Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-19
WANT MORE OF THE "PlE'
Leading Negro Politicians of North Carolina
Issue an Address.
Claim Their Reward is Out of Pro-
portion 10 Their Services-Gen-
cral Political Situation.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

S,.,o;,I cor-.-,,,ds,.a Of Tho Fveniny Star
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RALEIGH. N L. octopef 10 1879
Forty well-k1own North Carolina negroes
have issuad an address TO the negro repub-
H., ,-o,ar, az tbis st,ta la,u.,din, n dis
-, -, - :
'tipd'i"i Va pie' "ii-NA - ~ ~
to political offices here by the popuiists a'id
republicans The address says, in part:
eve call upon all GOOD negro republicans
. -. - :; ,,,.r,io, at t,Ia;,b NJ
~ N'eS' US IA I'm 60
Nemoer . on account Oh grievances we
cast about l.r'.oD votes for the republican
party. We stir I'D the colored voters all
49,. ,l, -.,+. .,-d ,-o4o thor, in COLD array
~ -, -,
ior men Who III some instances nave ho'h-
ing in common with us and take every
opportunity to abuse us. For such WORK
aud for all our votes we GET ONLY one suh-
-: ., -
oluiils,te Pidee a et =, ir, AZ .r,t; ;s
SoNeIihieht, paying 80" ~, az, i'i 80 -
citizens of North Carolina so far have been
ape 10 command IN liie STATE. " iidt
iniIae,.'l 10 fr = y VI
LAS a race We are fighting for the time
to come when citizen of the state will not
De Known bF MS color, but by MS charac-
saan,s 20 ,ao-.oi.e, r,nr,,is - ,r,I
spittoon washers while white men hold
tie offices. If We cannot share the bene-
MS OF the bfiiot our Young Is IN vain II
We are sonls 10 continue always satisileu
WIN uvihS an 'he Nouns Tor Whlte men
20 iEiu an the "licss' iheH our coifditloii
WI, NH o. forever as II Is To-Day rms condl-
ilOh Stdres US IN the race as ours forever,
uiiisss w chanse II ourselves.
aeeoitlHs 10 Governor fusSeii' the
'e Penpie heFu oisa'iiziIoi ptuS. Dut
our People netu IL worse "heh We MAKE
~ VI esii i uei I our REQUESTS VIII De
eiatieeu' uot ds iois as We ailo" 'he per-
80 t;, "iio coiile 70 US WIN pocEets heaVy
"~' We sni .l tseL De tne Foiitlcal toois ana
stspfiiI STONES LOT otheis 10 Walk on INTO
~ ~ 49," woes me "hite repupll-
ea ~ 'I.i popuiSts get or'lces WORTH si,tol.-
", "i ~ $3.50" negro voters get only
800 ihtSe iehC"s are SIMPLY
Ii.'.i'S i1 I9 VI US afo tattehlhg AT our
- - " MAJ Silaii w 90 ABOUT IL rave
u, q RE sense enough 10 40 anything!
w ie' % Ioine loSether anu sho" H.
80 M c,tt 'Lie pan LOT thorough organlza-
'io" -"1iS hli'ureu.
Butler Opens His Campni.n.
Senator p,,,,a .,-,, -, 49,. -.
h"'iei VIII ne mere 'his Week.
ard IL Is SAID Will begin his campaign
very early. He is the directing force CT
the uopuIist party in North Carolina w
= E,ou,toi- i Tho ,.or,,in., ,,a;u,,ar, c.,
- 'A-e -''''iA'''i = ""ii iiS'i'' '7eh
a'or Butter the real one Three years ago
Senator Butler procured lists of ''disaf-
fected" democrats and 10 these sa,t his
paper the Carcosian No 1.ss tho, ~ ,no
FTaisz n
~ ,,,',,; w, -, uu. . rs
c,,reI TIt f 80; ,,,o,,1,'aI',, a, "
80 rs,,,I1,i,a, - -, ~ -,
HE ,aTer anu " - ''''iie
OBI U-:1-o, axs.oto h; 80 A.,
,,,,Ii. - - "a ;1,,1- lf'li II ..i ~ tie
has h.en 60 60 ~ ,o,,,iis, -.
started o,a of ,b. Iaa1ars NJ 49,, =, -,
a., ,T - III. - N W ma, al, III an
Butler and did more to serve him. Blu: now
Wiisoh Is ms pltter enemy, inns chanse OF
60 ir;.irrn uue 10 DUE packing vi
action in - snendinp Wilson DC coron,;s
sioner Wilson is member of the populist
state executive committee. His antag
oN i'' 70 nutier MAKES the state committee
I,,,iI o., 81 ~ rnrorait ,ol anu asaIns.
anti-Butler nan. gives the followin. as
showing the attitude OF the committee:
Ahti-Butler members, Theo- White. Harry
Skinner. James Amos, Ohio Wilson. s. A.
Edmond r. A. Cobb. J. Y. Hamrick, Geo
f. BoSgs. y. ID. h. Wallace, A. s. Ponce
Butler members. j. T. B. Hoover. r. T..
kinsey. V. J. Macarthur, W. G. Wilcox. W.
O. Stafford. j. G. Martin John A. Sims
w. E. Fountain j. r. LIoyd w X pig
ford. j. H. Sharpe CYRUS Thomson is
olassed as doubtful He was once strongly
acti-RutIer hut was dissrnned hx, p,,.ler;s
making him unanimously the nominee for
secretary of state At the next meeting of
the committee the anti-Butler men saw
they will make things lively They a,u !.
conference To he hold here Octoher NJ of
all TIE minority popuIists These ara the
ores who car sod tbe recollection of Sa,,+or
Pritchard Butler is irving to crush tbem
and tho arc trying N cr,,sb b;r, ~ a.
eIares that there are hut a ban5fnI of
them they saw tho nurnbor tbn,,sa,,ds
Tte can for Tho conrercrca 10 sier,-, %,
~ of ,be cor,r,i,,oa - t., - sInt u.
IN 1eefsI.+,,rc Gnu ~ d iiiei'i'ei Vi
Gov. Russeil's Friends.
Gov. PussclTs few republican sunnorter.
ridirte ,l,,s., ro,,,,,,o ~. - 80 .,
TO- p-t,ot.,.I 49,, ~ -,
~ ii-'i'iu' anu can Narshdi the Sena-
tCrs home. the North Carolina Canton
TIE Senator conferred with a number of
lezders in the psrty and decided IN icno-.
- - - Oh" otcnhed 10 ignore
r'usSeh. lhcE regard IL as certain
t9at ne mas Killed himself with the party
and can never 90: anv.bi,,c, -, -. -,
hands. Only a small eofar.e of ra,,,,b,io,,,,
every one Cffice roIdc~s $50 ~ NJ,
srnor- These and senator Rutler,s no0r-
list Office holders arr his nri, f-ieDS.
N.var vvas ~ a,o,.a-,I,,,. '. oiiy irlenus'