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CAUCASIAN.
VOL. XXVI.
RALEIGH. N. C. THURSDAY. JULY 16. 19O0.
No. 27
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
Our paragraph editor is off oft
sick leare this week, which accounts
for the absence of the short edito
rials from the front page this week.
Won't you get up a club of cam
paign subscribers for the Caucasian.
The paper Is only 25 cent in clubs
of four from now until November
15th.
Some of the Democratic papers are
now bragging over the fact that they
have at last downed the Simmons
machine. Heretofore they had de
nied that their party was controlled
by a machine.
Before the Charlotte Convention
was held the Lexington Dispatch
(Democratic) Bald it .would be the
purest folly to nominate Kitchln.
Now since he has been nominated
wouldn't it be the purest folly to
vote for him in November?
We are publishing this week the
Republican platform adopted at the
Chicago Convention. It Is the first
time we have had room for it. The
week after the Convention our paper
was full of the news of the Con
vention, and we knew the platform
would keep.
Ex-Governor Aycock said, when
placing Locke Craig in nomination
before the Charlotte Convention, that
the only ring that Craig ever be
longed to was the Red Shirt ring.
If that was his chief claim that he
certainly had nothing to commend
him to the law-abiding citizens of
the State. The average Red Shirt
was about on a par with the Night
Riders in Kentucky.
Tom Watson, of Georgia, says that
William J. Bryan is an enemy to the
Confederate veteran; that he and
Bryan were in Congress at the same
time and that Bryan voted against
Crisp and another Southerner for
Speaker of the House and gave as
his reason that he (Bryan) was op
posed to any Confederate soldier. It
seems that the Democratic party In
both State and nation are against
tfco m cnlHlor Tho last TjpTnnrratic I
convention in this State turned their
back on the Confederate veteran,
and now should Bryan perchance be
elected no veteran would be given
any appointment under him.
By the Goat Route.
Four little Angora goats, drawing
a small conveyance and their mas
ter, are making a trip across the
American continent from San Diego,
Cal., to New York, says Popular!
Mechanics. The goats travel at an
average rate of fifteen miles per
day. Ex.
Smallest Country in Europe.
What is the smallest country in
Europe under monarchical rule?
Inquirer.
Monaeo on the Mediterranean,
nine miles from Nice. It has been
under the rule of the Genoese family
since 968. Its area is eight square
miles; it has a population of 12,000,
and has its own postage stamps and
coinage. Christian Herald.
The Watterson Idea of Office.
"There is no office on earth wlth-
iu. uue Kill, oi liic ywiric v I
luent wnicn air. waiierson cuum a-i
cept, or the acceptance of which he land preservation of natural re
would consider. When he makes up sources, for the enforcement of law
his mind that he wants to go to hell,
he will cut his throat and go direct,
not take a roundabout journey by
way of one of the departments at
Washington. To him office and of
ficialism in all their forms are
odious in the last degree; and next
thereto the thing called 'big in
fluence with the administration.' "
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Sounding an Alarm."
Union Republican.
In speaking of his party's pri
maries in this State Governor Glenn
says:
"We are becoming too venal and
corrupt in our methods and unless a
halt is called serious damage must
come to the people, to the State." here pollytishuns," sed Bill Moody
It is time for the Republicans to stir the other nite after we hed et sup
themselvea a.nA rail a halt to the Der an sot down ter smoke our
Democratic methods by defeating
them at the polls and then enact!
laws to remedy the evil. Raleigh
Caucasian.
evidence oi me enecxs ox uemocrauc
9tuA mTrnntAnt in North Carolina.
Governor Aycock was to have given
us the song of the mocking1-blrd
place of the pod of the pistol during
his administration, but somehow or
another the pistol continued to pop.
Governor Glenn's term dt office is
rapidly reaching its close, and in the!
above expression instead of wavtnj?
the white banner of peace he hoists
the red-flag danger signal. The
remedy is plain and The Caucasian
strikes the keynote.
BRYAN NOMINATED
Was Named by Dempcratic Con
vention on First Ballot
WAS NOMINATED ON FRIDAY
John W. Kern, of Indian, Named
as tils Running ft late Friction
Among the North Carolina Dele
gationThe Platform Adopted at
Ienver.
The Democratic National Conven
tion, which met In Denver, Col., July
7th, labored over resolutions and lis
tened to speech-making until early
Friday morning, when the first bal
lot was taken for their nominee for
President, which resulted as follows:
W. J. Bryan, 892 i, John Johnson,
46; Judge Gray, 591; not voting, 8.
The decisive ballot was followed,
at the first lull, with motions from
the Gray and Johnson leaders to
make the nomination unanimous and
by acclamation, which motions were
carried, with the exception of one
dissenting vote from the Georgia!
delegation. The convention then ad- j
journed until Friday afternoon,
when they met again to nominate a
running mate for Bryan. The fol-
lowing names were put in nomina-
tlon: John W. Kern, of Indiana;
Charles A. Towne, of
Archibald McNeil, of
Conn.; Clark Howell,
New York;
Bridgeport,
of Georgia,
and Jerry B. Sullivan
Sullivan re-
quested that his name not be used,
and Mr. Martin J. Wade, of Iowa,
who placed Sullivan in nomination,
then seconded the nomination of
John W. Kern, of Indiana, and from tney r0D &wl the people give noth
that time until the vote was taken ia' fer what they git an' the gay
there was a continuous scramble to
get on the Kern band wagon. When
the vote was taken Kern was nomi
nated by acclamation
The Tammany delegation fromne maPI hit ain't no gude any long
New York, the Georgia, Delaware,
Minnesota and a few other delegates
went to Denver with the hopes of
forming a strong combination in
order to stampede the convention
for some candidate against Bryan.
The opposition to Bryan ' labored
hard at Denver for several days, but
i to no avail, and when the convention
met the opposition made no deter
mined fight. The surprise of the
convention was in the nomination of
the candidate for Vice President. It
was the general opinion that Bryan's
i running mate would come from New
York, but for some unknown reason
the Indiana man captured the empty
honor
When the North Carolina
delegation held their meeting In
Denver it was found that harmony
did not reign among the Tar Heel
Democrats. Glenn was not pleased
with the place given him and he did
not fail to let the delegation know
it. Simmons was not permitted to
go on the platform committee, and
this was no doubt a great disap
pointment to him.
The Platform.
There is nothing new or exciting
in the platform adopted by the Den-
ver convention. After making such
a fuss aDOUt tne Kepumicans siraa-
dling the anti-injunction plank, they
failed to do even as well. The plat
form says something about it, but it
is hard to understand what it really
means, if it means anything, after
you have read it. The platform de
clare that Congress should have the
right to exercise complete control
over interstate commerce, and the
right of each State to control com
merce within her borders. It favors
postal savings banks, an adequate
navy, popular election of United
States Senators, speedy completion
of the Panama canal, a revision of
the tariff, publicity of campaign
contributions, the Immediate admis
ui tc " .wcuw auu . tvuw "
separate sxai.es, ior me aeveiupmeut
I against the bad trust magnates, and
a few other minor declarations.
LETTER FROM BILKINS.
Bill Moody Craves Riches Tne
Ways of the Politicians Politi
cians Are Rather Forgetful No
Use to Change Parties In North
Carolinan What the Republican
Party Consists of in the State
Jodeseevus Daniels.
Bilkinsville, N. C, July 11, 1908.
Correspondence of Caucasian-Enter
prise.
"If I had a millyun dollars I'd
I make hit mlty hot fer sum ov these
pipes. "What would you do, Bill,?"
sez I
"I'd run fer sum offis here in the
State," sez Bill, "an' I'd make hit
so hot that you'd hear a dollar sizz
i every ume i seui uue uui u.ict a.
I voter. Dollars air what counts in
I this here thing you calls pollyticks.
lnlOv course, now an then they let a
I poor devil in on the ground floor just
to keep up gude appearances, but
hit air mlty seldom. Even then, If
he don't wathc out they will skin
him sumhow before hit iz awl over.
I Why. they hev everything In the
I platform from sankterficashun ter
I highway robbery, an' they go er-
I round over the State speakin an
I promise everything else you can
think ov, lncludla' a free trip er
round the world in an airship. An'
sum ov us beleave hit awl an' then
squat erroun like young birds in the
nest an' holler fer more. Awl you
hev ter do Iz ter go ter a campane
speakin' an you will think the whole
future ii goln' ter be ttoihln hut a
flower garden, lncludln awl sorts ov
fruits an' berries, an that you won't
never hev anything ter do after the
eleckshun but to pick fruit an' ber
ries." "Well, don't hit cum out that
way?" sex I.
"Not by a blame site," sex Bill.
"Why, after the eleckshun Is over
an' they get into the offls you hev
ter pull off your hat and bow mlty
low ter git sum ov them fellers ter
say gude mornin' at you. Why, I
know several ov them ofSs-holders
myself that quit nsln a knife an'
fork at the dinner table. Now they
use nothin' but a fork ter chop up
their grub with an they eat their
soup the same way. Hit lz rale as
tonishing how much style sum ov
them offls-holders kin manufacture
an put on in the course ov a year
or two. Most ov them orter hev
steel bands put erround them az
soon az they air eleckted ter keep
them frum bustin'.'
"Bill, you hev a lot ter lam yit,"
sez I; "but you air sorter tamperin
with the a b c's, an you will git over
in the spellln' sidei ov the book after
awhHe. Jist "keep your best eye
peeled an watch the percesslon move
erlong an' you will cum out awl rite,
I uster be a fool myself. I thought
the sun riz in one pollytlshun and
set in another. But, after gittin'
n101"6 a&e an experience, I find that
the sun dodges behind a cloud every
chance hit gits durin' ov a campane
ear ter keep frum shinin on them
fellers. They air a plum site. Why,
tney not only rob one another, but
persesshun moves on seekln' new
wurlds ter conker."
'Let's turn Republikin," sez Bill,
'an wipe the Dymakrat Dartv off
er. Tney ain't none ov hit left but
Bill Bryan, ov Nebraska, an a few
mottoes an' high-soundin promises.
Let's kick loose frum hit an' Jine
the Republikins an' start the ball ter
rollin. We air not made up ov the
stuff that is calculated ter rust out."
Hush, Bill!" sez I. "The Repub
likins lz jist az bad off in this State
az the Dymakrats air in the whole
country. Hit iz made up ov 2 in
ternal reveneu districkts, a Federal
judge or two, an' a few postmasters.
Hit aint growed any in forty years;
in f ackt they lz a strong suspishun
that a few ov the members ov the
Republikin party in North Carolina
Pev bin secretly murdered In order
"" luo
founte an' ter keep up I mean ter
K.eep uowu appearances, ine pian
ov the manager ov the Republikin
party in North Carolina iz, if they
gain ten thouzan' votes in North
Carolina in one eleckshun, they will
manage sumhow ter lose twenty
thouzan' in the next eleckshun, an'
the taxpayers ov the State suffer on
bekase they iz but one party in the
State an' hit ain't worth what dyny
mite hit would take ter blow a jig
ger an inche high."
You don't mean that the dyma
krat party ain't worth az much dyna
mite az hit would take ter blow a
jigger an inch high, do you? sez I.
Why, hit lz runnin' the Sunday
schools, weepin' at funerals, com
fortin' widows an' orflns, helpln' the
poor, and payin' sick an' deth bene
fits ter awl hits members. Hit Iz
awlso a shure cure fer rheumatlzm,
lumbago, an financial distress in
the stomack after eatin' anything
that disagrees with you yes, dym-
mockracy iz an indispensible house
hold artickle. At any rate, hit hez
that reputashun. If you don't be
leeve hit write ter Jodeseevus Dan
iels, at Raleigh, who partly raised
the Dymakrat party on the grafft
that he got out the puhlick printin
I rnntrapVt w'hlo'h Vio fia1 in'
sublet
ter people who did the wurk fer a
number ov years In f ackt, till they
got ter be a big lot ov talk erbout
hit. Hit wuz simply terrible that
grafft. Why, hit wuz so rotten an
nasty that people had ter git down
in sellers an' hold their noses when
they talked erbout hit."
An' Jodeseevus Daniels Iz a mity
popular man terday. Hit iz strange
that the gude peeple ov the State
didn't git down on him."
The gude peeple ov the State did,
uut you see, tney wuzzent many
gude people an' hit didn't hev
much effeckt. Unfortunately the
gude peeple air either very skarce
or else they air so busy beln' gude
that sum ov them don't find time ter
looK into sicn tnings. Tnen, ov
course sum or tnem wuz Dusy an
didn't take time ter look into hit
very closely at first. But Jodeseevus
is very slick sorter like an eel
an' he slipped out ov hit purty fast
Jist erbout the time things were git
tin' purty billyous fer Jodeseevus
he hitched onto the prohirbishun
wagon an rode erlong lookin' so
sanktermonyous that they couldn'
Uq grafftn. at
the rate ov several thouzand dollars
per year fer a long time.
Az ever,
ZEKE BILKINS
Immense Rail Contract.
At Pittsburg the
announcemen
I was made that the steeL trust has
about closed a deal with the Russian
I government for 1,000,000 tons o
steel rails, to he used in re-laying
the entire Siberian Railroad. -It will
require two years to fill tne order.
TUT NATIONAL PLATFORM.
Principles Proclaimed la the Rrpab-
Itcaa Platform Adopted at Chicago
. . To Modify lajaacOoo WU1 Re
vise the Tariff Declare for Pos
tal Savings BnnVs Pledges for the
Futarw.
The text of the Republican plat
form Is as follows:
Once more the Republican party.
In national convention assembled,
submit its cause to the people. This
great historic organization, that de
stroyed slavery, preserved the Union,
restored credit, expanded the na
tional domain, established a sound
financial system, developed the in
dustries and resources of the coun
try, and gave to the nation her seal
of honor in the councils of the world,
now meets the new problems of gov
ernment with the same courage and
capacity with which it solTed the old.
Under Roosevelt.
In this, the greatest era of Ameri
can advancement, the Republican
party has reached its highest service
under the leadership of Theodore
Roosevelt. His administration is an
epoch in American history. In no
other period since national sover
eignty was won under Washington
or preserved under Lincoln his there
been such mighty progress in those
ideals of government which make for
justice, equality and fair dealing
among men. The highest aspirations
of the American people have found
a voice. Their most exalted servant
represents the best aims and worthi
est purposes of all his countrymen.
American manhood has been lifted to
a nobler Bense of duty and obliga
tion. Conscience and courage in
public station and higher standards
of right and wrong in private life
have become cardinal principles of
political faith; capital and labor have
been brought into closer relations of
confidence and Interdependence; and
the abuse of wealth the tryanny of
power and all the evils of privileges
and favoritism have been put to
scorn by the simple, manly virtues
of justice and fair play.
The great accomplishments of
President Roosevelt have been, first
and foremost, a brave and impartial
enforcement of the law; the prose
cution of illegal trusts and monopo
lies; the exposure and punishment
of evil-doers in the public service;
the more effective regulation of the
rates and service of the great trans
portation lines; the complete over
throw of preferences, rebates and
discriminations; the Arbitration of
abor disputes; the amelioration of
the condition of wage-workers every
where; the conservation of the natu
ral resources of the country: the
forward step in the improvement of
the inland waterways; and always
the earnest support and defense of
every wholesome safeguard which
has made more secure the guarantees
of life, liberty and. property.
These are the achievements that
will make for Theodore Roosevelt
his place In history, but more than
all else, the great hings he has done
will be an inspiration to those who
have yet greater things to do. We
declare our unfaltering adherence to
the policies thus inaugurated, and
pledge their continuance under a
Republican administration of the
Government.
Equality of Opportunity.
Under the guidance of Republican
principles the American people have
become the richest nation in the
world. Our wealth to-day exceeds
that of England and all her colonies
and that of France and Germany
combined. When the Republican
party was born the total wealth of
the country was $16,000,000,000. It
has heaped to $110,000,000,000 in a
generation, while Great Britain has
gathered but $60,000,000,000 in 500
years. The United States now owns
one-fourth of the world's wealth and
makes one-third of all modern man
ufactured products. In the great
necessities of civilization, such as
coal, the motive power of all activ
ity; iron,, the chief basis of all in
dustry; cotton, the staple foundation
of all fabrics; wheat, corn, and all
the agricultural products that feed
mankind, America's supremacy is un
disputed.
And yet her great natural wealth
has been scarcely touched. We have
a vast domain of 3,000.000 square
miles, literally bursting with latent
treasure, still awaiting the magic of
capital and industry to be converted
to the practical uses of mankind;
country rich in soil and climate, in
the unharnessed energy of its rivers
and in all the varied products of the
field, the forest and the factory.
With gratitude for God's bounty,
with pride in the splendid produc
tiveness of the past an with confi
dence in the plenty and prosperity
of the future, the Republican party
declares for the principle that in the
development and enjoyment of
weatlh so great and blessings so
benign there shall be equal oppor
tunity for alL
Revival of Business.
Nothing so clearly demonstrates
the sound basis upon which our com
mercial, industrial and agricultural
interests are founded, and the neces
sity of promoting their continued
welfare through the operation of
Republican policies, as the recent
safe passage of the American people
through a financial disturbance which
If appearing in the midst of Demo
cratic rule or the menace of it, might
have equaled the familiar Democrat
ic panics of the past. We congratu
late the people apes this renewed
evidence of American supremacy sad
hall with confidence the stent bow
manifest of a complete re to ratio a of
bstiaeas prosperity ia all Uses of
trade, commerce and maaefacturiag
Recent LegUlaUoa,
Since the election of Willi m Ue-
Kicley. In If If. the people of this
country have felt aaew the wisdom
of intrusting to the Republican par
ty, through decisive majorities, the
control and direction of national leg
islation. The many wise and progressive
measures adopted at recent sessions
of Coagress have demonstrated the
patriotic resolve of Republican lead
ership in the legislative department
to keep step in the forward march
toward better government.
Notwithstanding the Indefensible
filibustering of a Democratic minor
ity In the House of Representatives
during the last session, many whole
some and progressive laws were en
acted, and we especially commend
the passage of the Emergency Cur
rency bin, the appointment of the
National Monetary Commission, the
Employers' and Government Liabil
ity laws, the measures for the great
er efficiency of the army and navy,
the Widows' Pensin bill, the Child
Labor law for the District of Colum
bia, the new statutes for the safety
of railroad engineers and firemen
and many other acts conserving the
public welfare.
Pledges for the Future Tariff.
The Republican party declares un
equivocally for a revision of the tariff
by a special session of Congress im
mediately following the inauguration
of the next President, and commends
the steps already taken to this end
in the work assigned to the appro
priate committees of Congress which
are now Investigating the operation
and such effect of existing schedules.
n all tariff legislation the true prin
ciple of protection is best maintain
ed by the imposition of such duties
as will equal the difference between
the cost of production at home and
abroad, together with a reasonable
profit to American industries. We
favor the establishment of maximum
and minimum rates to be administer
ed by the President under limitations
fixed in the law, the maximum to be
available to meet discriminations by
foreign countries against American
goods entering their markets, and
the minimum to represent the nor
mal measure of protection at home,
the aim and purpose of the Republi
can policy being not only to preserve.
without excessive duties, that secur-
ty against foreign competition to
which American manufacturers, far
mers and producers are entitled, but
also of the wage-earners of this coun
try, who are the most direct benefi
ciaries of the protective system. Be
tween the United States and the Phil-
ppines we believe in a free inter
change of products, with such limita
tions as to sugar and tobacco as will
afford adequate production to domes
tic Interests.
Currency.
We approve the emergency meas
ures adopted by the Government dur-
ng the recent financial disturbance,
and especially commend the passage
by Congress at the last session of the
aw designed to protect the country
rom a repitition of such stringency.
The Republican party is committed
to the development of a permanent
currency system, responding to our
greater needs, and the appointment
of the National Monetary Commission
by the present Congress, which will
impartially investigate all proposed
methods, insures the early realiza
tion of this purpose. The present
currency laws have fully justified
their adoption, but an expanding
commerce, a marvelous growth in
wealth and population, multiplying
the centers of distribution, increasing
the demand for the movement of
crops in the West and South and
entailing periodic changes in mone
tary conditions, disclose the needs of
a more elastic and adaptable sys
tem. Such a system must meet the
requirements of agriculturists, manu
facturers, merchants a and business
men generally; must be automatic
in operation, minimizing the fiuctua
tions in interest rates and, above all,
must be in harmony with that Re
publican doctrine which insists that
every dollar shall be based upon and
as good as gold.
Postal Savings.
we favor tne estabiisnment or a
postal savings bank system for the
convenience of the people and the
encouragement of thrift.
Trusts.
The Republican party passed the
Sherman Anti-trust law over Demo
cratic opposition and enforced it af
ter Democratic dereliction. It has
been a wholesome instrument for
good in the hands of a wise and
fearless Administration. But expert
ence has shown that its effectiveness
can be strengthened and its real ob
jects better attained by such amend
ments as will give to the Federa
Government greater supervision and
control over, and secure greater pub-1
licity in, the management of that
class, of corporations engaged in in
terstate commerce having power and
opportunity to effect monopolies.
BaOroads.
We approve the enactment of the
Railroad Rate law and the vigorous
enforcement by the present Adminis
tration of the statutes against re
bates and discriminations, as a re-
( Continued on page 2.)
HEGROESSEE BRYAN
Claim They arc Smtpfied With
His Replies at Inttn icw.
NEGROES TO HOLD OFFICE
Told Hl CaRre That Itehdkrgw of
Negro Ilrtfmrata Wa an (Vat
ragt Said lie Would Not Veto
1UI1 to ftHsMtate Necro ftoldtee.
Told Thesa That Ilepablleasta Had
Hlmn Them little !lrroii(ka.
Omfreence 1 Called.
New York World.)
Bishop Alexander Walters, of the
Methodist Zlon Church, receired
yesterday the report of a committee
of negro clergymen and educators
who called on William J. Bryan a
few days ago to ascertain his views
and attitude toward their race. So
satisfactory were his replies consid
ered that an organized bolt of ne
groes from the Republican party is
being organized and open affiliation
with the Democracy arranged.
A committee is now in Denver en
deavoring to have a plank favorable
to the race inserted in the Demo
cratic platform. Bishop Walters is
arranging for a convention of lead
ing colored men from various States
to meet some time during July at
Atlantic City to formulate definite
plans for political action.
The formal report, after describ
ing the call upon Mr. Bryan and the
preliminary talk, says:
"We stated to Mr. Bryan that
there were three things about which
the negroes were immensely inter
ested :
"First What would be the atti
tude of a Democratic administration
respecting the restoriag of the three
companies of the Twenty-fifth infan
try, discharged without honor by or
der of the President?
"Second What would be the at
titude of the Democratic party to
ward affecting public sentiment so
that the negro might enjoy the ben
efit of the ballot in Southern States,
and we might, at least, have a fair
and honest administration of the
laws that now disfranchise the negro
in toto?
"Third That a Democratic ad
ministration would do nothing to
make conditions worse for the negro
than they now are, so that the negro
would lose nothing in the way of
employment in the service of the
Federal government.
Bryan's Answers.
'Mr. Bryan, answering, said that
as to conditions affecting the ballot
he was not free to discuss.
'As to the appointment of ne
groes, they had received by way of
appointments from the Republicans
very little. His policy would be to
give the negro such recognition as
he was fairly entitled to. Personally
he believed competent and qualified
negroes should be appointed and
given recognition along with other
citizens of the country, and where
they support the Democratic ticket
should be taken Into account.
'Mr. Bryan said that he regarded
the discharge of the negro soldiers
without honor as an outrage; that if
the men were guilty they should be
punished In the regular way by
court-martial or trial by civil courts.
as every citizen, black or white,
ought to have a fair trial before he
is punished in any way.
'The committee said the negro
race had further complaint to make.
and that was that the President had
declared that If the bill pending in
Congress to reinstate the battalion
was passed he would veto it, and if
passed over his veto he would refuse
to enforce It. We asked If Mr. Bryan
would give us assurance as to what
his attitude would be in the event of
his being elected President and such
a bill was passed, and, further, if
the President had the authority to
reinstate this black battalion, would
he be disposed to act in the matter.
Would Enforce Law.
"Mr. Bryan replied that any man
elected President would have to take
the oath of office to uphold the Con
stitution and enforce the laws, and
if he was elected President and such
a law was passed he would not hesi
tate to enforce it.
"As to reinstating the negro sol;
diers, Mr. Bryan could not say, for
he did not know what his power
would be. But if the men were not
proved guilty, then the President
should do all in his power to undo
the wrong that had been put upon
them.
"Mr. Bryan agreed with us that
he would let the Southern question
alone, and turn off any question that
may be asked having reference to
the race question, and he would in
his speeches refer in a well-meaning
way to the duty of the President to
enforce the laws passed by Congress,
so we negroes could show what it
meant to enforce the law to rein
state our soldiers.
"He thought the campaign meth
od of the Republican party an insult
to the negro, and pointed out how
friendly he had always been to our
race."
Will Meet to Plan Campaign.
The revolt of negroes from the
Republican party had Its inception
at Chicago Immediately after the Re
publican convention. Bishop Wal
tt. wlfeo H tr4 ef Ik K T
dio f his fiurta. tt UMtf mrt'
It pixX la It ertel. lie i4
jetrday.
"Itt New T. N imrmt, Ct
feftkst, RkS tslMi lUwf,
Mr?l4. Wet Vlrttata, OUa. K
larky. lct4U& s4 !UiU say e
4Tfeto startle of l eokre4 A.m
tto-atv the defeat of Mr. Tsit. for la
ruh of tfeo gtslee tfce tco fcoJU
th baUts-r of pomt.
Ta ftiBs!uc ttlec at At
Untie City ts aot to drtnlae
whether UI lroft tfc iWtiw'
traUc bumlaee. That ha ba 4
cUed already by tte actloa of the
rare leaders la Chtcaco tmtsotilatttr
after the !tnabllcn cosveuoa la
seadlac a delegation to eosafef with
Mr. Hrya? aad by the repoct Jl r
cetved from them. At AtUaUc City
we shall pUe a ratajiaitfit The
negro vote already Is dv4-4. mni
I am sore that a sarprUiac nmbf
will go with the Democratic party.
UUhop Walters ha received Jl
ttra pledsiBf support froia tnr
prominent men of his rare, tcclod
Inc BUhop 3. 8. Caldwell, of Phlla
drlphta; W. K. I). Dultota. of At
lanta, treasurer of Tukege lutt-
tute; Dr. L. G. Jordan, of LhiU-
vllle; W. II. Coffey, of Philadelphia,
wcreiary of the Chsrch Este&aloa
Society, and G. C. Clement, of Salts-
bury. N. C. editor of the Star of
Zlon.
IlKMmiUTIC PLATtmitM.
Justice SIk'wk Some of the Many !-
ronltekfiMi of IW-murratlc INJlry
Adted at Oiartotte Hw tlx
Democrats Have Cheesed Indae
trie in This State.
I said last week that 1 thought 1
would notice the Democratic plat
form a little this week, which I shall
do. But before I begin 1 want to
tell your readers that this instru
ment was carefully drawn, the evi
dent intention being to mislead th
people and Rive them a fellng of
fancied security while they were be
ing really seriously Injured.
This platform Is too long to be
discussed in coacplete detail, so I
fehall take only a few sections and
point out what I think are soid of
the misleading statements In It and
your readers can Judge the ret by
these.
Let us take, for Instance, the very
first paragraph of this platform:
"The Democracy of North Caro
lina In convention assembled re
affirms its allegiance to the cardinal
principles of true Democratic gov
ernment, and oongrstulates the peo
ple upon the wise, the progressive
and the economlcsl conduct of pub
lic sffairs since Its restoration to
power In this State."
The word Democracy is composed
of two words which mean "the peo
ple govern." and the most vital prin
ciple of that assertion is, according
to Thomas Jefferson, that the nation
should do nothing that the State can
do, the State should do nothing the
county can do and the county do
nothing the individual can do; that
local self-government should be the
central Idea and protected under all
circumstances, yet pledging them
selves to this principle right here In
Forsyth County this same party de
nies to our people the right to elect
our Justices of the peace, but on the
contrary uses these offices to be be
stowed as rewards for political ac
tivity. Yet it is an office that if the
closest and most important to the
people. We have a road supervisor
who has charge of the road fund in
each township and the people of
each township should certainly know
who is best suited for that office, yet
under the law passed by the last
Legislature the selection of this offi
cer is not left to the people of esch
township, but left to the entire
county. That is, Belews Creek says
who shall be supervisor In Clem
monsvllle township and Clemmons-
vllle in Belews Creek. Yet there is
not one voter in a hundred of either
township that passes over the roads
in the other township once a year.
One other illustration and I will quit
this part of this paragraph. We
bave just had a prohibition election
where the Idea of local self-government
was entirely ignored- For In
stance, the five adjoining counties of
Yadkin. Wilkes. Alleghany, Surry
and Stokes, in which there was not
a single distillery or bar-room, voted
wet, yet they are not allowed to be
controlled by their own votes, but
must remain dry because Cherokee,
Currituck and other counties of the
State say so; that Is. these counties
are controled not by their own citi
zens, but by others not one in a
thousand of whom ever have or ever
will set foot in these counties. Bnt
the closing sentence speaks of "the
economical conduct of public af
fairs." No comment on this is
needed. All we have to do is to ex
amine the Auditor's report and we
will find that the expenses of run
ning the State are now more than
double what they were under Gov
ernor RusselL I make this assertion
and dare the Democratic papers to
publish the figures, and if they don't
do it I think I wilL
The next paragraph or part of a
paragraph that I will notice is this:
A stable government has In
spired confidence. . Local improve
ments are pushed with vigor. Good
schools and good roads are no longer
a dream, but are growing realities.
State institutions have been man
aged with credit and without scan
dal. The record is un marred by of-
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