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THE CAUCASIAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THK CAL'CASI 4N POIILHHINO CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES. B YKAK. BIX MONTH 8 THRKK MONTHS Entered at the Post Office in Raleigh, N. C. a" ecord-elaM mail matter HOT TIME IN I,Ol ISIAN A. Henator Cattery's son in the can didate of tho Independent Demo crats, Populists and Republicans for governor of Louisiana, and from all accounts given by tho press dis patches from that .State, they are having a very exciting campaign Indeed, which has already resulted in a great deal of bitterness, pr sonal and political estrangements It will be remembered that In Louisiana the constitution confers BulTrago by Inheritance, just as proposed In North Carolina, yrt, notwithstanding the fact that the "white supremacy" crowd are In power In that State, and thoconsti tution limits the right of suffrage yet the old, old cry of "nigger" is still a prominent feature, and tin resort to ballot-box stuffing is maintained to keep the "white su premacy" party in control. Negro sulTrago is greatly restric ted in Louisiana, yet the cry is still raised to prevent a break In the ranks of the Democratic party of that state, and it would be raised in North Carolina oven with the adoption of the pending amend ment, for there would still bo forty or fifty thousand negroes who could vote. Senator Caffery is now in Louis iana making speeches in behalf of his son and wo make the following extract from the Press Dispatch : "Senator CaiTery denounced the Governor's blind venom and par tison hate, gave him the lie direct, declared him a coiner of false and malignant charges, enjoying a mo nopoly of the ballot-box stulllng crowd, and observed that Fo-ter has twice enjoyed the oillce of gov ornor of Louisiana without biing once elocttd." So it seems that even In Louisia na where tho constitutional amend mont Is in operation, and where, naturally, one would suppose that honesty, fair dealing and Justice prevail, the Senator deliberately charges the present government with "enjoying the monopoly of tho ballot-box stulling crowd,'' and tho Senator further solemnly chary os that tho governor was elec'ed twice by fraud. If tho Constitutional amendment does not remove fraud, corruption and dishonesty in the State of Lou isiana, will It remove these great evils In North Carolina? Lot the groat, honest "plain peo pie," as Abe Lincoln called them, consider soberly and earnestly this important question when they vote to disfranchise thousands of good, honest, true, noble and bravo white men of North Carolina. WHY GKOKtilA VOTED IT DOWN. . Only last fall tho Legislature of Goorgla voted down by an over whelming majority a proposition to submit a constitutional amend ment similar to tho one passed by the last Legislature of this State. wny did Georgia vote down tho disfranchising schemo? Tho Goor gla Legislature took the position flrst that it was unconstitutional second that it was unjust, danger ous, and unnecessary. If it was un necessary in Georgia, how can it bo necessary in North Carolina? In Georgia the percentage of colored population is fifty per cent, greater than it is in North Carolina. In Georgia thoro are only a few more white voters than there are colored voters in the whole Stato. In North Carolina thore are more than two white voters for every negro voter mi t t ... Aueuoorgia legislature took the position that the brave, intelligent and progressive Anglo-Saxon race could novwr be in danger of negro domination whore tho whites were even la a slight majority. Tho po sition of Simmons and his ballot box stufling machine in this State Is that two bravo, intelligent and progressive wnne men, owning more than ton times the wealth are in danger of bolng dominated by one poor, Ignorant and inferior negro. The Caucasian is frank to say, as It has said a hundred times that It would bo better for North Carolina and tho whole South A. if mere was not a negro votor In it Indeed, we would support any just or constitutional scheme that would remove this evil from tho politics of the South, and in doing it we would support that which would b best for both the white and colored racos. That has been our position In the past and it is our position now. If this proposed amendment would accomplish that we would support it. Mr. Simmons and his machine knows that it will not and this is why they are afraid o free speech and argument. mi re ... j.ne oimmona red ahirters ought to tell the people why payment 0 poll tax oy all voters, white and viav.A, n xcyuirtju ueiore Demg allowed to vote, if the amendment was only intended to eleminate th negro from pout ojf And why also was process to be issued only against assessed property before taxes could De collected! liow many thousands of dollars would the State lose in taxes with this amendment iu opera tion. ,.i.oa .60 .. .83 Fl'LL OF HI.rNDERS TOO. "In the opinion of the Suffolk Herald the last Virginia Legisla ture needed a censor "to suppress its JiLUMKiis and conceal its lack of information.' The criticism Is not too severe." Norfolk (Va.) Landmark, March 24th. livery line In the above extract fits the "great and wise" V!) men who eomposo the Legislature of 18W. A committee to suppress itsblun dors should certainly have been appointed. An examination of the laws of 18'jy will reveal a great number of gross errors, and it is surprising, too, that they should have been committed, for there wero about fifty members of tho legal profes sion in that body, yet we dare say that more mistakes wero made than in any previous sessions that have been held in years. More un constitutional laws wero passed than ever before, notwithstanding the fact that so many "shining q- gal lights" were members of tho Legislature). One local statute they enacted provided that the Sheriff of Green County should bo "refunded" to the tax-payers of that county. Another statute provided that tho Labor Commissioner should bo the tax collector of Ilryson City. They failed, either "accidentally or In tentionally," according to Judge Sitnonton, to confer proper taxing )owor upon tho Corporation Com mission. Instead of providing that he ''votes" for Ma3'or of Golds- boro should be placed in one box, they enacted the statute so that it read that the Mayor "should be daeed in one box" and tho "voters" n another. These are only a few of the many brilliant (?) achievements of the "great and wise" (?) men who com pose tho Legislature of 1809. IVINtt IS ITS CHIEF OCCUPATION. The came of th liars grows daily more desperate. They have thrown ruth compelely to the winds. They are ingenious and lventive. They start a nimble-footed lie one week and so soon as it is whacked into a lly and becomes rather unreconiz- able, they set another active lie that goes skippitier and jumping. The a:st attempt in bare faced lyiner we nod in the Kaleigh News and Obser ver of Wednesday. Wilminerton Messenger, March 23. It muf t indeed be a strong case of 'bare-faced lying'' to provoke the Messenger to use such harsh, but deserved language, in speaking of the News and Observer, Indeed, it seems to be the fixed policy of the News and Observer to misrepresent and lie about people who do not endorse its methods, and we are truly glad that even in its own household the hypocrisy and falsity of that sheet are being shown up to the gage of all men. When these organs of red-shirtism and ballot thieving "fall out" then ' honest men will get their dues." If this "barefaced lying" is so marked and offensive as to provoke tLe Messenger to the use of such violent laogusere in denunciation of the News and Observer, can any one believe that the News and Observer would hesitate to lie about its politi cal opponents? HAIiT CA STAND, WHILE TAUT CAN HEHAIX. Tho Supremo Court of tho United States has rendered quite a number of decisions setting forth the doc trine that part of a statute can be constitutional, therefore operative and valid, provided it is capable of separation from other parts, while tho unconstitutional parts fall and are inoperative. Section 5 of the proposed amend ment will be declared unconstitu tional, while all other sections will stand and bo operative, thus im posing an educational qualification oa all voters. Tho decisions of the United States Supreme Court showing that only the valid parta stand while invalid statutes fall are as follows: Albany County v. Stanley 105 U. S., 305. Hank v. Dudley 2 Peters., 492. Packet Co. v. Keokuk 95 U. S., SO. It. 11. v. Schutte 103 U. S., 118. Unity v. Burrage 103 U. S., 447. "Pennimau's case" 103 U. S., 714 (operative). Hills v. The Bank 105 U. S., 319. Presser v. Illinois 116 U. S., 252. 3 CENTS-TILL AUGCSTEI.ECTION. Wo have been urged by many of our subscribers to make a campaign rate for the Caucasian till the State election next August. They say that they could get many per sons to subscribe m clubs who do not take the paper with a low spe cial campaign rate. In response to thes requests we make a 25 cent rate for the State campaign, provided that they are sent in clubs of not less than four. That is for $1 00 we will send four copies to any address till the Au gust election. With this very low campaign rate the friends and supporters of honest elections of liberty and manhood suffrage should send us at least ten thousand new subscribers within the next thirty days. Would Mr. Simmons and his leg islature have dared to submit to the people of North Carolina for adop tion an amendment which provided for restriction of suffrage by an ed ucational qualification solely! No. However much they desired to do this, they well knew that the di rect proposition of education or no suffrage would cot only itself have met defeat at the hands of the lib erty-loving people of North Caroli- na, but that the promoters of such I a measure would have been forever I burled along with it. Itwasaques- tion then of how best to accomplish the result of education or no suff- rage by an indirect method and the luui&iana uecepuoa Kuuwuav mi'i Tnere are thousands or poor, un grandfather clause" was hit upon fortunate, but ruzgadlj honest, de- t . -: t J . i i . 1 as the best plan. Mr. Simmons and the machine .knew well enough that such a proposition was uncon- stitutional and would not stand the test of the court, and they also knew that the court, following long established precedents, would knock out this unconstitutional ab- surdity leaving the educational the only test of the right of a citizen of a. O A. A. A, A. T A. Il 1 iu owib 10 vote, jjui, u was De- cause they knew this, that they adopted this plan, and because it suggested itself to them as the best plan of fooling the people. Involv ing as it does a question of consti tutional law, they relied on what Judge Brown after said: that is, that the people could not under stand a legal proposition and could therefore be easily fooled. But they now see that the people are capable of understanding this question, and that discussion of it is dangerous rr thfim. This iswht w teniDtlncr to ston discussion. Thv aiouei.eriii.ueu, u uy any possiDie A .4 1- i . ,J 1 !1 meauH, to uirauccise me nicy or sixty thousand Illiterate white vo- lwsulluriu aronna wno are a fcllrV'l'SS Thfilr Crhrvit has hrnn uApuseu ami it oniy remains lor the , J 1 I a. -1 I good, honest, law-abiding, liberty loving people of North Carolina to see mat tney are not permitted to Carry It through. i- m a a n . 1 uy reierenceto tno statistical At las of tho United States it will be seen that North Carolina has a lar- ger percentage of illiterate whites in it than any other State in the T T I A 1 11 m . a ..... union. Ana an 01 tnese illiterate whites, unlike most of the other states of the Union, are native born Americans, for the same authority shows that North Carolina has a smaller percentage of foreign popu lation than any other state in the Union. It i3 for this reason that, restriction of suffrage by an educa tional qualification if so odious to tne people or tne state. But not withstanding the ''grandfather clause" deception, this very result is now being attempted, and by rwltstmO D.r m , jjjt via wi.y iuuu wno are responsible for the humiliating condition of illiteraev in North f!r. olina the very men who for wen- ty odd years nad control of the state onH f.,1 wi i :j w r piuviuo me eaucauon oi tne boys and girls of the State. And knowing rhic. thm, I v-w t ut 10 auu insuit 10 injury by sayinsr to those Who were not as .fortnnar na , , . i mwiii&eives: you cannot vote be- cause you were too poor to educate vourselves. or vour sons nnnr fQ " iv v. i because you were too poor to edu- cate them. But thev will novr -c, xuuuiKjr ui saying mis because the people of North Caro- lina now undfirstanri th An uu6v.- uuh suneme involved in tne propos- ed constitutional amendment and orQro,T i . v . ajf Muinmg uiuro op- poseu 10 it. TO siiTT rrnvu I Mr. Simmons and his Democrat- ic machine in the last ramna!crn nnt.nnlirnlofl,. -.. j cuio mat li they got in power they would not attempt to disfranchise anvhn white or black, but he went fur- " ther and said that any Democratic nnnvfintion nr l,ffialof .Ub.WUVUA nwuiu "spit upon any man who would of- fer such a nronosir.irm" On thQ iifi, of AdHI the Demnfratir. mnnf;M j- v -a a. u U. vui,uu meets, mat convention should be true to itself and also should make Mr. Simmons words come true by spitting upon him and his mflt.h- ods Will it dn if 9 The people are becoming thor- oughly aroused, and each day growT iug muie muignant on account of the effort, cunningly devised to ji m i. . , .. disfranchise forty thousand white men in North Carolina under the false nlea. of nrevailino- nifffl. nomination. Anese scnemers and I A- 11 m, . 1 r o "6- tricksters, who brought forward the amendment, doubtless thought that with the cry of ''nigger" they could do absolutely anvthin that cunning and deviltry could devise, but the masses now understand their motives and purposes, and will preserve and protect their po litical liberties. "Eternal vigilance is tho price of liberty." If the amendment was only in tended to disfranchise the negro and remove him from politics why was the section inserted in the amendment requiring all citizens, white as well as black, to be able to read and write after 1908 ? The Simmons retshirters declare that no white man will be disfranchised under the proposed amendment, but they cannot deny that every unfortunate boy who now has to earn his dally bread In the field or factory, and also support his pa rents by his labor, will be disfran chised after 1908 if he cannot read and write by that date. When the present infamous elec tion law and the proposed disfran chising amendment scheme were offered in the last legislature, there went up a howl of protest from a large majority of th members of the legislature who had solemnly pledged their people on every stump in the State.that they would j not favor or vote Tot anything of the kind. At this crisis one F. ; D. Winstoa of variegated past arose and made a solemn appeal to the members of the legislature that the time had come when they should all sink their consciences, and thev did It. Pitv 'tis true. . .. . voted, sincere and patriotic 'citizens in North Carolina today, who may not be able to educate their sons by 1908; it not, these poor, honest boys wiH not be allowed to vote. Tha educated town negro will have the right to vote, and under the proposed amendment he will then "dominate" the white man who Las not been fortunate enough to obtain the bless 1. . ing of an education. Do we want such a state of affairs in North Caro- Una! God forbid. Ballot-box scoffing is one of the greatest crimes in politics. A man who takes the oath to support the Constitution, and then robs his fel low man of his mo-t sacred rights deserves high position in a peniten tiary instead of being permitted to receive political honors for his per- jury, corruption and dishonesty. Does our Psent civilization and chris tiamty endorse and jeandone such methods in politic! Eafth votfi- when Dreser,tinff him 8fclf to vote. must take a solemn oath to 8Upp0rt the Constitution of the United States ... ... . stitutional. or that there is anv or that there dr.ubt about its constitntionalitv. can he tHbe the Megcribed oath without doirjg vioience to his conscience and committing periurv? Pause and rinnslv r, fl -n.r h. forA o.tincr. " B Notice. If you are not a subscri- ber then this is a sample copy, and is an invitation to yon to subscribe For $1.00 we will send four copies o I.. '.. . . the paper till the state election in August. Mr. GIDDENS TELLS WHY HE LEFT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SonieComiaon 8euS8 statements about the Amendment which Cannot Ho Denied Who is Attempting to put the Negro Over the White Alan? Who is Making Poverty a Crime? Eaison, N. C, March 15, 1900. The Caucasian : .Ane eaitor ?r ine democrat 19 in IVyllUCW lU UUCDUUU 111 U1UUI V CS 1 11 1PHV lin? (ha Democratic oartv. Doubtless he meusures other people by his own 8tDfla- 1 reIer to an editorial in News add Observer and other papers, charging that I left the Democratic party on account or personal srriev anCe8. No such motive as he alludes to had anything to do with my action No two cranks, or a thousand, could run me out of a party of right princi- pies, tne Democrat to the contrary not- witnstanaiug. . AU,.ut' "l fJUfc v,tal "upwwnce uavc i u uucuucu tuc &lcJo x uave laHcii The Democrat says I am mistaken &but whom our formatters fought for. ec. ua 8ee wno 18 mnwKen, wno it lfl Trior, ujs n T a r.n rmr. rno naarm ngu the white men. He singrs that same oldsonjf,"Wegrol ""Negro I "and would that I intended to say that our fore fathers fought to enable the negro to vote, another Democratic trick to fool .nmhnl,ff Now let's talk sense a little. If the amendment is carried it i not even denied that after 1908 the uneducated white boy ould be di8f rahahis,'d while the educated aude neero can vote The man who votes for the amendment ..... n t l v. ; . . . . c it.:.. . I fiftrdi nc tn ht,Htistio thord roill ha n Vimit "tro "r jusi tuiu biaieui lUIUKf. AC- ten thousand younar men who will be- come of age in 1908, by the same rule 1,-KC.1 u,uriiW) Will ua unable to read and write, and two- thirds at least will be wbit, then in 1909 there will be another 1700, and so nn. Am th(Ri nnt pomp nf thn nnnl our forefathers fought for? Will brother Betbnne and his associate di h0?08 for tni3 8tate 9 things? Yhs will I vote for it? No. Then who votes to put the ne;ro over the white man? They will vote to deprive this I , m . . ?! "aorv?'u V1 uou i ciuizcuB. oi one Tistiii io voce, wniie ne gros who can read and write are al lo.wea 10 voce- nen ao Rot P-ecii right to impose restrictions upon jour I ITT n l r n B l T w t m n r XT r Wlf n : . . cnildren and your grandchildren that were never imposed on you simply to There are in every county in the s,;ate many good men who are unable arcL Tf the TmendmVnt is r, lied. men mis ianure, wnatever may be the caU8e' acci1ent, sickness or ex- nemo uuTcivi, ut uiaiter wuar. 11 places the man in the same row with fhe criminal. There are many men in North Carolina to-day who have a bard I StrilCCm tn keen th van f frnm Hu I r " - door, as I and others hav hid tht drove me int0 tne whiskey business to If he ?aiTsTo payVsoli tax by the first of March he is classed with .. B ou'"on luiei.on me uay or eiec- tion. Whoever thought North Caro- lina would propose a law making pov ImonrTneI Yet " JUSt what 16 amounts to These, Mr. Editor of Sampson Dem ocrat, are some of my reasons for leav ing the so-called Democratic party. I am no politician, and should have not penned another line had not I been as sailed and my mot ves been grossly misrepresented. Until .the Demo cratic party comes back to its moor ings I am done with it and the trick sters who dominate it. As far a prayer is concerned, I think it is the editor of tha Sampson Democrat and his asso ciate and his men with unimpeachable character who need it. Yours respectfully, M. C. Giddkns. A LIFE AND DEATH FIGHT. Mr. W. A. Hines of Manchester, la., writing of his almost miraculous es cape from death, say s : "Exposure after measles induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Consumption. I had' frequent hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my. doctors said I must soon die. Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, which completely cured me. I would not be without it even if it sost $5 00 a bottle. Hundreds have used it on my recommendation and all say it never fails to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles." Regular size 50c and $im Trial bottles free at all Drug: Stores. A good resolution is about the only thing that is stronger at its birth than at any subsequent period of its existence. Ex, WHOEVER EXAMINES THE SIX-1 HONS ELECTION LA IV WILL FISDIX IT THE SCM-TO-TAL OF POLITICAL VILLAINIES. NO. 2. THE COOrr BOARD ur ELECTIONS; Editor Caucasus.! Above mv own signature, there) appeared in your last issue a par tlal outline of the Simmon Elec tion Law, In which was sketched as briefly as possible, Its general framework, together with a few of ts exterior beauties. And having conducted the reader across the threshold of this political Slaugh ter House, I now invite him to ea ter with me and take an inside view of the establishment. Occu pying the anteroom of this Butch er's Shambles, and exercising su pervision and control over all of Its departments, will be found thre very important personages, whoso functions are in part as follows: Sec. 10. That it shall be the duty of the county board of elections to meet in their respective counties not later than the flrut Monday in May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred, and biennially thereafter, ana after organizing by electing one of their number chairman and another secretary, to divide their respective counties into election meoincts and fix the places of polling in the several election precincts. They may adopt the present aivislon 01 their county into election precincts, or they may es tablish entirely Lew precincts, or they may alter the present precinct, but the election precincts and precinct polling places as now Qxed in each county shall remain as they now are until altered. And in case of any al teration 01 the election precincts or polling places therein, they shall give twenty days notice thereof in some public journal, or in lieu thereof in three public places in such county and at the court-house door. And the said county board of elections thall have power from time to time after dividing their county into election precincts, to establish, alter, discontinue or create such new precincts of election in their respective counties as they may deem expedient, giving twenty days notice thereof, by advertising in some public journal, or in lieu thereof, in three places in .-uch county and at the court house door. If any polling: place is changed in any precinct, like adver tisement of such change shall be given And there shall be at lease one polling place in every township, as nearly cen tral as possible. The reader will seo at a glance the contemptible subterfuges con tained in this section, and leaving him to consider the obvious uses to which they can be applied, I ought to observe That each and all of the three members of this County Board of Elections, may be taken from one and the same political party there is nothing in this Law that forbids it. That when selected for this re sponsible office no inquisition is had as to their fitness and honesty there is nothing in this Law that compels it. That while in the dis charge of its duties no pledge of impartiality is imposed upon them there is nothing in this Law that enjoins it. That they are placed under no ofii ial oath there is is nothing in this Law that? prescribes it. That they are sub-j lected tO no riftnal tV fnr anv ahnao l jected to no penalty for any abuse of their power there is nothing In this Law that exacts it. And that no qualification, of any kind, is re quired of these men except, only, that they must be "discreet per sons," which is nomoro than to say that they must be careful, and cau tious, and secret, and circumspect, all of which amounts to no more than the wisdom of the serpent, and is entirely consistent with the most hardened depravity. The word "discreet" is a comprehensive one and, in the practical affairs of life, is found covering knaves as the rule, and honest men as the ex ception. For discretion imports no moral attribute whatever. The greatest of braggarts has defined it as the "better part of valor." It is in fact tho convenient mask and indispensible shield of the coward, the hypocrite, the conspirator, and ballot-box-thief. Such then is the constitution of this County Board of Electious, at whose touch the whole election ma chinery is made to move. This it begins to do by dividing each coun ty into precincts and polling-places. And this part of the work must be done, on or before the first Monday in May of each year, in which a gen eral election is to be held. Rut al though the division must bo made at that time, all information in re spect to it may be withheld from the public, until twenty days before the election. Or should such infor mation be sooner vouchsafed it may be altogether misleading. Forafter the precincts and polling-places have once been located and an nounced, the power is reserved to this County Board to alter, or annul and create them anew, and all this may be done oven after registration has begun aud has proceeded for eleven of the twenty days, during wrhich it is to con tinue. At no time is the voting public to be taken into its confi dence. For it is the merest Irony to be told that notice of such alter ation "shall be given in some pub lie journal," since the journal so J lected for the purpose, may not be Polished in that county" or in tnis btate, and may, in strict com pliance with this law, be either the VT " T i TT , J, itnv iurK neraia or tne Jlurpnv Bulletin. Why therefore, in the name of common decency, was information In respect to a matter so simple as this, to be veiled in uncertainty until the very last moment ? And why was it left to the caprice of three arbitrary men ? The question answ. rs itself. It was done to en able a few artful dodgers, in each county, to do the dirty work of a bankrupt party. For the only pur pose of all this changing, and shuff ling, and shifting of precinct9 and polling-places, could only be to confuse and bewilder the voter. Such at least are the scope and in tent of the Law itself, and if such shall not be found to be its practi cal operation and I believe it will not it will only be because the ex ecution does " not correspond with the design. But be it understood, that in re sorting to such dospisable devices, the Democratic party in North Car olina can make no pretention to originality. For here again it lev ies another contribution upon the past, by borrowing from its ancient rival the vilest methods, that were practiced during the Era of Recon struction, when in many instances the voters were kept busy durin" the day of election in going front one place to another and trying to locate the ballot-box. At length that refreshing era has returned, but returning It finds the position 01 parties reversed, and the Demo cratic party occupying the very ground from which It routed its old antagonist. This was the par ty that suffered from disfranchise ment and proscription then this is the party that stands for proscrip tion and disfranchisement now. land having learned something In that school of Iniquity, it now pro poses to better the Instruction. But will it not In turn be driven from the position It now occupies! or can these abandoned but renovated methods be made available again? They will not avail, if they shall be met by that eternal vlgllence which should guard the liberties of the people. Or should they succeed, for a time, there will be a doable satis faction in knowing, that they over whelmed and damned one political party then, and will damn and over whelm another political party now. ror it has been wisely said, that all great questions are revolving ques tions and reappear at intervals un der new names and with new ad vocates, and it has been wittily said, that the whirligig of time brings around its revenges." And this is that wholesome lesson which so lately, and with such ter rible emphasis, was taught by tho Kentucky Election, and taught so plainly that there can be no misin terpretation of that tremendous conflict. For it was fought out, as our own August Election will be, with a whole nation as spectators, and now stands as sign and me morial of a struggle between a po litical party resolved to bo abso lute, and a people determined to bo free. Upon that dark and bloody ground, the contest was waged with uiiiial IccnaratlAn An KntH lz A and was begun on the side of the vanquished with every advantage of numbers and machinery. But the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to tne strong. For with the infamous Goebel Election Law as the issue there, just as the more infamous Simmons Election Law will bo here, the disproportion of numbers was lost by divisions, i .u u 1 ,oe infant io,r ,ha,n Kmoo MnH.onnn o r ti . I pr than a hpln. nnH tho nnirinnpr Mmifn,,! uiL . riPtarrl And whilo tho fa to rf thaf I r ; " J political cutthroat is no cause for roars nr avn tnHnn Ihu (fananl m. suit should give us hope and inspi ration. For there, as here, the end was foreshadowed in the beginning and only added, and will add, one and another name to the wretched catalogue of those who make it their business to operate Infernal Machines. Fair Play. "A DEMOCRATIC WARNING " The National Committee I'rges That All Delegate He Instructed. Chicauo, March 31 lUarCU Ol. in IGOaV'S T 1. T . , issue of the "ready print'' sheet sent out to Democratic newspapers by the mi uuioau ui mo xt-uiueritiic national ommiuee, is a "warnintc" under tne caption, "instruct AM I ni ' u:i . i y i". par- . I -A 1USI Itbl OI party Sincerity thlS year on the part of either public inon nr nmrennnora nmf auinn n K r-:-." .h- v.Uft lu vdu;avcasian ior puoucaiion, auu Democrats is tbeir insistence that that 6Uch publication of the namtnl an aeiegc 10 me Kansas i,ity ju- ; u , ii' ub miiucwu io voie i' iuo lOBiuruiiiiiua ui m3 Vyaie8go piaiiorm aua ior tne nomination omy oi mea wno were openly ana xouo, ana are Known still to be in thorough sympathy with it. "In many States of the Union men who treacherously deserted Mr. Brvan in 189fi and Pnntrihnt trt tho election of McKimey. are now re- i. J . , turuiuK iu m democratic ranKS. iney come wuu smouin words on iufir ups aua iair promises or prts - ent loyalty, and the great Democratic organization of tne nation, scornirg all that would savor of vindictive ness, opens its doors to them and re ceives tnem back into full common ion. But it would be folly it would be a criminal blunder to grant to those returning renegades the fullest privilege of membership in the Democratic party without exacting from them some proof of their preS' ent willingness to abide by the established creed of the party is only too surely known that they seek readmittance to the party only in tne nope or controlling it and turning it away from the service of the people, back to the state ot serfdom to plutocracy whence it was rescued in 1S96 "Proof of such a conspiracy exists. It is being perfected with all the skill which the conscienceless politi cians who had dommatod the party prior to loUb possess, and it is bi-m? haacced with the wealth which the Whitneys, the Lamonts, the Bene dicts, and the Dickinsons provide. "There is bu one method of de feating these consDirators. It is the method employed in 1896 to wrest coniroi 01 me party trom tue plut- cia'ic lun-oj wuicu ai inai lime con - trolled. It is the binding of all dek gates by rigid instructions "Opposition, to this method is in itself indication of doabtful paitv loyalty. Let the motto b?; "In struct. " Over-Work' Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or impurities In the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the blood, due to TefrfA ....... LI. ruaney trouble causes o aick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as thnnerh they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney- J v. 1 i .1 1 . jwiauucu uiuuu mrougn veins ana arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their berin- mug 111 is.iu.ucy irouoie. If you are sick you can make no m?taV by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild to4 4K Awa --.-J; te . .... . and the extraordinary effect of rr K-iim.r'. Swamp. Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonaenui cures 01 ine most distressing cases ana is soia on its merits by all druggists in fifty cent and one-dollar siz es. You may have a 1. 1 , ., ampic oouie oy mail Hoim of S-amp-Boot tree, also pamphlet telling you how to find out 11 you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention his paper when writing Dr. Kilmer &Co.-to-hamton, tv.Y. A WHOLE V1LLACE Attacked by Grip One Fmily Z capes ty Using Pe-ra na. A V Wisotsa, Stark Co, Ihirlns the winter I and my fan Mr of ix -were tka wiui i Kr'i'l Th dia' wm very prevalent at thai time iu the villas lf uw nearlv rrrrvono Iwing lck with it. Our doctor- trraUxl itas tet they could, but were very unueceful In the treat ment of it. A soon a my family were taken sick I went to tb drugstore and bought ir tttle of Pc-ru-na. and we all took it u-vt.rding to the direction riven on the U.ttle: and although cr o- ----- - cases eefUH-tl to le more than uaaiy riolent in tho outset, yet our recovery was prompt, anJ we were all well rr.u ooner than ihw who wsre treat A ly the regular physicians. Many people died of thlslapnppv J r Ing this epiucnite, and aick so short a ti:: V Ji f - T V - family. After wen- ' .. one bottle of lV-r i- :. - Send for a fr? .; tarrh." This I i : ..it.- a " Dr. Hartinaii ou la arii;e U J attracted wide atteniiou and .--reported n leading papers. AJJr Baxtman, CoIuiuuua, Ohio. PDuhit Coa tf nllon of llarnatt ouIt LlLLIXtJTOX, X. C March, 2Cth, l'.KX). Convention organized by elect intrZ.T. Klrett Chairman and J W. Pipkin Secretary. . o Motion to dispense witn tne usu al committees carried, and the Con vention elected Z. T. Klvett and J McK Byrd delegates at largo to the Ponulist State Convention to be held in Italoigh on April lbth. TllO following liatllM WtrO Sllb luiiiuvi u mo wiuc.cui. '"""""'I'" and approved by tho Convention AnaerSOU'S CreeK. lOWrbDip-U m ttt..4. ti, iam t a V. s.-..., . lUU'O! Averasboro 8. M. Jackson, 8. L Parker, I. W. Taylor. Ilarbecue J.tW. Leshley, Ilenry W. Graham, D. A. Graham. . Black River J. P. Honeycutt, J. Gardener, J. G. Adams. Buckhorn N. T. Johnson, Oran Weathers, Jeseo V eathers. Grove 11. M. Parker, Ider Weav er, J. M. Langdon. Johnsonville J. L. Marks, W m McKay. John McKay. Lillineton V. G. Bvrd. J. V Pipkin, Daniel Oxendine. !Cuill'.a CrookI H. Marks. A. D I 7" im-rrl W ll lhrmnn Hector's Creek N. B. Jones, G j. ppence, D. II. Senior i Stewart's Creek V A. Parker G. E. Byrd, L. D. Byrd. iTrror T ittle rcivorV Af. Iu ... erson, N. T. Paterson, b . M. McKay I nP1 ho thu Cnnvnntlnn that these proceedings be sent to the I , . delegates bo their credentials at tho state Convention. Adjourntd si j nd-die. I Z. T. Kivett, Ch'mn. j. W. PlPKIX, Sec'y "THE BETTER PART Of valor it discretion," and the better I Part or tne ' reatroeut or disease is pre vention. Disease originates in Ira Ptritl.'r ;D,the t,OWd- V?l Wh take it at this season ear ihey are kept j,eaUhy tne ,ear rourjd. It",8 be cause this mediciue expels impurities land makes the blood rich and health giving. All liver 25c ills are cured by Hood Pills. Strike at Loon. St. Louis, April 2- Two thoue and carpenters and 1 500 painters in St. Louis and Est St. Louis struck today for higher waes. The paint ers asked for an advance to 37 i t, cents an hour, while the carpenters 111 J - . TJ 4L J waui to cents ouiu ucuiauus were refused by the master builders as sociation. HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS. All doctors told Reoick Hamilton. of West Jefferson. O . after suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistula, he would die unlet-s a costly operation was performed; but he cured himself with five boxen of Bucklen's Arnica Salve in the World. 25 cents a box Sold by all Druggist. Granit Cotter ro on a Strike. Boston, April 2. Havine failed to obtain an agreement binding all em ploying granite cutters to nas $3 ner aayioreignt nour a strike of that f. r J ft scill ha nrrlariiH tntaw fr im am Jerstood that some of the employers 1 win grant ine aemacaa. Little Susie Das a mos' beautiful diamou' wot yoh mammy had on in church dis morn in'. Rastus G'way, ga!; dat ain't no Idiamor ! Dat's ma mramv's new glass eye. In the Itview nt Reviews f r April Mr. Louis V'iLdmuller de scribes some of the was'tfnl m-th d by which the buinf ss of fire irsur ar,ci at present cocducted in this country. A married mauV idea of heme comfort is shirt that wasu't made at home. Ex. Our Greatest Specialist. For 10 years Dr. J. Newton Hath away has ao successfully treated chronic diseasts that he is aeknowl edged to-day to stand at the head of his profession in this line. His ex clusive method of treatment for Vaiiooceleand Stricture without Te aid of knife nr cautery cores in 90 per cent, of all cs. In the treat ment of lots of Vital Forces. Ner vous Disorders, Kidney and Urinary iComnlaints. ParalvsM. Biocd Piaiit ing. Rheumatism, Catarrh and Di 1 0 - seas s peculiar to women, he is equal ly successfully. Dr. Ha'bawsy'i practice is more than double that of any other specialist. vs pre nounced hopeless by other poysie ians. readily yield to bis treatment. Write him today fully about your case. He makes no charge for can- I spltatioo or fdvice either at his I office or by mail. I t v.anm. nmiwiv At r. "V m1 RntK 'a c AtlanU,.Ga. POITS ClUPAO AFFIDAVIT. ONE OF III8 METIKis 7 FOOLING VOTERS INtHp LAST CAMPAIGN. HE XAKKS AFFIDAVIT THAT A ttj, OMTIOX T IIKKAX Hjl fc GROEtf AND ILLTTf KATC WE:Tl4 WOUX-D NOT RECKIVK A "Im.j, DEMOCRATIC VOTER IX TH K : LATUKK AND DIXOCNt l tn,. WHO MASK THK CHAlUiE a frtiK. ISO FALSELY ANDTKYIXa Tt THE rtOFLE- From Caucasian tct. ly. The following affidavit ma-i i, Jamt II. Pou, ex-Chairman f State rvmocratic Ext-cutiw ,t.,m mltt4o, durlr.g th laot cainj,a.fn will be intending nadln;:. rvadt-rs will rvmemlw r that L.t. ever and wb rvver It wat t h.iir.vj n the la.t campaign that :! t! Democratic machine und.r ;x. mont) jjot control of the Mate, u4j they would offi-r a et-henie to i:k. franchise illitterat votes that iu charge wa indignantly d nid tij denounced by every IU speaker as being Infamously f v Een Mr. Mmmons tne m-tiavrat-ic State Chairman, Iscued an j. al statement to the voters .! State, branding every such -Urj as false in toto; aying that iht campaign lie had been rhar; against the Democratic party U fore, and that the charge low so old and o fale that tu l would believe it. Mr. James II. Pou, the x-4'halr. man of the State Ietnocratic Com- mlttee, In his toeche mad' th same declaration, isui it f--.ii;. that in one of hlspecheH In Mh,! county, some members of hi audJ dience expressed doubt of the truth of his Indignant denial, and aUd upon him while ujKn the stun ! to know If be would make an HtMa- vlt to that effect. He publicly agreed to do so, we are In form. 4. The result Is tho aflldavlt !-!,. made at Haleigh, dated Oct. 11th, lS'.'S. It will be noticed that Vr Pou, shrewd, slick and cunning a he is, attempted to word hi atfida vlt so as not to say explicitly wh&t ho had said publicly on the t utnj., and yet at the same time, to ay enough to make It appear Hint hi affidavit had made good hi cam paign declaration, and fool th- vo ters Into accepting his Mat tu nt and voting for the machine. Th following Is a true copy of tho affidavit: State ok North Carolina, Count v of Wake. James H. Pou, being duly t-worn deposes and says: I have never ald that, if th Democrats regained control of th State, they Intended to dKfraia Li- the negroes and Illiterate whlt- vo ters 1 never have said anything like this, and I know that such i not the Intention of the Democrat ic party. I have never heard a iin gle Democrat give utterance to 6uch a sentiment, and I do not -lieve, if uch a proposition corn before tho General Assembly, that it would receive a single Democrat ic vote. I believe that a majority of the uneducated white voters of North Carolina are DemocratH. Th Democratic party is appealin to them for aid In preserving whit supremacy in the center west and in restoring It in the Eastern part of this State. TLey are reMjxmdlng to our appeal, and to r?pay them for their aid with a disfranchisement of their votes would be folly and ingrattiude indeed. The man who makes these charg- know they speak falsely, but their cam paign this year is run upon the idea that the peo pi of North Car olina would rather believe a false hood than the truth, and they would rather bear libels iion the honored dctad than to lier areu ments based ujon truth." Slgneuj James If. Pou. Sworn to and subscribed before me this October 1st I8'J8. Signed Jeo. W. THojarsoN, Notary Public. Notanal Seal, Geo. W. Thompson, Notary Public, Raleigh, N. C. Two five cent "documentary" rev enue stamp attached. If the Itaby la tutliD( Irclh. Be sure and u that oid and well tried remedy. Mm. Willow' Sooth ing Stkcf for children teething It soothes the child, often the gum, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the bst remedy for diarrhoea. 25 cts per bottle. ANei7BookForr.leni Special Arrangements Whereby a Free Copy tan Re Obtained bn Reader t.f This Tapi U2VC Mil l.7"CUnjJlJK out tlw fiKjtnitun 4t- irfExtufETT l'ti 4 lr. J. Snl'ia ".Tlaulib-SK. Vlco 1 1-Ai'li ttirarj ft ra,.t ttw iiultlic d ti-t tlM- UtUC fl- S trOAl. In. liuliamay f i i.itT 4 tie -w lnm,k. I ' 4 u IIIh tn lik-MciaJJr ' til an k.i V wild I rtf tv ui r-alf,- i thi :i l lull ailr- to liim. I or y-n tn. littiuv.ay rtmUifA li f rartw- )i-i' l -x( .;-i l U d:vti iua. alid d-.rm.' I'r.t ti'- U" li- 11 1 twrtvt I w u tl:-ltu. i'.ir. iwtdi.j j,,i l.o,-'i.ii.iij1u fctiy I'-ti vi r i. tr iu ;iM-xMihtr otNubiuMi. lr. Iljlli .-jv tr'-at hii1 mr tv a n-ttcfd nitir-lv ,. ..hi., jw.t'rml uid i-r(t-td t-y hunsi-ij and n--l l.nvHi Ltih. Iimmi if In lr liii-r-v l;i-.:i-iii-in. t-ak Vi k. nii nnuTi'T unurt iiin-i,ia. I I--r. sor- and skin I. v. l.inflii- li---.uX aUfrni if Kl'lufk- 'I Mi t-a:tiit lr xanorr- UiDtd mu s h- Uttl '. t nike tiie pitiful a -'.riii'. v. . 11. .-.irurii. ti,..a. Ir. Il.unia. imv-. in t! m-nttwitt 4 rk-ov i. 1 Mtfturv i!iHKfl tlw atd4 kuJe 1 -ut--r i u'T.i!ii-fiat. 1 iit- jkJk- ; ucit 1 ly tui. iiH-t Ik at in, own hf. nUtf-il pain r ! "1 I. Hi" lKrj t fHpiUvH ttett:l lr-if.tit lit !i !., t. inutt na otw: -lUxi. r. Il4li1j.1v -au jn iiarti-nUr artfi ttou4 -m.-r-ii.ff.iV;iiio-l-a?id s;r. turrto Si 17. 2. S. ."-I .ifi j M of : IK- IxMk. hvt-r r tk.fi l.. lr. Ilai; kv Uixiaiiv I rt-nX -m H-xx4tuz t' It. aatur-. all ,i,Wr lu -u-rnUM-rvrtMi .ii-.ii--t..ujiii lJ!r-:i'di-i-vj I r nimar-ir'tiarfd f ia I x-iiL.rrst.tul iniiinw. i Li.uM ti U:iniUri. uu-it-: lu -rwi.U uvtstslA. I'r. Ilaxliawar ratk - iHiar t-.-r imi!u tkm or a4vf. -it ii-r t Ui .air or try mall, and lu a rav l tXn i)mjN Ur f nxi-r -.1 wt of in-dk-uuii an4 ?nfiiiA n-ntt -v. IH. IUriiaay al-a -r-'.r. l-n it u um ll. t harp lit, i.nti'TU aa m lum .r nt ooe lotrvKrv. iit ttii t tt --n:t.U. a Ik- Ii rurd aooreii nt thousand tmXWit ta all tkmUtliemurUtMrali-liakttntrM-A. Hi. hyrto (4 Honw Tn-atim-nl U w -rt"CXd t'rvt ne cn bnnr abrtut a cur ac t.ur4y ad : !.:. aa UMucb Ue paunut calkl daily at tit oSw. J. NEWTON HATHA WA Y.M.D. Xr. Uataiaway A C SM D SiwUlinHMlMrMl, aLUaOa.Ua. u 1 I r i . .
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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