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THE CAUCAQIATJ PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY f THI CAUCASIA rUBUIBIie CO SUBSCRIPTION HATES. 51 YEAR.... .... ILOO fIX MONTHS, JO THBXJ ONTH8 M Cnteree at the I'oit Office id Raleigh, N. C. m eecond-clase mail matter POPULIST TICKET. For Governor : OTRUB THOMPSON. t Onslow Ceonty. For Lientenast Governor A. C.BHUroRD, e Catawba Cunty. "or Secretary e! 8taU: J.SCHULI EN, ef Colnmrai County For Treasmer : W. H. woutfi -of Oailforl C tanty. For Ardltor: HAL W. A TER, Wake Coanty. For Bop. of Public nstroetloa : N. C. ENGLISH. of Randolph Coanty. For Attorney-General : H F. SEA WELL, of Moore Coanty. ForChm'n Corporation Commissioners A. o. I'KACK, of Granville Coanty. For Member of Cor. Commissioner: J.T. PASCHAL, of Chatbam Coanty. For Com. of AgricaUore: J. M. MEWBORNE, of Lenoir Coanty. For Com. of Labor and Printing : J. Y. HAMRICK, of Cleveland Coanty. For Judge 10th Judicial District: L. L. WITHERSPOON, of Catawba Coanty. For Eleotorn at Large: R. B. DAVIS, of New Hanover Co. W. D. M ERR ITT, of Person Co. KAN SO M THEN A Nil KANSOM NOW. On Tuenday the Democratic bal lot box stutters in Winston held an Indignat Ion meeting and denounced I what they railed "Federal interfer- ence" with Stato affairs. The papers nay they puffed and Mowed and put forward terrible efforts to get them selves indignant and excited. t. it.... .i nx-nenaior uansum was pres ent and made a blood-thirsty revo lutionary 8iKech. He denounced what he called Federal Interference .u thiuis ..u uh,i unmeasurea terms, and is reported to have closed his speech by raising his hand toward Heaven and in a dramatic manner saying: God knows that this is wrong and that it is against the laws of the land. Where was Senator Hansom in 1870, when the Democratic party of the State appealed to the Federal nrk 4 . . . A A . Court to interfere with SUte author- ity? Where was he when the Dem- ocratic leaders went before a Federal Judge at Elirabeth Cltv. .TnH.ro v6 - llrrvrklra rtrl ch-vaI a , Dc ui a win, ui habeas corpus to take from the hands or tne Btate officers, Judge John Kerr, Josiah Turner, and other lead lng cltliens who had been arrested by State authority? He thanked God at that time that the Federal Government had the power and right to interfere and see that Justice was done and liberty was preserved when State officers abused their authority and denied life, liberty and proper- ty to the citizens of the State and to the Citiena nf iha n.H a time there was the liberty of only a few citizens at stake, and yet Senator Ransom and every other Democrat Justified Federal interference for the liberty of a few men. To-dav the ... .. uoenies oi over half the voters of w, m . . . ' . " reax sxaKe ana we appeal to the same Federal authority to protect the liberties rr i,aaa v a,Ajo; thousands of citizens, not only from the abuse of authority bv St nffl J cers, but also against a most infa- mous connntrsv tfiBf lai.i . r rf 0roirluu.uu far-reaching. Today we thank God, as Senator Ransom did in 1870, that there is some law, some power and some authority in these United States to suy the hand of these criminal Democratic election thieves and to break up this damnable conspiracy A . 4A mm TJ-a maw-weinABHinA. aa.-. --v.. ua, xnasses ana put ucunijy ci me otate into tne bands of a small political ligarchy headed by such a man as Simmons. We are informed by some who want out of curiosity tr hear the great Charley Aycock speak at the much advertised Fuquay Springs on last Friday, that notwithstanding a good number of women and chil dren had been induced to go out and a number of people had been railroaded on the train, many of them free of charge, that the crowd was still disappointingly small. This was because the good citizens who live around that community did not wish to hear a "fraud and force" speech. At any rate they were not there. SIMMONS 8KXDINO OUT IXBTKTJC- TIOXS SIMILAR TO THOSE HE 8EXTOUT IX 1894. Did not Mr. Simmon and his machine try to disfranchise forty or fifty thousand white men in 1894, by means of his secret circular?! nM h nnt AHviM h iwitrrH tn JL. . 1c gri cvKrjr fuiix;nuu uici iv jaii i his mil name on tne registration books, leaving all the Populists and lie publicans to put only their inl- tlals? Did he not have In his pock- etan opinion handed down by a HnnMmA nnnrt th.t Y,mA nnt rn roihlUh! nr mini. sav.l .,i-.n tLi i i lug mil me juugw oi ciuviiuu iiiigni i , , I J v.JL ...,.u v.- - t I uu iu " - - XN.urown, insxeaa oi nis mil name, JohnJewton Brown. Was he af- ter the negro then? He was trying to disfranchise white men? Why? 81 m ply because they would not vote I for him and his machine. He did disfranchise a number of white men then, even though hla trick Waa rfivw0 t. h- t cot,h out some Infractions to his regis' trars, telling them how to keep white men from registerine, and telling them how to get white men to register wrong, that Is, white men who will not vote his ticket? With his purpose to disfranchise! these white men, will he be more honest after he has carried the State, tAtvYia bKa.,ih mm t4- than he Is now? He said In the last campaign that he was not trying to disfranchise anybody with an amendment. He has done it. He ! is saying now that he will not favo a property qualification If he gets In this time. But he will break this promise as glibly as he broke the others. Can you trust such a man, and such a machine? I This Is the first time in the his- toryof the Angio-Saxon race for nearly a thousand years that any man when threatened with an lrre- pairable injury, has been denied a remedy by oar courts. This has bVen done by the present legisla- ture In Section 88. "ALL COONS LOOK ALIKE." Do you eee "our Isaac," the Dem ocratic negro member from Craven county, in the cartoon on our firs- pagt Do you see bis white ally, Frank u. Winston, the man who considered '"if m Am t wiIaa Z J iL . I v iwur rme mu a is trict With the necrro ConcrfiBBman I ueorge H. White. Do ee Frank D. Winston who 8aid the members of the Present leg- lalature should "sink their consoien ess to vote for the proposed amend ment." A 11 Avv.. lv n ti not believe it look at them in the cartoon. J? rom now on. the Demoeratia- Ta P nd Pakers w,n publ,sh and report all kinds of falsehoods, and especially on the day of election, we aek all voters to believe nothing . y . Pushed or said, not " . . Vi ' A 1 A. 1 tne party heelers mav nronoA l.i Ta i . i DDi. ii wm an oe a bluff. Simph I aBd TOfce J0ur honest sentiment -tnd see that it is counted as east and then abide the result like a pa triot. MAJOR JOHN W. GRAHAM'S OPIN. iOJ 02 THE CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENT. During the trial of the Demo- cratie TtairiRtrTB Trtnem ri o " rr uinivU VUli Argo, of Raleleh. in a snh fm the defence tnmH w WA VUilU W. Graham, who was an attorney for the Prosecution, and said: "Ma JOr' you tre a 1)emocn b I have D8Ver hexra Ty 0W ..... , i,t I ment." At once, Major Graham sookft I and said: "Do you want to know now?" Co1-Argo replied, Yes I Major Graham then answered I as follows: "T shall vntA imln. t T . 1 teHeve it is in contraven- tionofthe Constitution of the Tin . ted States and will therefore not I SUDnort it." Cnl. A i a a A&V a uuiv iCPIV was "You have the courage of your convictions, I know, Major." I T7AT1T WM mm T At. L . f. mocrauc lawvere I are mere in tne State who are sut I " BUP porting this amendment who have not the courage of their conviction- to whom the desire for office is I greater than their regard for the COn8tItUtln f the Unlted 8te8 and their oath to support it?" GOV. BROGDEN AOATVSX THE AMENDMENT. We have an able and interesting I arucie irom liov. C. H. Brogden, I wmcU canae m 'te for publiea tion. This will be a sr iu t iii. - C9 - VW WV IUC readera of Th Cauosiah, as he ad vances some new and strong argu ments against it. He says, "I wat for it, before I read it.w Since read iog it, like every unbiased, honest aan, Gov. Brcgden is opposed to it; because it is in conflict with the na tional constitution which wo all have entered Into a solemn contret, under oath, to support and defend. Tnerefore, he cannot support it. Clyde H ey, of Cleveland, is say. lag, "the White Man is published by a gang of negroee.' Clyde is about as far off as he was when he igned the list that the amendment was constitutional. Clyde knew bet ter. But he wantod office, that's all wnniLanninfl1 rha smnwM ma.uam it. ai.t. a n a SIMMOXtV COXXEDEXT. The Sunday's Charlotte Obserrer contained ft startling s'ateopent. Who can believe ltf It Is this : Wa hM in winfui ! within the past we k, for the first time, have the prospect of victory for the amendment and the Democrat- SUte ticket been perfectly an- nsrent Now lf the observer tells the truth in the above, then it has been handling It very carelessly ever si nee the campaign has been open, For it certainly tried to make the Impression that the Democratic ticket WS8 SUre 10 win ... . me uos rver may nave Deen . irviuK bo uvceive ne reauere. x, wu mistaken, or saylcg then what it did not believe, or is doing it now. Ifl eIlher the win 8iow to believe It all. Perhaps Simmons has taken, at last, the Observer into hla confi- dence aud 1ft out the secret as to h' P'ans to steal and, by negro In clodiary talk and lies, count in the h lect,on-TbU the 0b86rTtr chance to actually teil what it does believe. The Observer knew that a major ity of the honest voters and tax pwers were opposed to the amend ment, and knew that It would not Uattla th nMro onwtlon. and un left they could be excited out of their senses and moral knowledge of right and justice, the amend menfc and Democratic State ticket wouia be defeaten Mr. Ay cock (Governor Aycock so-called) Is reported as having said In his speech at Salisbury that "nv man ohn am n t". t.ma J " ""J " amendment is unconstitutional is a liar.' Is It possible that a man who makes any pretense of being to be Governor of the great sta'e of North Carolina should become so rattled and desperate when a great constitutional ques t,on 18 belnS discussed before the voters of the State, as to use such lgnage before his audience? In Mr- AycocK's aucnence mere were everal hnndred of as patriotic and intelligent citizens as there are in the state who sincerely believe that the amendment is unconstl tutlonal. Besides, over two-thirds of his Democratic audience would believe the same thing if Mr. Aycock had the courage to meet his opposing candidate for Governor in Joint debate and permit the people of all parties to hear both sides discussed fa"e to face. The ... II t. . 1 . & . raiue causes inat iorrea Air. AycocK anH Mr. Simmnnn frnm ni.lnf Aa. cmsion, have forced Mr. Aycock in big desperation to stoop to such plane. Further comment is nn- necessary. ITS DYING BREATH. Did you notice that long, frantic waiI in Sunday's News and Obser- Iverr Itconttmed more misrepre sentations. lies, and incendiarism i tn tha cnniro Innh than fViat ntn ever contained, and that is putting Its enormity in a double superlative degree. It shows weakness on the Democratic side. It was simply calling for the "calf rope It elan mwhub o.B ma me region or tr-lthaftfofa Tf rr.ni mairo rt r abroad think that the Populists and the Republicans of the State wre scoundrels and cut throats The truth is, nine-tenths of them are church members in good stand ing in our various churches. They are such cltisens as the churches prepare an 1 seek after. The truth K the Observer has exhausted Its I last curd, ard has to resort to fte I ' - w old eavior, and hence yellsj "Save U8 Mpwr, or we perish P' No one in the State need believe a word of it. It is all a emcocked lie to de ceive and to scare the people. Twenty eopies till after the Au gust election for $1. Send in the imount and get the papers. WHO SHOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT! During the trial of the Democrat ic registrar at Wlnst n, Judge John Gray Bynum, who was for many years a Democratic Judge of ihe Superior court of the State, in his argument, said: "I am going to vote for your constitutional amend ment. I do not know whether it is constitutional or not. The benefit of the doubt that is in my mind is to be given to my party." What a terrible confession for any man to make, much less a lawyer and an ex-Judge. What! Will Judge By num give the benefit of the doubt to bis party before he will pive it to the Constitution of the United 8 ates and his oath to support it? We must believe that Judge By num did not measure his words From his own confession it is evi dsnt that he is in doubt, and being In doubt, it is his sworn duty, as he must se upon reflection, to gie to the Constitution and to his oath to support the Constitution, the bene fit of all doubt, instead of giving it to hi3 party. And besides this, should not Jnr?ge Bynum and ev ery other vot r who can read and write, and who would not there fore be personally affected by the amendment if it is unconstitutlon al, have the patriotism and the sense of jus ice to give to the illit erate white voter of North Carolina ho benefit f all doubt, Instead of to his party? If Judge By n urn's conscience will not brine him ti. do this, then surely every illiterate whiie oter In North Carolina must give himself the benefit of the d mbt in se.f protection, for if it is unconstitutional, these illiterate white voters, if they vo e for it, will he voting to disfranchise themsel ves. The Cauoasian will be red hot from now until after the Ans-nst election. Every body should read it. Send one dollar and get twenty copies from now until the August election. FXDZBAX XXTZBTXRESrCS. J When was the first federal Inter-1 ference In North Carolina? It was during the Ku-Klox days of 1879, 1 when Governor H olden had suspen- ded the writ of habeas corpus and Chief Justice Pearson had announ- J6 JJuLTdfrytrWMU"iJ,orunUlalI our boys have ZkJ: " "7? I prominent citizens, who had been arrested by General Kirk under the I order of Governor Holden, applied to Judge Brooks, a United States District Judge at Elizabeth City for a writ of habeas corpus and were re- leased from imprisonment by the United States Judge under the au-1 thorlty conferred upon him by the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States. To-day the Democratic press and politicians all over North Carolina are howling: Federal Interference with State Elections, after these same politicians have through Sec tion 88 of the Election Law, with- drawn the writ of mandamus, dosed the doors of Justice, and paralyzed the arm of the 6tate Judiciary to pro- tect the liberties of citizens when they are threatened and attacked by one of Mr. Simmons registrar un- aer nis insirucuons. n mis is J? ea- eral Interference then who made leuerai luienerenue necessaryr was it Federal Interference In 1870 when the United SUtes Court, under the 14th amendment, released Xrom oris- on men improperly and illegally 1m- prisoned by the State's action? Yes, that was Federal interference in the I Interest of Justice and liberty, and this is the same kind of "Federal In- terierence" we have to-day. In the trial of Registrar Thomp- JJ& 15? utes for vinlatfnr t.h law. Mr. Man- lev. one of Thompson's lawyers, in his speech, said that this nrooeedincr was outrageous, that it was "Federal I Interference with State Affairs," and I referred to the arrest of William A. Graham, the father of Major J. W. I Graham, whom, he charged, with a t a a a a . i t a I ulu"'' "" uueu uy vim xvepuuiicaus. At uiih nninf Mntrtr T W firs Vi a m inuoiinH denied that, his father hul hpn r. J . ... V.U. n.V rested as charged, but admitted that Judge John Kerr, Mr. Josiah Tur- ner, and other prominent citizens of the State were arrested and impris- oned, but that they were released un- der a writ of habeas corpus, sued out ueiore a r eaerai Judge under the I I4tn amendment to the Constitu- tinn ni" tha TTnttwl Sf.too ?jTln. r; dom. ..tkio ' a thP tlrsT, fflA nt KPrtpral IntArfpronna I in North Carolina, but Federal In- terference then saved the liberties of a number of our leading citizens and I prevented a great wrong from being I done. When justice Was denied in the State courts this was the only remedy left. T i i I Just so now, when you have denied justice in the State courts to these citizens who are legally qualified to register, we are appealing to the Fed- pnauon was maae ior any act ne eral Courts on the same ground, be- was required to perform, that a spe cause there is no other remedy to cial emphasis was laid upon the mine protect the rights of these "citizens inspection and regulation, then the except in the Federal Court, unless tne uourx aeciares becuon 88 oi tne election law unconstitutional and re stores the writ of mandamus. Among the many incidents whisb are characterising the campaign conducted by the organisation eall ng ii self the Democratic Party, eon uoing itself, to wearing red shirt earn tiga DOfbODB, wim tne worua. 1 1 41. !1L a. i white supremacy" printed thereon; which buttons are found on indifid aals of all sixes, ages atdc lors, and at the same time equalling nifrg-r j ihere ere some which are ridiculous, absurd, and even dirgusting. In ad- dition to such episodes as the elec tion of negro delegates to its State Convention, and congratulating a negro member of the Legislature on his elc quent "speechifying' when .at a A.1 . said negro impudently and insolent ly assails respectful white men, and the appointment of numerous negro judges of election who are to sit in judgment on the right of white men to vote in many sections of the State There are others which tend to dis gust, in the most emphatio manner, honesty and decency. One incident is reported from Jones county. In Tuckahoe township, in that county, is a so-called "white supremacy" dub. The President of that elub is Noah Hill, a negro, who was appoin ted by the county organiser of the Democratic machine, and this negro is actively at work as agent of "white supremacy We want to say again, that every voter who wants to get in his vote and have it counted must go the polls by fan up or soon after and cast his vote. Now this means more than yon may think. The committees mast see to it that the voters do this. There is nothing to prevent the legislature of 1001 and the legisla ture of 1903, and the legislature of 1905, and the legislature of 1907, if unfortunately they should be Democratic, from proposing addi tional constitutional amendments and carrying, them by Infamous election laws. They may very easily by this means take away every safe guard of the illiterate white voter which they are now claiming exists in their present amendment. Remember we will send twenty copies of The Caucasian till after the August election for one dollar. Send it tn at once. Forfl cash, we will send twenty copies of The Caucasian till after the August election. Send your dollar at onoe. A WORD TO POPULISTS. We want to say to Populists er- 'ywbere. In town and country, that It U very Important that yoa go to the polls very early on the day of election and vote the first thinr. and then If no I hi romtin voted, and then teav some trust- worthy persons to see that the otes are counted as cast and the reiurns properly made oat ana 'nd Now do thla. More de- pends upon It than you may sup- pose. Be determined, but sober and quiet. If any one Is to act the fool let it be the Democrats. MR. LACY RESPONSIBLE Who is responaibie for the twestj Uvea lost and the aeore or mote ot widows and orphans made by the late explosion in the Cumnock minf Chapter 251. Laws of 1897 make t the duty of the Commuaioner of Ubor to inapeet mines, pn-ssnbes 06 none, ana gives mm I power to instraet managers of mines las to rqiirementa of the law, and pats the Governor, with all bia ex ecuiive power together with tie Sute TreMBIT at hia command to , , ;"e hi. orer., and protect he of the miner., as the miae in- Pctor shall order, in eonformitory to the provisions of the aet. It pro- wes that He shall take note oi ail irregularities or failures to comply, lor any attempt to comply, note the actual conditions etc, and ketp that information on file in his office. It is m .. , n;thl monthly reportsof the.u Penntendent of the mine, which re I t. ii i i i. a. m i i i : Por" 8U,t" ,8U 00 ePl on niB 1U ttl" office. The fact is, there is no duty required of the Commissioner which is more directly expressed or more minutely and with more emphasis specified. Witn all this, whea the geriou8 explosion at the Cumnock mine occurred, about the first of . , . n . uwa mue u ,u" vummiiUDer o L,&Dor to aspect or to gt regular monthly reports of the mines, and he had not the proper, and by the law r quired, reports in either of his personal official inspection, nor from the Superintendent. serious disaster, being asked about it he said: "No special aPProP"tion was made foi it and I "" or words to attlfdot inis is a serious matter, nereis mi w an officer of the State, sworn to xe- cute the duties of his offiee, sayine that he did not ernontA th mmt im portant duty laid upon him, and giv in hi MnMnria o -t-r--i No duty is prescribed for him with clearer orce an emphasis. And it 18 cleay evident that if any appro- appropriation was as much at least for that ag it WM for aQ othe dutv V mf prescribed, and that the mine in spection should have at least its pro portionate part of his attention. Yet, Mr. Lacy, the kid elove cash ier 0f a bank la Eileigh, at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars, and Commissioner of Labor and at the same tinn at a salary of fifteen hnn I . ured dollars, and insurance aeent. pairing hu attention, his hands ar so full that he does not find time I from these to attend to the duties of his insignificant State office. Serv I ing two or three maeteis, he serves best the one that pays moat, and I negleo'.s the one that pays least Finding the great disaster has come. and that he is not prepared to show I that he has performed his sworn du ty, he tries to let himself out by say- 1 . . ing, "There was no appropriation for it and I have not done it." Mr. Lacy has made a tour of the State. He has seen about every railroad employee that has a vote, nearly ev ery cotton factory employee that has a vote, and the employees of all the manufacturing enterprises, wherev er he eould find a few voters, and be has told them no doubt how anxious he is that they should be represented by him in the State Treasury. But his tenderness and gentility revolted at the idea of descending into a cold damp, dark coal mine, and perform ing the duties prescribed by law, which duties he took oath to execute. And when calamity came to the poor fellows in the mine and hurled 20 of them into erternity and left their wives widows and their children or phans he quickly exhonorated(T) himself to the expressed satisfaction of himself, and the pleasure of his running mates for State offices, and the daily papers herald it abroad. "He didn't have any special appro priation." What does the law prescribe f "Said Commissioner shall receive a salary of $1,600 per year. He shall have u assistant appointed by him self, whose salary shall be $900 per year. They shall reeeive their actual travelling expenses etc. They shall annually publish a report of statis ties, etc., embodying what he deems best, which shall be printed and paid for by the State at reports of othtr departments. The numuer of these reports to be printed, the Commis sioner may decide. The expense of distributing these to whom he wisbsi by mail, or other is-. to be paid out of the Treasury. Tneir salaries and traveling expenses, printing and dis tributing reports to be provided fur as above. Then follows, to carry out the provisions of the ae: ti SOU is annually appropriated to be pid y the 8tate Treasurer, as th Com- m i ioner may need and call for. men Us statement that there was no appropriation for it is not true. There was nothing included in the appropriation more completely. At tending to nts bank and insurance business which paid him better, and visiting other enterprises which seemed more agreeable, and more uxely to bo of personal, or party, PERU N A A REOEDY FOn FEUALE CATARRH. Maori-der, Toax O, Va. Dr.S.B. Hartman. Colamboa,O t 44 1 ean acarrHv find worda to aaf i aaa my gratitude to yoa for all your klaaV aaa to ma. It hu robbad tba grare of oaa rtctlm, for I waa la a erltloal eeadt Moa when I wrote yon before. Taaaks ao you, however, my health la folly re etored. I wiah every young lady la our town eould read your book. There would bo great deal leaa aickneoa a&4 fuay women. M laa Bertha E. Sargoai. NAVAaoTA, Tax. Or. 8. B. Hartman, Columbus, O.l "I think It la time to let yea kaow what your treatment has done tor me. t am rid of that terrible trooble I had when I wrote to you. When I would toop over I could not atraightea up eiihoat the moat aevere pain. I am well U that, and am much better la other ways." Mr. F. K. F. Ollle, Box IS. OsTXA,Mxsa. Dr. 8. B. Hartman, Columbus, O.t "I am eur that Pe-ru-na la one of the eat medtciuea on th market. I bent fit to him. he failed to inapeet the mines, and d dn't know how else to exeuse himself when caught up with by the sadest of all disasters. Still this is all quieted because he is the nominee for State Treasurer on the white tagged ticket- He keeps n's bank alive yet, but won't she flourish when he gets the State funds ia it? Will his bank continue to be his flrft caret You may just bet it will. He cannot plead ignoranee of the law, because h has claimed that he is the father of it. Then he is more guilty of criminal neglect of a sacred duty which had it been prop erly performed, might and probably would have averted this sad, sad ca lamity. Men can be cured privately and positively at home of all weakness and disease. Write for new free book. Dr. J. N. Hathaway, 209 Alamo Plata, San Antonio, Tex. A letter from an ex-Democratie Sheriff in the State of Mississippi, in which there are similar restrictions on the suffrage as are now being pro posed in this State, it is said that the election law which is in force and in operation in that State disfran elmes all voters, white and colored who can not read and write, and who have not paid their tax for two years previous. The figures have been given before, but for the sake of emphatio information they may be repeated here. In 1898 there were in the State of Mississippi 134 000 white men of voting age, but the re turns from the Congressional elec tion tor that year show that there were 22.365 votes east in the State for the Dmocratio eandidatf s, and only 4 322 east aarainat the Demo cratio candidates, it is thus seen that the total vote cast in all the dis tricte of the Stat for Congressional candidates was 27 187, and if it b assumed that all these were wh te voters, it is saen that only this num be r out of a total of 134 000 wbi'e votes were counted, leaving 87 438 white voters who, for some cause or another did not vote, or whose names were not counted. AN OPEN LETTER TO JONES. Tne Issue IMseaaaad la a Fotstad. Tall- las' Mannar -WW te tnpraaacr a Xi Done to Deceive Bead It. BXQIBT1B BirOZX IT IS TOO Mr I. M. Deaton, LATE Dear Sir : If you intesd to vote for White Supremacy yon must reg ister. The rt gistra'ion books close at sunset on July 21st. This is the most important election ever held in North Carolina. Torr loved ones look to you for their protection. Go and register while you have the op portunity. The registration book can be found at the residence of the registrar duncg the week on Sat urdays it will be at the voting place. Tour registrar is Thomas Badger, his residence is 218 Halifax street. The voting place for yonr precinct it E. Hugh Lee's store. Register and vote arainst negro rnle. Yours truly, Abxistxad Jonss. Chm'n Dem. Ex Uum. Wake Go. Raleigh, N. C, July 10, 1900. Raleigh, N. C July 15. 1900. Armiatead Jones, Esq.. Chm'n Dem. x Uum , Raleigh, N. C. Sib: Your very considerate lev ter recognises jne as a voter only on the condition that I intend to vota fur what you call White Supremacy. inis is entirely gratuitous, for I am too familiar with democratic ring performances not to know that no one opposed to the machine of which you are a part, has any rights that; your ring feel called upon to respect, andy our letter is an inaultto my Intel ligence, in that you presume that any dose of poison preacrioed by your ring will be swallowed by me be cause it is labeled Woite Snnremaev. It is scarcely worth while to remind yju, an old offender an lne rrigi ble riag8ter out the people yoa at tempt to deceive mast and shall be reminded that the most atrocious crimes recorded in history have been committed in the name of relifrioa and patriotism, and the Chinese Box ers who, since your present eamna. m of deception began, have alaujcbUr- d nearly two thousand defenceless misaionariee, aud ministers would probably elaim it was done to pro tect THsnt bum-s and lotcd oxa. I am faliy in sympathy with true whit supremacy; but am nut fool enough to Be dee ived by your pite 0s wail for help to entreneh yonr tfi-e bungry horde behind an amendment to our constitution that will forever alienee the ballotonal voice in Morth Carolina. No party ever existed or will exist upon earth that would not abuse such powers as i tkat I woald aavefc la my v has 1 aet wed It. X have told many there the good It did sss. Brorybody eaid Iha4 I had we ssnspUoo, and 1 knew that 1 would aavo tt sal lief. y daty to r lrMJ give praiao where It la dao. 1 am aatt ovor shall be gratefol to the man who dieoorerod Pe-ro-RA." Xlre.8.K. Picaea. 5w OaLBAJta, La. Dr. B. B. Hartman, Columboa,0.t -1 am feeling much betUr bow than I havo for two yea re. I find Pe-ro-aa U bo the beet mod el bo for female oom plaint, aaJ ta aU caooa of extreme weak aeoe 1 thtak It te the beet remedy w la the world a ft hae dose aae a groat deal nf good.Myfrleadt ay that X am looking better sew than I havo for year. They wast to know what I havo been doing, I look ao well I tell them that Pe-ru-na did 1U I hope Dr H artisan will lire many years more to help othera aa he did me." hire. U Bathe, ISM Sixth atreet. Every woman ahould havo a oopy u "Health and Beaaty." Thla book con tains epeclflo Instructions for the tr-at meat aad euro of female catarrh. It i Illustrated and contains moch lnformr Uoa. ddreea Dr.UaTtmanColumtu. your amendment confers, and it would require a marvelous exercise of blind faith to bring me, in the face of yonr record of broken promise, reckless expenditures, lusty preten alots sod misstatement of facts to suddenly conclude that the demo cratic party is made up exclusively of saints. I fully agree with you that this Is the most important elee tion ever held in North Carolina, and 1 firmly believe that i: you are sue ceasful, it is the last opportunity the laboring classes will ever have to make their power felt at the ballot box. oo believing, it is passing strange to me that the masses of even the democratic party should thick yonr scheme eould benefit them. For ita effect will be to place all power in the hands of the chairman of the party. He will be grand mognl, high priest dictator and despot. He will a . a m. a m. uave noining to rear irom the peo ple, and they nothing to hope for. This may be very nice, while you are chairman, bat when the sceptre pass es from you to another possibly a uie-iong antagonist then.'0, what a difference in the morning!" That my loved ones look to me for their protection, is a solemn truth that no yam repetition by dema gogues can emphasize, and this sol emn truth intensifies my desire to do my hnmble part in upholding the truth and supporting the constitu tion and preserving the lihertiea onr fathers established and attempted to guarantee thereunder. Surely no one win Diame me tor reeling that if I were gone my loved ones eould not iook ior protection to a crowd who ruthlessly trample under foot, de spise and nullify the orgaoie law of the land, in order to appease tbe morbid craving of a few chronic else hunters. "Tour loved ones look to you for A V m. . mi mm mmmm aneir proven on." Very prtv ex pression that, were it not that I know it is but tbe Vflve which eoneeal the demon's elaw. Very nice to tboae wuo do not know it is but a hypo r it leal plea intended to stir the caa sions ot men, aud dethrone tnir rea son, by appealing to and uaig tb M . I . . (awn stem eartniy lla to aeem- pusb the destruction of liberty 1 North Carolina. An expression too sweet and tor sacred to be polluted thus. It is lik. eA i? . a . stealing tne nvery or heaven to serve the devil In." It waa never In tended as the rallying ery for rert aoirt eaiiot-oox stsffers aad bullies. Under the nreUvt of loved ones, your machine orator and papers have been bntlly enrag ed for three months trying to kndle race hatred and malevolence. V-tu. Deration and calumny have beer your stoex in trade, while you try In erery art Known to the ruffian and nuiiy to provoke hostility betweet the parties, feeling that ! thi. course lay your only hope of ram ming aown the people's throats th nauseating dpse prescribed, and then you talk about guns to defend Mou homes and loved one' when n trouble exists, save in the !i.t.m.r ed braits of vonr dvan m.mA lums, and the few rood itin. are too honest to suspect any aet c f asWaa uka - vwm Bunieii canabie or invntn such unblushing falsehoods, atcIr ""n ucu case deception. You leaders combine, eonsnlm nA federate to foment strife and brin about a reign of chaos to cover you stealthy attack upon the citadel of liberty. You bully the weak and de fenseless, while von mat lit i-. erable for those having manhood enough to express opinions d fferior with the dominant party, and try to foree your poachers to approve your methods, and la soma fnit... Not that they ara awamtiAllw but ; because they sre unprepared to i w ivr men vwrmpnon tn you, and are ia a sense, dependent. 1 on of good government ad miCOClLLl SdNo"Th blood tSt St Wm sre radical, spSjTviH vKrXbW and 8exual disorders. or Treatlr gtniiy orall tbediaeaeaw!h r - r c3 examine his own condition, will b? tJLe TSSwT" wbloh mM htlP B"7 Jlly prepared self "".Voa U,ali?SE B. P on. as will ateo efloe or by mail. J. mtWTOanivTJZ9 Md asvloe free at iUa nATrjAY, H. D.. Dr. Qathawsy A Oe. a 1-1 ftoatn Croad On. Atlanta, Oa. -- "J yar crowd '-r us, !?.? i people, money d8rirr; ' f month, of U. U w,ek'U .f1 5 than six iirxMrit irq,::. L4BS, above the esHtditar.. mn.h maligned f.,,. S!Vfea doritg a r,.rir,tmi T' tin. tr Ut4 Wha forced to admit than fifty tbonsAr.4 ould be diafraBch.4 ' amendment without r.m,j, 1 rducat.d Ufor. lUK V. claim that bo white ' .., 4 lis tote all the same, anj .it J familiar old gag abont tfc V? rail, n . i t I education, when yea ta.t,cJ?1 oeal the heat school U ... 7 nas ever area, some of t. . admitting that the only ,!n'-:, jectioo to tt waa the f.ct ,fc " a child of fnaion You talk " iy about eBe.t,Bff tll .,. '7- eop!e before 1908. bil lbs tZ2 -your record of twenty coeZ!1 ivr years of Democratic B". .T? on in the face and um t. tk T -vent of illiteracy laa itrr! . nereaaed aa ateadil? as n Iowa atr earn, aid is to-at l. kt a.. ..... 1 . Hxieo. ton talk about eiitn ta'irf ... egro from politics (afur ull.t . you would not in order u.t k vote and tbus itdnre him to a,, , is own destructioi) but ytBataj bat if tbe amendment is raeav. ban fifty thousand negroes .:;0,. inue to vote, under the edaritIM. qtaliflration, while at least lottr hite people wdl be diefrstftj unless before 190S such a r-ita! a dneaiion aathe world hasccrsa. noma aena tne people at d rotl;w ithout interruption. If atMttL setts, with an average arbcx. itta ten months a year is enab!-d ta duee the per cent of ilJitetary ct;j one fourth of one per cent atttal. how is it possible for North l'ar-hu with an average school tt rm of ? t. 9 weeka a year, to redn its cent of illiteracy from 23 prft to nothing in eight years f h0tt 1 proposition baffies finite cospreket aion. Bach a performance ot transeend tbe greatest mirrarU rf er performed. It would take Mas, cbuaetu ninety-two yeara with tti month schools to banish illutertn among tbe white people ot NorA Carolina, and with our irraru length of school terms it would tab North Carolina five hundred jean tne percentage diminished in pre portion to the length of term as a Maaaachuaetta which it does not. ttl increases as before stated, and vest length of term would begin todiais. ish illiteracy is left to conjee tore. Thus it is easy to see that you plea for education as a prerrqiuaht to voting is a fraud and a Lumber, intended to still the commotion ktl quiet the fears of those you are av tempting to deceive, and like yoar many other schemes cannot end ere the light of intelligent disrtmioB. Hence the necessity of a blood and thunder campaign to ibf)me tbe public mind and o bee arc the lusea. No one not willfully blind can faJ to see that yonr ery of white suprem acy is a frand when you carry eterj negro county in tbe State, when yoa have already eliminated the terra vote, except what you can tie nti your present election law which en anlea unscrupulous, unsworn and 11 bonest registrars to absolutely and arbitrarily control the vote cf erery man by ruling him ntor coo cure his vote as desired. Yju tlow a butt "uperiority vt blood and aoeial f an ty in the face of the fact that your vaunted white supremacy legislator of 1899, by almost unanimous coo en voted down a bill maker co habitation between rreonaof u ff r "t color a felony. T n aff-ct (teat horror at the presence atd promk aenee of the negro as a mesace to iae and safety, and yet yonr par y objects to every propoattivs for ne separation of the races. You leaders feast and fatten on ncro la r your demagogues bold t fleet ty virtue ot ne gro votes either received r eon n ted, while your banner IXb cratic county, has two negro voters to one white, yet you have the eta lulterated gall to claim that a vote for the Simmons machine ia a vote 'or white supremacy and protection to loved ones. live pectt ally, 1. M. VlATOf. TKEHINE8E WAR. Xa Beoosmlae Very effer Grtm m KmA IUreaA. A rr Tnrrm On laat Friday, tbe Allies eU.ro.el tbe nat'Te city of Tien Tain, but sttt hurled back by tbe rhineee The Amerirar a auffe-red heavily. Cl cum. of the Ninth Infantry, was kilHl. and Capt Letnly, of Winston, wa wounded. Tbe AlliM lost, killed 1'. Americans lues over 30 ef them Tbe Chinese fooght desperately, and iMf ebot-wrre accurate and deadly. A liee had 7,000, tb CbiDecJW.at '- r. No Jtcpa taken by England: John Boll Is bewildered Situation grows Jsrl er. Cr lneee are maaalog Immense for ces at Pekin. It Is aa d 1.000 ( hinse officials were klUeJ by Toan for urrirf blea to spare foreigners. It Is aaid ,- 000 more troops are needed Id t hisa. America fa expected to furnieb 1JMP t m lDe oe en a is not yet. No pes 1 ean picture tbe horror. h!r, mmit. ? ted in that low, dark region. aii STBICTUBI CUBED WITBOtrrOPKRATION.eK Pi IN hT i rw ?W AIX''LUSIVIC METHOD. S'tftlUVHIIC" wr-ted tbe old-time me-b- ?aS.!tSXl',-l,d bT Mi-tl0fl reaeareb be tu tbUZZfi J," ew mrthaa Meb bare circa him t5bISacthi!l0lnTH SMeUhsSTi ll W th9 ,bllt other tes t S.V? tm tb ro'f combined. AfT UathaWaV. h mmt.mJt . . . SarUtoM m- Vr T'" "wmy nil own, fr" 'jK-TiVlimlmViT1 Dy orerat'io. r Ci?. rl S!,,ir,,a bualceaa-Thls trsaimeat tu invented by Dr. Hataaway, nd there Is DosliIvrlT 00 which will enre wi.bo,. poisoxnro -t'n.y by Dr. Hathaway W Tbeeures ptrform.dtj t -e. Loa. ef kf.s.f n, incudiaa all Xidnty and Vrlwj t . .
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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