. In the above quotation put the words "agents of sbylock and the monopo lies" iu the place of the word "Demo crats" and remove tbe charge that this language was used in connection with rape cases and give the con nection in which it was used and then we might let the remainder of the language stand (though they are not tne words he used) and no one could object to the language but the hired agents of the gold syndicate and the corporations. It is an old saying that the Devil can quote scripture to prove his conten tion. That is he can quote separate paragraphs, and quote them correctlv. buu prove nis case if the connection in a . . . - ' which the quotation is used be omitted But if the Devil is allowed to chance the wording and give "in substance" in his own language, any selected Dar- agrapn irom the Scriptures, he can of M course make his he lo k more like the truth. He can Drove that nhim black; that there is no God and that m - ww utic ma the Devil reigns over the true Heaven This is exactly vhat has been done hv ..v.j luuuuveuuor in tnis case. auu we will now nut: hia i ... - - nesses, the very men who siened the , witu TV 1 L ainoavic, on the stand to prove it. "Ev ery lawyer and every other person -who nas watched court proceedings hav onen seen two good men, both of whom saw or heard the same thine, swear to oniraaictory statements about the facts. If the jury should believe nn. the verdict would h nna they should believe the other the verdict would be opposite. But when tbe lawyers come to crosa examine the witnesses it is often found that one or both modify their statements so that ther nraH.ii - , agree. Therefore testimony brought out oo cross examination is, as a rule, nearer the troth. We will now craft examine the three men who made this affidavit. Question. Did not Senator Butler in bis speech at Rocky Mount draw a harp distinction between the two classes of men who are crying cut against "negro domination? Did be not (bow that the great masses of tb people were not only for white su premacy, but were aho against the gold standard and monopoly rule. That the Peoples Party occupied the same position aid tbey were ready to join hand with all others who favored the same reforms and elect an anti-monopoly Legislature and thn th.s would give to the State the best white man's! govercmect the State bad ever seen? Did he not ssy that there were et-rtain gold and monopoly agents who were trying to keep divided the people who thought alike on the most vital ques tions; that tbey were trying to divide ana conquer ana electa monopoly leg- . . . lalature and tat they were using tbe "niggerr question and appeals to race prejudices to carry out their scheme? A. To this they must answer, yes. Q. Was it not against these hirelings ofShylock and monopoly and no one ele that Senator Butler used the stric tures concerning which you were call ed upon to make an affidavit? A, To this, they must answer, yeg. Did leu ietbeee strictures against the gold monopoly agents in connec tion with rape cases? A. To this, they must answer, no ij. Ana uiu ne not in mis connec tion use an illustration to the effect that when machine politicians and agents of monopoly have an unusually bad record to defend, as when they have put up a specially bad ticket and are planning greater robberies than usual that there was only one way for them to force the best element of the white people to again submit to tbeir machine domination and robbery and that was for a negro to throw a brick bat into a political procession or to do something else of the kind to arouse race prejudice; and that, under these circumstances, the scoundrels who had been helping the monopolies to rob the people, (by giving us five cent cotton and charging us high freight and pas senger rates at the same time and by ... - uozens or oiner means) would to doubt hire some worthless negro to commit such an act if necessary to win a monopoly victory? And was this not the only connection in which such a statement was made? A. To this they must answer, yes Q. Did he not, in another part of his speech, after deploring the number of rapes, also deplore the efforts of cer tain monopoly organs to try to make political capital of such horribl" crimes, by chargirg that the People's Party was in some way responsib'e for them ? Did he not refer to a r -umber of rapes committed in otlur Stater where there were Democratic adminis natiuiis nuu bhuw mat none na'i ever attempted to charge tire D'tn--a'-i mi those States with being r sponsib !n any way ior sucu snocku. crimes, a..a was this not all that he said either di rectly or indirectly about rapes ? A. To this they must answer, j e? Q. Did he not tell the colored people i n the audience that this was an Anglo baxon government and that thev would alwnys rule, and that it was best both for the blacks as well as the whites that i5 should be so ? A. To this they must answer, yes. Q. Was not his whole speech an ap peal for a co-operation of the large majority of voters, now divided, who oppose the gold standard and monopoly domination and robbery, to join forces In a great fight for these vital economic reforms in addition to white suprema cy; and were not all of his strictures directed at these few aerents of the enemey who are using the "nigger" cry to prevent such a co-operation, to sidetrack the money and monopoly question and to force a fusion of sil ver men and goldbugs, and who there. tore were using me wmte supremacy cry for an insincere and dishonest pur posed A. To this they must answer, yes. To every one of the above questions these men will answer as we haven indi cated They cannot answer otherwise mis cross examination shows how the speech was misrepresented and f1"'" man me seuieuce quocea is a base and slanderous perversion. auc iauii is maL me eauoriais we have been writing since Congress ad journed and the speeches we have been making since the 10th day of last Au gust have hit in a tender spot certain "nigger" organs who are working the race prejudice racket in the interest of the gold and monopoly syndicate. Ihey have winced under our exposure oi meir scheme. We have tested their sincerity in crying out for white su premacy by proposing a co-operation oi an tnose who oppose the gold standard and the domina tion of our State by monopolies to elect an anti-mnnopoly legislature, e nave snown that such a fi-ht would not only elect an anti monopoly Legislature, but also give the best white man's government the State has ever seen. We have shown that this was the only way to make such a victory certain. This has exposed the insincerity of those who were raising the "nigger" cry in the interest of mo nopoly. They could not answer our ar guments. They saw that the peoole ncicwiuumgun 10 ineir conspiracy to sidetrack the money and monopoly questions ana get a fusion of the sil ver men and gold bugs behind the nigger" cry and- to turn over the next Legislature to the railroads. Thev saw thattbs people were favoring each day more and more our proposition for white supremacy and an anti-monopoly Legislature. They were getting des perate, so they deliberately decided to misrepresent one of our speeches in a way to belp them revive new life in their a-oldbue-nir r.mna; nu, could have just as well misrepresented our speech which was made at Aulan- , " -00 r j aer on the nTt h ntk.. .....1 1. . . . jt ujr ui iue occcues wuicn we naa made be- fore foe w h J , , oauic spetcaas every place. If we had made the state ments at Rocky Mount which they cnarge we maae, tbe fact would have been flashed over the wires before night and been in all the daily papers next morning. We do not know personally any of the men who signed that "in substance- affidavit; we prefer to believe that tbey are honorable men who are honei tly mistakes, and who, when they ignea ice statement, did not realise the extent of the misrepresentation It carried, and who bad do conception of tbe interpretations which tbe gold and negro organs woo'd desperately '.rueio put on it. We do not with to believe that the could U moved by either prejudice or malice or any olfcer motive to make an affidavit o mislead ing and outrageously fahie We no tic that one of ihtm is a minister and wejie great ep-ct for tbe cloth, therefore we would prefer to rest the matter here for the present. But in view of tbe enormity of the injustice done u, and in view of the political capital which the gold and negro or gansare attempting to manufacture to enable them to carry cut tbeir deep laid conspiracy in the interests of mo nopoly, we are constrained to say that if tbey meant by their affidavit to say a.. that the strictures which w did use were directed against any save the agents and hirelings of Shy lock and monopoly, or that we used languige, when taken m connection with tbe re mainder of the speech, could in any way be construed as a charge that even the scoundrels, who help monopolies to rob the people, could stoop 60 low as to hire nfgroes to commit rape, then we brand such a statement as a base, mali cious and perjured falsehood. The un dersigned is personally responible for this statement. Marion Butlkr. Since the above was written (or last issue we notice that the editor of that Rocky Mount paper has gotten the fol lowing additional affidavit : We, tbe undersigned, do herebv make affidavit that we heard the speech of of Senator Butler, and that the above extract is in substance what he said. K. B. Hicks, F. M. Draughan, Isaac Levy. Rocky Mount, Nash Co., N. C. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this the 21th day of November, 1897. JOHN 1j. Abrington, Notary Public. We do not know these three men, and all we have to say in reply is that if they meau by this affidavit to say that the strictures which we did use were di- rectedgainst all Democrats or against any save the agents and hirelings of Shy lock and monopoly, or that we used language, when taken in connection with the remainder of the speech, could in any way be construed as a charge that even the scoundrels, who help monopolies rob the people, could stoop so low as to hire negroes to com mit rape, then we brand such a state ment as a base, malicious and perjured falsehood. The undersigned is person ally responsible for this statement. Marion Butler THK LIE NAILED WITH AFFIDAVITS The following affidavits speak for themselvts I hereby make affidavit that I was in Rky Mount on the 15th day of Oc tober i i- day when Senator Butler spoke ther , and that I heard his speech; thai Senator Butler said noth ing in his speech which could under any proper construction be taken as a cnarge against Democrats that they hired negroes to commit rape. His strictures were all directed against the tools and hirelinss of mnnnnniioa and he did not even charge that Ibis class of men were mean enough to hire uegrues 10 commit rape. JJavid J,VERExr. sworn to and subscribed hefor this 27th of November 1807. me Geo. R. Dixon, J. P. We, the undersigned. mak nflirtmrif that we heard Senator Butler speak in Rcky Mount on October 15th, and paid close attention to his speech. We have also read the erarbled evr given by the Rocky Mount Argonaut, auu wo ursou icasa oase and mali cious perversion, and one that nuts an entirely wrong construction upon what hesaid. Senator Butler did not say or charge that Democrats, nor even the agents ana nirelings of monopoly and tne money power against whom all of his argument and denunciation was directed, were mean enough to hire ne- gmes io commie nameless outrae-ea His whole speech and for the rights of the Deonle ae-ainat. corporate greed, and it was listened to with the greatest attention hv n we know of many Democrats, the kind wMueiieve iu me principles of Brvan. rohn ian a..ii -t.i - wno ueciarea that his arguments were unanswerame. We fujther make affidavit that we nave reaa tne editorial in frT-n.,,. sias headed. " What Spnftf.AF Tint lot said at Rocky Mount," and that we en- aorpe u as a correct version of Sena tor Butler's remarks. P. A May, Co. Com'r. G. W. Colky, James J Coi.ey, J.P. B. F. West ay. Wo? and 8b5cribed before me, this 27th November. 1897. G. T. Coley, Justice of the Peace. 1 also make affidavit to above. G. T. Coley, J ustice of the Peace. SlZTwn fn n A :i . . . " " auu ouustTiueu oeiore roe. v ames J. Colby, Justice of the Peace. I, tbe undersigned, hcsni Butlers sneenh t ftni, xr October ish V Tuu' .uu vit that the report made bv the aJkv Mount Areonaut is radiraiiir inn....... and grossly misleading He did not charge that Democrats hired neernes to commie rape. I further makeaffi- ? V. e inierview which Sena tor Butler gave to the News nho I 3 . . e "vivuiucr will. and republished in the Caucasian on 1 uursuav mornino' Vnmk. id.l i Thursday November 'AUCasiaw on 9 t Y fnintK- with the editorial in th il.rf"" the Caucasian headed, -What Senator ea" Van B Carter, Rep. of Nash. Sworn and suhrih-ri hr this the 20th day of Nov. ' William G. Shart. - Notary Public. I J no. B. Lewie, was in Rnefcv Unnn tv,.. c t, '. . . y "uuu nucii ocuaiur jui er snnKi t lm. October loth, and heard his speech and make affidavit that Senator But- icr uiu not, cnarge that Democrats hired negroes to commit rape. What eaiu suuui ranes was the. icuiwraiic papers were charging that . . " u W OUUJC L.A Ym 1 .opmist party was lllWm Carolina and bYntoito the fact tnat raDes were occurring in Georgia ior me rapes auu oiner soutnern states nrha. rk. vpt h Bm .,, ", uu J"!" from Democratic ucuiuursiic niriv was in ni.. i n : .. : luci . ouuruw mat me democratic admin iraiions were responsible for rapes tnat occurred in their Stata mowing rocas mio jnemccratic pro- cessions was in a different connection altogether further make affidavit that, I nave not. read tbe editorial In Tata Carcaaiav beaded "What Senator Boiler aaid at Kocay Mogaraad lb same is a co reel version a 1 understood it. Jvo. B. Livii. Sworn to and ubacribed before ne lbte?7tnday of November 1337, Geo. R. Dixon, J. I. I wa at Rocky Mount on October i4tn isv, and beard Senator Bailer' cpeecb from berianinr to end. and I do solemnly swear tbal be made oo ocn remark aa charged by tbe Rocky Mount Argonaut that Democrau hired negroes to commit outrages; o0r did oesay anjm-.ng teat could be socon trued. His reference to Democrat hiring negroes was, in substance, as follow That in time of great political in activity and indifference on tbj part of tbe voters in that party, and when the Democrats had no record to ra be fore the people withome of tbe leader would hire a negro to throw a rock into a Democratic procession in order to cre ate race prejudice to enable tbem to get ins people to the polls ii is reference to tbe outrages com mitted by negroes wa, in substance, as luiiows : inat te was very sorry that tbe the democratic railroad organ and the amenta of monopoly and lb gold stan lard in that party were endeav oring to create race prejudice by re ferring to these horrible outrage for the pir post of making political capi tal out of thni. The Argonaut's report as referred to I love is absolutely untrue and with out a shadow of foundation in fact W.G. Leioh, Member f the Board of Commission er; of Edgecombe county. sworn to ana suDscribed before me this November 29, 1897. Ed. Pennington, C. S. C. We, the undersigned, were at Rocky Mount on uot. id, 1S97, and heard Senator Butler's speech from beeinn ingtoend, and we do solemnly swear that he made no such remark as charg ed by the Rocky Mount Argonaut that uemocrais nirea negroes to commit outrages; nor did he say anything that could be so construed. His refer ence to Democrats hiring negroes was, in uosiance, as iokows : That, in times of great 'political in activity and indifferei c? on the part of the voters in that party, and when the Democrats had no record to go be fore the people with, some of the lead ers would hire a negro to throw a rock into a Democratic procession in order to create race prejudice to enable them to get tne people to tbe polls His reference to the outrages com- mitred Dy negroes was, in substance, as ioiiows: mat be was very sorry that the Democratic railroad organs and the agents of monopoly and tbe sold stan dard in that party were endeavoring to create race prejudice by referring to these horrible outrages for the pur pose of making political capital out of them. The Argonaut report, as referred to above, is absolutely untrue and with out shadow of foundation in fact. James B Lloyd, W. E. Fountain, J.T. Dcpree. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of Nov. 1897. Ed. Pennington, Clerk r uperor Court. I hereby certify that I was present whtn Marion Butler spoke in Rocky Mount on the 15th dav of October and that I beard his remarks on the color question, I have also read the report as given by the Rocky Mount Argonaut and I regard it as grossly misleading. I further certrify that I have read Sen ator Rutler's interview which was published in the News and Observer and also the editorial in the Caucas ian entitled "What Senator Butler said at Rocky Mount," and that I en- aorse mem Dotn as correctly stating what he said. Jas. D. Baker, Notary Public. W. S. Bailey makes affidavit that he was present when Senator Murlnn Butler SDOke at Rnrlrr Mmmt- v r and says that Senator Butler did not use the Ianguae-e as charged in t.h Argonaut ou tne loth of October, 1897. nut aia use tne language or sub stance as published in the Newa md UDserver on Nov. 18th, 1897, and in ouosiauce as puoiisnea in tbe Caucas ian over senator Butler signature. W. S. Bailey. Sworn to and subscribed hefnrp mo mis zb aay or jnov. 1897. North Carolina, Nash County. Personally appeared before ihaim. uersignea, w. . Bailey, who being uui v sworn savs mac tm fnnta cot-r.f v. i in t he annexed affidavit Tare True i isness my nana and Mnnni c.,i this Nov. 26, 1897. ' .Tn,.n ii - wo. v. jinin. notary Public. T hro j.:. , . cas'an under date, nf ,1, ." that I heartily endorse it V.SnV: w v vaj. auu I SLiZ il " SJv'inga correct rnn..in " . "?- Butler's remarks at RoTkv Mount Jno'. D. M;wa .u sworn and subscribed to before this iuc tun uay oi jnov. 1837. William G. Sharp, Notary Public. I hereby make affidavit to facts as lo.iowa I was in Rocky Mount on ne. isk and heard Senator Butler's speech. He UUb coarge mat uemocrata were so meau as to nire negroes to commit rape. I regard the statement of the Argonaut as a slander and a perver sion ana misstatement nf th truth fion.tn. j . iiumcr maue a strong piea for white supremacy. At the conclusion vaults bo my office where he was met bv a ir i of the audience, among whom were several prominent Democrats, and all agreed that it was a anlonHia there was certainly no evidence of the indignation among them which the Rocky Mount paper has tried to make appear existed which of course there wuuiu wave oeen naa ne made tbe state lDe PPr charged ha ujaue. me iiocKy Mount paper eim r-j cvudtcu ocuaiiir xtuiier'a ro. pervenea Senator Butler'a con- J. A Farmir. o0"l"bcribd before me Geo. R. Dixoit, J. p. I. N. C. Cooner. mak- .ffl-i.,. was as in Rockv MonnTnnrVK"eV r uiirr w iimii .ana mm u a . . a nk. .a. 01 a WUaJ Vlyt I ""7 "erspoae there. him "charge VrJLSlJ-Ate JZrSV ucgrues 10 commit v - wuivviait !.-a asa fn . "h-c",iwron construct- ion upon his remarks. Po9tmaat.fc,.a;ir..K"T,- en Jas. D.Bakib. Notary Public. Now let every paper that has pub- "shed the base and malicious lie start- 7 tDe g0,dbuff editor of th' Kocky 0Unt paper' and tht has any de- cenev or mdsa nf ripn. 1.1 - v 1 hnu. vri...i . I - """"1 yuousu us I vmwvtB1M IU ecn county in the State to let us know which na- to be f.7;::?r U,,,CI Iflaws. JOU Ux .nstninpf,, tho Pm nvh is- - 'rr wwru me or cases, ir yon need a m;: " the ou"UiU De enough to tbeir you snou'd have the ht TZ j" Wn Cfl f II v inct f mm i subscribers to eiva them Wh -m- eists fift e.n. "V UE?T- w" Jul C lllc anClTVe- .vntl-w nersnnbliah Wh .i- . . " . ' . which OO I tnis nor. AODinoaaL am dat irs. I was at Rocky Moaot oo Oct. 1V and beard Senator Batler'e petcb,and I solemnly swear that he made no acb remark with reference to tbe iVmo erat hiring negroe to com mit out rage, a charged by tbe Argonaut, nor did be say anything that rould be a constmed. Tbe Argoracl report of at peen. relative to that matter ha oo foundation tandrr. in fart, and is a bi J. 11. Upward. State or North Caeolix. Kdgecombe c-ur.ty. Sworn ! and subwribrd before me thi 3rd fay of Dec. Ed rsxsixoTU, Clerk Supericr Cjurt. I, tbe undt r.ignrJ, beard Senator Butler' ippeeb made in K cky Mount on tne lain tf o.tobr. I Lave rrad the Argonaut report of tbe ame auo senator Butler' interview in tbe New and Observer and hi furthtr tatement in Tub Caicasia. ard ur,cuJ iiJo aiiiasvis. ilsi int-re wa nothing Id fIct to warrant the Argo naut in eenamg out such a perverted. u,ru s nf me i,l mat i lie senator re ports the substance of the erh Iga-d to unite tbe loyal cit.zen of the wen wi..e to the perpetuation of our I'uwff mt.il order and civil liber ties, . t) ai.!e partisan prejudice and liri. niz- Ihnr effort, that tbey might arrrt unread nn- d the gre d i f v rpratr wealth. M.J. Battle. Sw rn (., at J jiubscrih.l l,-f..r- this the -It I. tiny of Dec. 1S'7. W. II. Coiib, Justice of the Peace. I, J M. Cutchin. make lliilscit t i..f i was in Itocky Mount on Ort l.Mh .n.i introduced Senator Butler to the audi ence when he spoke there, I heard no such language a that charged by the Rocky Mount Argonaut and beli-ve tuai papers report to he a n.rvr;.xr and absolutely untrue. J. M. CnciiiN. Sworn to and aubscrih.i k.. this Dec. 4, 1897. W. II. Cobb, Justice of the Peace. I certify that 1 was in Rockr Mount on the Ith of October. and i.r.i ator Butler sneak. IT AiA that Democrats hired negroes to com mit rape, nor did he say anything of the sort. I heard amut m t. heard the speech say that it met with their views exacily.and it is absurd tor anyone to charse that nitthi,.. i.- said caused indignation. The speech had a good effect, and ua nrn ceived by all who heard it that I have cypress inemselve. Jesse Proctor, Justice of the Peace. I, the underMirnpii mil. . i:.i-.-. that I heard benaror Butler's speech ad uuut on ucioner J5tb; that I v.u aneuuon loit; and that 1 heard nothing that would in.tir ti... construction that the Rocky Mount Argouaut put upon it. I regard tbe ocui, uub py mat paper as paper laiirtiuoa ana a slander. I further certify that I endorse the iueeaunrisi in Tui Caucasian headed w tat euator liutler aid at Kicky AI -ii, t, as giving a correct veri..r. .ft &e . lor I'.uiierVi rrna lr m M. B. WlLUFolCD, vcrn to and Mihspri.i .r..' IDIs -.ID OAT Of hrpumhn Iwot - .u.v.a, .'i' 4 . Josiah D. Baker, J. p. "VVe were at Rock v Mmmf er loth and heard Senator Hutu'. speech and we do solemnly swear that the Argonaut, relative to Democrats hiring negroes to enmmit. ,.t -c maue ii u sucu remarir aa i. Ann i ha A en..,.t. . . " said nothing that could even in any charges onstrued as the Argonaut Kuuobiuuiiun oi wnar no a .,i . it. R. II. Aritstroxo. of r JAS- A- Thomas. State of North Carolina, Nash Co. Sworn to and suherihtri k,r.. . . . "w- - vera ui c lUC this 4th day of December, 1896. Geo. R. Dixon, Justice of tbe Peace. I, II. A. Davis, make ar)w1-;e n,.. t heard ben&for Butler's speech in Rocky Mount on Oct. 15th, and that he did not charge Democrats with hiring ne groes to commit rape. Any report to that etfect is ahanintoiv r.i. II. A. Davis. Sworn and subscribed to before me. William G.Sharp. Notary Public. I Was in Rockv Mnnnl rk. i- 1897, and heard the most of ki t...i . . c.har?-e ught z'.. at ? 7 "im. .re" J8tice, and is u.uu.e.ruinsi understand it. lie maae no r.hrra crats" as a whole. h.,t JZI'aIZZ" v" iue masses or the iu "ieuiasses oi tne Democratic ""f ana sincere, wereirdiV7cted toward th" 1 1 in irrinrnoaa j ,flT""e!- ana denunciations uireciea coward tbe toola an.i l. n"n who were trying to deceive tbe people with the cry of negro rnle. lie did not cbargl even them ao v, : -.- r . it negroes to com. niLt0Uhr,,ge8- P'id with the ppo ple who were in favor of the white "ft1 and white supremacy to get to! gether. He stated tlie j. "v n ni-i a o-i" u Kovernmenr.ttiat the An glo saxon race alwava eni h it was better for white and black that mis was 60. lie denlnrod tk. t. I" '- "ai lo 7b ueiDg maae to create a race prejudice by reference to outrag es committed in th;. c... .l" ra , -" otair, i uat ir vea 4 nhn - ., -..v. men . c cugagea in this kind of bus- !e89 were trying to get the mindVof . 1 W9 F I C HI I l 11 4 OI the people off tbe main issues before the people and trying to influence ndtm ,hW? thei" Paion. and prej udices. He desired to appeal to ibUr n,.:"""".1.0"1" Pjdice and tention. H,s speech was well rZi." 11c was 1 1 mi ri art -no indignation on th r..e .. vi a li j one BLADDER TROUBLES. The - . , . purpose, camel v. a . naa tlfAIfln Tnr nnc tkA : ' " . ior "a as such it is not liable to any form of disease exeept by one ot two wavs. Th- Jm " imperfect action .o! the k.Jeys. i.i :.r . iro.m careless 0 diseases. a wmmaw m . - ibii. F7 from kid7 I- tne chief "f ffJEK Xjo Tu ""-l1 "P-Kott f ul- wuuci biiu nnnflvw l a - " f. It pain in passing it. cr bid efw.8 if Km V.J mm . 0 P lowing Use Of lionnr 1 and overcomes that unpleasant mL cessity .of bei?g competed to X Th.Uu " a? to urinate, Dr iSimJS xordinary effect of waamp-aont ia mah ft.IiT.erl ' If J- f . . . -w t7- oiauus me nioy Ar. tT Da end your fffXPJE?. & Co.. BinJ! . x. xbe ttronncf, r. nani -,'-' w r- w, xaiauii-H ut o: wa bowD. and I fcarJ c uofatorab! comments froai aay one. R. A. Unit. Saorn atd subvribe J to before me tec. 17. . K. O. MiowA. Notary 1'ubiic. I beird the speech inade by SenaTr Butlrr in Rocky Mount on October LVb. acd fare clone attentiot to U frtni b-tinnlrg to end. I Lereby make i afniivit that Ibe rcrort tuaJe by tb-f Rocky Mount Argonaut of tbal art ( of hi iee-b oo tbe color qucion u not oc'y f le, but one of lb- laet j acd tnot malirtou !nirr that tx ever coue rd-r my HerTtion. Inj x., what Senator ButWr d d ay be fc,J! no charge agairt all Df roorra!. tut ' r imply againat ibe to.! at.J birrltrg : , f tbegotd ndica!e and ruaflnpo.Ut. S r : and be did net cbargf that even lt.l j Z kit--' T c'a hired negriwa tti ccmm.t ri; e. ' r,,1' " What hedid say abjut rape wa In an- jVe J l:' other part of lna perb. I have reaJ i ' tbeeditirial in riiat'At i Ali Lpa!ed. ' , ' ', -What Senator r.utlcr sai l at K ky i l ml V Mount" ar.d I breby i::ake affi iavit j ,.r": J tbal it i cartit in rvery particular,)1 ' -r rf. any affidavit U tl.e contrary r.otwith-j Tti t . , tandirg. jCbar!.tt- J. I. Law i. , t lh l t. n Sworn to and ub.ribrd befcre lue '..-.,,, . , tbi C h day of December. l-'.'T. K. C. l.t i, J. V We, the undtrigt;ed were ia li n k Mount ou October tte l.Vh. wber Sen ator Butler speke there, and beard and endorsed every word of bia speech aid raak- affidavit that be did not cliargr in hi speech that I'fniocrats tr any one el.e were mean enough to hire ne-gro-a to cnnitiiit rapr, m.r did be ay anytbingof the kiLd a all that t rard express themselves abu: bia ;etih were very much pleated with it and endorsed every word be aid. Ti.e re port that be charged Dfmocra! with hiring negroes to commit nan)fle outrage i basely fale. lIeae erd us a copy of neat weeks Catcamn. Resptctfully, J. J. Tiiobk. T. 1(. Tuoax. Sworn to and ub-ribed to before m William li.SnARr, Notary Public. I beard the speech made by Sena tor Butler in Rocky Mount on Octo ber l.tb, and gave close attention to it from beginning to end. I hereby make affidavit that the report made by the Rocky Mount Argonaut of that part of hia speech on tbe color ques tion is not only false, but one ol tbe basest and most malicioui afander that has ever come under my observa tion. In wbat Senator Butler did say be made no charge against all Demo crats, but simply ag.itist the tools and Hirelings or the gold syndicate and monopolists, and be did not won charge that event this clas hired ne groes to commit rane. I have r-ail t h editorial in Tub Caicasian heart.! "What Senator Butler said at Rocky Mount" and I herebv make aflidavit that it i correct in every particular, any affidavit to the contrary notwith standing. w.T Mayo. Sworn to and subscribed brinm nm this loth day of December, I Ml7. Ii. Is. I. TON. .1. P. 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The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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