The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-03
AREPUBLECAN'S VIEWS.
TIE ELECTION BILL DAMNABLE'
From Richmond Dis2atcb.)

Immediately proceeded TO Jump INTO
the Infamous Lodge election Dill.
lie pronounced the measure Z most
damnable attempt to stir up strife
and bloodshed in the fair Southland
There were. Dir. Ewart, declared,
many Republicans in the House VINO
despised the bill but yet they are
such arrant towards and so afraid OF
The party lash in the hands Of their
master that they did not have the
manhood to vote according to their
honest convictions.
Mr.. Ewart then paid some atten-
ton to Mr.. Lodge, who, he SAID Was
a !glittering success as q ciVlI-ser~
wee reformer, anC yet he got more
Offices for his constituents than any
man in the Massachusetts, delegation.
Referring to the carpet-bag rule ~
tie South st after the war MI
Ewart said that the South was then
oyerrun with the most Infamous and
thieving gangs that ever infested any
section. lie drew d beautiful pict0Te
Of the present prosperity OF the
South and compared it with the dark
days just after the war when the
thieves and plunderers were RAINING
riot
The negro problem, Mr.. Ewart
said, was a sentimental piece o.
hosh that be was tired of. There
was no negro problem. The negroes
were getting along very well. They
were amassing property, and there
was 10 fraud or violence in North
| Carolina. Elections were as fair
there as in any State in the Union,
and every man, white or black, could
vote at his own sweet will. Mr.
Ewart also tcld Lodge and the other
| Republicans who know nothing OF
southern affairs because they have
never visited that section that there
were thousands and thousands Of
negroes in the S nth who were voting
the Democratic ticket. This was be
cause tic Republicans had violated
their pledges to the negro. The
Chicago platform pledged itself TO
The passage Of the Blair bill, yet the
Re; ublican Senate had stifed the
uii. Hayes in 1877, in order to Sc
cure the presidency, abandoned the
negro to his fate.
EIr. Ewart rext. told how the pro
lection sentiment had been growing
in the South, but the Republican
leaders row proposed to pass a law
that would prevent the southern Re-
publicans from making any Roadway
whatever. He then, section by sec
ton. showed what an unwise meas
ure the bill was and how 1t would
stir up strife and bloodshed. Pass
this bill, Mr.. Ewart insisted, and the
white vote, which he claimed was
now beginning to divide in theSouth
would be once more solid;fied
Northern capital that is beginning tC
flow into the South would stop.
One of the finest points made By
Mr.. Ewart, and which seemed tC
stun the republicans was when he
explained how in many sections OF
the South it would be impossible tC
get any one but negroes to serve as
supervisors and deputy marshals. L
was asking these people to do more
than tho brayest soldiers would care
to undertake. 1t would naturally
incense the whites and they woalC
not stand 1t.
Carrying the point home 10 The
northern Republicans the North Car
Gilman wanted to know how many
Republicans could &c elected il
Michigan, Wisconsin,, and Ohio i
negro supervisors were to be Gp'
pointed to conduct those elections
Not a Republican candidate coulC
be elected under such circumstance
in those States.
To prove that elections were fai
in North Carolina, MIR, Ewart sal(
that his State--a southern State a
! that-had managed to send up a
many Republican members Of thi
House as the great State OF Indiana
This was powerful trutN, that mad
the Democrats laugh and caused to-
Republicans to turn awav, for tn
) force of the comparison was too gTea
; not to have decided effect even on tn
South-hating Republicans Of til
North.
Mr.. Ewart further claimed tina
; North Carolina and the whole SoutI
would increase the Republical
strength in the House if they wou(i
: be Jet alone. Becoming very satirica
the gentleman from the Ashevill
district said that when the SoutI
Sent fifty Republican membevs to tn
House, probably they would get
) craftsmanship Of some committe
more Important than Expenditure
, IN the Post Office Department. (Tha
is the only Craftsmanship the Soat
has and Mr.. Brewer holds that
To increase thcRepublican strengt
t in the South 1Gr. L 9art declare;
I next that the northern leaders mus
pass the education bill and remov
every vestige OF the tobacco taxes
lie scored the leaders unmerclfull
2 for their violations Of the party plat
forms in regard TO these two ques
, tons. They pretended to care 70
the southern Republicans, az
wanted to do something, they sale
but to pass the Lodge bill would b
g giving the southern Republicans
stone when they asked for breat