The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC HANDBOOK

The Following are Some Important Facrs
which Were Left out of the Democra, ic
Hand Book.
Thirty-three out of thirty-six mem
bers of the Democratic State commit.
tee are lawyers.
No Democrat has been honestly cleo
ted Governor of North Carolina since
1876 Wilmington Messenger Demo
cratic).
The Democrats of Madison county
once nominated negro Todd Caldwell
for county commissioner, but he would
not accept.
In Weldon the Democrats fused with
the negroes and elected their white
candidate for Mayor and gave the ne
grOes the police offices.
In 1870 and 1871 the Democratic
State Senate elected Tom Christmas, a
negro, to an office of the Senate over q
disabled Confederate soldier.
The Democratic magistrates in Ca
tawba county, a few Years ago appOin-
ted negro road OvcTseer, and the
records will show it. He was i q sever
al years.
Once upon a time when the good
| plu uAyo VI w uiUC CIndCy al
offensive negro was brought out, sup
ported and elected Mayor of an east.
ern town by Democrats over decent
and intelligent white Republican. The
bringing OF white "ladies" before this
negro Mayor for rial would be an
excellent subject for Josephus Dan
iels' cartOonisJ.
Under the present administration
over from the office of Secretary OF
State to the State Treasurer in one
year. Under no year under Demo
cratic administration has there been
turned over in one year As much a.
$4,000 Yet the Democrats make
their platform say: I'VE denOunce
the scandal, extravaganza, incOmpe.
Itency and corruption of the present
Republican Administrations"
In North Carolina the only State of.
fetal who defauited and lett the Stat.
was Democrat. The Democratic
state Treasurers of Alabama, Tennes.
see, Louisiana. Mississippi, Arkansa.
and Mary land embezzled hundreds o
thousands of dollars of public money
and some of them are fugitives to-day
Shame upon those Democratic scOun
drels! Yet they come before the PEG
pie every election year with thei1
goody.- goody soft sounding resolution
of reform"
In the good days of Democratic rul
they had certain Democratic legisla
ture, and during term of this legisla
ture they had Democratic lObb,
which joined Swepson, COran and OF h
er Democratic railroad presidents an,
secured the appropriation of million
a of fraudulent bonds. AT a late date tn
|. SUN of $25 600 in bonds was paid to
Democrat for his services in one cas-
> before our Supreme Court to try t,
g fasten these bonds on the people of GU
= State.
: On the night before the canvassin
4 board met in Brunswick county i
:. 1884, one Bellamy and Sol WE'LL chart
q cred boat ard at the hour of mid
!. night went to Southport convened tn
,, canvassing board, all of whom wer
, Democrats, and made the arrange
ments to throw out the entire POpu
list vote of that county on the ground
|. that the ballots were not printed O
, white enough paper, and the vote
were thrown Out.-"SeCret Circuls
1 Simmons" General Manager.
J To-day in Onslow county, negroe
8 are housed in the same building O
the county farm IN the county poo
. house with whites. Not only that, bu
!. the white matrOn of this county
. forced to wait on and attend to a d.
= crepid old negro who cannot help hin
: self. This is shocking. White me
!. should rise up from one end of til
J, State to the other and condemn it an
y put an end to such scandalous scene
q Yet this is occurring in the Demo
II cratic county of ODslOw.
!, When ex-Congressman Grady W.
'r recently county examiner in the cOur
~ ty of DLplin he examined his viii,
10 teachers and his negro teachers at th
4 same time and in the same room, "
I. are informed that on one occasion
charming white lady was forced to s
m at the same table with q "big, blac
p p burly" negro school teacher durin
:. the examination. This is truly shocJ
=, ing. Every white man in the Sta,
" ought to rise up in indignation to col
denim it. But the Ransom machir
forgot to put this in their hand boob
The last Democratic Board of New
o berne voted for and elected to board
g city council the following negroes