Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-11-03
THE FORCE BILL NOT DEAD
IT rs ALREADYcASTIKC IRIS SHAD0W
ALL OYER NORTH CAROLINA nv
THE FORM or FEDERAL SU-
PERVSORS or ELECTIONS.
Let Democracy Rise and Assert Itself.
Let Ereemen Beware.

49, OH
They say the Force Bill is q dead
issue in this campaign-the willy
RadicsN and anarchical Thirdparty-
ties and Gideonites in disguise but
it is not dead, neither does it slum-
Der: it is the livest and most hope
full and most powerful issue the
Radicals have, and no man who is a
freeman in soul and a patriot at
heat should shut his eyes to the
facts that stalk at MONDAY or close
his ears to the warning cry of DEM
ocracy in the watch-tower.
In this issue will be seer news of
the first fruit of the appointment of
Federal supervisors in an eastern
county. A Halifax registrar refused
to exhibit bis book and two Federal
supervisors-one a Gideonite and
the other q negro-took him under
arrest. A correct Interpretation of
the election law warranted the regis
trar in his refusal; but even if there
were a case against him, the purpose
to persecute him and to terrorize
other election officers and Democrats
GENERALLY il shown in his having
been dragged to Raleigh for d pie
liminary hearing, instead of his hav-
ing been carried before a local
United States commissioner to be
bound over.
IL is for such business as this that
these spies and hirelings are chosen.
They are not appointed in the inter.
est of pure elections, but to intimi-
date Democrats by holding before
than the terrors of Federal author
lty. The simple appointment oil
these supervisors is in its very self a
menace to the citizens, and such
demonstrations of authority as thi,
in Halifax are for the purpose OF
frightening timid Democrats and
keeping them fro1.a the polls.
Again, there came to this city
yesterday-and direct to our Office
Mr.. G.. w. Richardson, an intelli-
gent and upright gentleman from
Gore Greek, Csaven County, who is
the Registrar of his precinct, and he
reported to us that two election
supervisors, n negro and q 1'Gid.
eonlte ;" had been appointed for his
polling place aud, that they waited
upon him Monday aud demanded his
registration books, which he, OF
course-and properly-refused tx
give up, ~whereupon they threatened
him with "Mogul" Shaffer and con-
dig1 Federal punishment; but up to
this writing Mr, Richardson is hold.
ing his hooks ready for the election
next Tuesday.
The secret of the whole design il
that these Federal supervisors and
intimidating demands are being APP
pointed and male chiefly at precincts
where the Democratic vote is knowa
to be largely in the majority. Theil
nefarioas purpose is to get up dis
turbancss at these places and there
upon throw out the whole vote al
irregular, thereby making immense
CAIRNS for tbe Republican ticket.
Democrats, white men of the Ole
North Staff, patriotic SOUS of bel
sacred soil,wi1 y%ouquietly suffer sucf
: high-hands-d, open appalling usur.
, patton of your rights as free mem
The days are few between now ant
the election. You should be up ana
at qcaSk. 1t remains to be seer
whether you will permit yourselve'
to be brow-beaten and deprived Of
your rights at the polls, and of you
! votes after they are polled, o.
whether you will resent this inter
ference and emphaslze your resent
ment by renewed zeal and determi-
. nation to overthrow the party tina
: threatens us all. We have no doubt
, of the effect which this intended
bulldozing will have.
And yet there are people. amor,
us who say that the Force bill is
t scare-crow, q bugaboo, and a dea'
3 iss1ve beside.