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-V.wtWWwjwlNMi " j ,4 1 i i i f i A 1 i 1 .1 5 I 1 ;:, .1 : i 1 ! 1 1 ; i m hi:; I I '.J ' 4 1 H j i' !l I i, M 'I " t 1 I - m 1 .!'! 1 i m i t ?1 I in f ! ft- 111: -j THE CAUCASIAN PUBLISHED XVXRT THURSDAY VT THE CADCASiaR PCHLISHISO OO SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 91 Y1A&. ...11.00 .80 ... .13 flX MONTHS,. THRU ONTH8 . Catered it th Post Office id Raleigh, N. C. as second-class mail matte r POPULIST TICKET. For Governor : 3YRU8 THOMPSON. f Ooilow Couotj. For'TJe otenant Governor ' A.C.SnUFORD. of Catawba County. For'BeeTetary of Rtate J. RCFICLKTCX, of Columbus Coaoty For Treasurer W. H. WORTn of O ail ford County. Fcr Auditor: FIAT, W. AYFR, of Wake Coaoty.: For SOD. of PnbHc Instruction N. C. ENGLISH, of Randolph County. 'For Attorney-General : H F . 8EAWELL, of Moore County. Tmr Chm'n Corporation Commissioners A. 8. I KACE, ef Oranrille County. rnr HnaW of Cor. Commissioners : J. T. PASCHAL, of Chatham County. For Com. ef A grlenltnre : . J.M. MEWBORNK, of Lenoir County. ForlCom. of Labor and Printing: J. Y. IT AMRICH, Jof Cleveland County. Fee Jndre 10th .TnMeUl Patriot: L. L. WITTTERSPOON, . of Catawba County. For Elector at Liege: R. B. DAVIS, of New Tlanover Co. W. D. M ERR ITT. of Person Co. KKATOR BLACK TltTRW CONDEMNS THI OOERrX LAW. Senator Blackburn has canned a junto among the ballot box Bluffers in Kentucky. He has sent a signed statement frcm Washington ad dressed to the Democratic state con vention of that State advising the repeal or amendment of the Gnebel election law. He says the law ha proven a failure, and has done the party more barm than good. Continuing he says: "The convention shonTd therefore declare for an amendment to the present election law. o as to give to each of tb two leading political par ties majority and minority represen tation neon both the S'eto and County Boards of E'etion Commis sioners ed an fqnal division of leetion f fficers at each otinsr pre einet, sneh precinct rfllcrs to be eboeen srd errointcd by the County Boards of Election CoromMonerii from a list to be f nrrtiub'd by eah rtspeetive psrtr. and the law sbon'd bo so safeguarded "l'h fi"ef penal ties, ard otherwif to r-rect both the election ffSerg and the Toer from force, fraud, errnpMon and Intimidation br corporations and employer of labor, as aluo tbe mali- na of the state, the polwe force of cities and towns, end all other public function arieg, with adeqnate penal- tiea to eorrpei ail pernorie uror whom any duties are enjoined rel ative to the casting, counting, and certifying of the yote to boneatlv faithfully fairly, and promptly dis charge the same." It will be seen from the above that Senator Blackburn advises giving to very party representation on al leetion boards, and representation . .L.! - 1 . . gi ueu owo caoosmg, inns giving the Democrats representation on rvery election Board of men they themselves select, and giving the same to the Republicans and to the Popaltsts. This is fair and just to all parties and it is the only way to insure an honest election. Any par . .1 L f . a , i j vumt im no id iavor oi sucQ an lection law is in favor of stealing When the dominant party in charge of a legislature enacts an election law denying to opposing parties representation on all election boards there can be bat one purpose and moaning of such aetion, and that is that that party is afraid to trust the people, is afraid that a majority o the people will yote against them ana tnai ibereiore they intend to teal the lection if a majority votes against them, and that for that rea on they do not want any represen tation of opposing parties on guard 1 ft A Y f a. Asoenaior uiacKDurn points out, ah party should select its own representatives, otherwise they would not represent the party. It is a fame and a fraud for one party to ay they will give the opposing par ties representation, but will not let the opposing parties name that rep resentation. We all know how it nas worked in this State under the eld Simmons law when the Demo crats pretended to give the opposing parties representation, and wber mey wanted to steal they selected men they had hired to help them steal or else they selected ignorant and ineompetent men who could not protect the ballot box. What Senator Blackbnrn recom Wat Jam. 2 TP . . uwuua iv w uvb) 111 J'DIQCKy 18 exaetly what the People' Party h always contended for in North Caro lina, and it is what we contend for k I. ! . bvw. .t im lair ua j as, ana no ssan ean claim to be in favor of honest elections and oppose it. Now let the Democratic legislature when it meets on the 12 h of Jane adop' oenaior Blackburn's recommenda tion to the Democrats of hisrwa State and amend the present lee tion law so as to give each party representatives of its own choosing Do this and we wiil thon have an honest election next August. 8enator Blaekbnrn recommends many other changes in the OjebeJ law, but the extract above contains the most yital recommendation' rhleh is the one essential to I koaswt and fair election. J THE AME!pME!fT IT LOCI9IAXA. Josepbns Daniels has recently been down in Louisiana Investiga ting (T) and reporting the result of the operation of the Constitutional Amendment In that State. This is similar to the amendment now pen ding In this State, In that It con tains the same monstrous, absurd and nnconstltntional ''Grandfath er Clause." The Editor of the Observer gives a glowing account of the successful manner In which the amendment operates, and to sustain this view hequotes from a numberof leading office-holders, politicians, and mem bers of tho Constitutional Conven tion that framed the monstrosity. Of course these office holders and office-seekers are In favor of the amendment, because they are now In power, and see great prospect ahead of continuing In power in d fflnltely, by building up a politi cal machine such as Simmons hopes to have in this State. North Carollclans, however, are "made of sterner stuff," and will never sub mit to tho rule of an oligarchy such as now dominates the elections in the State of Louisiana. Daniels did not tell his readers that both of the Democratic Sena tors of Louisiana urged the Consti tutional Convention not to adopt the ' Grandfather" clause, and that they both pronounced that feature of the amendment absolutely and "grossly unconstitutional." I lie did not tell his readers that I Judge Semmes, one of the leading lawyers In that Convention, said even if the "Grandfather Clause" were unconstitutional, and so de clared by the courts, yet they would still have a perfect scheme to restrict the suffrage. He did not tell his readers that twenty-eight members of that Con stitutional Convention voted against the amendment because they believed it unconstitutional. Here Is what some of the members of that Convention said in explain ing their votes against the measure. Mr. Chiapella said: 'I believe that section 5 is violative of the amendments of the Federal Consti tution." Mr. Chenet said : "I vote against the ordinance In its present form because In my opinion section 5 is unconstitutional." Mr. wise said: "I am opposed to the adoption of this ordinance because I believe section 5 Is un constitutional, vicious and undem ocratic In principle." jir. drowning saia : am op posed to section 5 on the ground of Its unconstitutionality." Mr. J. E. Moore said: "I am un utterably opposed to section 5 be cause it is unconstitutional." Mr. Halt said :I vote against ordinance 205 because I consider section 5 in conflict with the Coo stltution of the United Stat s." There were quite a number of other members of the Convention wno expressed similar views, but these views are enough to convince any one that even in the State where this method of vote restric tion has been adopted there is grave doubt ss to its constitutionality. Senator McEnery who was some years ago on the Supreme bench of that State declared it to be "grossly unconstitutional." The Georgia Legislature in No vember, 1899, for the same reason defeated this amendment by a vote of 137 to 3. The New Orleans Times Demo crat, when the proposition was be ing considered, gave it as theopin ton or Senators Turpie, Vest, Mc Laurln, Walthall, Pettus, Lindsay and others, all Democrats, that the "grandfather clause" was unconsti tutlonal. Suppose we grant, for the take of argument, that the amendment has worked well in Louisiana, do the people of this grand old State want to see a strong political oligarchy entrenched in power here, after forty or fifty thousand white voters have been deprived of their right to vote, as they surely will be,i the amendment were adopted? xney may contend that the amendment has brought peace gcod order and honesty in theelec tlons in the State of Louisiana, but the Times Democrat, the leading Democratic paper of that State gives the lie directly to such state ments, for it condemned the fraud in the recent election held down thre. So did other Democratic- papers. So did Senator Caffrey. Daniels, In his 6erles of Interviews on the operation of the amendment puoiisnea an opinion from Mr. Kruttschritt who was a member ol the Constitutional Convention. in conciuaing a long argument in favor of the amendment Mr Kxaitschrm is forced to admit that there Is some doubt about th ? constitutionality of their "pet" scheme. He says: "I believe that section 5 is const! tutlonal. If it be Dot constitutional l do not believe that the scheme establish- d by it is open to judicial or p nucai attacK. If I be wrong in the foreiroln? .1 T ..111 . . men x buu oeueve mat section 5 i me only solution of the s -.iff ran 4 ut i ion wmcn was possible In the as sia . . . . state of Louisiana, and even if it should De successfully attacked, tew jonio, i win nave per formed an Inestimable service." Mr. Kruttschritt further says: "I maintain, as a matter of fact that quite a number of mulattoes did register In this city under sec tion 5." If this be true how many mulattoes would vote in North Carolina? - Here in North Carolina the 8im- mon-machlne swear that there ia "no doubt" about Its constitution ality. The present Legislature, with fifty or more lawyers gbxat (?) and wise (T) passed more uncon stltutlonsl laws than any previous Legislature. Yet they would have the honest, uneducated white man accept their views on the constitu tlonallty of the amendment rather than the opinions of such able law yers as ex-Senator Edmunds. Sena tors 8tewart, Allen, Teller, Petti grew and others. H. C. Cage, Vice-Chairman of the Louisiana Democratic State Execn tlvu Committee, says that the "first election held under the New Con stitution was the city election held In November last." The question has been asked why. if theamendmeutisunconstltutlon al, has it not been tested In Louie! ana? The reason is given above, In the Interview of Mr. Cag, because the first city election was held In November, and the first State elec tion in April, therefore there has been no opportunity to test it. Daniels' visit to Louisiana to as certain the beautiful operation of the amendment in perpetuating machine rule in that Stat, and his laudations of the effectiveness of the scheme to remove the negro from politics will not fool anybody here. In his paper of October 25th. 1898, Daniels wrote editorially as follows: Every honest man In the State, white or black, has quit going about repeating the lie, that if the Demo crats carry thi- election they wil disfranch.se all illiterate voters." Again, in the same editoiial he said : "We will no longer hear this He that the Democrats propose to dis franchise voters from any man who values his reputation for truth." So Daniels stands convicted now of having told. the "lie" in 1898, and he has so far damaged his "reputa tation for truth" that no one wil believe his articles about the amendment in Louisiana. MORE INFAMOUS THAN COMMON STEALING. The Charlotte Observer closes an editorial on the decision of the Su preme Court with reference to the Governorship of Kentucky with the two following sentences: "Whether Beckham is the lawfn Governor of the State is now be yond quest icn he may or may not have been elected m the ticket with Governor Goebel. In point of fact tney were deieated at the polls." We confess to our inability to reconcile the contradictory state ments in the above two sentences from the Observer's editorial. The Observer says that Beckham is now the lawful Governor of Kentucky beyond question, and yet, in the next sentence it says : "In point of fact they (Goebel and Beck am) were defeated at the polls." What does the Observer mean by this? How can a man who wao defeated at the polls be lawfully elected ? Is not the title of Beckham to the Governorship just as much stained with fraud and corruption to-day as is the title of a chicken thief to the rooster he has just robbed from his neighbor's roost. It may be said that in that case tne chicken thief, while he not only stole the chicken, but at the same time vio lated the law, while in the case o the Governor of Kentucky, while he stole the office, yet he was author ized by law to steal it, but does this lessen the crime? Indeed, is not the crime greater? As lorg as laws are just, but few mn wiil violate them and these few will be summarily punishfd. Therefore, but little harm is done by the thief or other violator of the law, but when a great party gets in power and in stead of passing laws to punish theft and crime, pass laws to en coursge, shield nd protect thieves and criminals, then that party is worse than a common thief. That party throws down the bar that protects society, encourages the criminal class to commit crimes and then guarantees them protec tion in their crimes. The triumph or such a party is more daneerou to the welfare of a State than the preserce of a thousand red-handed thieves within its borders. Chris tianity, the order and peace of socl ety, the fair name and the proper ty Interests of the common wealth demand that such a party should be sunken into oblivion under the righteous indignation of the good people of the State. To legalize stealing is more in famous than to steal. WHAT WOULD JEFFERSON DO? Would Jefferson, the great aposth of L'lerty, wear a red shirt and re sort to violence, intimidation, coer oion and murder to carry an election against the will of the people, if were living in North Carolina today? Would Jefferson, who wrote that 'all men are created free and caual and entitled to "life, liberty and Lb e pursuit of happiness," resort to threats and violent methods to sod press and strangle freedom of SDeeth and freedom of action) Would J-ff;r3on endorse the an archistic methods of the Simmons machine to thwart and over-ride the will of the peoplef Would Jefferson endorse ballot- box stuffing, fraud and corruption such as characterize the Simmons machine in North Carolina today? Would the great author of the Declaration of Independence and human Liberty, support the Sim monites in their tff Jita to establish a political despotism in North Caro- 'tna bottomed on fraud, fore toad eorruptioat Would Jefferson, who loved jus tice, liberty and equality before the law, support a political sanction or machine that seeks to obtain power govern against th "consent of the governed f While eraviag justice for the Filipinos and their right to govern themselves the North Carolina Ma chine Democrats of the Simmons variety should bear in mind eon stantly that they are seeking to govern here in violation of all prin ciples of justice, decency, law and the rights of their fellow man. Would Jtfferson advocate the election and administration of government by the present maehinel These are questions to think about soberly and earnestly. THAT LIST OF X.AWTKRS. Did you see that list of lawyers in the News and O oserver last 8andav? There were only one hundred and gix'y-two names. And they are thk PROMINENT L AWT IKS IN THE STATE It is hoped the other two tbousand or more lawyers in the State do not feel bad! And these gentlemen whose names appear in the Observer, bel-ono to THE STAT BAR ASSOCIATION! What that has t do with their legal opin ions, it is hard to surmise, as that "association was organized for the mutual benefit of its individual members." As the Association is mentioned in connection with their legal opinions on the amendment, doubtless, it has been decided that the adoption of the amendment will be of '"mutual benefit to the members of the Asso ciation." Now every sensible man knows if that be true, then it cannot be of mutual benefit to the masses of the people. If these lawyers have examined the law thoroughly, it is strange that they, (or one of them, at leasi) bad not discovered long ago the 'con flict in the wording of the amend ment as gotten up by the present wise'' lawyer legislature. If they overlooked that, how do the people know but what they have overlooked other wise" document! Now, if one hnndied and sixty-two lawyers, by jast simply signing their name to adjjaao9at makes it legal, right, and wise, then by the two thousand or more other lawyers in the State, who refused to sign it, overwhelmingly proves that it is illegal, wrong and unwise. If this amendment should become law, and some rich corporation should kick against excessive taxes, imp; sed under and by the law, and the eorperation should refuse to pay ir, and take it to the courts, wonder if any one, or all, ef these one hun dred and sixty-two lawyers, could cot be employed to go before the court and argue the unconstitution ality of this amendment? Don't all speak at once. NAME AND NOT BLOOD. Rev. Henry Frank, of New York City, in a sermon, advocated "the re-emlavement as the best thing for the negro. ' He thinfcs "a section should be set apart and the negroes allowed to go, voluntarily, and chose heir master?, those who would treat them humanely." The Atlanta Con stitution thinks "the pi eacher is both right and wrong. That, while the negro is unfit for suffrage, yet tne white man does not want bim as a slave." Now these two great forces. tbe spiritual and the intellectual, are both wrong. If the hite man is capable of suffrage at.4 we say he is then a three fourths white negro should be entitled to something. If not, then the right exists alone in name and not in the Caucasian blood. A preaeher should look at it in its moral phase, and intelligence shonid look at it in a human sense. Now the negro is a human being and possesses a soul, or he is not a human being and is only a brute. It he cannot be civilized, then he eannot be christianized ; and hence. all this ado about sending mission ary money to christianize him, is a delusion of those who are in religion for the spoils. If God could intrust him with a soul, man could with a ballot. If white men could intrust that race with their own blood, bone and sinew, how dare them to call him a brutt? Boyg, you have your theories too far apart, and too low. Whites, aad not the negro, are to blame. BIGHT WILL PREVAIL. "It is rather difficult to determine juetwny a jtepu oilcan should eo w uomwmeuienceoi getting elec ted governor of Ken tacky. The Goebel Jaw is In existence, and we in iuuw wnnr. inn ijahKa i wcuoi jaw CttU " msjorny or (He voters-" lifilhlllftfnM DamA From appearances that u nv. every other dishonest law. Minn J rwwuW stand. As long as there are any uonesi people, tnev will flh - - f M) M V U1S honesty, wherever fonnd. Such laws uoeoei ana Simmons elec- won law, m any state exists, there is tt unzoi c nance for hnnoafc An VM . mioUi In fact, such laws breed opposition too, that will erow and win A ty is on its last lees and rope around its own neck, when it A,. A jl . uw w resort to such methods In another column. nnhliaL what Senator Blackbnrn has to eay aoout the Goebel law. Laws made to perpetuate a machine in power, is just as unfair in th outside of the machine ia its own party, as to men who holrmcr A. WUJpw"w wner Dartles. Tn State, the fight has alrea Ho It will be more deadlv in tha ocratlo party than in any other. 3 ue gooa work go on. On Tnesdv Tw nTr.. , uvuabuji re eeived subscriptions from three prominent Uemocrata of Kobeson count v. who u tho . i j. ... . j uvt aia uoue. Tor life, with the Democratic party; hi cause thev ma it i. u Zl J . . trying t7 take their vote from them . mam. e. x. wBrnmiroov. As to' this distinguished gentle mma, the nominee for J odge for the 10th Judicial District, we ean not do better than quote what the Times Mercury in his own county says of him. It says: "In all North Carolina the Pop ulists could not have found a bet ter man for Judge of the 10 h Ju dicial district than Hon. L. L. Wltherspoon, of Newton. Mr. Witherspoon is a man of the people, ft lawyer of ability, eminently quali fied for the judgeship', a Christian and a gentleman. Possessing deep seated convictions of rirht and a eonrage to maintain these convic tions, rising above party when duty demands, unprejudiced, broad minded and impartial, he is the right man for the place, and de serves the support not only of every Populist, but of every man who de sires a non-partisan and untram meled judiciary FO PC LISTS READ. The most contemptible political black guard in the Union is Marion Butler and the men who are wil ling to follow his leadership. Na tionally be claims to be doing what he can for Bryan, but in North Carolina he does all he can for Mc Kioley and the srold standard. The price of all this Is that he is t- be returned to the United States Sen ate in case the negro party is suc cessful Davie Times. We are not a Populist, but we have read the Congressional Rec ord. Marlon Butler has voted con sistently on the financial questions He was a leader at Sioux Falls in bringing about Bryan's nomina tion. The trouble is Butler Is too smart for our Democratic friend?, and has got them in a hole. We prefer Butler to Simmons every time, for he favors honest elections. Th B publican party did not car ry Halifax in 1898, but the Dem ocratic party did. Davie Record. If we were to see the little editor of the Davie Times, we would ask him, if he does not know that his father once followed in the leader ship of Butlerf He w&s honest in it then, was ho not? Then if he was, cannot others be? Or do you pro pose to say, he was a contemptible "political black guard?" ORDERLY AND SOBER. We copy the following from the Nonconformist one of the leading Western papers: It was the most orderly conven tion"" of its size ever gathered. The smell of liouor was not on nv . gates breath. With clear brains ana warm nearts tney proo ed in an orderly way with their work. Trick ery was not attempted, but so clear- nraata ana watcn fully were the dele gates that it would have been useless to attempt it. The old warhorsea wera n hmt Gillette and Robb of Inw R.h Schilling of Wisconsin, and among tne xexans were J. H. (Cyclon) iavi8, nrry Tracy, Btate Cbair Bradlev. O P. Pvte. tha .h,rm. of the Texas PoDnlim tion, and others. They were tbe "old arnard" of T Tift" nnnnliem Stump Ash by was not a delegate. out nis neart is with us in the fight. We feel prouder than ever of our convention. We have known all the while that reformers were the best and most moral and patriotic people on earth. We can't see why every good man could not say A man to the work of such a convention. For aceordmg to North Carolina logic, candidates eannot rise above the spirit of the Convention that nominated them. If a wild drunken crowd had nominated them, we could not have heartily said amen and would not have said so at all. WILL HE VIOLATE HIS OATH. An old Confederate Veteran who fought through the war between the States and is one of the few servivors of his regiment was to see us the other day. He was, at the end of that bloody snuggle, uiscuargea ana sworn to obey the constitution of the United ocates. lie wants to know that whether or not in voting for the nro- posed amendment, he violates hie oath? He is one, of hundreds, who does not feel eailed upon to violate his solemn oath that a. few office seekers may even hope to retain power. He thinks any set of men who wants to ride into power on th reckless and broad sea of perjury, win ana can Have no respect and love for those perjured subjects afterwards. Honest men shonM strive to have truthful and conscien cious subiects. Wa agree with the brave, old confederate soldier. It there is a man who ean, or will even attempt to prove that one will violate his oath, shonid get Mr. Sim mons7 crowd to meet tne Populis! eand dates. TAKE EDUCATION OUT OF POLI TICS. The North Carolina Journal -of Education says: "Since our last ism th wi,:i conventions have been held and nominations for the - s VUVTF nave been made, among them tbe uumiuauua ior omce of State So perintendent of Pnblie Tn.tm.tu. just now the most important cffijJ u wo owe, we Had hoped al) parties might be wise and strong tmonsh to rise abova mam ship and unanimously nominate uiw nawiDH to do nis own success or in the tflu far k i shown himsfclf so well flitted. To have done so and thus to have put this office above the squabble, bit terness and bickerings of partisan ship would have long continued to be a chief glory of this last year of tbe nineteenth eentnt. . antee of better things for our vuvuu. aw we nave not yet heard any reason pi an hw ; -i. i j have been done, except purtly par tisan onea." The Ponnliata vt: offer the Jonrn.! ... l been put above partisan politics. 5 u gZd m?n nd wUl not drag the hieh offiee into i;;.. i raising the State and equalling "niawr THE WHOLE STSTES Bay Become Invaded by CxUitw General Levis Case. Hon. Ju&n Lewu, Purr r Qaral el Pe-ru-na Drug MTg Co, Colombo. O.i 'Gentlemen I have used Pe-ro-na fol a abort time and can cheerfully recom mend it mm Wing all yon represent and wish every man who la offering with catarrh could know of it great value. Should I at any future time hare occa sion to recommend a treatment of yoox kind, rest assured that your will be the one. Jaiae Lewis." Wherever the catarrh is, there la sure to be a waste of mocns. The mucus is a precious as blood. It is blood, in fact. It 1 blood plasma blood with the cor puscles removed. To stop thi waste, you must stop this catarrh. A coarse of treatment with Pe-ru-na never fails to do this. Send for free catarrh book. Address Tbe Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co, Columbus, O. The Statesville Mascot in its last Issue says: Democrats have no thing to fear from a free and open discussion of the amendment and other Issues in this campaign. If tbe Democrats have nothing to fear, then why did Chairman Sim mons decline Chairman Butler's challenge for a joint discussion. The People's Party candidates are not only anxious to discuss the is sues at stake, but they are anxious to have the Democratic candidates present at the same time and place to hear their arguments and to an swer them if they can. This Is fair, and, besides, all fairminded people desire to hear such a joint dlscui sion. POPULIST SPEAKING. DR THOMPSON and SENATOR BUTLER will address the Beaufort county Populitt Convention at Wash ington, N. C, on Saturday, Jane 8th. Everybody invited to go and hear the heuea discussed. A treat awaits tbe hearer. It is strange how good men will twist news to suit their nolitieal pur ooses. In this way, thy mislead the public. Oa our fourth page we report a ease of this kind of work frm the Coarlotte Ooserver. Now if tbi be true and such nanera a tha Observer would d such a tbinr. oy mi8raxe or otherwise, then wba may we expect of some oth r paper inai are not nir so rir as the Charlotte Oo6rverf Turn to, and read it. The Caccastak has b-n inform ed that in a number of counties the Democratic machine, when bil Hog Aycock and other Democratic candidates to speak, announce that Adams or Llnney or Thompson or some other candidates of tbe op posing parties will be pr, sent and that there will be a joint dltcu sion, etc. It takes a great deal of cheek and gall to publish such statements as these after Chairman Simmons and the Democratic can dldates have declined a joint dis cussion with the People's Party candidates. Besides, it is an under handed and contemptible proce dure. Tbe Democratic candidates know that they cannot meet the facts and arguments that the Peo ple's Party candidates will present Therefore, they dare not meet our candidates on the stomp before the people. But they publish these false reports about a joint discus- iin in order to fool the people in to coming out to hear their side when there is nobody there to re ply to them. This not only shows weakness, but it shows cowardice and dishonesty. But what better can be expected of a machine that made solemn promises and pledges to the people in the last camoalen. and then proceed to break them as soon as they get In power. IT LOOKS THAT WAT. The Kaleiirh Ashe vi lie Gsa-tte says: "It ha loVal m) k. : a j .ua ii kue ucm- ocrats get the next legislature thy wi I pass a dispensary law similar to the Tillman law of South Carolina. It seems that North Carolina is being dominated by South Carolina and its mathods." We do not don ht it Vffm. k- x auuw 10 certai:i sections aad towns, the idea is hfincr e.nni1rat T t est Prohibitionists are told that il ue negro ean oe eotten out of poli ties, tnen bv thm they could carry the Stare for prohi bition. Wnether they mean it or jist do so to get the Prohibitionists .vw m amendment and pu w rulBB In PWi can't say. - " luab DDI Since lh mae.hinA will ... "BUI hu IB eresKl omiinit . and in Uat ease wi have to have mAVA SrAM a L . A I . """" J " lueJ-y eohelid that a South Carolina Dispensary WObld fnrnish i TV ' ZJ something in it. - When the infallible and imm, late Charlotte Observer takes issne with ur Asheville eontemrxrarv on tbe proposition that the amendment was intended to disfranchise illiter ate whites as well as illiterate blacks, we l I that truth compels us to side with the Gatettc Gastonia fN. n Newt (Dem) Dc comber 23th, 1900. It has been tnrsMtcd thit Mr. Lacy had better remain at home and finish up hie report, a call are being made for 1U we say l If r. Lacy go on He ia not hurting anything. In fact, be ! helping the other fellow. Beeansw there It not a fanner In tbe state wno would rent hit farm to a renter who would leave hht grow I eg crop and spend two or three months oat trying to rent for the next year. "A Booth Carolina divine hissed away with asbotgan the other day and put an nd tj on of his fosy parishioner. Tb haifttirger fig ures Droainntly in all walks of 8outh Carolina life."- Washington Poet. This is no Uoghing attr! Jast think bow much mnry and tears and prayer tha eatuted dead in their lives spent in order to leave a Bible Christianity, a od jast. see what we hav got! 1 In this issue, w publish the Peo ples Party platform mandated at Sionx Falla, on My 9 b, to whicti we call special attention. Wa als publish two articles, clipped from the National D noerat, a paper published at Cbieasro, and which purports to be the organ of t National Executive Committee f the Dt-mreratie party. In them, yon will find the People's Party e inven tion and work highly complimented, and a disposition to unit th reform forces. Whether the Committee can manage the partisan politicians when tbe Convention meet awaits to be Sees. 'Ood made the Anglo Saxon a ru ler of men.' says C B Aycock. But he did not also absolve h a from obedience to the decalogue. An Ad elo-Saxon who attemp's to "mle" hi fellow Anglo-Saxon by "force and fraud' is aa culpable as if he were a Latin, a Teuton or an Afri can. Asheville Gattte. Yes, and O d says to all, Tnou shalt not steal and kill and lie, and He makes no allowance in cae of politics, either. " A IJ0NSTII0US AISURDITV - laey O-MMl rxM-aeerate Oraad-Ma ef Hl Ora4-r'kr" C-r-UtaUeaal A at ClaaM. The correspondent of the Char lotte Observer, writing to that paper from Fayetteville, under date of March 4th, says: The Observer correctly gnagea pub- u bcuuiuou iu laruwioK obi m worn of warning against taking for grant ed the carrying at the ballot box of the suffrage constitutional amend ment. It will require hard work from the rank and file and leaders of the party. There is certainly nc elond on the title of tbe Cape Fear Dem ocracy to orthodoxy, but the writer is surprised at the number of lead ing Democrats whom he meets or ported to the amendment. The clause about the "grand son of his grand father" is especially decried as a monstrous absurdity. The suffrage amendment referred to above, which was adopted by the last Legislature, ia as follows: THK SrrTRAOX AMIKDMIXT. 8etion 1. That Artiele VI of the Constitution of North Carolina be, and the same is hereby abrogated. ani tn lieu thereof shall b subetitnt ed tbe following Artiele of Raid Con stitution: Annex VI. Suffrage and Eligibility to Office- Qaalifications of an Elector. Section 1. Every male person born in the United States, and every male person who has been naturalised, 21 rars of age and possessing the qual ifications set out in this Artiele shall be entitled to vote at any election by b people in tbe State, except as herein otherwise provided. 8ee. 2. IT shall have raided in the 8tate of North Carolina for two years, in the county six months and in the precinct, ward or other elec tion district, in which be offers to vote fonr months next preceding tbe election: Provided, That removal from one prweinet, ward or other election district to another in the same county, shall not operate to de prive any person of the right to vote in a precinct, ward or other election district from whieh he has rmovd until four months after such removal. No person who has ben ouvictM. or who has confecHed bis rnilt in open court upon indietm-nt, of any crime, the punishment nt whieh now is, or may tbreftr be. imprisonment in the State prison, shall be permitted to vote unless the said person shall be first re stored to citizenship in tke manner prescribed by law. See. 3. Every person offering to vote shall be at the time a l-ally registered voter as herein precribed and in the manner hereinafter pro vided br law. and th nn.l a. sembly of North Camlina shall naet AH IP-TUm J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D . " BIMVU fOI50MXO In all Its Miff.. . rrearmentwithour 5eRH.?,0l P'. l7gordWc7heb ry and Scv.ai disorder. dMe ' DR. OATdAWATA BOOK. Treatin fnti. .it .v. totw;i:.; -""'"-f Wrtk.tr-.t. ..i i.m . .., . . T liMI. BM"W Ir tfii3M in.ijfl U A. TH A T A Y m r Dr. Bathaaray Co mmmmrml rristrHoa Law to ir. i to effect the provisions of tal Ar tie!. fSee.1 4. Evwry person present,. , hiaaaelf for reistratioa shall be at-:. a ara1 writ 1V - - . . Coasti tation ia the English lisr? aa a . " and, before anau oe nutled tn nta. ha shall have ttaid a before the first day of March tbe year ia which he prorx, to vota, his pull tax, aa pr. scribed bylaw, for the previous yesr. Poll taxes alall be a lien only on a eeeed property, and no proee shaV, issue to enforce the eolleetioa of tU same ext-ept acalnst aesisd pxr rty. f Sml. &.1 No male person, who . on January L 1867. or at any tut prior thereto, nmieo to vote nacer the laws of any 8tate in th I'oiud State wherein he then reaided. and no lineal descendant of any such per sob; shall be denied the right to rer ister and vote at anv eleetinn in th . State by reason of his failure to . . . 1 . aeea tn uncaonai qnanncai.oct preeeribed in section 4 of this Article Provided. II shall have register in aeeordiance with the term ef tr.; ection prior to IW. 1. 190S. Th lien- ral A-embly shall rr vide for a pern annt record of persons who recist-r nnder this - tion on or het(r November 1. lw. and all orh twrvoaa aball bm entit:x to register and vot at all Wioa by the people in this State, ng1u disqnalifed under eeeiion 2 o' th Artc!: Provided sneh tw.r.. j hs haw paid Ui-it mI tat aa repair. by law. bee. 0.) All election b tle pej.. ahall be by ballot, and all elrctiL by the Cieneral AeeemMy shal! viva voe. (See. 7.1 Every voter in Noith 'r olina, except a in this Art. diquali fled, shall I eligible to office, hoi befote entering nrxn the da tie .f the office h shall take and snto-erit. the following oath f, jo solemnly swear or affirm, that I ailj support and maiutaio the ennti'a tion anJ lawj of tne U H and tu eont-titnti'in and law f North Cat., lina, not iunot-t at therewith. a t that I will faithfully di-rbrtfe th dutiee of ray .Clc-- a . . . V help tne Jd.' Sec. 8. Th fl..iog Ha..- persoo ahall b disqualified for of fice: First, all pereoos who ba!l deny tbe being of Almighty Ood. Second, all persons wb shall have been convicted or eoofeaaed their guilt on indict ment pending, and whether nte eed or not; or nnder judgment o penned, of any treason or felony, or any ther crime for which the pan ishment may be imprisonment in the penitentiary, since beeoming'cittaeo of the United 8tatea. r of corruption and malpractice in office an! saeh persoo shall he retored to the nrhu of eitiaenship 'a a manner preeer ed by law. 8-et'oe 2. That al! of the provis ions of the Constitution relating t. suffrage, registration ad elections aa contained in this , act, amending the Constitution, shall go into effect on the first day of Juy. 1002. if a majority of tbe qualified voters of the 8tate so declare at the next gen -eral election. See 3 This amendment snail be submitted at tbe next general ele tion to the qualified voters of tbe State ia tbe same wanner and unIer the Ban. rules and regulations as I provided in the law regulating gen eral electiot i in this State, and tn force May 1st, 1899 and at said elec tion those persons dtsirino to vote Jfor such amendment shall east a written er printed ballot with the words "For Suffrage Amendmert thereon; and those with a eontrary opinion shall eaat a written or prin ted ballot with th worda "jArainat Suffrage Amendment" t hereon See. 4- The said election shall be held, and the votes retained, com pared, conn ted and eanvaaaed, and tbe result announced, nnder the came rules and regulations aa are in f rce for returning, comparing, counting and canvassing tbe vote for mem bers ef the Genera AtMiembly. May 1st. 1899, and if a majority of tbe vote east are in favor of the said amendment. It ball he the duty of the Governor of the State to certify aid amendment, under the seal of the State, to tbe Secretary of Stat-, who shall enroll the aad amendment so certified among th permanent records of his office. tee. 5. This act shall be in fore from and after it ratification BaHBed 21st day of February A D., 1899. hr no FOOmONB QDARAKTSSO. f ta Hr to urtbii T-eta ..B nd use that .ld and w-H tried remedy. Ma Winnow' S,th iko Svbcp for children teething. It opthes tbe child, eoften the govi . t .IVl P1" rar w,nd "die tn ts the best rrm-dy fT diarrhoea. V per bottle. SPECIALIST. Old and Wertkleas Betbeda of 0 4 Tim DeeUn Oiata icf y Dr Batkaway He Treat to tar and he Deos Care. K?r:,iL',t,,ry.yri" d'caMed the otd-t la method. -f treating ehroe t dfeae--bee still fe oe by etbe peialt.taed sjT aHentifl-. research X flr1" wetbod. bei. b-run tim th world-wide repa a.fodrwhlch he eaj.,T, to-day and elait fn K eoan'r 4 R"TCBE AND TiRICOCfcLt r Ha'br.y,hy a method entirety ..l!W,l,c'rr -ienfead rarioocele what ey orwsfioe rr pain o,. of time froo N-l. This treatment walnveBt4 by Dr Oatbaway. end iT U ?riU,r." " Wea'm-ni lelfe oeeon nainfal a..i - ' Hr. Hatb.w.yV " Tb eurM reformed ij f . W ef Kan- claing all K.dcey and Urina- ST hi mail vnnr SM.OOO CaeH Puptv vywaae2 ' M D Rootb Broad 8t s AtlaaU.'Ga. v r
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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