The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-28

ocratic campaign committee OF Scrtven
county shows clearly the cowardly methods
that are being adopted in that county 20
prevent blacks from voting the democratic
ticket:
$50 REWARD.
/ The democratic campaign COMMITTEES Of
! Scrtven county Offers the above reward for
proof to convict the author OF the letter Of
which the following is "a literal copy. or Of
any communication Of similar purport ad-
dressed to any Of the col red citizens Of this
county, who showed their appreciation Of
good government by voting in the late cleo
ton for the nominees Of the Democratic
party:
FRANK KEA-We the undersign club write 70
I INFORM you that your life is IN danger and ever
! Will be for your conduct for the last few weeks
4 hung 20 a tree or have your - - brains
/ shot out If you are ever known 20 take auy
/ part or vote in a democrat election again. You
will be lynched If it takes five years TO get you.
/ We don't have any idea you will ever see an
| other election, for we are determined to get
| every --- one of you leading negr es and
! shoot your - brains out or put q bag OF sand
/ to your necks and put you in the river for the
| cat fish TO feed on. When in the hell did you
/ ever no as many negroes to vote a democratic
! ticket befoe, 1t don't belong 60 the 10 vote
| that ticket, and we swear by - We will kill
/ out the race or stop 1t. Now, il you don't be
lieve it cut the pigeon wing a little more. and
| by -- we will show you better than can tell
| you. You had better take warning from this,
and not allow yourself bribed by lawyers and
| merchants with Wall street money or a bottle
! OF WHISKY 10 vote or influence others TO vote
democrat ticket, or We swear by -- 10 Will never
| do you any good for you will wake up 10 hell
pretty soon afterwards This IS all We have to
| say until we see you. TIE Unknown CLUB
Frank Kea, to whom this letter was ad-
! dressed, as well as the other leaders referred
| 10, ls 3 worthy, industrious citizen VINO has
| the respect of the community IN Whlch ne
| lives, the only crime "a charged against
| him being that he has dared TO exercise the
| privilege, guaranteed to him by the oonstl-
| tutlons of the United States and OK Georgia,
| of voting according TO the dictates OF his
| own untrammeled judgment 10 him, as
| to all OF our cOlored frIends, the democrats
| of Scriven county pledge protec-
ton in the enjoyment OF their
| and summary punishment upon those
| who attempt to intimidste them by threats
| or violence In the effort to make good
! this pledge, the strong arm of both national
! and state governments is at their command.
| The effort to intimidate will fail and can
but react upon those guilty Of using such
means to bolster up a losing cause. By
order OF the democratic campaign commit
tee. U. 7. WADE, Chairman.
J. W. OvERsTREET, Secretary.
The national republican leaders are ad-
the democrats in the south will not permit
the blacks to vote as they please and Mr..
Tom Watson is calling for federal elect ion
supervisors and United States marshals,
ostensibly FOR the reason that the democrats
of his district will endeavor TO keep his sup
porters away from the polls by intimidation
and bulldozing, but can either Mr.. Watson
or the national republican leaders furnish
any evidence Of an attempt on the part of
the democrats to prevent a free and fair
electioni 1t is safe to say they cannot.
But the foregoing circular contains ample
evidence Of purpose to keeps blacks, who
are known to favor the Democratic party,
away from the polls. The bulldozing is be-
ing done by those who are opposing the
Democratic party, not by that party. The
Democratic party is in favor OF the greatest
freedom In exercising the right of
suffrage, and the democrats of Scriven
county are determined that there shall be a
free and fair election in that county.
The authors OF the letter quoted In the
foregoing circular are probably black re-
publicans 1t would be unjust to say they
are white republicans or white third party
ties without satisfactory evidence that they
are, but it would not be strange if the
authors, if not white, we're melted to write
the letter by whites. The republican blacks
who are continually carrying stories Of bull
doing and intimidation TO the federal au-
thorIties at Washington, are themselves, as
rule, the very worst intimidators and
bulldozere Many of them would not hesi-
tate to kill men OF their race for voting the
democratic ticket If they thought they could
do 80 without being detected.
The Scriven county man to whom the
anonymous and threatening letter was ad-
| dressed is a black democrat, and is well
| thought of by ell who know him. II is not
| improbable that he has considerable infIu-
ence with the blacks. In that case it is well
understood why the effort TO intimidate him
was made. 1t was thought he might inf1u-
encs many other blacks to give their sup
| port TO the democracy
! What is needed is not force bill nor
! deputy marshals, but vigorous search for
those who seek to prevent fair and free
election by such cowardly means as the
foregoing letter, and their prompt punish
ment when discovered. The black repub-
licans go to almost any length to give vent
| to their hatred of those of their race who
differ with them In politics. They are the
! very worst kind of bulldozers. 1t is to be
| hoped that the bulldozers for whom the
| democratic exc 'utive committee Of Soriven
county has offered reward Will be dis
covered and punishsd as they deserve.
/ Ufza