The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-11-03
XIV. New Series Vol. 3,
Raleigh Post.
Raleigh Post.
Lesson No. 1.
WHICH THE NEGRO PARTY.

| Question.-What party nominated
the negro White for Congress?
Answer.-The Republican.
| Ques.-What party nominated the
negro Williamson for Solicitor of the
Second Judicial District?
| Ans.-The Republican.
| Ques.-What party nominated three
negroes for the Legislature In Edge
combe, two in HALIFAX, one in Vance,
one in Granville, one in Craven, one
In Pasquotank, one in Warren and va.
rious other Counties?
| Ans.-The Republican party. That
party has nominated negroes In all
certain Republican Counties in the
East.
Ques.-Do the Republicans nomi.
nate negroes tor County offices as well
as for Congress, Judicial and Legisla.
tive offices?
Ans.-Yes. They have named them
for County offices also in all those
Counties, and also in other Counties
They haye named negroes for Registers
of Deeds, Treasurers, Coroners, County
Commissioners in many Counties Of
the East. In fact in all Counties
where they are certain to elect their
ticket.
| Ques.-Why do the negroes claim
the Office of Register OF Deeds in all
fusion arrangements where possible?
Ans.-Because that Office pays well
the duties are easy and pleasant, and
because no white couple can get mar
ried without getting the consent and
license of the negro.
Ques.-What parties this year are
appealing o the negro vote?
Ans.-The Fusionist and Republi-
can.
Ques.-Is there party in North
Carolina which does not rely on the
negro votes?
Ans.-Yes, the Democratic party
relies entirely ON the votes of white
men.
Ques.-1s there party in this State
which has not nominated a single ne-
gro?.
| Ans.-Yes. The Democratic party
has not nominated single negro for
Office in this State.
| Ques.-Is there any other party
which has put no negro on its ticket?
Ans.-No. The Fusionists have ne.
groes on their tickets in many Counties
In Halifax the Populist Clerk is OH q
ticket with many negroes. In Edge
combe the negroes have the entire
Legislative ticket and give the Pop
ulists some County officers. In vari
: GUS other Counties it is the same. II
Wake County they kept the negro of
by promising to give them two
places in the Agricultural Department
at $4,000 each a year. And the Fusl
onists nominated Dan. Young for Cleri
and Ham Jones for Sheriff and
each OF them has a negro deputy.
Oues.-Who controls Republican
Conventions in most of the Counties
of the East?
Ans.-The negroes.
Oues.-Name some Counties il
which the negroes had majority o
delegates in County Convention?
Ans-There were out of 12O dele
gates to the recent Wake County Re
publican Convention, IS negro dele
gates. Nearly all the delegates to tn
Convention in craven, Edgecombe
Halifax, New Hanover, Pasquotank
Warren, Vance, Northampton, Duplin
Richmond, Robson, Columbus, Green
Pitt, Bertic, Lenoir and many othe
Eastern Counties, were negroes.
Ques.-What candidate for Judg
was nominated by Convention com
posed entirely of negroes-not whit
man in it?
Ans-Chas. A. Cook, Republica
;. nominee for Judge in the Second Dl'
trict was nominated by Convention
.. lin which there was not single whit
man.
Oues--How many negro voters al
in North Carolina?
. An,.-1lOO0O legal voters and IL
600 fraudulent voters.
Ques.-What party do they vol
for?
!. Ans.-Solidly for the the Republ
can party.
Ques.-What party does the neg
"A regard as the negro Party?
~ Ans.-The negro knows the Repu'
lican party is the negro party, and
ne votes that ticket.
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