The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
DEMOCRATS ELECT NEGRO POLICE.
MAN AND TOWN OFFICERS.
WHITE MANS PARTY CAPER IN
WELDON
ICaHoosian.l
WELDON, y. c., Dec.


WELDON, y. c., Dec I, 1897.
Noticing the comment of your paper on
the Chappell incident, wish to state that
recently In this tow n, in which majority
OF the commissioners are Democrats. and
the mayor Democrat, with several ne
2roes on the Board, all elected by Demo
Gratis and negroes fusing, there is a chief
OF police and one other white policeman,
with several negro policemen. elected by
the aid of white Democrats l saw re-
Gently travelling photographer arrested
by negro policeman on a warrant -om
Democratic magistrate, and marched
along the street under this colored guard
l have seen such things before, and there
has been no comment. / believe in fair
play. They talk SO much about fusion,
yet they fuse with the negro in nearly
every town in the county. "X."
DEMOCRATS ELECT NEGRO AL
DERMEN IN PLYMOUTH.
PLYMOUTH, n. c., August 81, 1893
For many years the municipal elections
for the town of Plymouth have been held
with party lines entirely ignored-the
temperance people on one side and anti
temperance on the other Some Demo-
Gratis have, and continue to vote for the
anti-temperance negroes in the fonrth
ward, and always succeed In electing
them.
Yours truly,
J. Nj. BATEMAN
DEMOCRATS ELECT NEGROES IN
NEW BERNIE.
Democratic boards in the city OF New
Berne have appointed at various times
the following negroes as policemen T.
r. Rich .rdson, J. J. Mose.ev. Charley
Richardson. James Dudley. Alph Ward.
C9s,r Lewis. Virgil Windlev George
Richardson.
NEW BERNIE DEMOCRATS ALSO
i. ELECT NEGRO CITY COUNCIL
MEN.
The last Democratic board Ut New
}erne voted for and elected to the Board
IF City Council the following negroes
Cicero Robbins, V. A. Crawford and Viii
liam James.
DEMOCRATS IN PITT COUNTY
ELECT NEGRO POLICEMEN.
In the town of Pactolus, Pitt Count ,,
white Democratic officials elected John ].
Redding. a negro, as policeman and the
first man arrested was a white man named
Henry Mobley.
GREENVILLE DEMOCRATS GET
THERE
William H. Hanrahan and Jim Brown
negroes, were appointed as policemen un.
der Democratic rule, and il is a matter oil
l. 1a3n hat
ocratic alderman, of Greenviile, and Law
partner of T. J. Jarvis, recently voted 70,
and thereby elected negro policeman
over white man.
WILMINGTON IN THE SWIM
Noah Walker, colored, was Demo
cratic negro policeman in the city Of vii
mington for twenty years and IS as black
as ebony, but II seems he became sanctIfe6
to Democrats when appointed by Dem
ocratic machine.
PAMLICO DENIS IN THE PARADE
In the town Of Bayboro. county seat o
Pafnhco county, Democratic board O
aldermen IS IN control and that board ha
emphasized the white mans party ,
policy by electing negro policeman wh'
, is now going the rounds
FRANKLIN FURNISHES SOME OI
THE FUN.
The Franklin county Democrats fl
, some vacant space by electing two negr'
town commissioners In the town of Frank
: linton and the little sister town of Youngs
/ Vile falls in by electiug one negro names
: Alfred Baker, town commissioner Thes
: were elected by Democrats.
BE SURE YOU READ THE PEG
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