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r - iLTHE CAUCASIAN. VOL. A.Y111, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 14, 1900. No. 28, Kpitohial Briefs. Tho Democratic county conven tions in both Haywood and. Bruns wick counties have split on the il.. franchising amendment. "if the Domooratio party does not h mih stir op its stumps," says the (ireensboro Keeord (Dem), "it wili -ike up injAugust to wish it had." When there is nothing left bat etuturs there is not ranch chance of irring or. waking np. Asheville i izutte. .Mr. Avcock is re-canvassing the mountains that, too, after Craw ford had been politically crucified fur Democratic attonement. Bay, whil" we think of it, if, because the K, publicans (T) cheated Crawford out of his seat, will kill the Itepub hfjin party in the Ninth district, what will become of the Democratic party in the State, when, through their dishonest election law, Damo oerats "steal" the whole State! I'ou't all speak at once. Mr. Newsom, of Hertford, writes to the Observer that he is a Popu list, but will vote with the Demo crats from now on, because their principles are the same as the Pop ulists. We differ with Mr. New som. The Populists do not advocate red shirts, intimidation and murder. They do not endorse ballot box Htutling and stealing. They do not bliove in dishonest election laws. They believe every man who pays taxes, has to work the roads, fibt for his country and obey the laws, should not be deprived of his only weapon, the ballot. Mr. Newsom is badly mistaken. The News and Observer tries to explain, through others, how and why Polk county elected a negro magistrate. "The Republicans had no ticket for magistrates. The Dem ocrats had. They elected all except one and he was a negro. They say the negroes ran and elected him without the aid of the negro vote. Why don't the Democrats explain White's election to Congress in the same way? Why do they want to lay the blame for White's election on the Populists and white Repub licans of the district! They are not as much to blame for it as the Dem ocrats are. If Populist speakers, in their speeches, should say they were go ing to "rule the State or make it a graveyard,'' they would deserve condemnation. And every honest man would do it, too. Such expres- Bions by anybody are wrong, ana a wise, safe and considerate gentle man will not say so, either. We have beard of some Democrats using such language. It shows that those who nse it do so because they have no argument, and the sad reality has run them mad and crazy. This is a free country, and every white man has a right to his religious and political views, ivery white man has the right to vote in this State as his conscience dictates, and they will do it, too. LITERARY EDUCATION AN EVIL, NOT A BLESSIN8. It Encoaraee Iflm. innL -r . ... 1 1 oo, to NtragKl For a Position That Will Not ba Olven Iflm. In his annual report to the Win ston Graded School, Superintendent Tomlinson said: "I am convinced that much of the work done in the higher grades at the colored school will be of no practical benefit to the negro. A literary education only encourages him to try to occupy a position that will never be accorded him. I favor therefore, eliminating the studies that are beyond the range of the common school substituting some industrial ieaiures mat win wain these pupils along lines that are bound to follow sooner or later." The above is clipped from the News and Observsr of June 1st. If they argue now that education is a curse to the neerro. it will not be long when the amendment passes and the machine is enthroned till the same crowd will say, to educate farmers' boys, they too will want positions and offices, and we town Folks will be in dancer. Then free schools will be out off, or very short. There is slavery and negro rule in this amendment. THE SWANS3GR0 LETTER. Democrat Want Office More Than They Don't Want Negro. For The Caucasian. A few items from Swansboro. per haps would not be amis, as I don't Bee an ytbing from way down East often, neicner news or interest nor political. Our little berg ought to be noticed sometimes, I think; because it is a factor of importance very often in the history of things, especially politics, and as this is a great political year Swansboro and Onslow county, too. will figure extensively, as it generally does, for the great so called Demo cratic party. Hut we won't discuss politics moch this time, as our convention primaries have not yet come off. only to sav that talking of pie-eating: hunters by that party, who say that few white voters, in fact, none some say, will vote against the proposed constitutional amendment, except revenue officers, office holders, those now holding of fice and want to he re-elected, gome few who think they see a way to eel c ilice, and negroes. all these they call pie hunters, but if you could step down in our county and see how many can didates for the different offices there were this year, you would think that somebody wanted seme pie besides Populists and Republicans. Our little county paper could hardly hold the names of the candidates for these offices among the Democrats. There are about 20 solicitors and more to come, so faid. But that is right, be cause they are all Democrats and this is a Democratic county, you know. It looks like some of these might be called pie hunters, but it wouldn't do to say so, because they would get fighting mad if you did. So will let that pass. Our county geneially gives some 200 Democratic majority. Four years ago she gave only half that many ou an average. I think last election she counted in 500 or over, notwithstand ing the Populists and Kepublicans fused and we never have found out how it happened. Guess we never will. This year I don't know what will bs done unless we fuee with the Democrats. Guess they wouldn't give us any offices if we did, so I d j not know what to do but grin and try to bear it longer. Tue Democrats are fusing with Populists in many places and I suppose it is all right, but I can not see bow it is all wrong for Populists to do so with Republicans, if tr ey do it with Populists. County Convention, ERUNSWIK DEMOCRAT. ASSCIILC0 AT L0CIW0001 0LLY AND NAMED CANDIDATES- WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE NEXT ELECTION IP THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. The courts will declare Section 5 unconstitutional, and the negro dude will vote while the illiterate whit a man will be pushed aside "by one of Simmons' election constables. otnniun icui.cn o unmun. i was on January i. looi. or at an On the North Carolina Constitutional Amendment. April 11, 1900. Hon. Marion Butler, United States Senate. Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your letter, enclosing copy or the proposed amendment to the North Carolina constitution and asking my opinion as a lawyer to the following ques tions, to-wit: First. Is section 5 of the proposed amendment constitutional) Second. If the Supreme Court should declare section 5 of the pro posed amendment unconstitutional, would the court hold that the whole Now I suppose we will have 4 or 5 amendment would fall with, it, or candidates to vote for this year for Lv... k t,a President. It looks like it now That's BOV"1"" " , too much fusion I think. Then the the remaining seeuons io stanu a amendment to vote for or against, rartof the organic law of your State! Cr.ra anil nnnntv n tYi nor a r.nntrrofla. I men. and even to the petty township ine amemumeni proposes u euu- constables and magistrates. Won'C we I A.fmnoi nntlifinatinn for all voters ... a.i 4.u i v : i - vi 1 1 . . . ... .. ... vw strange mat mo ouiy wuiio uiuuu i nave a time or it. ius iney must an T. . i-ha u. nn.tm.l , b. . , h,oniti namnr.t.. nri ihir mon It is admitted that such educational spin to attone ior ail xnis muraer was ropnust Diooa. i ne young Pop8 neea apply. We shall see, it we zens of North Carolina of voting age wnite man wounaea was amr. Mayo, nfe tosee. . i A nA ha n.rfnnf UUF lIHiUlUWU U1J JIB OLU SilUUai " Daring the Wilmington political race war in' 1898, in which from 17 to 200 negroes were killed, it is municipal election last Monday. Though Democratic, strange to say, they elected a strong Populist for Mayor over a strong Democrat, but there was no politics in that. We believe in that kind. Give the offices a son of a Populist. oi the streets at the time, but was standing on a piazza. The ball was a stray one and no one knows who did it. Now if this Populist blood, in the day of judgment, does to men who make good officer- regard- ' T less of Ipartisauism in politics. Now not wash away the Democratic aui lna strongest Populist down this crime of mnrder committud on that way and hopa I will understand how . oaa I to vote for the right Popuiist doctrine UViBftSWU mv" luau A U4 when the time comes to vote. I hope persons will be consigned to a hotter one legislature when it meets in June nlace than the CaDe Fdar river. It will modify or tlx this amendment o time prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any State in the United States wherein he then resi ded, and no lineal descendant of any such person shall be denied the right to register and vote at any election in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifica tions prescribed in section 4 of this article: Provided, he shall haye reg istered in accordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1, 1908." This is an attempt to except a cer tain class of voters from the opera tion of the amendment providing an educational qualification for all citi zens who were voters January 1 1867, and their lineal descendants. On January 1, 1867 no colored per son was a voter in North Carolina; so it is apparent that no colored per son or his descendants could have any benefit of this provision of sec tion 5. The Constitution of the United States'provides as follows: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude." It is a well established principle of aw that yon cannot do by indirec tion what yon are forbidden to do by direction, and it is so apparent that the purpose of this exception is to exempt from the operation of the educational clause the whites who could vote in 1867, and their des cendants and exclude the colored citizens that it dearly is obnoxious to the 15th amendment to the Con stitution quoted above. It is not necessary that the person to bo excluded must be described as a clas3, for instance, as col- red peo ple, to bring the class within thf inhabition of the Constitution. On ly one class can be intended by sec tion 5, and that is the former slave and his descendants, and these are as certainly excluded as if specifical ly mentioned. The educational clause then does not apply to all the white citizens, but does apply to all the colored citizens who were slaves and their descendants who could not have been voters in 1867. This is clearly an attempt to exclude the colored voter unless he can read and write, and such exclusion is becanse he is black and was a slave. I be lieve the court will declare the grandfather clause," as it is called, Tenti0n he unconstitutional. If the grandfather clause shall be held to be unconstitutional, the question is will the educational clause remain in force and will all voters black and white alike be ex- Amendment Speeches LUde. Um. Lawk CrJc bUUIB4 Ik Caaa) Ua With Sah HrWUiac Wit rr-Mr. B. r. AMk u4 Be't Bmlra a Ka. The above is the heading the Wil- misgtoa Star on May 24th, placed over its report of th iimoeratte convention of Brans wick eootty The News and Observer and Wil mington MeiMngvr had similar r ports. We give part of what the Star Slid, and then one giving the facts to show they misrepresented facts. And this is the way they have misrepresented their apeaking all over the State. The Star savs: Yesterday was a on eat day for Brunswick county and the coLttito tional amendment. The occaaios was the enthusiastic gathering of the white men of that section in county convention i.nd the public speaking by prominent campaigners at Lockwood'a Folly. Mr. B. F. Aycock was the first V address the crowd, lie dealt prin cipally with the constitutional amendment and his arguments wen CLKAR, fONClSK and COSVISCINO Oeorge Itountree, Etq , then made short but effective speech dealing with the question, and introduced io very happy terms Hon. Locke Craig The crowd was eager to listen and Mr. Craig was at his beat Hi speech was pronounced one of the very best yet heard in the campaign and hie elucidations of the provis ions of the amendment wxr koth isu ir sot convincing. 'There is no doubt,' remarked one who heard the speech, 'but that geeat ;ooi was accomplished today in the vis if able argument of Mr. Craig. Many yotes for the cause of white suprem acy in the doubtfully regarded coun ty of Brunswick were gained nv HIS PLAIN SENSIBLE TALK to the people." A gentleman from down in that section sends ns the above report and then comments as follows: "Note the three first lines. Well, Dr. B. F. McNeill got up on the stump after B. F. Aycock, Hountree and Craig had spoken, and declared himself against the amendment, and stated that if nominated in the con- ould be against the ctivtURO coam M-mniis. amendment. He was nominated anyway. There was some bolting done, but they will fall In line and not nominate an amendment man, as some bolters speak of doing. Id other words the anti-amendment Bin H.1H rrt, I ! AiM.MU tm -Stc. Tle iVpulxt parti r4CVlt4 rtt. ty bl4 ita Coat r Ml tor U bnti!n tl.fi of county ,n4 lffta!ti trkl in I be Court IIoa la SWIby oo t ardtj. Jooe tol. Tbe Cuntealiaa i cmlUJ to re4r ateteienoVliM-k.au., by Chirn.j J. M. Ilojte. II r-uat4 J. . tuion to art aa temporary Chairman. ilh C. C Lturlafe aa Srrlr j . l'rajer wit o3er4 by U,. Smith. ho ao ably repraR!4 tf.ia ounty in th Ixialature f , The temporary r-aniratia u.iJr r OtinroL Although e hae mi often h-ar4 it Utrd by tbe I-ra rrata that I'.-puli.ta ae all ofiW Mvlrn, jet etrry ,Hrtitsa tion a mr.4 by av-!amatin. a ha hentrueM turntrf nmirMU,. Xh following la the tu Vet UootinaNs! : For t be Ircilature J y tlern3tn. sheriff J UV.'er ilrlgg; Krc1.t-r of IrrU f, V. !lakina; Trvaaurrr J. I Kit py; Minrjor-W. U-am; Cor onrr lr. W T tirirg; C , Mit.tr oit.. UiUiunef M. I. Ware. t. II ltu rick. and Frank Itttturr J II (uinn a rlrvted Coufity Chairman for the tint two jrara A "trongrr ti krt n neer nmina tel in thia rounty by any party. anl it will win. Kvery pre-iin-t in tt- un- ty.evrrpt one, waa rrre-ntet in the rfivrtititn. althouch the w-rathrr in the morniiiff waa rry Inrlrmrtit. Kither -nat4r ltutlrr or Ir. Thorn j- on wu hill-d to prak at cU- .f i "on- en tion, hut both urre Jrtalri-.! on ir. ount of ifU ial huior.a 1 h young and gift! tiomine of t h l't.iit i'arty for Attorney Gcnrral. tte ,.n. II. V. Seawell, fin-d the apiMtintmrnt to the entire tatWfartion at the rroad ed lioijae. The iHrh waa rlear. rx-in- lel and ronvin. uig, and entirely free from iMTaonatitir. Kvery part of the rounty waa represented, and niurfi goid arromplilM-d fir tle raue of th people. He M.ke three hour, and tt only regret we tit-ard etpreMd waa. that lie didn't Mwak lonrc-r. Eteii Demoorata admit that it waa a atrong newh, and free from anything offensive. When the ajteaker waa about to board the afternoon train m th Seaboard Air Line, a oumher f Nya and young men, who had gathered in the ti. krt ofllce and on the platform, aa-aulted him with egg, atrikitig hiui three time, once In the fare. Some of the parties then ran hark into the th krt ofllce. Sin Ii an Intuit and cow ardly at tack waa never made in thia rounty be fore, an4 the good men in all tartiea are rondemuing it in unmeasured tenna. While the art will uiaVe hun drela of votea for the I'opuliat tirket in thia and adjoining rountiea, we dia like for aurh digrace to be umii th fair name f our rounty. Mad aurh a thing been auaperted. .VlO men would have acroni pa tiled the ajeakrr to the. depot. Send Seawell again. We want him on every etump in Cleveland oouuty. Lie will be proU-ct-d at all hazard A Deliuaie. eluded by the provisions of section 4 faction of the Democratic party in wno are not qnannea oy tne provis- this county (eastern county) have ions or that section, that is, who ontan anti-amendment ticket; that cannot read and write any section iB, McNeill and several others are C A.V. . - a a I ul iuo consuiuiiou in tne x-ngnsn anti amendment men. All are not, language. x am inormed. All this in spite of a failure by unconstitutional meth- Aycock. Rountree, Craig and Sim oas to exclude a cIibsoi white voters from the provisions of section 4, can not destroy the provisions of that section concerning the qualification EXPLOSION IN ST. LOUIS. of voters. I think on that question there can be no ground for doub. The rejection of the grandfather mocs. So reader, yon can see that it was NOT A GREAT DAY FOR TUE AMEND uent; that A v cock's argument war not CLEAR, CONCISE AND CONVINCING and seemed not vert able argu ment. What do you think of a par is believed the thing was planned before the day came. It is even believed the surgeon to amputate and the ambulance to haul them off, were arranged for before. And i any of the wounded negroes ever got over it to tell the tale, that tale has been stricken with profound dumb ness. thac we poor "unlearned white trash' can see and know how to vote without perjuring ourselves. We don't want to be disfranchised along with the negro. We dmi'C understand now we can vote for this measure without per-l juring ourselves if we have swim to uair.D coauaii awn tup aupmrmfiit aupport the constitution of these Uni- "AJGH 6KAHAM AND THE AMtNUmfcN ted States. A word or two more. I am in favor I wnat Doea he Say and wmn win ne v of totally eliminating the negro race, oide? that is, taking them ouc oi pniitios, Vnr T funr-AsiAN. keeping them from holding rfrtce oil, . . . . ,,, w . any kind where a white m: h lives. we have just read Major W. A. Gra- To do this, In my opinion, we would " " C " have to repeal the Wih ind 15th ,u WU1U u" l"reB"" BUIUO u'u amendments to the U. S. Constitution, Btraw, tryiijS to fl d a little amend- but tbe Democrats can do anything H":"" "cab "V t, " "irCTiT Cir W YY I lb JO CTiucut iua w wvikivH nuea rai nesia buau huhii ueaua. He tells what Governor Graham f aid A Poiuician'a iad Taste. to some one else, and what some one Graham Tribune. else said to Gov. Graham, or what they Joaephus Daniels was invited there should have said to each ether. But by the faculty and students to deliver what even a Graham may say at one a literarv address, and was greeted bv time, is not good for all times. For Section 5 provides as follows: "Section 5. No male person who It will be seen in the above opinion that Senator Teller declare3 thit Ssjtioa 5 of thi pr jpossd atn3ndai9nt is unconstitutional and that the court will daclare that seotion uuooistitutioul aud laive tl-3 remtiadar of the amendment to stand. This would result in disfranchising fifty or sixty thousand white men in Njrth Carolina, as sure as the sun rises, after the adoption of the amendment, while eyery edacited negro in the State would be left to vote. In short, just what is pictured in the above cartoon will be sure to happen if the amendment is adopted. That is, at the next election the town negro would walk up and vote while Simmons' election consta bles would stand around tho bull-pen and push back every illiterate white voter in the Sfate. Senator Teller is a great constitutional lawyer. In his opinion he is backed np by such gret lawvrs as Senator Srewart, Sena tor Allen, Senator Pettisrrew, S jnator MeE aery. Senator Cafferv, and ex-Senator Elmunda, who coaceded by the Democrats to be the greatest constitutional lawyer in the United StatPs. Will any voter in North Carolina take the risk of disfranchising fifty or s'xty thousand white voters in thi3 State in view of the positive declara tion of these great constitutional lawyers that the adoption of the amendment would certainly produce this result. Ed. Caucasian. clause cannot in any manner effect ty that nag to lie. Here three able (!) me operauou ot tue provision or me 8Deeches were made to a convention 4th section, and that will remain in for the amendment, and the eonven full force and effect as completely as tion immediately nominated a can- if BAfftiAn Ps ha1 novar Knnn va-a4a1 I . a " ; , didate wno announced that be was as a pan oi tue onuiiiution. Yours trnlv. II. M. Teller. opposed to it. This case is too p'ain. TOU SHOULD POST YOCRSELT. they wish to do, they say. Tea, BotT Mr. J. M. Oudeer. Jr., in his speech before the Democratic con vention of Bancombe, said: "The question is not whether the amendment is constitutional or not, but are yon in favor of disfranchi sing the negro." Hit it the amendment is nncon at'tntinnul thn n ttmnt to dia-1 a large auaience, interested in euuca- najor uranam sam swv jcaraagu, bus ai.iunonai, men an attempt to ais-1 1. w,;r.ar in.ti. ifn.m.nf. nnt m nnir tnev .. . ... I 11WU AUU BUU1IICID V fl I M w m, H ' iranchise the negro would at the tute. of which thev luatlv leel oroud. would not submit an amendment to same time disfranchise 60.000 white I But Joe so seldom has an opportunity disfranchise any man white or black to sneaK io a gooa crowu. or nas so ne torn me neitrues tun, u iucjic- little knowledge of what a literary publicans and Populists were saving addrees is. he dincusted the audience about Democrats disfranchising tnem thkbkoken plkdge. before he was half througn and half was "all false." So we see even Major The democrats will never submit to 1 the peopl left the house. They ex- Graham nas cnangea in two years necteu a merarv aauress.aunougn nisi .now maj jr wiusm u unsmacu dirty political methods were well then or he U now, and which shall we known to many present, who expected believe? If he was mistaken then, with not nine leas than a Domical soeecn all his knowieage, now ao we snow from a man of the stripe of Joe. Sev- bnt what he is mistaken now? The eral staunch Democrats were board to truth is, the Major himself can't say; v that if thia was to be the Dolicv of no one can say what be will preach DemnAratio noliticians to criDDle next vear. While he is for tbe amend- nublio achoola. to carry out their plans ment and has so much influence, why of frmiii. thpr would have nothing I ia it that he allowed his own county fiirf rifr tn do with them and would I convention to nominate a man for the vote against the amendment in Au- legislature who has voted against the nut. The, nnnl were diaffuated at I amendment once, and who say s he will .if, and hnn he will never tax anoth- do so again atthepollsin August? The er audience with bis political false- tru h is, it ig not the amendment the hnnria tnr which ha ia renowned J Mai r wants, but the success of his nhan h ti pxnpr.f.flrl t.n dAliver a lit- Dart". erary address. t The Major knows the. amendment voters. any proposition to the people to take from a man his right to vote. ? There is not a Democratic conven tion that would not SPIT UPON A MAN WHO MIGHT MAKE SUCH A PROPOSITION. There is not a Democratic candidate for office v HO WOULD NOT PLEDGE HIMSELF MOST SOLEMNLY AGAINST IT. Supplement to Democratic Hand book, published by the North Caro lina Democratic Executive Com mittee, October 1, 1898. will disfranchise white men. If he does not then be does not know enough about it to discuss it. For ev ery other Democrat, of any note, has been forced to admit it in the press and on tbe stump. The Major knows every man, white or black, rich or poor, who fails to pay bis poll tax (not an his taxes) oy trie 1st of March, will be disfranchised. He' knows that every man old or young who can't read, or who can't see how to get his ballots in the right box, will be disfranchised He knows the pres ent election law was gotten up so as to disfranchise white men, if it was necessary to keep him and the Demo cratic machine in office. He knows the same machine iB in control of the Dem ocratic party that had it in 1892, or '91 when white men were disfranchised because of a secret circular sent out by Chairman Simmons. He knows that a party that will legalize fraud and theft will disfranchise white men, and there is no need of any one lying about it. In doing so, they are either fools, or think the people are. We dislike to be eo plain. It is unpleasant. He says something about "corrupting people." Who are tbe "corrupt people?" It is those who will lie, steal, intimidate, ostracise good people and even mur der human being for power, for office, for pie. So endeth the first chapter. Revelations. "An Arden Democrat Quito. Arden, N. C, May 23. At the recent Democratic convention here Joseph H. Pressley aro3e in the meeting and t .a a T i a. " a. a. 1 J: . M aeciarea nis oppasiuon to tne uibirau chising scheme of tbe party leaden. He said that he would not vote the Democratic tioket as long as the Sim' mons machine dominated the party. That 163 Lawyers. Sunday's News and Observer pub lished a card signed by "one hundred and sixty-two prominent lawyers," saying that in their "opinion" the amendment is constitutional. These lawyers give this "opinion" when they know, or ought to know, that certain portions of tbe amendment are con tradictory and will have to be revised by the Legislature, which meets in June. They know, or ought to know, that the Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives has already written the members of that body .to be sure and attend the June session for tbe pur pose of correcting errors and contra dictions in this amendment, which in the "opinion" of these legal luminaries is so perfect and "con-sti-tu-tion-al." If tbe amendment should become a law and cases should come before the court to test its constitutionality, we are safe in predicting that, for a fee, every one of these ''one hundred and sixty -two prominent lawyers" would be willing to furnish abundant evi- The opponent of the amendment falsely allege that it ia a acherne of the I fin in. i a i a uicrnjr w nun iuc lugger rr. rauitci. auu man nirj J cicij campaign to carry the election by cry ing "nigger4 nigger, nigger." Well, if this was true or even If the opponents of the amendment believe it ! to be true, they certainly ought to be glad of tbe chance of putting an end to it by adopting the amendment and thereby eliminating the negro entirely from politics. les, if the opponents of the amend ment really believe that the Democrats use the cry of "nigger" for campaign purposes or for political capital only, the most effective way of putting a stop to it would be the adoption of tbe amendment and tbe elimination of tbe negro from politics Chatham Record. Tbe Record should get Mr. Simmons Caad bf Daaaalba ria4 Ut Car Track. Atheville Gazette, May 30. A terrific explosion, aoppoaed to have been eaused by dynamite placed on the tracks of the Union line at Fifteenth and Chambers street-, hook tbe buildings and broke glass in all the windows in tbe neighbor hood. Many persona were thrown from their beds by the violent shock and all were awakened and mare or lets terrified. So far as known no one waa injured. The police have been unable to find out who was re sponsible for the explosion. The rioting yesterday among tbe street car strikers was followed by a calm to-day. No fatalities have re sulted among tbe eleven persons shot a yesterday's riotr. U Eteaad list Ayoswa la U dence and conclusive argument. to prove that certain portions are uncon stitutional and therefore null and void. After all. it is on! v their "oDinlon.1 and ood men are liable to be mista- to Mr- Butler nd the I'oput kn. Th.riaan nncertaintT. a fear- candidates, and go out to hear them. ful uncertainty, in this "opinion," and and. then il ?ould ,ern pnU it i whnllv ainat the noor and illit- neneve; ior it evidently in me oara erate white man. It is an uncertainty which no white. voter in North Caro lina can afford to risk. Times-Mer cury. now. Democrats know it is unconstitution al. Out of two thousand lawyers, they can only get 162 to sign a legal opinion that it is constitutional. But they are using it to fool the people. - They know it will not take the negro out of poli tics. They admit it If they are not trying to toni tbe peo ple, even the Democrats, why don't Ten Copies For One Dollar For ONE DOLLAR we will send a Club of Tea Subscribers until the election in August. Now is the time to act. Populists are requested to go to work and send in clubs at once. CAUCASIAN PUBLISHING CO. Tne Sure Care Far Tbe Nigger Backet. Our Home. The more we see of North Carolina politics the more we are convinced of the wisdom of the People's party prop osition to make it unconstitutional for a negro to hold office in North their papers publish the amendment Carolina. This would take the negro -nd election law? Whr. the leaden of - m j I ouii oi ouice auu uut ui puuaica, auu wnninn'c nif art v mnra nmarrn janitors holding positions demanded J fair, impartial discussion of the amend by white men wortny or tne position. ment beiore tne people. They know it will disfranchise white men. mere is not a mac with any re spect for his own opinion, who will say that if the election law is carried out legally, white men will be disfranchised by it. Everybody knows that Mr.Sim mons, by his secret circular, in 1S9S disfranchised white men. We will bet our steamboat against the Record's national bank that Demo crats in August, will tell negroes that if they will vote for their candidates, they will vote against the amendment. The favorite Hood's Pills. family cathartic is Cbrlie jrock may lx pretty rtxid game but he han't decided to meet our Populist nominee for Gorernor. I.r Th mpaon, on the atump yet. Chair man bimmona very promptly refuted to accept Senator Jiutler'a proposition for joint dicuions in this campaign, himmuna hadn't forgotten the fearful and humiliating drubbing that Butler gave mm once upon a time on tbe atump and he d oean't feel like be wante any more, and we don't blame him, tut we think he acted too haatily when he declined to permit Aycork to meet Dr. Thompson. We don't suppoae Aycork haa done as much dirty campaign work in North rro ina and can face an au dience with better conscience than Sim mons. It would, indeed, be interesting to hear Charlie and Cy and It is to be hoped that they will let Charlie meet Cy some time duringtbe campaign We could excuse Simmons for not wanting to meet Butler, but Charlie is not excusable. rrealaaat tor Devldaea CvIUge. Rev . J. B. Shearer, D. D , LL. It. for twelve years president of Davidson College, tendered bis resignation to the board of trustees, to Lake effect at once. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, profess or of physics, was immediately elected to succeed him. It is understood that Dr. Shearer will go to Clarksville, Tenn., where be is interested in the Presbyterian College. The newly elec ted president is quite a young man. but is regarded as one of tbe ablest educa tors in the South. He has been vice president of Davidson College for sev eral years. F'pallsta Doat Have tm be Taggad. There are fifty or seventy-five thou sand Populiats in Xorth Carolina and they are white men. They are white enough till no tags are needed te dis tinguish tnem from negroes. But they will be offered plenty of the t weir e-for-a-cent badges a little later on If they want them. They didn't have to use them in tbe last campaign and they will not need them in this A man is to be pitied who has to wear a label so that folks can tell that he is white-Ex I V T1 V -