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THE HERALD ZS THX . BEST ABYIRT1SINB liEDIUU cr rni SXQrrx TOUX Job Printing --" , TO . THE HERALD OFFICE. Flrst-Clui fork it LoTest Prico. rraoon jectioi VOL XV NO. 8. MORGAOTON, N. C . THURSDAY, MAT 17. 1900. 01 a Year, in Advance- eo ' 5 4000000000000 IB D Denounces His Attempt To Take Crawford's Seat by. Fraud THE DUKE HAS A RECORD. Tic 6rrMf Sa I wesU Set Is So fu4 by Tctriy u ia Pi Ceestitsests frus tie fars ef Uc Dana:a," Crternor RcmIl la aa la t err lew ljt rl. 2yei Rlcita.ni Pearson, ti U sttexptlsg to defraad Centre. traa Crawford rut of his srat la the kr branch of Coagreta. CT. t.ror Riusel vji dleotaicg the tri n Republican State convention, t-3 he enjeated to roake public k! r-rr seated stew at to lie Dak of Ku&n:o&J. who U contesting the elee t.vo of Mr. Crawfcrd. and whom Re- t j'a:: ans a well aj DemocraU admll ht cot thc!Ightet Jat grounds for Tb- Gorersor openly cdarges Pear a with attempting to ateal Coagre&s- nin Crawford's seat, wilch ht e t J rax- teriaes aa "contemplated larceny." Ills Excellency has seen the hand writing co th wall, and he aaka: "What U the use of oar making the jtrrat Issue as to honesty in elections If tur party should perpetuate such a ftaaJ aa tbU? Iar?on. it will be remembered, waa chairman of the platform commit tee li the Republican State convention and he It waa who warded the resolo tkn relative to tie Sute administra tion, which ignored the Cot e mar. The expjure and denunciation cf IVartoa., coming aa It doea from the ban mho bo! da the highest See with in the gift of the party In the Sute. will doubtless hare lt effect In Wash tscton before a Republican Congress. Uttle Richard will hire to return to Sis home In Buncombe. "The Governor said: Pejnon'i attempt to steal the Ninth riutrict doej net hurt hla reputation. It oIy sustains It.. But the late Re publican convention, la permitting Pearara to smuggle throujh a resolu tion commending himself and hlj coa- ru ui ior d iact pertiapa that most, of the convention did not know it was In the platform would have disgraced the Republican party of North Caroli na. Here we are In North Caro'ln charting truthfully that the Democrat are sweeping, thlagi by f jrce and fraud. ma mer nave put upon ua aa election law that la aaeaaec taaa ta CobJ vAv.Ury. the 5 (ate convention mrii; it arp ttt a committee oa resolutions and p'.atfom. Pearson schemes to gt hl!Er;f at the bead of the committee. He Ci the resolntlosa. Mriativ i! cse hkh exuls himself, and coo doaa hi contemplated larceny. And tta what a sighl for the coda! A pfa;farm d-cotjnclnf fraad and demacd lax h:ftrt,ty th! pUtform prepared and r rrt r.i aiil ta ius .uli. e?crt toaard toe dramatic) by a man ho baa b-en and H now and waat that moment making the aupreme ef fort cf hU life to dlafranchiae by balj fraud all the Totera cf the city of Aahe . and to ateal a aet In Cobitih hr rnvthai aohataatlatly aa lawte.4 ani Jperate aa thcae which are known of U n-.ea to prevail la the aca-auffrat 5;att. "Hat. Gorerncr. rearsoa eipecU 1 1 Kvaie it by a party vote on the around that he la a BLraJrM RfpuhUean." Oj. yea; of courae. m farty politics are coming to that, are they? Stand P fcr any TlllaJny, no matter what, if they caU It a party matter. Law, right. h nety. decency, equity. Justice, all to le ditched to put la a contestant be came be premise j to be a Republican. When did this man ret to be a Republi can Those cf oa of the old guard wbo stood by the party la the daya of ita defeat and weakneaa. when none f cj believed we could live to aee it la Yow'er. have cot forgotten this man career. HLs father was a Whig, a Un ion man. an latreptd Judre la the days of secession and war. and a Republican The present Feareon. because cf his father's merits, rot ofice and remala- ed Republican aa lose aa his father 11 v ed and the oCce Lasted. The oSce failed, the father died, the Republican party got beat and Pearson turned Democrat. Like ether apoitates be tri ed i t wipe away tile past by extrem senility to the present He joined In rlwe communion with the politician? who hated his father, pursued him with relentless rancor and bounded him to hU grave. Oat be did not get his e i pec ted pay from the Democrats. They were strong enough not to neel him and proud enough not to want him. Then be began to plot against them and got Into Congress by running aa an Independent. After bis election Congress be denied that be was a Republican, saying be carried bis poll Mr under bis bat. When he became rattened that the Republicans were vrong enough to win. be got out from 'snder bis bat and went to sneering at the men who. through sll the years of West, without the hope of reward, bad fallowed the party Cag. "The truth is. be was fairly beaten. His real complaint Is that be dldnt get Totes enough. Ths plain men of the mountains have bad enough of him. They know that he has noihlng ia common wltj them no sympathy with, their struggles, their labors or their wants. They don "t care to be rep resented by a man who. as they know, mould not willingly sacrifice the mint in his morning julip to save them and theirs from the pangs of the damned." "Do other Republicans. Governor, t'-iink about Pearson as yon do?" Tcs; Col. Lask and Mr. Saiathers think about Ills contest Jost as I do. Taey say that Crawford ought to want Pearson seated because It means a. eep for Crawford next November. They think It Is worse than that. It means the loss to as cf many seats In the legislature. What Is the txse of our making the great Issue as to bon- y In elections If our own party chou! J perpetuate such a fraud as this? xvby. Just think of It! The whole rote f the city of Asheville Is to be flung la the ditch because a colored man arrested for perjury committed taring the contest, locsj after the elec tion! Why not throw out the whole vite cf Buncombe county? And as to 'hat. why tot all the Democratic rotes n the district? Every voter In the preeinct cr South WsynesrlUe Is to be 1 t'.ifranchlaed on the excuse that Close j of rhem who were newly registered ; were registered three cr four naadred feet from the spot where the polla were hAld. every body having a fair chance to register and nobody defrauded or prejudiced by the failure to have the books oa the very spot where the polls re held. And as for the great body oc those registered la p rev loos years, no Irregular!: eves charged! And with this sort of a record upon as. we are to go around ranting about Demo. era tic frand! "An ounce f civet, good apothecary. to seeetea the stink! The oalpclnt of law that 'reaches and la worth consider! tr la Pearson's case Is this: He says that the Demo cratic Seaate la 1SW. 4a order to an seat Republicans and Populists, reject ed the precinct of Monteauma la Mitch ell county became the register did not keep cpen bis be oil at the time and place required by law. Now, says Pearson, the Democrats made this pre. cedent. Let the Natlonil House etick to It. Then the precincts la South Wayxesville In Haywood and Marble In Cherokee mast be rejected. By re jecting these precincts Pearson gets a net gala of SIS TO'.es. This would lack only fcur of electing him. These four can be got by Haling that Crawford bought them. Perish the thought that Pearson wou'J buy! Now the fact of a register booking voters at a time and place different from that fixed by law would never vitiate the entire poll, nor even the particular rtes thus improp erly 'booked' If the statute Is merely directory as to the time and place. In the absence cf fraud the rotes would be counted. This Is the law as the courts have often held. But Pearson can plausibly perhaps correcUy con tend that cur law of 1S5 la mandatory as to the time and place of registration because It uses negative words prohib iting registration at any other time or any other place. The House commit tee (Mr. Drlscol. cf New Tork. and all the Democrats dissenting) takes this view. It Is technical. There la no mer. it In It. As to Pearson. It ehows him up Is trying to get himself IN by dis franchising honest Toters. "But at dry law the point makes per haps a colorable contention. As put by Pears:n's cousseL It la that at these precincts all the VOTERS were unlaw, fully registered and all of them most be rejected net on the Idea of reject ing the poll or return, but of rejecting ibe Individual voters because each and every one of them voted without being lawfully regtitcred. Now. right here the committee haa made a monstrous Uulm. Taa rweord dnmm ' not afaow. nor is It. aa 1 am Informed, a fact, that there was a NEW REGISTRATION la my of these three precincts. Under oar sets of IS3S and 1&)7 no new regis tration was required except la special eaaea when ordered by the county au thorities. "It sppeaxs aSrmatlvely by the re cord, page 212. that at Souta Wayaee vllie they only registered the new vot er. All the rest were already regis tered under the registration cf 1S9C So Pearson's pclat utterly falls. The bad registration only goes to these particu lar voters who were unlawfully regis tered. The election was held, regular In form: the returns were regularly made. Under the general unwritten law all presumptioas are la fsvor of their validity, and by the express terms of ear sett of 1S53. section 12. the reg Isrratica book Is presumptive evldeace cf Its regularity and Its rightfulness. It was Incumbent on the contestant to show the number cf votes that were unlawfully registered sad to ahow that they voted against bim. He shows nothing of the scrt. He simply shows thst some voters perhaps a small fraction cf the totil were Improperly regUtered. By this be gets the com taktre to think that ALL. the voters la the precinct were unlawfully register ed: whereas tne trutn is coat oaiy an Insignificant number were unlawfully registered, and so far as the evldtnce goes, all of THEM cay have voted for Pearson.; The committee have simply beea muled as to the facts. These corn Detent and boo eat lawyers would not hsve signed that majority report if they had understood the facts in tne record." Raleigh Post ? AN EMINENT LAWYER Estire'y fcaws Tkaf Ike Asuslsust U CeastitstiersL BT JOSEPHCS DANIELS. New Orleans. La- Special. I spent much of one morning talking with Ilea. EL B. Kruttschnltt, one of the foremost lawyers of the South and leader of the New Orleans bar. dis cussing the "Constitutional Amend, ment of this Stile, which In its main provision is similar to the North Car olina amendment. HIa views on the wisdom "std constitutionality of the amendment are given below: "I believe that the-suffrage clause of the Louisiana ConatltaUon la perfectly valid, because it docs not deprive any cne of the right to vote on account of race, color or previous condi-on of servitude. The ouaiincauon oi voiera i- .m state are to-day educational or property In the alternative, coupled ith th nroner amount oi r. f tha vear 1900. TZUS Jfl cue rujr i .li mnoDi. white or . black. The convention did not deprive anyone of the right to TOte by reason or race. color or previous condition oi servi tude but did provide that certain TOt '.iradr entitled to the right of auffrage should not be deprived of that riiht nrovided tney regwerea uu y. before September 1st, 198. for the purpose of preserving tne ngnu m class of voters, wnose na tKn uifd. were the sons and grand sons of suffragans of January 1st, 1MT. On that date the negro was allowed to rote under the laws oi ai States In the Union. The sons or rrandsens of negroes, who were aa- lowed to ote in "l .Y. named, on January a. v .I- t r rlater under section 5 of the suffrage scheme of the ItiUUna con vention. Between jbw uu only was Intermarriage between the races lawful, but all Megtf marriages contracted between ths races prior to JSCS, were validated cy "" that year. Hence, man .i v mixed race Were entitled to re rater under section S, The acknowledged legitimate colored child of a white father who was able la vste en Jsa cary lit, its?, tiAi.i also. In toy oplhlcfi, bare registered uhder the same section.. Hence the excepted class was not one so eoaatltsi4 as to admit all white men and exclude all negroes, but so ss to admit some white men. and to exclude some ne groes. I may maintain, as a matter of fact that cults a number of mulat toes did register In this city under the provisions of section. 8 (the grand father clause.) I always believed that it was competent for A State . to pre scribe qualifications which would rule out the vast mast of negroes, provided the ground of exclusion was not one which necesaarr.y excluded all ne groes. and I believe that the tight of the Sute Is still stronger If a class of preferred voters, the large majority of which happens to be white, do cot constitute the bulk of the electorate. In this Etste there were registered on January 1st, ltit. 144.000 white Toters and 130.000 colored voters. The reg istration was at that date probably fuller and more accurate than It bad been for many year la this State, be cause the Sute political campaign In the spring of ISM bsd been more ac tire, and Involved more of a contest than had existed Is the.State for many years. I. therefore, believe these figures to be as accurate as any that could be found. Of the white voters 123.C03 wrote their names, and 23,371 made their marks. Of the colored voters. 32.S0S wrote their names, and made their marks. The records, st the office of the Secretary of State, 111 ahow that somewhat less thsn 36.500 toters availed themselves of the rights accorded by section S (tht grandfather clause), cf the suffrage scheme of the constitution. It Is a well known fact that not only la the country parishes, bat In the city oi New Orleans, many persons who did not need to avail themselves of sec tion 5. did register tinder its provis ions In order to set an example to in duce their illiterate neighbors to do so. This was done, for the reason thst the Illiterates ahowed an India position to come forward and confesa the fact that they could not comply with the general provisions of the con atitutlon. For this reason many lead era came forward and registered. In some parts of the Sute this course was urged by printed or written cir culars or newspaper articles. It la Impossible to get statistics oa thl: subject, but I feel certain that thi number of voters wbo availed them selves of the provisions of section I (the grandfather clause), waa below the number of white voters who madt their marks when they registers prior to January 1st, 1897. or less thar aay 28.000. I believe that It la per fectly competent for the Sute to con fer suffrage as an honor upon a select class la the community, whatever th ground of the selection msy be, or tc refrain from taking away a pre-exist lag right of auffrage from a like class because the proalblUoa of the eoajti tutlon Is not against the granting of the right of auffrage, but against the deprivation of that right., I. there fore, believe that It Is competent for a Sute whilst fixing general limita tions upon the right of suffrage, which IlmiUllocs shall spply to all men. white and black, and which limita tions ere not unreasonable la them selves, to also conftitute a special class to whom the right cf suffrage may be given, or in whose farcr a pre existing right may be reserved, whilst It is taken away from others. Thus. I do not doubt, however, repugnant It may be to our American Ideas, thst It Is perfectly competent for the Sute to provide JJiat no man. whose an cestors served In the Revolutionary War. shall ever be deprived of the light of auffrage: that no man. whose father, or grandfather ever served In the Confederate Army, shall be de prived of the right of suffrage: that no man, whose father, or grandfather ever served In the State Legislature. shall ever be deprived of the right of auffrage. etc It may well be. u.at not a single negro will be granted tho benefit of this saving clause; but no negro Is cVprlred cf the right of suf frage by the saving clause. I do net think thst the Sute stretches the principles, for which I above contend. to aay very great extent. If she ex tends such a right only to the children and grandchildren of thoae who were suffrsgans for so many generations back that the public conscience re- n''s st the Idea of depriving them, or their descendants of a right which is viewed by all Americans as a vested one. In practice, when It has once been acquired, although we may the orize and aay that suffrage is a privi lege, and not a right." Later I will give Mr. Kruttschnitts view and the opinion of other leading men as to the practical operations of the amendment aa seen in the election fh this city In November 189 and la the SUte election In April of this year. In 1U practical workings. It has elimi nated the negro as a political factor, and brought peace, good government and friendly relations to this long dls- traded State. I will have nan a ooa- . . . .V. 1 en articles snowing w t-.i-n operations of the amendment In city, town and country, but thought well to Introduce the series by publishing the views of the treat lawyer who pre- sdeld over "the convention that formu lated the plan. YOU DON'T KNOW. Hsndy Hairolfts. The bslrpin deserves to be classed among the grest Inventions of tne world. It Is a woman's best friend It fits a multiplicity of uses and she Is never without one. A man makes the observation that If a woman bo i tons uer snoes or scr gloves she uses ajialrpln. If a nickel drops between the bars of a wooden foot grate In the street car. out comes the hairpin, and the coin Is lifted out without much trouble. If ber shswl pin Is lost, where so good a substitute aa the hairpin? It la a hairpin with which she marks ber progress In ber fsvorlte book; If a trunk key Is missing the hairpin opens the refractory lock as neatly as a burglar's skeleton key would, and with It she clesnscs ber finger nails. The feaU of hair aecuring that she will make a single bowlegged balrpld accomplish nearly surpasses the belief of man, and as a substitute for a miss ing hstpln nothing better csn be found than a "straightened out" hairpin. A charter has been issued to the WUllamaton Cotton Mills, of Wil liams ton. Anderson county. Mr. Ceo. W. Sullivan is the president and treas urer of the compnny. Strait leaisal Wfey trpsblicass Sbssli S ipfi fl Ike A m isdaesl Raleigh SUte Jotirnal (Republican). Editor Hunt, of the Rutherford tod Press. A Republican paper published at oar old home la very much decern ed about oar position oa the Amend menL Brother flunt. we" always bit square from the shoulder and never below the belL The State Journal Is what it claims to be. and Instead of being run as a Democratic annex and truckling to DemocraU for support Ls trying to prevent the Republican party from continuing to be a negro annex and truckling to negro support. We wish you Were doing the same. Bro. Hunt, we art s:rry yod believe opposing ne gro rule Is Democratic principles only. You may think continuing to shoulder the great mass of Ignorant negro rotes of the tut la Republicanism we do not. You may think to continue with such a load the party csn be success ful we do not. The past and present of this snd every other Southern State sustains us. What bus til eg you? The East at one time a fertile field for Re publicanism, bow as barren aa tha ereat Sahara desert. Why ls this so? The only answer, negro. Contrast the West with the Eaat and you have the answer negro. Ask the thousands of white Republicans of the East why they quit the party. The answer will be negro. The few Republicans that are left In the East, who are not hold ing office are telling you it la the ne gra Twenty-five years of defeat for Re publicanism In this snd every other Southern SUte not so In Northern, New England and .Western States. Why Is this so? Negro. With thes Uvlng facts snd nncoatroverted test! -nony staring us in the face, why not lo something? We have to some ex cnt witnessed Eastern conditions, you hare not. Your editorial can be an swered In three words. You don't know. Brother Hunt, you are honest and J nee re and a true patriotic Republican nd from your Western borne every- hrng looks very nice, but the trouble you look at the West alone, and not it the East. After considerable comment Mr, lunt refers to us as follows: "But we are sorry, because Mr. Al- n U a native of old Rutherford coun ty, the home of true Republicanism, iescended from pure, died in the wool tepuMican etck, and educated to be lieve In and advocate the true prlnci ilea of Republlanlsm thst guarantee to very citizen liberty, freedom and equal ighU and privilegea. civil and politl- aL We are sorry to see friend Allen 'epart from ths faith of his ancestors nd life long political associates." Brother Hcnt, would such a Repuh 'can take a position except what be conceived to be for the beat Interest of "republicanism? If three years of such esple cf the East Irrespective cf par vould It do with you living as you do n a county with but few negroes and rom a township two to one Republican tad not a negro vce la It? Yet. young nan. we have battled beneath the sun shine and the abide from the daya of Grant until now for the grand old par ty, that Its principle- might lire and become firmly rooted la North Carolina and in Ita perpetuation the names of our ancestors and lifelong associates might be honored. We do not want to tee tbe name Republican become a by word and stench In the nostrils of all honest white men la the State. We do not .want to aee It go down to defeat for the next twenty-fire years as It has done for tbe last twenty-five; we want to aee 1U ranks repleted by Intel, llgent white men la the East and tbe business element of the SUte Instead of being run aad dominated by the ig nore nt negro. In words similar to Horace Greely. we say, come East, young man. come East. We believe Republican principle aro of more Importance than the vote of the Ignorant negro. But If the Inter cut of the Republican party wa not at stake we would still, favor th? Amendment In the Interest cf tbe white experience turns our stomach what ty and for the Industrial growth and Improvement of our Stale. Yes. Brother Hunt, tbe Democrats cry negro, and they cry It effectually, snd will continue to do so ss long ne groes hold Important 'Federal, Congres sional, and county poaltlona and run Republican conventions. Ycu say "the very fact that weak and cowardly Re publicans ere scared and Intimidated by this cry cf negro accounu for there being so few Republicans in the East ern counties." Is It the cry, or actual facts? Is the cry the truth. Brother Hunt, without referring to Eastern and SUte conventions, we will give you a few samples, also refer you to ex trscU from Coxs letter In this Issue. Geo. White, a negro. represenU the Second Congressional district In Con gress; by this negro postmasters have been appointed at Wilson. Halifax. ML Olive, Mealy, Kltrell. Williamsburg. Middleburg. and In many other polnu In the East Within the" last three years Vance and several other counties have bad negro registers or deeds ana other negro officials-. lu Craven there were 28 negro magis trates, 13 -negro school committeemen, ; negro deputy sheriffs, 1 county com missioner. 1 Jailor. 2 consubles, 1 reg ister of deeds, 2 deputy register of deeds, and 1 coroner. We can not give space to enumerate all the counties; we give this as a sample. -The same con ditions prevail more or less In many other counties. Go into the. revenue office located la the Federal building in the city of Raleigh and you will find five colored men holding Important and responsi ble poaltlona with good salaries. Go to Wilmington, tne largest eeapori town In the State and a colored man ls collector of customs. Bro. Hunt, do you think It Is the cry of negro or the sight that scares and intimidates 7 we ask you (honestly, do you think this ls right? We ask you again, suppose the same conditions prevailed In Ruther ford county, would there be any white Republicans there? We ask you again, with a free and antra mmeled rote and honest elections In the East can this state of affairs be prevented? Answer me plainly and candidly and do not dodge behind the scarecrows of the ne gro dudts of the towns, tne poor, itin erate white man or the 15th amend ment to the Federal Constitution? Again. If J. V. McFarland. in your county, had appointed a negro deputy sheriff, or T. C Smith a deputy in the clerk's office ae was In Wake, what would the Republican party bare been la Rutherford? . Did you not even have a foretaste of the negro In the last campaign when be put up a ticket la your county? Ev en the editor of this paper was called borne to help you get them to Uke it down. Do you believe they would bare done so If they bad had a majority of negro rotes behind them? II lift BRYAN NOMINATED. Allen Presents Bis Naine to Wildly Cheerier Populists. But the Amendment in Louisiana Guarantees to Every White Man the ' Right to Vote. - RECENT BANKING LAW DENOUNCED.' II H PURIFIED THE POLITICS OF THE ENTIRE STATE. Elections Are Now Absolutely Fain and Even the Repub icans Admit T rut It is a Gpod Thing.. Middle "of ths Readers Nomlnrt: - Barker for President And Donnelly for Vic;-President, r't BY JOSEPH US DANIELS . New Orleans, La., Special In this city the adoption of tho constitutional amendment, similar to the one pending in North Carolina," resulted in reducing the negro rote from 14,177 tc 1,493. These are official figures, taken this morning from the books in the office of Mr. Jere M. QIea?on, State Registrar of voters for the parish ot Orleans. This fully answers tbe question as to whether the amend ment, if adopted in North Carolina, would eliminate tbe negro from politics. A reduction from 14,177 to 1,473 in the city where the negro is better educated and posseses more property than anywhere else in tbe State, is a fact that nobody can get around. The negros are said to be better educated in this city than in any other portion of the United States. The public schools here are in a high etate of efficiency.and have been open to the colored youth for more than twenty-five yeais. The number of negroes is smaller here than in most Southern cities, being in the proportion of about four whites to one negro. Here the negroes get better wages than in any other parish (all coun ties here are called parishes), and are of a higher grade of intel ligence than in the farming sections. of tbe 'State, if in this city, where the negro is superior to his brother on the sugar and cotton plantation the negro vote has "swunk" from 14,177 to 1,493, tbe proportion of shrinkage is said to be even larger in tbe rural districts. I will go to some of the country precincts later and nive the official figures. One of the best posted men I bare met in this SUte ls Hon.-Jere M. Glea son., SUte Registrar of voters for the Parish of New Orleans. I interviewed him to-day about the practical opera Uons of tbe amendment and found that It bad been a perfect success In doing three things: L Eliminating the negro. 2. Guaranteeing the right to rote to every white man. whether educated or not 3. Purifying politics. Mr. Gleason said: "In 1896 a full registratioa waa brought out by reason of the hot fight made by the DemocraU . against the fusion of all the element opposed to tbe Democratic party, and by a bitter factional fight In this city for control of the city .offices, owing to a very un satisfactory municipal administration for the preceding four years. Tbe registration in the city In that year (1836) exceeded 60,000 of which num ber 14,177 were negroes, as this Uble shows: - Registered voters, April 12th, 7.896, Psrish of Orleans. Ward. White. Colored. Total. 1.. 2 S .. 4 ., 5 .. e .. 7 .. 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2.916 5.151 2.481 3.850 2.924 3.C83 2.234 3.422 4.172 ......3.776 2.57S 1.656 1466 1,962 477 ...... 643 783 713 2,237 t54 1.021 613 1,449 270 553 914 1,100 711 522 337 1,431 483 276 . 3.629 3.620 7,35 3.335 4.871 3,437 5.132 2.501 3.9SO 5,086 4.87l! 3.283 2.17 1.501 3,393 965 919 Total 45,907 14.177 60.081 "In November 1899 the first elecUon was held under the new constitutional amendment ' Tbe total registratioa was 38,964, of which number, 1.36S were negroes, a reduction of the ne gro vote from the 1896 registration, which was the fullest known, of 12. 709. This city election showed to the whole SUte tbe value of the amend ment, and opened the way for the re sult seen In the State election held last month. The SUte election waa held on the 17th of April. Registra tion closed on the 17th of March, as the law requires t to close thirty days before the elecUon. The registration in the parish (It embraces only the 17 wards In New Orleans) for the SUte election was 38,894, of which number 1,493 were negroes. "In the elecUon only about 21.000 votes were cast, and all were for the Democratic ticket except about 2.500 which were cast for the combination opposition ticket The vote was small for two reasons: 1. It was apparent that it would be a land-slide for the Democrats, and 2. It was almost im possible to get to the polls, the entire city being under water, and almost the enUre SUte as well. The railroads were under water and some of them bare not been able to run trains unUl two or three days ago. I never saw anything before like that flood. It be gan the night before the election and such a pour down was something new for us. I left home at 6 o'clock, and voted on my way up. The voting pre cinct is two squsrea from any resi dence. It was 11:30 o'clock that moraine before I could get to my of fice so great was the flood. Men bad to I go to tne election in skuib auu cnuis, and of course, knowing that the vot ing was all one way many did not care to go to the trouble to vote." " I naked Mr. Greason as to the pro portion of illiteracy among the whites in this city and he saldr . "We have not many illiterate white people, of the tout - registration for the city election in November there were 26,713 white voters who signed their names made out their own ap plication and "883 who made their marks. Thst is to say, only 883 voters in this city registered under the grand fathers clause! Of the 1.368 negroes registering, all except twelve reg istered.' by having the educational qualification, five under tbe property qualifications, aad seven under the grandfather clause. These seven ne groes came forward ana made affi davit that their fathers or grandfath ers could vote in 1867 and no ques tion were asked. It may be that they swore falsely, but this seven were permitted to register rather than raise the issue." I next asked Mr. Gleason this ques tion: "Have any illiterate white men in New Orleans been denied the privi lege of voting because they could not read and write?" He understood the quesUon. and made this answer: None whatever. Every white man who wanU to vote Is permitted to rote. Public sentiment is such that no man In politics would attempt to throw obstacles in the way of an il literate white man's voting. Practi cally all who couldn't read and write registered under the grandfather clause in the time prescribed by law and Is on a permanent roll of qualified voters, and Is guaranteed the right to vote all his life. "No white mannone, whatever- have been disfranchised." "What has been the result of the adopUon of your new constitution on the elections I asked Mr. Gleason. Here ls bis answer: . "Elections are now absolutely fair, The most bitter enemy has been un able to substantiate a charge of the least unfairness. The opposition, af ter election were forced to say, 'We havn't a word to say.' There ls not a suspicion of unfairness about our elections. I believe that the registra tion In thla city is the cleanest of any city on the continent I was anxious also, to ascertain from Mr. Gleason whether the amend ment bad had any effect on the party primaries, and he said: "It bad a splendid effect upon the primaries of the dominant (the Demo cratic) party, men wbo hadn t gone Into a primary since the days of Re construction went into our last city primaries. They recognized that fair play would be had and that cleaner politics had followed the adoption of the amendment ' We had some bitter and close fights in some of the wards, and those who heretofore held aloot from them participated with good re sults. . J '. As to the constitutionality of the amendment, Mr. Gleason said: "There fass never been any serious suggestion of testing IU consUtuUonallty. The lily white Republican party claim they are saUsfled with it Privately, the Re publicans say that the amendment is a good thing, but publicly they can't af ford to say it" "When the amendment was first proposed, were some of the uneducat ed while people afraid it would dis franchise them?" was my next ques Uon. Mr. Gleason said: "It took two years to educate the people of Louisiana up to the point that It would not result in the disfran chisement of any white people. Now they all see ft and like it and wouldn't go back to old conditions under any circumsUnces. This is as true of the uneducated portion as of the educated portion of our population." Sioux Falls, S. D., SpecaL Bryan wis nominated by the Populist Na tional convention here by acclamation. .The committee on permanent organi zation recommended Thomas M. Pat terson, of Colorado, for permanent chairman; T. H. Curran, of Kansas; Leo Vincent, cf Colorado, and E. M. DeLsher, as permanent secretaries. Mr. Patterson briefly sketched the history of the Populist party. The speaker gave a short history of the financial legislation of Congress during the last administration of Pres ident Cleveland, and that of President McKInley. "During this controversy," he said. "the seed of the People's party, which had been sown with 1892, bejan to bear fruit That party believed then, and believes today, in the right of the peo ple to control the issue of their own currency without dictation of Wall street" Mr. Patterson said the People's party did not surrender, its rights when it nominated Mr. Bryan in 1896. "We. never could have nominated any other man," he'said. He predicted a sweeping triumph for Mr. Bryan in November, and that his election would mean that the rights of the people are advanced to a higher level than ever before. A conference of chairmen of State delegations followed to discuss th vice presidential situation. Chairman Patterson made a bitter argument against "repeating the fatal mistake of four years ago." Senator Marion Butler strongly ad vocated a nomination as essential to the welfare of the party. A comprom ise proposition was submitted by Geo. F. Washburn, of Massachusetts, who advocated the naming of several men to be presented to the Democratic Na tional Convention, any. of whom would be accepUble to the Populists. There was considerable talk about a compro mise which it was hoped would be ac cepUble to the friends of Mr. Towne, and to those who are opposed to mak ing a nomination. This compromise Is to nominate Mr. Towne and to ap point a committee to submit his name to the Democratic National Convention Mr. Towne to withdraw - in case the Democrats do not accept No conclu sion was reached. - - W. J. Bryan was put in nomination. by Senator Allen, seconded by General Weaver and others. Mr. Chairman," interrupted Sena tor Allen, amid perfect silence, "I move that the rules of this convention be suspended, and that William Jennings Bryan be nominated by acclamatioi for President of the United SUtes." As one man, the convention . aroso. Hats, canes, umbrellas, nags, were waved, amid enthusiasm, while the band played "Old Hundred." A Brvan picture was hoisted to the desk while the convention applauded frantically. Chairman Patterson an nounced the nomination unanimous. At 5.45 p. m. the convention adjourn-i ed. reject sucn aa tney oeem injurious to their interests and to recall unfaithful public servants. - . (2). We demand the public owner -hip and operation of those means of jommuni cation, transportation and production which the people may elect,' such as railroads, telegraph, and tele phone lines, coal mines, etc. . ."(3). The land, including all nat-' aral sources of wealth is a heritage of the people and should not' be monopo lized for. speculative purposes, and a tein ownership of land should be pro-, kibited. All lands now held by rail roads and other corporations In excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens ' should be re- claimed by the government and. held tor actual needs, and ail , lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed oy cne government aoTTneld for actual setUers only. "(4). A scientific and absolute pa per money, v based upon the entire wealth and poulation of the nation not redeemable in any specific commodltyj but made a full legal tender for air debts and receivable for all Uxes andf public duties and issued by the govern j ment only without the Intervention of banks, and in sufficient quanUty to meet the demands of commerce, is thd best currency that can be devised; butt until such a financial system is secured which we shall press for adoption we favor the free and unlimited coinaza or silver ana goia at tne legal ratio of 16 to 1. ' "(5). We demand the levy and col-' lection of a graduated tax on incomes and Inheritances and an constitutional amendment to secure the same if nec- "(6). we demand the election of President, Vice President Federal Judges and United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. "(7). We are opposed to trusts and declare the contention between the old . parties on the monopoly question is a sham battle, and that no solution 'of this mighty problem is possible with out the adoption of the principles of prhllc ownership of public utiliUes." . The fUddle of-tbe-Roader. Cincinnati, O., Special Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania, was nominat ed for President by the Middle-or-tne Road Populists on the 6econd ballot I. A. Park, of Kentucky, elected cnair man of the National Committee. . Following is the platform adopted. "The People's party of the United States, assembled in National Conven tion, this 10th day of May, 1900, affirm ing our unshaken belief in the cardi nal tenets of the People's party, as set torih in - tb" Omaha platiorm, ana pledging ourselves anew to continued aavocacv or tnose grana principles of human liberty until right shall tri- hmph over might and love over greed, do adopt and proclaim this declaration bf faith: - "(1). We demand the lniauve and referendum and the imperative man- rate for such onanges oi existing iun- ; amenta! and statute law as will ena- ile the people in their sovereign capac ity to propose and compel the enact- . bent of such laws as they desiro . tn Previsions Row snd Then. A laboring man with his United States rate of wages and the Brit.sh price of provis.ons a few hundred years ago would be able to live like a fighting cock. In the time of Henry I. wheat for food for 100 men for one day was worth only 23 cents, while the cost of a sheep was 8 cents. Two pullets were worth ;3 ceuts; a part ridge, or two.woodcocks, cost 3 cents; a fat lamb, 12 cents from Christmas to Shrovetide, and the rest of the year, 8 cents. . Parliament fijeed . the .price of provisions in 1313 "as follows: $12 for a fat ox; if fed1 with corn, $17,50; a shorn sheep, $1.25; two dozen eggs, 6 cents. Later on milk sold at three pints for a cent. Beef and pork were worth a cent a pound. Senator bepew's Sslsry. I asked a New York Central Railroad man the other day If he knew what salary Is paid to Senator Depew, chair man of the board. He answered promptly "Sixty thousand dollars a year." Before he retired from the presidency in favor of Mr. Callaway It was generally understood that he re ceived $50,000; "He wanted to be President of the United States," said my acquaintance, "and was ready to accept the nomination in Harrison's ear, but Cornelius Vanderbllt said that If he would drop the bee he would raise his salary to $00,000, which was $10,000 more than the President of the United States gets. You know the re sult." Victor Smith In New York Press. ..." ffae Boer and tbe Sea. Few Boers in the yioneer days had ever approached or seen the sea, and most of them had not the slightest idea of what it was like. One Boer was known to have visited the coast and seen the ocean, and he was so, aston ished by the movement of the waves and the white foaming surf that he filled a bottle from the waves to bring -home "up country" to show his friends the "live water." Upon his arrival home the "explorer" luvited his friends to come, and see the bottle uncorked, but on ponrinff the clear still salt wa ter Into a basin he was thunderstruck at its tameness and bitterly disappoint ed, exclaiming, "Good heavens! It lias died on the road; It was all alive when I bottled it" It Js announced that the French gov. ernment, looking out for a new sourc of revenue, has determind to plan' fruit trees all along the public higl .roads of France. IMCIIDH lllril lllfllll II inuuiuniv Weddinjr Fashions, A few brides of late have discarded bouauets and carried prayer books. In the summer bridesmaids held parasols and fans Instead of flowers, and now these are replaced by muffs, entirely made of flowers, with a foundation of some gossamer fabric If the brides maids are robed In white or cream, as many are, red or deep pink blooms give a pretty touch of color, but If there Is any dominant tint in the cos tume It Is reproduced In the flowers on the man", and when chrysanthemums are most used there is not much difli culty, for they are to be bad in almost every color. When that good daylight color, yel: low, is selected, mimosa and yellow roses are employed, and the shower bouquet has been succeeded by the shower muff, lilies and roses falling therefrom. The muffs are generally lined with satin, with a frill of lace round, and are suspended on a Jeweled chain, which is often presented by the bridegroom. 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