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Vol. XV HI.
FORCE. FRAUD.
INTIMIDATION
: KI) To 'A Kit Y AMEND
WKNTSANO ELECT DEM
orifATICriCKET. 0
LETTERS FROMIEVERY SECTION
Of THE STATE'
I f.. That The Method L'sed
i: Tlx- HIiiinimiN Machine
lerntcd the Will of the
People.
i c tinned From I.ant Week.)
LINCOLN COUNTT.El
r -itT from Denver: "At Lowesvili.
(!-y roped the boxes The h iien wer
j it dl a hoiiae and rope put up
t fflrti lxr. The o Ulcer at od at the
fi-trance. They let aix democrats tak.
Mi'-ni In nnil vte them, b'it refu.
f)r.v Republican ami PopnIUt wh
, tiled to go in and vote tor our man
Ihej Hiiinged the boxes vera I time
in tool our people, and make them pi.
t heir ticket- in the wrong box, n .
it thirty votes in tlU way. V e ha.
men who will swear tlmt theilemnc ;it
were lold l j vote early, ho the b
miii1iI he changed. In order to coiiIm
our men and throw out our vo'ea. l i.
republican jtulg. i a man who ge
under the Influence of pi it and i
very careless Wat out many time dn
ring the day. They refused our m i.
:itiiiittance when the counting wih g.
'ngoii. At the ebction they vono
tour men who did not register till al
ter the hooka were closed."
ItOBKiON" COUNTY.
Letter from Sterling! township : " 1 i
(liiit t wiidhlp the election wait la
i mm lair or legal, in the Brat pi -
(tic rep a rar and both the poll hohte
were straight out democrats, and t
to tio-coud place, vome were not allow
! 1 1 remitter becauHe they had n
paid their taxea. Other failed to re
uter, not being abl to find the r. gi
trar, he hnvi g taken tu bookii a
'eft home i hen other were challenge)
and their name eraoed before the. ei.-
lion, without having had any bearin,
at all. that la the way they manage
to pile up audi a major. ty in Kobeaon
I hey luve simp y earned tur Aycoo'
promUe to carry ihe Htate by fraud . r
fntce."
NASH COUNTY.
"Prominent democrat told u thai
they were going to carry this coun(
by fair or foul means, one of the two",
and ior once in their liven they kept
their promise. Their fir t art ahoweo
that the) feared an boner I and fa
elect on, when they appointed worin
lewa hegr ea at each voting place to rep
resent whit- men an J Popuiiata.
"Jim Overbj , the "white supremacy"
nrgro for thia (Xabville precinc. ,) "ir
not a native of this county, but li e
in town and "waits" on the 4,boase "
This is my first taste of bull-pen vol
lag. Just think of one party in ful
ruarge of ba lot boxes up stairs, with
guard! to guard them, strange thii g
happen, ol courne. Not I ng alter v -ing
b gn .ome of our tickets wen
found back of the cojrt Louse, an 1 our
it. formation wan that a proun. ea.dt-m
ocrat was aeau to dasb them dowu jnri
as he came out of the back door from
the poll. No name were called, b .t
this fact was at once made knowu t
the crowd. One scarcely ever uearc
such cursing and abusive language .r
was indulged in, audit seemed tint n
was Lot a Lealtny place for lop.jht-
or Republicans 1'istols and st icks w r
iu evidence, and such word as "sh ol
the damn rascals" were heard. Mr. K.
W. Lyn, no uKI and reapec able white
man, who baa been a t esident of thi
county for many yars, was denied the
right to vote, nrtr having regist r-o
according to law Mr Lyon feeis t at
a great injustice has been d.ne bim.
It was unilerntood that, he was going
to vote against the democratic licaei,
and that tells the tale. Democrat (.im
ply carried out their declaration oi
priucipleH to wit: "Fair or foul,"' and
they chose toe latter."
I'XNDJCRCOrTY.
Letter from Northeass " The neg o
I oll-ho dr appointed by the machine
wi given a piace at a table with a pen
cil and a pap r about six or eight fee
irom the boxes, and of course, did
nothing to assi-t the voters. The red
shirt registrar kept the book and atten
ded to the depositing of the bal.ota
o white man is to be disfrancbis d,
you know, but if an bid l'opul at who
had Uft his glasses at home, got hi
ticket in the wrong box, the registrar
and hia friends only am. led, while he
was careful to amisc any one whowa.i
voting their ticket, even going so tar
as to point out tee boxes as the voter
presented his ticket A Degro po 1
bolder waa appointed in each of ln
twelve precincts in this county, and I
suppose the same methods were per
ued at every one of them. If it i
needed we can get the name of everv
man who voted our ticket. We are nil
anxious for this election to be set aside
on account of its unlawfulness and un
constitutionality.
LENOIR COUNTY.
Latter from Kins ton: Oa elec
tion morning 1, accjmpanlcd ly
two friends, webt out to lbs voting
place and offered Mr. - to
toe registrar to represent us exactly
X minutes to six o'clock. , The rOa
latrar claimed to have appoint!
Mr. Marpney (Democrat) to repe
atnt u, Itbenasktdlf the pillb
were open. The registrar rpllea
"No," as the poll holder had tot
come. In about three or four mln
u tea the other , poll holder arrive..
waa swurb, and they , proceeded t
huainess My friend and I prote
ted and Insisted tiat we have rep
reaeatatlon, but It did no good.
Th vot.ng nas done in the Car.
una Tobacco Warehouse. io ouc-
waa allowed Inside of office except
ton holders, a Democratic challen
ger, two or three SLeclal police and
i ae voter. The vo.er waa a'Uwtd
y the police or special officer to
walk in, one at a time, hand In his
o&ilots and walk out.
As soon as the reslatrar announced
that the p lis were closed I went in
nd told them that as we ha had
oo representative oa the board,
wished to be allowed to see the
voUa connted, but was re. used by
pou bolder and registrar.
than called their attention to their
eiestion law. The section of the
,7,L1 it" ?" by on-
. . .
lively refuaed AdmitUnce. iVbJn
Urted to lea re The rurlstrar
called me and eald I could stand
outaldu the railinff. I told him 1
wanted to ao the vvUe counted.
They again refoaed.
From what 1 can learn the Ocm
ocra a have done almllar to thU in
nearly every precinct In thlt coun
if Lponone occaalon Eagland'i
greateat i'r.mler aid: "Koll up
the map ol Europe, It will not be
needed for i be next twenty yean."
If auch proceeding aa have taken
plac In North Carolina from the
Wilmington matitcre up to the
weent are allowed to pass unre
bukid. then tn United states Con
greaa should roll up tb constitu
tion of the United mate and place
It in the archive an a relic of de
parted civil liberty.
CUM HURL AND COUNTY.
Letter from Dial : "The election wa-
cariied by fraud at almost every pre
cinct in the county. At wton'hpre
cinct, 71st township, we had a very
plain case of fraud. There were regii
tered 314 voters. Tolil vote cat An
gust Jnd, 1900, 2S0. Of that number
154 votes were caat for the co-operative
ticket and against the amendment
This can be substantiated by the aftt
d at its or thw men who voted the co
operative t cket. Two t ckets wen
faund in the wrong box. This wool.,
give 152 votes for the cooperative
ticket and on y Vlii for the demorrati
ti ket. Hut w hen the votes were coun
ted, the democrats claimed ltW v.t
for a.-veral of their candi-iat and 1 1.
was tl e largest vote counted for tlx
co-operative ticket. It m evident the
tickets were called wr. ng. But Hie
reg.strar pla :ed himself against the
wail of the hooe in such a ponition
that it waa impossible for any one to
see the ticket but hinuelf when l
was calling them out And when I had
reaon to believe that they were being
nailed wrong, 1 requeste t the regist rar
to let me see the tickets when he had
called them out. TI is he refused to .!.
but continued to call out the names u
the tickets as fast as possible ami throw
them down.'
Ct ASTON ''OUNTY.
Letter from Beati merClty: Wi.ile
the Democrats refused to regisiei
Mme. and challenged some, t at
I was ooly a annll part of thj pro
gramme. Intimidation under th
cry of negro, two election cu nota
bles and four special police witi
pistols in their pockets to butt ui
ertry voter that could possibly b
made to vAo their ticket, and an
that would not t keep away fton
the polls. Tnat is the way things
wer.' maaag.d in this county.
ANSON COUNTY.
Letter rfrom Peach'and : "While
nearly all were allowed to register, n
ly twenty-five out of over 150 voters
were allowed to caat their ballots as
they wished There were a great ma 113
challenges. I am unable to give the en
tire number, as I have not seen the
books. One was challenged on a "count
of not being in the Stat long enough
and l.e moved in the State from So .th
Carol! 1 a in 187 I was present when
he registered. His name and post tlice
address, Jeremiah Jackson, 1'eachland,
N. C Sidney W infield, of Peachland,
was cl allenged on oo unt of the regis
trar putting him down for another
poet officH, and Winfield tells ine that
he will swear that be told hi o that
Peachland was hi post ortice. (leorge
Tbomaa Cole, of Peachland. was told
that he was chall-nged, and he asked
on what charge, aud they refused to
give any, ooly thit he was not regis
tered right. Randolph McKoy was
challenged on account of bis age. Oth
ers were challenged for not being r. g
istered correctly The judges of elec
tion were all democrats One of the
udges says th-y ohanged the position
of the ballot box occasion ally, so that
the PopulUta and Republicans would
vote in the wrong box They had the
names of the officer whom they voted
for pasted on the bozea upside down,
so that noo.e but a good reader . could
t II what they were voting, and said
judges refused to deposit ballots, or to
tell voters where to cast them. Ihe
holes In the boxes were abaut one bj
eight inches in size, a man could r .n
three Bngera in them. .They let one J
W. Carpenter, democrat, vote, who had
been convicted of going to an insane
man's house at night, taking him out
and having him horsewhipped, and saio
W. Carp nter had to leave the State
for two years for said crime. 1 he reg
istrar did not swear any of the voter
when they went to register. E. K. Bar
ret, of White Store post office, tells m
that there were two, if no mure, illegal
democratic voter in White ?t re town
ship, that he knew positively that tbe
had not been in the State long enough
to vote,
AH . the above statements can be
fully established, and more if necessa
ry.' . RANDOLPH COUNTY.
At Cedar Fork preeinoi j idee was
told thai he bad bees . appointed to
act as elrk and . take -dwn names
This ha refused to do, on the ground
that he had a right to taka in tht
balio s and see that -a . fair election
was held, and offered to pay five dol
lars to hire a elerk. - Oat of the first
seventeen ballots received, fifteen
were handed to him. This did not
snit the registrar and other judges ot
election, and they declared the polls
c losed. and kept them 1 jsed for over
two hours, when the Jropnlist jadge
resigned and the Democrat,, who had
been appointed in his place, acted
with the Democrats in holding the
election, which continued from 11
o'clock until sundown. : The board
of canvassers rejected this precinct
for irregularity, although, 215 rotes
were actually polled, onf ot 226 who
were registered
At Gantham. precinct, after the
votes tor the State ticket had been
counted, the judges rsfosed to eount
the legislative vote andeonnty tiekot
(Continued on Page 4.)
AIL DETAILS ARRANGED.
PROCRAM OF THE UNVEILINC OF AMC
STATUE.
lr. N'aor aixi Party lcmy iioiaboua
on the 2lHb -A nt M ilttarv liUplay
! Amri-Vm-iUns r monies Art
To ii 91ial-.
(Morning Post.
All indications point to a great occa
sion in Raleigh on the Sind.
A spacious platform will be erected
and an awning will be stretched aero,:
the open space around the atatue, which)
bn.tJiK uri in l fin Tf rcismA.
with the trees, will prtect ail fram
the fierce rays of the August sun.
tk. , ...
m uc" aLirini h iir-s flii i si si m n lis wstaii r
a feature of the great occasion. Milita
ry organizations from all far s of the
State have indicated their purpose to
be present.
Mr. Vance, the widow of the distin
guished N'orth Carolinian, her son, Mr.
liarry Mart n, and two childreu, will
leave Gombroon, the late Senator's
mountain home, on August 20th. I hey
will be the guests of Mrs. C. M. l.us
bee. who is a niece of Mrs. Vance.
The procession, led bj the band, will
form at Metropolitan Hall at 11:30 a.
m , the day of the unveiliog. There wih
be a platoon of police, uiilitary compa
nie s, Confederate Ve erans and others,
but the order of their march has 11..1
been arranged. '1 here will te no v hi
clfw or mounted men in the profession
On arriving at the capita) square,
prayer will be offer. l by Rev Dr Ku
gene Daniel. I olon-l Tbos S. Ke mii
chief mirsfial, will introduc the orator
f the day, Hon. Richard H Kittle, who
was the ' War Oovernor's" private ee:
retary. It is uuders ood that Mr. Ha -tie
will give a co nplele e, itome ol
Vance 's life ai d an e-t mate of hi
character base I on his own intinmi
knowledge of the man and t he observa
tions of others who wa died his great
p.iblic career.
A sub-committee will be in charge of
the exercises at the cap tol square and
receive visitors who are of the family
of the late Senator Vance and alsodis
tinguisbed visitors from other Stales.
The moment of supreme interest will
be when little Kspy Vanne will unveil
the statue and reveal t i the assembled
multitude the likeness of her n.ble
grandfather whose name will long re
main a household word in North Caro
lina The bronze statue is just larg
enough to appear life-ize to those who
view it on its pedestal. It represents
the gre.t commoner standi - g, hisg a
se in one hand and the other resting
lightly on a tablet : just as be stood s
often when his sympathetic eloquence
swayed large audiences from apprecia
tive laughter at his endless store of an
ecdotes to a resolution to vote with the
man they loved and trusted above all
others. "
Among the distinguished visitors ex
pected to be present on this occasion
are the g vernors of Virginia, Tennes
see and South Carolina.
From every section of the Stat
camps of Confederate Veterans will be
represented. Among the mibtiry or
ganizations that will attend are the
Vance Guards, of Henderson ; Fors th
Rifle, of Winston; Wilmington Light
Infantry, and the company from Dur
ham. v .u . , a vriia ur
FUSION ALL RIGHT.
When it
Help Democrats Ilryan
Chief Ktisinnist.
the
Editor Caucasian :
Occasionally you hear some little
democratic heeler spousing about "fu
sion. ' And if you will listen to him
explain and foam at the mouth, your
greatest wonder is that he has esoaped
a tenth-rate Inn, tic asylum The only
thing that has kept him out, is the fact
that asylums are built fi r men and wo
men who have seme enough to become
nsane, and not for Ihe natural born
idiot.
He forgets that the present demo
cratic party in North Car Una in a fu
sion party. That tte Democrats and
Whigs right after the war "fused." He
forgets, that the democrats had to
change the name to the "UonRervatlve.,
party before they could fool the Whigs
into it, and thereby got their vote, par
tially by fal e pretense. As long as
Vanoe lived, the Whig element had re
cognition and were nut "makkkd " But
now the old bourbon element is in the
saddle.
These fellows do not know that the
democrats in every State, where they
are weak, "fuse" with everything in
sight. Now they are trying to fu.e
with Republicans in rennsy lvania
Doing it now. They are 1 using in va
rious States west. They are f.sn g
with the negro leagues tven. They
can't deny it. . .
In this State,, in 1890 they fused with
Marion Butler and the bad (?) Pops.
And Joe Daniels wanted to fuse with
the Pops in 1898. It is not his fault
that they did not "fuse,"
Then the democra's have' nominated
the chief Populist "fusionist" for Pres
ident, and all democrats have agreed
to vote for him, except the Oarlotte
Observer, and it will have to do so, or
be called "nigger. .
D. F. S.
LABOR TROUBLE IN DURHAM. .
1 SO Cmployea Join tha Strike The X
tional Union Will Stand by Them. ,
Oa last Friday the mill hands in
West Durham went on a strike. The
number is from 150 to 200. Two hun
dred and fifty looms were left stand
ing idle, dome say it . wilt cripple
the work, others say it will . not. It
was expected by both sides. While
the strike was not ; authorised, -yet
the Union .will stand by it. Tht
cause of the strike cannot be learned.
It is Co be regretted. Troubles like
these should be aetled on terms that
will do justice both to labor and ear.-
mm. la uupvu sgamvaiuBLrwui
rnlt on both das.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST
MECIO RACKET TO STOP.
I VTIil I lu I -!- ai if e ,
,jnU
fh.Ot.t I ...I ...
(November the recently poU-nai;.
appeal of the color line In politic i nominaUd W. T. Crawford
has fallen a 111 born. The SUte l!,c Congrea,
rightly sick of the whole subject TK.nni- . n
now that settlement has been mad j W-Tjf f4. ?u,Dt' fa'IB !
of it. LpI th eh.nt. f -f.- Ponced 4iU bashela of wheat tht
fall on it. Iet it go with the Re
Hhlrt waist. Mr. Hrvan is Inter
ested In having it forgotten. Mor-
ganton Herald.
F'l m I I n I. . W t
.u..i, UIurBu, we uope we
in i m MA tt 1 . -
premie?' and gVdoml7lo"
during these years. We have had
, enough. Lt ns a cl IzenS and as
j men Into the discutslon of bes -
ir inings and in tne fature dea
i . '
. nplftk si . si I a m J . at... '
vriiu queiiuu sua issues inai
t.k AI 1 .
mase ior a oetter state and a nobler
citizenship. Christian gun.
'The Charlotto Observer sav:
i There will be a meeting of the bus
iness men of this city and in a few
other Xorth Carolina towns relative
to the political conditions in thl
State The BUirtrevstloQ iMm t h
toat they expect to met at (Jreens-
boroor Charlotte and formulate a
resolntion expressive of theit viovv
of the situation : maintaining that
rtl I . I A 1 1 I 1
tviitivai sua vuoitomic proon in
are closely akin and tbattbey bav
a right to speak as to the latter, i
Thev will nuhll.-lv vnlr their !
that will come to this State if the!
cry of 'neg o' is prolonged and th
win voice a wish for conservatism
and decency in politics.
We take no McKluleyism In our
but we haye more respect ft.r a
man who h neatly supports Me
Klnley than the miserable, dlry
mouthed politician or editor w b
is trying to inject the "nigg r'
racket into the I'res dential cam
paign.-Our Home (Pop.)
It seems that we should bav
little trouble to carry North Caro
Una for the Democratic ticket wi : h
out beating the carcass of a dt-nd
monster. The Concord Standard
Wo thought we had eliminate
the netrro from politics, but soui
seek to drag him back, and tht-.v
are Democrats. We don't need a u.
of the nigger cry to carry North
Carolina for liryan, and evory t f
fort to bring In the negro will los
votes for Bryan. The franchis
question has been relegated to tht
rear or rather settled by 60 000 ma
jority and we propose to let it s?n.j
settled. Gastonla Gazette.
There is some talk of making th.
national campaign in this State on
the color lioe. This is a mistake.
The people, do not always want to
hear the cry of "negro." The near
ty sixty thousand majority for th
amendment is emphatic evident
of the truth of this statement. Tt e
were promised that If this measun
carried that it would eliminate the
negro from politics,
nal.
Monroe Jour-j
A month ago we were assuror
that with the passage of th
amendment and the elimination ol
the negro from politics it woulo
Lave the white voters free to form
opinions as to the different politl a)
Issues and to vote according y, aid
now there seems to be a fear that
they will exercise this privilege.
Durham Herald.
"Let it be remembered then that
the menace has been removt d
There is no more occasion for lnfla
mlng the fa-son of men against
the negro race in North Carolina on
account of iniquitous and efflcien
government. Presbyterain Stand
ard.
I hold that men ought to be
henceforth free to vote according
to the merits of measures propoded
and csnd dates nominated, without
regard to the race Issue. I shall
certainly do so, and shall respect
every man who is honest in nL
convictions, no matter which pari j
he la allied with. I understood
that all of us were going to do thb
a'ter the ratification of the amend
ment. I bold tbat if the Democrat
ic party revives the race issue, its
pledge is broken aud thereupoa one
wlil have the right, whether be
were In tne primary or not, to
refuse to be a party to a policy tbat
will injure the Commonwealth and
tne nation. -J. W. Bailey, -Editor
Biblical Recorder.
The negro question as a poll leal
issue has been eliminated and an
attempt to revive it will be an act
of in fust Ice and ore of Imbecility.
The differences hereafter will be
differen ea between white men, and
vtrily, we have been benefitted
A M. Waddell, Mayor of Wilming
ton. Ard the News and Observer , s
hereby notified that with th deab
of the negro issue on Ar-gast 2, 1900
also died the power of the News and
Observer to frighten anybody into
forsaking the cause of honesty, jut
ice and humanity by classing them
as McKinleyltes, Perhaps there is
some relation bstween this fact aad
the other fact that the News and
Observer is trying to prove that the
race queaton in politics ia not set
tied Greensboro Telegram.
. During the campaign we told our
readers oyer and over again that
the adoption of the amendment
wonld settle : the negro question
(politically), and we meant what we
said. Other issues must now come
to the .front. Roanoke Chowan
Time.
A victory has been won, not for
any party, Democratic, Republican
or Populist, but for a pnnoiple deep
ly embedded in the Southern heart
and, -in fact, in the heart of the
whole nation. A mojority of voters
has recorded its conviction that in
telligence must rale this nation, and
that: Caucasians, from the human
standpoint must be the arbiters of
their own destinies. Let us now
look for peace and the burying of all
animosities. Raleigh Christian Ad
vocate. : - -
Populism is the sponge that is
gradually absorbing the Democra
cy. Washington post.
NEWS ITEMS.
llf.Ii MIL I ,i..lci
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The Ninth district Iemorata
I year
James M.Moody was noainatd
tor Congreas by the ttepubile.o
of the Ninth district.
M .
f Democrat, in thsir re sot
ES 3 W .Vi.
f
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At Wtlkesbarre, Pa., An. 10,
1 Wilkinson, agd 8l,3nd Ja rh
; adb vodd. seed Z. were mamn
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1
Jake Be Us
a nesra at Cor.iih.
atsaulunra ten voar nl.l .hir.,.
urn iiuvuni on iub i.i.n i.ir ,
me rmlipmos are still iihttLf
the Americans vigorously, it is 101
bands of robbers as has been i-
ported.
s FUzsimmon and Tom 8h 4i
' Jf?y have agruod to fight ou Augu-i
otn bolore the Cone.) Inland SjM,n
lnJ? Club foT a parse of liojKiO.
iu . ... - ,
' -w. VMM lUIWIl Utl U t
Ksw Mexico on the 16;n. His
ease was of the thru., and he h .
.
1 w m xiarco iwj. Hia lim ,
--.-""" l0ium, oi tia do.,.,
Last week was a sc rcher in Cm
cago. There wre C00 deaths aga o
tbu wevk before, the Ilc.m.i,
being mainly attributed to Ue in
tense heat.
At Graham, N. C, a tjwn
2,000 inhabitants, on the night . i
tae 11th, two aged raea drpe.
dead, viz: Messrs. Joseph Thomp
son and Jefferson Johnson.
Several telegrams were i,eut u
Raleigh by leaUiog papers from .i
over theMorthand West, want f
to know Hanator Buret's posit ...
on the ttievenson fusion. They m i
It plain. -
The first bale of new North Car -Una
cotton sold la llaloigh in
Season was purchased by Mes f.
L.e and Latta ac 9 5 8 cent ( , r
pjund.
A repoit from General McAtthui
annouuees a total of 5,029 men si. .
among the soldiers in the i'aili
pines In his comma ad Of tin
number 3,808 were In hospitals . .
1,201 in quarters.
Two freight trains nude cohe
sion near Morgan ton, N. C, on t ,
13th. Seieral persjas weie hur
aud oue colored man killed, l u
engine and several cars wre da..
agtd, causing great loss to the co
pany.
Theo. F. Kluttz has been reno . .
nated to succeed himself from t .
Seveat i district. R
ted oy acclamation. J. Ii. Blaw.
ot Montgomery, was nominated lo.
elector and H. P. Grier, of Iredeii.
was elected district chairman.
It's said Wnorton Barker, m d i.. -of
-ihu-road-candidate for Preaide
is ineligible.to that office. While .
Kussia some years ago, Mr. Bkt
was made "Lord of St. WnencheN .'
by theCzr. He did not ask C ,
greuB lor the privilege, and there. t
us forfeited his citizanship.
The Stata Alliance met at Hill.
bjro laet week. There were ."X
delegates present. They .are speak
ing ot selling the plant a. d movi -fc
headquarters to this city. M...
farmers thmk tae city ia no piact
for their organization tj mak
neadquarters, for they have tr..
it a d that is, in part, what ia tin.
matter with tnem now.
At Chicago on Aug. 13, Bryan ,
twelve year old son, W.l lam, wu b
in General Wheeler s offlee,
amusing himself by daugdng l.e
oasior of a chair to wmch he faau
a a a
ueasome niDDer bands, from ti,
tnd .v nan.iivk..uii.
uwcl ujjpcui
to iooa: arouoa ana round you g
Bryan haeginghead down from . e
window holdiLg on by h.s fit
oraced against the aides J the w .
The General quickly grasped hi
and pulled him in, and declar. k I
ne had noticed bim when he did t ..
boy would hav sorely fallen to hi
death on the street below.
Where Simmons Rules Supreme
New Hanover county with a pop tia
tion of 94.02 gave a total vote of 2.9t.7
Of thfse the Democratic machine poll
ed 2,965. Only two men dared to v w
against the machine, and according t
Wilmington papers these two men will
be "looked after" by the red hir
Hundreds of white men stayed at borne
and did not vote at all; for to have jo
ted their sentiments and as their con
sciences dictated meant tie briogii.t;
upon them t he vengeance of a remor -
less gang of red sh rt politicians, ii
mtant ostra. ism, personal violence
loss of p.iaition. financial ruin and, t
some men loss of life. Freegovernme t
has been abolished in New Hanovi r
county. The ballet has been destroy, L
Free speech has been denied. The peo
ple are ruled by a corrupt, insolent
machine, backed by a red shirt mob
This will soon be the condition of the
entire State unless the farmers am'
conservative people of t te towns stand
together for honest elections and free
dom of speech and action. We are liv
ing in dangerous times.
THE RACE QUESTION.
Rm Been Solved 5To More .Friction and
Conflict ia Political 6 uaapsiam.
. The adoption of the constitution
al amendment solves, so far as the
ballot box can solve It, the race
problem and puts an end to the
friction and inoesaant conflcts that
marked every one of onr political
campaigns. This of itself it such
an achlevemeni that every true
white man and woman in the State
should rejoice over It, as should
every negro who haa eense enough
to appreciate the benefit At will be
to hlm.Wllmlnffton Etax, Aug. 3,
23, 1900.
WHAT DO BRYAli DBQOCRATS DESIRE?
Populist Help or Populist Extermination?
A Utter From Dr. Cyrus Ibompoa to a Democratic Friend
in tieorfU.
e p4illin ttt-iow (Im grvatrr
J Jrt
of a
letter written t.y Dr
Thoiupn to a ix
j DeD,o,T.t. In the 8
rrwHiai melpl, a
a i m
.Stale of (ieunria.
. .
t ini gentleman had written to Dr
' Tbm ln lh"
, ,l tated in im Atlanta CootilutUr.
that I r. Thompson had oiiily alu
Uhat h w.miI.i .m.w-ii
! -rj
for the Prenideucy, and ?viig that
i h u,. 1.1,1 .h v
!ail'wW''w H over the loi-torV
own signature. Tl
gentleman In
i Georgia wrote as follow: ran
inot Mlev at thit crUK when
much may tleut on North I'uro-
lina'H vote, that you would a tan Ion
that combination of principle which
j contain the l.t of the Vine rat ic.
t Populist and Silver lUiut.tk-aii atr-
tie. The K ansa City platform i
broad enough for , every jatriot Ut
ntand upon; and ' eeMH.'ially i it
strong; when it U Kupjx.rteil by the
platform of two other great jwrtie.
With full harmony in their work
ings, the platform will Maud, ami
give to u, as yuil ami I lioth think,
the greatest men in American ni. id
em history for our next President."
The following, written iu reply,
is well w-orth ra refill I reading:
Uai.kmjh, N. !;., Af. H, 1 ..
My Dear Sir: I am jut in rt
eeipt of your favor of the nth, and
will show my appreciation of if iiy
replying at once. Ofeourse I should
vastly prefer an afternoon chat
with you.
A to the statement that you tw
in the Atlanta Constitution", to the
effect that 1 lut.l oenly said that I
would supiort McKiuley, I have lo
say that the statement is without
foundation iir fatt; iki such state
ment haviug Un made by me,
oinIy or otherw ise. I ant not a
llepublican, and never have leeh. I
have never pretended to le a 1U
publican, and whatever support lle
publican have given me in the pat,
has lieen given with full understand
ing of my political views. I am
dimply a Populist and I am a Po
ulist because I am democratic, that
is to say, Jerteraonian in my view ot
things. And as I am not a Repub
lican, so also am I not a Democrat.
Kight years ago I would not
choose between the two parlies that
snam-battled every four years over
the tariff; and I see no reason why 1
should choose now let ween the two
parties that four years hence, if i.oi
ooner, will be aham-battling over
sometiuug else. i am not ready to
return to the.
Democratic party.
either in the nation or in the State
lira. . - -
w neu j can nna no ticket to vote
Out a Democratic and a Republican
ticket, I shall ease myself up on the
top ol the teuce and calmly wat h
the dO fight, sympathizing alwav
with the under dog, provided he i
reasonably honest.
in ist i refused to vote for
Steveasou for Vice-President.
snail not vote lor him in 1900. If
I were ready to return to the Demo
cratic party I should vote for him;
.1 .
au.i uuuig .mi, i snouiu oner some
apologies for my stroll from the
ranks of the Democratic party eight
years ago. I have no apology to
I make an I n v.f t.. 4- r V
make, an-1 no vote to eat for Mr
Stoven-i,n.
If the Democratic party desired
Populist help, and not Popnllst ex
lerui ina lion, Mr. Stevenson would
not have been nominated at Kansas
City; but Tow ne would have been
accepted as the Vice-Presidential
candidate ol'three parties whe vote
it was desirable to concentrate on
Mr. 'llryau. But the Democratic
convention refasod to nominate or
endorse Mr. Town, and now Mr
Towne tleclines the Populist nomi
nation suffers himself to be per
suaded, they say. Of course for
himself, he can do as he wilL Imt
without necessary leading the Pop
ulist into the Democratic party
with him.
The Populists weut initside of
their own irty for both the Presi
dential and the Vict -Presidential
candidate. They ought not to lie
exected to go to the Democratic
party for both. When they do go
to the Democratic party for Imth, I
shall begin to biush the seat of my
trousers, and . look around .for the
fene; my purpose being 4o calmly
view the dog fight.
I believe that the vast majority of
Populists iu Xorth Carolina, feel
about as I have expressed myself. -I
FRAUD AN0 FORCE.
Never Kill a Only Tbe Odm YVWo P
tice it The GtMtpel ud Cttma CoBtratd.
Raleigh Cor to Times-Mercury.
Raliiqh, Aug. 8.-AU is quiet herei
L k everywhere, the Democrats ate
o n boa ting of their ehumed vietory.
Hen do ' not geaerally rej iee over
what they get by "fraud and force,"
Senator Butler is in fine f pint. He
is still on top and will be so long as
the wise and christian (f) party has
to resort to ' fraud and f ores'' to de
feat bim. . Tha man who thinks 8ea
ator Butler is politically dead, is
j oat talking through his hat.' Yon
can't kill a man by 'fores and fraud,'
It kill tha other fallow. The , Popu
list in the State are more determned
than ever. ' They will ba there whan
tht general roll ia sailed. The Dam
have Uo il.Kil.t that luany t.f thru
will now vou. ur lUrkt at. I ltri
iwlly, and rvtuain lrfrer twrvfVf
in tht inlddiv t.t" the rui. Manv
ot thetu. 1 ain wr-, will tedimt-
ly for McKlnlry, a a rutti aalmt
tbe couJuvt d Um llryau iK-tum ral
In the reTUt ttate t.uiiaiigu; Hm-
bltterue ajwl terror ana hrlurv.
and fraud uleiie ui a nkli liaa drl n
away from lb lVuiOtmtlc rty
every Poullt who ran not gain hu
couent Ut cow er like a t ur lrlut.
hi enemy.
When 1 t to mtt myp.
aud t Ulieve that 1 aivouel lit- mi
as to ttmuiautl tin? no i of my
wife and chlMref I niiall iMi tr
Willing for it Itt be -il I ha I I tin a
North Carolina lvuia-rai. Know
In what I know, hat lug -sti what
1 nave st-ii, ami having unYrvo
what I Lave surtonl at tlx fiainN ol
the iM niocrmtic rty, I fhoulti io
no n-vt for myself in mui oi
I-rsnl integrity, geiiulut' luanbood,
tr seu ti iiit-n-IioimMv. ii 1 wen
tt Vtrte tlw Iteiiita'ratb- tb at-t, Malr
or National !
Tne Slate elts-t Ion iu Auut a-
an internal tiavtwty, a int-rt- r.-
ysiu ami arbitrary l-nial t.f right
a fetleralistic triuiiudi of olivan n
in the name of lh-moira y. legah
ting lis fraud and raliug itolottn,
deny lug tli-uiou, t-upitt-iug
freetloiu id' f!feiii and ot-ri brow
ing iK-rsoual lllH-rly; ami mi ayhauitl
Is the irty of its victory that u
tlaren nt Ijiatst of it. I ttult tits
ntuni to the Demta ratiu arty,-uu
or national, without iu inv own
iiiIihI, emlotsing all that I bav.
deiuiHsl.
in a fair registration ami iui-t
elect ion uii as w a had in North
Carolina ill I s'.M., 1 ta-lieve that lit
State of North Carolina in lionet ly
against Rryau antl Stevt-utti, lul
tliat, in the round ti is may tinnii
for ntilhiiig. 1'illts-n huiulnsi ami
fifty registrars in North Carolina
may register whom they will, ami
refuse whom they will; and in-
Judges ofeltvt ion at tilttt-n hundred
and titty irecincts may tlenv 11m-
right of voting to w houista-ver tht-y
will. When the lallots are countttl
they may lie counted as the judge
of election will, reganlles ol bow
the xuU-n may have lweii cM. This
is tlw way it was done on tin L'wl
of August, as thoriMighly believe.
What has la.en done may U tlcne
again. The methods used in a State
elect it n can be used in a National
election. The attitude which Ptf
ulists may assume in North Caroli
na, cannot affect Mr. Bryan's chain f
in North Carolina, under the pnw
ent election law atxt pntentelts.tiu
methods. Hence the men whose
aid wasought to tarry the State for
Mr. Rryan In isttg, (Mr. Dull r,
myself ami olnersj an insulted in
the caiiiMlgn by Mr. liryan' friends,
uenietl the right to speak in public,
and -omet linen asulted and pre
vented from speaking by fonv.
North Carolina can te tvrrietl for
Mr. Bryan without the Populmt
vote, but not honestly.
Mr. Uryau went to Kentucky and
heliaxi Ooebel. 1 hiwwvu now here
from him a condemnation of Ken
tucky methods In North Carolina.
I have always admired him and un
til his visit to Kertncky, 1 tHievt-d
that he was the omliodiuieiit el' all
tbat was honest In government and
all that waa honorable at the ballot
I.,... . .i . . t . . -.
wu. j no uoi kuow ma i irio ia.t
of North Ca ot ina inakeauy tlifjr
eiioe liHw et'ii "lanvny and recti
Ing."
l nee tnings are tuiitiainental in
a republic Ihe right of elect Ini,
honesty at the I -a I lot lov, the sanc
tity of an oath every where, irsiial
Ill?rty, ami freedom of piei-h
These an denied, dlregardtsj, ami
overthrown by Mr. Bryan's Ieroe
cratu ft lends in Xorth Caro. Ina
until tney are re-estabiinritii, iki
question of cirwnsioti or auti-fXu-sion,
imperialism or anti-iuiiierial-
ism, an seem of much con-iuen e
to a Populist In North Carolina, tbat
is to say, a Xorth Carolina imfkris-
i.kk. For the Populist-, of ihl
State suffer already, through Mm
8immons-DanieI Demtrcratic ma
chine, all tlie evils of Imperialism.
1 have wfillen you very frankly
and as fully as I have expre ed my
self to anybmly. 1 boi I lutve i-t
m . a
oiireii you. ior However mucli we
may disagree, I have the very high
et regard for your personal charac
ter ami Integrity, ami for tlie gottuV
ne wnicn i Know ilwells in your
heart always. You are not at all
the type of the Xorth Carolina ma
chine Democrat.
, Very sincerely yourTrieud,
CYRI's TllOMl-HtX. .
oerats have settled the negro ques
tion now, aad now white men ess
say, "bold!", Tbe tall campaign ha
begun. It is now in 'order fox t t
christians U gather up their rott
eggs, whiia the other aide savs at
their mission money and pastors' sa
ary, and buy them a gun. if eiviLz
tion and Christianity has to be shvt
into men. . , - Bipoktik.
Z31 m w Si4.
Ws beg to say to the esteem, d
Wash ing ton Post that if it ia ne e
aarv to red start" tha elect rJ vo
of North Carolina far Mr. Bryan, wa
are to do it, for "rod ihirt" stands
for honest white supremacy. Tha
Wilson News.
There ars 30,000 lepers In tha
Philippines. - ; - ;
' - - 7
No 38f
mifD FORCES WIER CHIHJ
rotficms ti Tkt uuiicacm.
cviB fton niii rt men ro
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J-fWI tUlM.
I..l3t AUf. IT Th- mllltavrv
frctMof ih aliitad wrs bate t.
Uit
kla and avt iht mtnla.
MS
SOd Otbr ftATrmCatM. aka ki.
u--a tjo Uz basMgS by tttr la
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lb
legal looa. Tht, bAfkbtm mt
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II. M ttallaviLra mrm.
orvkan by th rapid awl . and
iVai linn . . . . . - .
con
iiHwwitvnrNW id latef.
ial fur--s. tor th.r mm ...
tion
Ulan to ib-lr vaterlug th tn
Prt
i fiy. int. ailtt otnDl4a
ihn
rnliff minh lu i'j. .
ar
now In rharra t.f ik. ii..
dli
lomata.
Ta tiannau ConMil at HbaBtfkal
not
uij in, lortiga oXTlea thai ttv
lc haul ettara tba. a.tl .-
II
and VfJ th luleUur- aod thai
th
w iwn aorompiua.d with
t Qcbtlnc. Tha (term an
JO
if
Itsgram follow:
i n nits ntrvd Pkla with.
out
any flgbilng. Tt. rntu
have ! o rlld aud the far-ng.
A I . . . . m mm "
libtratJ ans nf "
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MOn lflr lha r.ralr.1 .,f t V. A .
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...... L- . I . ... . . . . .
aMn irvm IhrrilB, tailla a, D
g
eel
vt-o rrum Sbangbal. dated A
. II w blCt mm :
f h avlll.w m tt.r.t r.ti aa
nttwday. It Is U I ihal Viceroy
nan SLIh Kava tmojaa have fomm
. 'urii.i iu uwH. i id iowager
nt rt s duilng htr fl'f hU
A dlt)atrh artt a.la.i .mwI.Ji i..
K
ltllttTal TailaxrrtkaB I'iHiiMm.
V - W...H I I WIH
Shaugbai. confirming the atatemoat
that th Intfraatlonal army air.
rm i)txini.iij. mm anota
Shanghai lltftam states that
Hun I'htn ah... &
er
LI
m . w.vmu.v inat Bt
has rcl vt-d a teltsrapbic dlapatch
in tKM rr.rf-t t , .in.j
- m.w auita I VI i VI
enurtt ikln WtHiaeiay, Aug. li.
aa fl t Is - . - .lil
s a mvm a VFrviion.
M CAHA WILL ROT TIllO.
I wiS 1 baltMiC Ik.
la naia !.. m
Urnvaril, S. C. Aag. V-V. H.
McUaha. sheriff of TranavUanla
county, wh was txuntd out by
tbe destruction of ballots parpcMly
deposiud by art onicial of electtoa
n the wrong boi, will dscllnn to
surrender his office of aberlff. and a
suit In court will bt nctuiary to
dlaplace him. Tti ca Is rt-gatd-d
a very linftortant, as it will uat
tne validity of the Hlmmons lc
tlon law, under which th offloMrof
election at Brevard waa artlnr
when he dsposlted th votes wrung
ly, and thus turd a major I ty for
tne Democratic learlaUativ .Bt
tjouotv ticaet. wberaa Lh vuta
as caat gav in llepublican candi
date a majority. MheritT Mcdaha
is acting under th law whi iu aya
ne hatl not a?iv id hi offlc utttil
nis suoccsMor u ' laly elcud" and
quahtittd, aud Mr UtUaha dalM
.nal his ubuuou.t in thm rarunt
campaign I duly lrtd by th
deMUUvllouoi the ballots whlca
gave him a majority ol th vota
in the countv.
INs siilrt JmperiaJUru.
What a light Nwrth Carolina has
Joai thrown on Mr. Bryaa's para-
o.oannat: way u sathiBg said
oythkqant Meoraakaa against
impniita in oa of the oldct
Amtieaa atatcal Ds not the eon
inuiioo follow th flag lato Xorth
Carolina, and an- aei Ue Bcros
oorn and brd ther eitueaa, aad as
aocn eQiiUd to all riarbu aad tra-
aaniuajoje4 by u whitT Way
thsa, ia ia cuampioa of th Fib pi-
sos siisnt npon to i a famous treat
mnt of Aoincan ciusnf Chisa
go I'oat.
mEvmns KIXT.
i tin
t'M-Ml r(MM Mttat Vott lrtwraat
VkiO Mat Xul.-A r ttm la M
aiaila.
Fr tbe Caoratu.
VVe-abl io tlte rampaign that tbe
Slptin oi tlt- aoiendtBeot waa tt
flrat atep Ui human alavery. We a!4
the next thing wouU be la stop igo.
rant white from tig It la coming
to that. Time will pro it. II a to be
done to keep N'orth t aruliea f roaa be
cowing the dumping ground. A it
in V'irgittia. will ia le Iter.
I It Virginia Time a:
"It will be a tleaing beyond mesMire
when tte negro ueatitn ia settled in
toe booth, whetlter reprertatofi la
redtu-ed ur not, and tb rntr4 f the
state government i put in ihe hands
Of tbufte wis have sotuelHng at stake,
or intelligence and integrity enough
qu.llfy litem' fur aaffrage. Kor our.
aelve. we are iu farr X an abalutely
impartial qualification of ufTrar f
Virginia which hall app y to white
and blarka alike. Wed not believe In
the grandfather qualification, aud think
it ia opposed to tbe genius of oar intli
tation. We have a lar number of n
groea in Virginia who are good citi
zens, and ar worthy to tote, under say
qsaliSostions that have ever yet been
applied, and there fa no desire on any
ode's part, that we know of, to di (fran
chise tbetn.
Now that the election ia over t
ia no reason that In those counties
and predncta where registrars ana
judges of election wer Indicted for
alleged lnegularitiea in the dis
charge of their dnty, that th mat
ter ahonld drop or will become a
dead letter. Let th law take fta
course and if the charges ars suffi
cient, conviction and dua punish
ment ahonld follow. If not guilty,
then there ahoutd ba aa ready and
hoBorabl ' exhoneratlou. Union
Republican.
1