The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-14
JUST Il CHHT.'
BY W. {. CHRISTIAN.

sian Of September oOth occurs the foi-
lowing paragraph:
"This awful crime Of rape, the con-
demnation of which should he
prompted by sincere motives and for
honest purposes, Is used III hypo-
critical manner by the News and
Observer and the other railroad or
gans for base and partisan ends.
and all the time they are condemn
ing the nature of the crime they are
secretly longing for more rapes that
they may better play upon the pre-
judices Of the people"
1t does not seem necessary properly
70 characterize such a statement as this
from one of the United States Senators
representing this State. 1t were bettec,
perhaps, 10 let it stand to be judged on
its merits. 1t is hardly probable that
such a desperate and bastard utterance
would have been recalled but for another
scrap going the rounds of the State
press as follows:
(Rocky Mount Argonaut)
arr colored men commit outrages the
Democrats pretend to be terribly shocked
In public, but when they get behind
a wall they laugh until they grow fat.
and il the outrages are not frequent
enough they hire worthless negroes to
commit them
prefer not to believe that Senator
Butler made the above statement, that
Il that the Argonaut reporter may be
mistaken, unless the Senator confirm It.
II he do confirm it, he ought to be tried
to the tail of cart and dragged
through the streets. He cannot in sucn
statements hope to win the sympathy or
any man who has his reason left, be he
Republican, Populist, Democrat or ne
gro. This Senator of sincere motives
has plenty of room in his paper to make
q cry against this crime; instead of that
he seems to choose rather to Question
the sincerity of those VINO do print the
news and make Il cry against 1t. Inns
word sincere" is used by the Senator IN
q familiar way, to be sure. Were not
his leaders sincere when they tired to
press Senator Vance to a conditional
advocacy of the sub-treasury bill! Sena-
i tor Butler does not seem now TO be max
ing any scream for 'sub-treasury. why
don't he keep up his sincere racket!
Where is his 'sub-treasury? He adyo-
Gates nothing against trusts and corpor-
atoms against which the Bryan Demo-
Gratis did not vote last time. And after
this he says he stands for white SUI
premacy." What then is the difference
between him ana the Democratic stand
both as to silver, as to trusts and as
to white supremacy? He must know
there is no difference or they could not
have voted together last time. But he
seems to be so disturbed lest the Dem
ecratic press may not he sincere, as
he calls it: for in another place in the
same editorial he speaks as follows:
ssThe News and Observer, like the
Charlotte Observer and the other mono
psiy organs in the State, has passed I'M
= der the influence of the Southern Ral!-
way and its gold Democratic allies. and
Is now being controlled by the over
seer.
If this he true, Senator Butler, why
Is it that neither the News and Observer
nor the Charlotte Observer enjoys
any TRANSFORMATION exchange fol
advertising as the Senator admits the
Caucasian does? Why is it that the
Southern Railway chooses to DECLARE
"off' its advertising contracts with the
News and Observer on account of its
opposition and choose to continue Its
advertising contracts with the Caucasian
''on account of its oppositon! This
kind of slop wont do. Senator. Explain
how You ride on 'advertizing" transpor-
tation over the Southern and yet the
News and Observer whom you name
as ins;ncere in its opposition cannot get
such .'advertizins transportation: Why
should the News and Observer be cut
off and you not be cut OIL
Will you explain this Sena
tor. or else stop talking about the insin
CERTIFY of other people and the sincerity
of yourself? You viii be met on the
stump both with your outrageous state
ment about rapes and with this inner
working of your transportation. Iou had
better be hunting up an answer, and an
answer that will answer; or else there
may be some people who may begin to
doubt your sincerity.
Then you say:
"This is why the News and Observer
refuses to answer The Caucasian's ques
tion as to which kind of white mans
party il is in favor of, and what sort OF
GOOD government it means"
When the News and Observer does re-
plyto you. do you print the replies? d.
not remember having seen any such re-
plies printed in your paper. DO you
think il fair to print charges in your
editorial columns without printing an
swers in your other columns to those
charges? All! this rush you make a
rainst the White Democrats because OF
their alleged ''insincerity" in standing
aghast at rapes! Why this rush? Ar
you making it because you choose IL
hatred thus TO question the motives 81
white men or because you want to leave
yourself coupling place later with th'
negro in case You need their votes IN,
your attempted reelection to the Senate
IL you dare to seek the help OF the ne
sroes and white Republicans to rein
state yourself. yon will TINS stultify ev'
cry word and action OF y0ur recent fight
against Senator pr;tchard. "Oucm deus
dilaniare vut prius dementat" You are
In tight box. Senator Butler, and ynu
shonld know il. No man M.
ually so conservative. so calm
SO seerctive. so tactiturn. n.
ron would so far lose himself as Il
sneak as You have done above. unless
your case was an extreme one. You
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