The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-10-16
RESULTS of A REPUBLICAN LEGIs
LATURE.

Ex-Governor Jarvis is not an
alarmist. He has never been consid-
cred either brilliant man or an elo-
quent orator, but the people have al
ways trusted his level head. He is
cool, clear thinker who rarely makes
a mistake. Therefore the people have
confidence in him and bis words carry
weight. In his address to the people
of Winston last week he told them of
the serious hurt that will be done to
North Carolina should the Republi-
cans capture the legislature. We shall
try to follow his line of thought.
The legislature that is to meet next
January has two important duties to
perform. 1t must elect a United
States Senator to succeed Vance and
it must re-district the State.
If the people of Forsyth county
send Reynolds and Lineback to the
legislature they will vote with their
party. They may be men you like,
but they are Republicans and they
will vote for Republican measures.
They will vote against Senator Vance.
They will vote to send some man like
"reliable" Eaves, or Mott or Russell
to Washington to represent North
Carolina in the seat which has been
so ably end faithfully filed by the
best and wisest legislator that God
ever gave to North Carolina-honest
Zeb Vance.
Do you want this to happen? If
not, be sure that you help to defeat
Reynolds and Lineback.
While the defeat of Vance would be
a calamity, it is by no means the
greatest harm that a Republican leg
islature could do the State. The next
legislature is to divide the State into
senatorial, judicial and congressional
districts. Ifthe Republicans have
majority they will go arrange these
districts that they will control every
legislature for years to come; will
elect Republican judges and solicitors
in the east, and will send a majority of
Repu blican congressman to Wash
ington.
If they control the legislature, for
years we will see many negroes COM
ing as representatives from the east
ern counties, probably a negro speak
er and possibly negro U. S. Senator
The county government system will be
abolished and in the east the ajority
of magistrates who dispense the law
to their fellow men will be negroes
who want the office for the fees they
can make out of It. In the west we
may have respectable white magis-
trates but it is doubtful. We can't
afford to run the risk. Mr.. Lineback
and Mr.. Reynolds are both in favor
of abolishing the county government
system and say so on the stump. That
means that they are in favor of put
ting negro magistrates over the people
in eastern North Carolina.
If the judicial districts are so ar
ranged as to give the Republicans
majority in the east, the negroes will
claim the Offices and egrojudges and
solicitors will be elected. Then, un-
der our system of rotation, these judges
will hold court in every county in the
State. Thus, if the Republicans get
control of our legislature it is not only
possible but indeed very probable that
a negro judge will sit in the court
house of Forsyth county and deal out
justice CD to the white men of this
If the congressional districts are
gerrymandered by the Republicans
the Fifth district will be hopelessly Re
publican. The respectable men, both
white end colored, have seen enough
Of John Brewer to disgust them with
Congressman in this dis
trict. We want no more of them.
These, then, are the calamaties that
bid fair to befal our people if the Re-
publicans capture the legislature.
With such effects in plain view. the
people should never permit them.
Jno. Reynolds and Edgar Lineback
nay say that they are not in favor of
negro judges but they will abide by
he action of their party. Their par
y will certaialy try to keep itself in
power by making every district Re-
publican and if they succeed in doing
his, there will be negro judges
Let the true men of this county
end Fulton and Sheppard to the leg.
They will be faithful to the
,eople and true to the best interests
f North Carolina.
While party ties are universally
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