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THE CAUCASIAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY j BT THE C ADC ASIAN PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 8NB YXA&.. BIX MONTHS, THKKI ONTH8 4ll LOO VotereC at tbe Tost Office in Raleigb, N. C. a second-class mail matter POPULIST TICKKT. For Oovernor : CYRUS THOMPSON, of Onslow County. a For Lieutenant Governor : A. C.SHUFORD, of Catawba County. Ti,r Secretary of State : J.KCHULKKX, of Columbus County. For Treasurer : W. II. WORTH, of Guilford County. For Auditor: HAL W. AYKR, of Wake County. For Sap. of Public Instruction N. C. ENGLISH, of Randolph County. For Attorney-Oeneral : H. F. HKAWELL, of Moore County. ForChm'n Corporation Commissioners A. S. PEACE, of Granville County. For Member of Cor. Commissioners: J.T. PASCHAL, of Chatham County. For Com. of Agriculture: J. M. MEW BORNE, of Lenoir County. For Com. of Labor and Printing: J. Y. HAMRICK, of Cleveland County. For Jndare lOtli Judicial District: L. L. WITHERSPOON, of Catawba County. For Electors at Large: R.B. DAVIS, of New nanover Co. W. D. MERRITT, of Person Co. gar that he would rob him If he got a chance were grossly lying when they said he had any such design. Finally, after much begging and tears, the beggar opens his door, and the rich man walks In. And, as Boon as an opportunity occurs, he lays hold of the beggar, takes his purse, and, as he goes awayhe tells the bestrar that beeears are not fit to have money anyway that only decent and able and in telligent persons are fit to have money. If any one should do a thing like this to a blind beggar in North Car olina, he would be lynched for his behavior. But the robbery of one poor person of a few dollars, In vio lation of a solemn promise not to do so, would be nothing to the wicked ness sought to be done to ignorant voters in North Carolina to-day by a party that promised most solemn ly that it would not do this wick edness if it got into power. We say again, that the wicked ness of the amendment wick ed as It is is as nothing in comparison with the wicked ness of the party that pleaded for the confidence of the Ignorant voters of this State and pledged it He f not to harm them, if they would help them back to power, only to break its pledges and rob them o! their citizenship. This-wickedness has no parallel in the whole history of political meanness there is nothing else like It to be found anywhere, In any time. tovmgtotei :-Ge SEHATOR BOILER'S REPLY TO SIIIII011S. IfU lUIGlllGlf. Washington, N. C, April 27. Editor Caccasiax. I am authorized by Congressman Sutherland to state that there Is absolutely no shadow of founda tion for the newspaper report, seat out from here, to the effect that he was "disgusted" or "dumbfounded" at the action of the People's Party State Convention, which he attend ed, In not endorsing the Democratic electors-at-large, for he expressed himself as highly pleased with the action of theConvention in instruct ing the delegates to vote for the nomination of Colonel Bryan at Sioux Falls. Mr. Sutherland stated most positively that he did not give any interview on this matter to any newspaper reporter, either here or elsewhere. I am, Yours very truly, - James B. Lloyd. Gives Simmons' Real Reasons for Refusing a Joint Canvass. SIMMONS AFRAID OF DEMOCRATS. A Strong Document Vinoroui and Plain Amy f Facts Every North Carolinian Should Stndr Them and Act an Patriot. Hot a Bigot. Washington, D. C, April 30. Hon. F. M. 8immons. Chairman Democratic State Committee, Ila- AN EXPLANATION WANTED. THE NATIONAL. CONVENTION. All the railroads of the country, have mado a one-fare-round-trip rate for the National Convention of the People's Party at KIoux Falls, May 9th. Those desiring to go will please take notice and be govorned accordingly. It is hoped every del egate will go. THE WICKEDNESS OF IT. Tjik Caucasian Is of the opin ion that the pending suffrage amendment to the Constitution of North Carolina is wicked ; and only wicked continually. It seems to us to be wicked in the principle of it: wicked in the motive of it; wicked in the method of it; wicked in the inception of it; wick ed in the purpose of it ; wicked and only wicked continually. We do not see how any Christian man, how any good man, how any fair man, how any intelligent man, how any moral man, how any patriotic man, how any decent man, how any man, can force himself to vote for this glaring pioce of legislative meanness. But the People's Party has declared that it will not make the amendment a party question in the campaign now on ; and we are perfectly willing to leave every voter to vote for or against it, as his own judgment and sense o right may dictate. But the wick edness of the amendment wicked as it is is venial, trivial, slight and as nothing at all, In compari son with the wickedness of the Democratic party in proposing the amendment. During the canvass of 1898, the speakers of the Democratic party in this State made the most solemn pledges that men could make to the Illiterate voters of North Carolina that, if they would vote for their candidates and restore the Demo cratic party again to power, they would protect the ballot in their hands, and would see to it that no measure of disfranchisement should be passed through the leg islature. The illiterate voters hundreds and thousands of them, certainly took thoso Democrats to be truthful and honorable men, and voted for them in sufficient numbers to return them to power. The pending prop osition to tear the ballot out o these ignorant hands is the Demo cratic party's return for the confl dence and trust reposed In them by the illiterate electorate of North Carolina. Was anything ever en acted In the shadows of history meaner, more flagrantly and wan tonly wicked than the action of the Democratic party in breaking its pledges to the common people o both colors and of all parties in this old commonwealth? Let us suppose : A blind, beggar has gotten to gether a few dollars in money. A rich, strong, healthy man finds out that the beggar has those dollars and wants to get possession of them. Some one tells the beggar that this rich man will take his lit tle sum of money away from him if he gets a chance. The beggar goes Into his house and bars the door. By and by, the rich man comes to the beggar's cabin and asks to be admitted to its hospital lty. The beggar refuses to let him in. The rich man begs and pleads for admittance. The beggar tells him that he has been told that he (the rich man) will take his little sum of money from him If he gets a chance. The rich man protests that he will nor take the poor man's money; that he does not want his money ; that those who told the beg- Dan. Gilliam, of Tarboro, spoke recently at Coldsboro, and in the course of his remarks he is report ed by the News and Observer as saying: "Congressman White, the star of the Republican party, has invited the race issue, we have ac cepted it." Will Mr. Gilliam, who was Ch'mn of the Democratic Committee of Edgecombe at the last election, has ten to tell the people how it hap pened that Edgecembe cast only 250 majority against White, yet the entire Democratic ticket received 2,500 majority in that county? Was White in a deal with Gilli am or any of the Democratic lead ers of that county, that the major- ty against him should have been so small! How did White manage to carry Halifax by 2,000 majority while the Democratic ticket of that county was carried by 2000 major- ty. Was there any deal with WThlte n these counties! The "nigger" calamity howlers need to explain, how it was that with the fight - gainst the negro they allowed White to be re elected, a full ac count of this transaction would be very interesting reading now. Will they explain?. Gilliam is further quoted as say ing that Edgecombe will double the majority given the Democratic party last election if Wayne will do likewise. Let's examine this state ment somewhat critically. There are about 5000 voters in Edgecombe county. At the last election this county, where the negroes are in a majority, went Democratic by 2,500 majority. If it doubles that majority in the coming election then the whole 5000 votes would have to b:) counted and every white man who d sires to vote against the Simmons machine will be dis franchised by the infamous elec tion law. This is a very frank admission of the purpose to steal every vote for the machine, regardless of how it is cast. The Democrats, In seven of the nine counties in the second district elected their State, county and leg a a a a lsiauve iicKets, yet tne negro White was re-elected to Congress. If as Gilliam alleges, White is the "Star of the Republican party" and a negro at that, why was he not defeated, since their cry was solely against the negro ? It would seem to indicate that there was "something rotten in the State of Denmark'," in this case. ' The people would like to know the facts. WHO MED IN 1898. Mr. Ay cook, in his speech at Shel by, as reported in the News and Ob server, is quoted as saying: "I come here to pledge the mighty Democratic party to the education of every illiterate white child in North Carolina. They say we want to dis franchise the white children of the State. It's a lie-a demagogue he. We want to put into his hand the great est nower that man can have the glorious power which comes from equal opportunity." Mr.Avcock ,nledresw the Demo cratic party to the "education of ev ery illiterate white child,' but sup pose many of these illiterate white children have to work, as many do now in factories, to support aged and infirm parents and will there fore not have an opportunity to get an education. Will Mr. Aycock de ny that they cannot fote after 1908 if they do not then have the educa tional qualification! While he 'pledg es'' that the white children will be educated so as to have the right to vote, does Mr. Aycock intend there by to say that he favors compulsory education! That is the only way by which every white child could get an education prior to 1908. But there will be thousands of white children who will not be able to read and write after 1908, jast as there are now, and these same chil dren will not have political rights, while many thousand negroes will be able to vote. There is no white supremacy in this. Further more, if as the amendment provides, that white children will be disfran chised after 1908, if they cannot read and write, is a "demagogical lie' then who told the "demogogical lie" in 1898, when the Democratic Hand book, Chairman Simmons, and Dem ocratic speakers generally, pledged the people that nobody would be dis franchised, if they obtained control of the legislature! Will Mr. Aycock tell us who told the "demagogical lie." Let him answer. The people would like to know. Will Mr. Aycock "pledge" the people how the court will decide the 5th section! for the masses of your own party to attend joint discussions, and see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears the exposure of your false and untenable position. You know that with such a joint discus sion the verdict of the majority of j the white people of the State would j be against you. You are attempting to fool the '. lilt f i-n nrhlta l 1 . I i -i p jiuirciow nuiw mail, HUUW IgUUf- tt5 . rf gttL vim. w oi.t ! nce is no iauit or ms Into jeopard inst , AMnTng my requ stfor a ft1," ffilKL1? hT0t ?f 1olnt canvass between tho candi ; fais children after him, and thus to dates of thfpeoDle?PartT fo I b? put 0a a plane low that of the ft.-l. S!?- groes who would " ua ".."" "o" v 01 1 7 ger there is in this Amendment for lorlinnin ! Im' nd et oa day glibly . 551 g, i Promise that this Amendment will t IZTA a M Protect forever his right to vote, you are afraid of the results of a ? joint discussion in this campaign, t h ' but It is for "reasons" other than ! . . f Jcl I can understand "V a X V "opinions of such great constltu- iJllUlonal lawyers as Senator Teller, L h a nV f 7r t ' Senator Stewart.Senator Allen. Sen pie hear both sides of the great, Ed d Senator Pettigrew, nnAsflnns at. Kcna nrofipnton nn thft . . ' 6 r tli-lZ.: Z rr : .: I and other constitutional stump in juiut uiscuSSluii, uuv juu , the SeDate-an(j aare iiut statu muse reai reasuus. MR. AYCOCK AS A PLAGIARIST. We make the following extract from the speech of Mr. Aycock in accepting the nomination for Gov ernor: "Has the white man such superior knowledge! Will any man deny it! Will Senator Pritchard deny itl Hear what he said in his recent speech in tb6 Senate. "From the earliest dawn of civilization to this good hour the great white race has given to the world its history, its philosophy, its government and its Christianity, and it will continue to do so." In his speech at Asheville, as re ported in the News and Observer of 24th ult., by its representative, Fred L. Merrett, one of the "apt things said at Asheville and applauded to the echo" and not credited to Sena tor Pritchard, as it should have been, bat appropriated as original, by Mr. Aycock, is the following: "From the earliest dawn of eivili zation to this good hour the great white race has given to the world i iii lis nisiory, us pnyiosopny, its gov ernment and its Christianity, and it will continue to do so. ' This seems to be a very clear case of plagiarism on the part of Mr. Aycock. It would be interesting to know how much the Democrats in the State would give Isaac Smith if he would secure the nomination again f the Legislature. The Demo crats must-have some negro to howl about. Mb. Simmons should pull down his white flag and substitute a white feather, for his banner, since he declines to discuss the issues before the people. He knows that, with his broken pledges, he dare not meet them face to face. He would have o admit that he lied to them in that circular letter, and also in the Hand book, issued by the Democratic Com mittee, pledging that no one would be disfranchised, because, to quote their exact language, "the constitu tion forbids it." He knows that he could not defend the infa mous election law, by which they hope to steal the election, nor could he defend the extravagance of the legislature and the attempt to dis franchise white men. But the peo ple will hear these facts. The refusal to have a joint discus sion before the people, shows that Mr. Simmons is afraid for his own followers to hear the facts. While he pretends to favor white suprema cy, yet he is not in favor of the white people hearing both sides discussed and this shows plainly the hypocrisy of his elaim to be for white suprem acy, cor ne is unwilling lor tne is sues to be discussed honestly and fairly on every stump, so the people could then have a clear oomprehen sion of them before voting. Mr. Simmons knows that discus sion the election law. the disfran chisement of white men and the ex travaganee of the legislature, will defeat him and his party. We have several interesting com munications which we will publish as soon as space permits. Your bogu reasons are given to try to call attention from the real ones. You seem not to be aware of the fact that the people of North Caro lina are fairmlnded to a marked de gree, and desire to hear both sides of every important question.presented in joint discussion, so that they may the better get at the truth, and then make up their judgment accordingly before they vote. This is especially true in this campaign. Besides, the only opportunity that the illiterate white voter has to get at the facts and truth about the real questions at issue, is to go to joint discussions and hear both sides present their ar guments, face to face, on the stump ; and in this campaign, when the illit erate voter's right to vote in the fu ture, and that of his children, is at stake, he has a right to demand that every candidate, and every party, that asks for his vote, shall be will ing to meet his opponent on the stump, and he is justified in suspect ing the sincerity and honesty of those who are afraid to do so. You say that since the People's arty Convention declared that the Constitutional Amendment was above party, that there is no issue between us on that question, and that when I challenged you and your party candidates to a joint discussion on the merits and demerits of that important question, including the Election Law and other issues at stake, that I am guilty of trying to raise issues that the Convention of my party did not raise. It is true that the People's Party Convention declared that the proposed Amend ment was a great question, above party lines ; but, at the same time, that Convention pointed out specifi cally not only the objectionable fea' tures that appear upon its face, but also the great dangers that lurk be hind it. It is as to these points with reference to the Amendment, which were raised by the Convention, on which I challenged you and your party to a Joint discussion and on which you dare not meet us. Yes, it is true that the People's Party Convention declared that the Amendment was above party, and why did not the Democratic Conven tion take the -same high ground? There are many voters in all parties who believe that, the proposed Amendment is in violation of the Federal Constitution. Can such Democratic voter (even if he did fa vor the purposes of the proposed Amendment) vote for it without violating his solemn oath to sup port the Constitution of the United States? Do you intend to lay tho party lash on the backs of such vo ters, and try to force them with abuse and ostracism to violate their consciences and also their oaths? You evidently do not believe that you could convert such voters by argument and reason in a joint discussion. lawyers of the country. You know that in carefully written opin ions, these great constitutional law yers have declared that this Amend ment is unconstitutional, and that Section 5 will fall, leaving Section 4 to stand. You know that if these great lawyers are right, that then this Amendment, as sure as there is a God in Heaven, will result in disfranchising fifty or sixty thou sand white voters in North Caro lina, who areas brave citizens, and as good patriot?, as live in the good old commonwealth. Are you afraid for these voters to hear the opinions of these great constitutional lawyers? Are you not afraid that the peo ple will be more inclined to believe not only in the legal ability of these great lawyers, but also in their sin cerity, than to believe in the legal opinions and sincerity of you, and other politicians, who are seeking office,and who have a selfish interest in having this Amendment adopted Besides, do you not know that even if this Amendment were con stitutional (which clearly it is( not mat still every boy In the State who is to-day twelve years old and under, and those yet to be born, who can not get an education before 1908, ill I 1- -a - will oe uisirancnised . ana put on a plane with the illiterate negro and aeniea tne rignt to vote, and below tne plane of fifty thousand negroes, living cnieny in towns and cities, who will walk up to the ballot-box and vote at every election? But you declare that from now on, you ana your party intend to make it your business to educate every clti zen ot tne state. But do vou not know.if this Amendment is adoDted. maims enect will be just to the con m fii a . . xne proposition to prom bit ne groes from holding office is not only constitutional, as set forth in the debates in Congress, but endangers no white man's right to vote, either now or at any time in the future. Furthermore, it will permanently remove the race problem from pol ities, as no edncated negro could hold office, nor could any negro be hired to run for office in close coun ties or districts. There would cer tainly be no danger of the so-called "negro domination" with this sub stitute for the Democratic amend ment in operation. The more this eolation is discussed, the greater favor it will receive from the people. Permit me to remind you that you underestimate the manhood and in dependence of the voters of North Carolina if you think they will sub mit again to ruffianism, red-shirt-ism, and wholesale debauchery of the ballot-box ; and that you also underestimate the intelligence of the voters of the State if you think tney will be misled by the flimsy and absurd reasons which you giva for fearing a joint discussion ; or if you think they will believe blindly your many fair promises made in this campaign, in the face of your sol emn pledges made and broken in the last campaign. You solomnly pledged the people in the last campaign that if thv would put your party in power that no scheme would be submitted for disfranchising any voters in the State. You pledged the people that not a single man in the Legislature would favor such a scheme. Yo i solemnly declared that a Democratic Utate Convention "would spit upon' any man who would offer such t proposition. You denounced every man who made such a charge as a slanderer and a liar. It was not the people's fault that you fooled them l . Si. , . iueu, id was your iauit. jjo you miuK you can iooi tnem again? You are now declaring, daily, th me pruposea amendment will not disfranchise a single white man. If you believe this, and can make it plain to the voters, why are you afraid to meet us in joint discussion on the stump? If a joint campaign were arranged, a much larger per centage of the voters of all parties would go to the joint speakings to hear both sides presented. Are you afraid for these voters to hear both sidesf If you and the candidates of your party had confidence in the sound ness and justness of the position for which you contend, you would de Hire a joint discussion tnr in tki. - , - .u lull way you could get not only more Populist voters, but also more Dem ocratic voters, out to hear your ar guments, and thus you would stand a better chance of gaining votes. Yeu boast that you want the white people to rule, but when you refuse a. joint discussion, do you not admit that you are afraid for th nrhi people of the State to hear the issues ! uiBcussea ny opposing candidates, face to face? The fact is, you are afraid of the truth. You are afraid I understand thoroughly that yon wish to divert attention from the record of the present Legisla ture, especially the great and ex travagant expenditure of public money, and the enactment of more blundering and unconstitutional legislation than any former legis lature was ever guilty of In the his tory of the State. I understand thoroughly that you )are most anxious to draw attention from, and to avoid a discussion of the monstrous provision oi tne present infamous Election Law which bears your name, a law the provisions of which I do not be- leve a single honest man In the State will endorse or tolerate when he understands the uses you in tend to make of it You seem to think that politicians can make Is sues and set them aside as It sult9 their convenience, but permit me to remind you that you will learn before this campaign is over, that the present Election Law is one of the great and overshadowing Is sues in this campaign, in spite of your desire to keep it In the back ground. You have doubtlesstelt the sting of the denunciation, by many good men In your own party, of this undemocratic and dishonest Elec tion Law, and therefore you had your State Convention to endorse it so as to make your party associ ates share its odium with you. On the other hand, the People's Party State Convention vigorously de nounced this law, and thus the two conventions made it a distinct par ty issue, the one side declaring for ballot-box-stuffing and fraud, the other for a free ballot and a fair count. There are numerous provisions in this Election Law, Including the un limited power given to registrars and the denial of the right of ap peal from their decisions, however unjust, the denial to opposing po litical parties of any representa tion on the election boards of their own selection : tne unlimited pow er given to an election board, all of the same party, to put a thousand or more voters into one precinct, so as to make it impossible for even half of the voters of such a precinct to cast their ballots during the whole day of the election, none of which provisions can be endorsed, sanctioned, or tolerated by any man unless he is in favor of stealing the votes of freemen and thwarting and overturning the will of the peo ple by force, by fraud, and by cor ruption. There is another provis ion providing for the appointment of a vast number of election consta bles or bailiffs giving them the pow er to arrest any voter, without war rant, and hold him under arrest un til after the election, thus depriv ing him not only of his liberty but of his right to vote. This provision is more odious and outrageous than the infamous Federal Force Bill. But there is another provision in this dangerous and unfair Election Law that you especially fear, for the honest fairmlnded people of all parties to be informed ot in this campaign. That is, the provision which denies to the illiterate voter the right to require the officers of the election to take his six ballots and deposit each one in the proper box. How can the illiterate white xorxs ajtp comoam. C. B. AveockrThe utottered white man is better than a ntgro.n Tea, he is now and will be after j 1908. Then why do yon propose to pat him below the average town ne grot Why do you require him to pay tii noli tax like a nerro before he eanvotel C. B. Aveock: 4,It there is any man mine around opposing this amendment and yet elaimirg to fa vor pubue education put mm uowa as a liar." Yon and all the Democratic speak ers and editors in 1893 were going-1 around opposing the amendment and claiming to favor "public education. Were von liars thenf If so. when did you learn to tell the truth! The way your convention treated Me- bane, showed you favored not "pub- lie education," bat partisan education. UHV HE CURES. Deeter StHlit T Ik Tin -II ta rrmui Atmiw of anr f mm dmm -ti !-, u- iiwLiaiiiif.-. mod u ... raw m J . wtvn I rr b part'ut-r ! m. lr Hatha., . .. i-t l !" n- ' .rl Urn trmmim m In a l--i m. ; - -- rfuriri th- wmt -r . Treated. pr.-iK. - i . t tnlaeoafrti C. B. Aycock: "When the amend ment is carried, every white man shall have one vote and have it fair ly ousted." Provided he pays his poll tax by the 1st of March, can prove his sge by electors, read and write the consti tution in the EoglUh language, and is not blind and gets his vote in the right box. Ton said in 1898 that if your party got the legislature, yon would give a fair election law, and you would not attempt to disfran chise the most illiterate negroes. You either did not know what yon were saying then, or you lied one. which was ill And yon are no better and wiser now than then. Ton must be laboring under the delusion that all the people white people are nat ural borned idiots. Ben Posey introducing the speak ers at Murphy: "The white man and he alone is entitled to vote. The black man is not entitled to vote, not be cause of his race and previous con dition of servitude, but on aecount of his ignorance and his infernal meanness." You were a mighty long time find ing it out. Your party's record on public schools has proved a failure. By "his infernal meanness he help ed your party to carry the East in 1898. He was "entitled to vote" then. Why don't you disfranchise all of themf If the "white man alone is entitled to vote,' then why disfran chize him! because of "his infernal meanness' because he won't vote the Democratic ticket too 1 Dr. B. F. Dixon at Murphy:-"We are not in the campaign to fight the negro. That's beneath the dignity of a white man. 1 tell you that if this thing continues much long er it will be woe to the black man and not a few white men. The Doctor is rather hard on Ben btw-J. b- -'- t , kvtcte mmf tm tl -t!''.l u. - . . , r- . K-rn. : 1 1. 4a)lSl Ski 1-r. ILUM.-1r - i4.-n.-. m . W BtSeBM rtnaU f-r-tf uir. U-faU wmp-. rV.n J o fii rt r-. i ,. , indx-alp tUi-tr natural ootdiu..n. I i;t i r-.. lb btood ttoal tt di i t iwiMnw.f at 1 . ttfe drurwi tr"m th. -vt--TO and a.l tt.. i.. t lr1minlrlfn ptuoM "T iianmrM -! r n ia trmtTiw-f.t . . . 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One day latt week, on the !rert i.f Clinton a tiavelirg man was I rani t remark that be waa in a store at mt of the pretty little towns on the w. W. R.R last Thursday, and eeinr--eral white men from tbe country. I f reaolred to poll them on the quraticn of tbe amendment. Be found that m of six men, all from tbe country, II. at all were Democrats, and out of th? it fits were strongly opposed tti it. amendment, and tbia in a count j -f Democratic rale, and detptte the Lum bers of statements .daily made by tl.f Democratic pressor North Carolina the contrary, there are tbeuanJ f honest laboring men in the Dftnorrat- io party mroujcouf tne rasie wn-e views are in perfect accord with thr- fl?e men. Krery honeat white nian in North Carolina to-day rees lurking in tbe principles of t bio proposed amend ment, danger which threaten t un dermine tbe very foundation uj,n which tbe freedom of our peor'' r-f. and which will evntua1ly inTolre it. right, eren of our constitutional liber ty. We wonder if the great tna .f honest white men in North Carolina will so to tbe poll next August am) cast their votes for the propoil amendment, thereby depriYifijc forty thousand o? tbeir fellow men ol thr a cred rigbl of tbe ballot? Can it hr that, when our forefathers framed th constitntion of this great land of free dom, tbat tbey intended for you or mo to say tbat our broth r and In posterity should be forever andrr the bane of political bondage and social ostracism f trary,and that such will also be ycur voter cast his vote and have it Posey, especially as ne followed him policy ! You provide in the Amend- counted under this nrovislon? Ev- . ZJ' PT "i UJ ' IO" 1. ment that no man shall be forced to pay his poll-tax unless he is the owner of assessed nroD9rtv. Your purpose, In this, is to try to bribe tiie voter not to vote, and vet take the money out of the school fund to bribe him with. This will greatly lessen tho school fund in North Carolina, unless it is made up by greater taxation upon property. riesiaes, ao you not know, if this Amendment should be adopted, that ai once me cry wouia go up from all the negro-calamity-howling politi cians or the State, that it will not do to increase taxation in order to increase the public school facilities, because of every dollar so raised for public education an equitable share muse go to tne negro schools, and thus each year educate more ne groes and increase the number of ne gro voters. You will be the first politician in North Carolina to raise this cry, and you will appeal to the prejudice of the tax-payer against increased taxation, and also to race prejudice to accomplish your pur pose. Thus the proposed Amend ment, if adopted, instead of being a sumuius to puoiic education, will be used to drive the nail In the cof- nn of the public schools of North Carolina. You know all of this very wen, due you are afraid for the vot ers or North Carolina to know it, and tnis is one of your real and greatest reasons for running from a joint discussion. Again, you are afraid for It to be shown in joint discussion, what is tne enect and purpose of the pro vision to require poll-taxes to be paid by the first of March of each year. You know that this provis ion will be used to disfranchise many thousands of white voters. You are also afraid for the Dem ocratic voters of North Carolina to hear discussed and explained the Constitutional Amendment to pre vent negroes from holding office, which the People's Party Conven tion offered in lieu of your disfran chising scheme. You know that the Amendment offered by the Peo ple's Party is constitutional, and you Know lurther that it will do more to settle the race question In iMortn Carolina than the 'Amend ment proposed by you, and you know further that there Is no dan ger in it to a single white voter in the State ; and, besides, you know that the proposition to prevent the negro trom noiding office by a con stitutional amendment is not only the best thing to be done, but that it is the only thing that can be done as long as the Fifteenth Amend ment to the Constitution of the U &. stands, you are afraid for the Democratic voter to hear these two measures discussed, and contrasted, and this is another one of your great and real reasons for fearing a juiat aeoate. In my letter to you of April 20th, I asked for a joint discussion also on tne present election Law and oth cr Issues. In your reply, you saythat me Hiitction Law is not an Issue. aaaa.3 aUl A. I A a m ' auu mai me Amendment is tne on ly issue, yet you are afraid for the people to hear even that measure discussed fairly and honestlv In joint debate on every stump in the State. . - - . I understand thoroughly that If you could have your way, you would not have any issues discuss ed, but would run the , whole cam paign by an appeal to prejudice and passion, and by resort to redshlrt ruffianism and brute force wherev er you dare to resort to-such methods. counted under this provision? Ev ery white voter who cannot read his ballot, and read the name on each one of the six ballot-boxes. will lose his vote, because you have so fixed the law, that you can throw out his vote if it is not in the right dox. This provision is intended to dis franchise the illiterate white vot ers in the coming campaign. You know, but you do not want the peo ple to know, that you are going to do, in the coming election under this Election Law, what you are now promising that the Amend ment will not do that Is to dis franchise the illiterate white voter We especially desire a joint dis cussion before the people of the State in order that the honest mass es may learn the truth and have a clear understanding of the iniquit ous provisions of this Election Law, so that tney may nave an opportu nity to petition the Legislature, at its J une session, to repeal, or amend It In many important particulars, before the election is held. While you claim that you want white supremacy in the State, yet you are afraid for the white people to near tnese, and the other vital questions at issue, discussed in joint debate. You are afraid for all of the white people to hear both sides. You are afraid, that you could not control the rank and file of the Democratic party by appeals to passion and prejudice, if they knew the truth and the facts which you are hiding from them. In conclusion, permit me to say that no one knows better than your self that if the people 6hould hear the above questions and the other issues discussed In joint debate, that they would repudiate you and your party machine, with a large majority of the white vote of the State. These are your real reasons for running from a joint discussion. You have taken counsel with your fears but your dodge will not avail you. The people of North Carolina are just and fairmlnded. When they learn, that you fear to meet the is sues in joint discussion. I have con fidence, that their desire to know the truth, and their belief in fair play, will cause them to read our literature and hear our speakers, so that they may know for themselves why you are afraid. Yours respectfully, MARION BUTLER. Chairman of the People's Party State Executive Committee. in the speech just referred to. Then he says "if this thing continues" the Democrats don't get the pie "woe to the black man' (now lis ten) "and not a few white men" What white ment Why, the Republi cans and Populists who won't let them have the offices. They are get ting desperately hungry. White freemen and tax payers, how do yon like that? "OPPORTUNITY IS TIIJC CUE AM OF TIME." Now is your opportunity. There it no time wben tbe ayetem ia ao much in need of a good medicine, like Ilood'tt Saraaparilla, and no tiae when it s eo susceptible to tbe b nefita to be d.-ri fed from such a medicine. l(y purifying. I enriching and vitalizing the blooa mod toning op tbe eyMem llnod' Sara. parilla atarta you ntt Tor etwlioir year ot nealth. Constipation ia cured by llood'a Pitt . What fools we mortals be, that we had not thought of an amendment to prevent negroes from holding office under the laws of the State. Dem ocrat managers. We look for the Democratic "itin erates" in their eanvass of the State to spread the contageous disease of "office itch" among the people. It is of a black type and operates from the tongue only. When the people get it, they may eall it small pox, and have the whole thing quarantined and stop all this foolishness of politi cal education. Then that will be such a good excuse against a "joint eanvass.' B. R. Lacy: ''The white man that does not stand by fa Is race as loyally as the negro stands by his is not as good as the negro.' Yes, that's true; a negro who would vote to disfranchise his own race, ac cording to Lacy is a fool and "no good." Then it follows that a white man who would vote to disfranchise a white man is a bigger fool than the negro. Then Mr. Lacy should have told the white people of the West that when they were "standing by" and voting for their race in 1898, the negroes in the East stood "loyally by their race" and elected the Demo crat! e ticker. If tat Baby la Oatttax Ttaw Be sure and use tbat old and well tried remedy, Mas. wixslow's Sooth- iso Stbcp for children teething. It soothes tbe child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cure wind colic and is tbe best remedy for diarrhoea. 25ct per bottle. JL f'la) fropbtl. We gacss oar neighbor, the Sni son Democrat, feels very much cow like the boy did wben the calf rati over him, net much to say. Ltt week the Democrat lent itself to wild imaginations, and wen) to prorhiz ing what the Populist State Conven tion would do wben it met IUl-igb last week, but this son of a prophet now wished he had kept Lis wild imaginations to himself ecd hadVt prophesied at all. In this case his own wish was the sonree of Lis in spiration and was the father of tti thought. No Mr. Democrat, there is to b so ftuion this year, the Con vention put out a straight popilit ticket and one that represents tbe best manhood and citizenship of our State, no doubt you are sorry that the Convention did so we!l. but it can't be helped now you mast gria and bear it. The negro is not in it in North Cart Una politics this year the great fight for good government in this State will be from now until tb day of election between white men, as it should be and wben it com-g to measuring your candidates witb those nominated at tbe State Con vention in Raleigh last week it will bs a sad day for you and your rd Boingaog inform carol u a. The eoon-ikinciog will soon begia acd we are in the hunt for soma. Brow-beating and intimidation wi!l not work in North Carolina tbis year, it will be a earn paiga for lib-rty and good government amozg to plain white people of our State acd n orgaaiz a gang for tbe spcila of office and the p!ain wh;t people will win, because they are al ways right and right to win. DO VCU"GET UP WITH A LAKE BJCCiCr Trouble Hakes Yon Kfeeratiii Almost everybody who reads the new cures mAde tr Dr. We gladly surrender much of onr space this week to Senator Butler's letter. It is in reply to Mr. Sim mons letter which appeared in last week's Caucasian. Senator Butler sets forth the real reasons why Mr. Simmons was afraid of a joint ean vass. The Senator's letter is con clusive, and will commend itself to every reasonable and fair thinking man in the State. The truth is and every body knows it Mr. Simmons does not want the white men of the State to hear the truth. He fears in that case, he cannot fool them again. 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The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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