The San Francisco call., 1898-11-27

| having 31a per cent of the taxes.
 Following the induction into of1lce or | this new regime came repeutlon oI
 the old story of protligacy and an apuse of power. Nearly every Soultei 3 Iai Il rae1 ~leg ! in the days of reconstruction had peeh 1 through 1t, and now 1t was Winning l tons turn. The colored men did not
 make good policemen. They neglected | their Dosts and robberies multiplied: 1 Women were insulted on the street anu | there was no redress. White women
 would be jostled from the sldeWaIks | into the muddy streets by colored 1 women and negro men would laugh at them. Little white girls would nave
 their hats snatched and thrown lnIo the roadway and assaults or heeIos' unon whites were of constant occur renee. Property was insecure anu III surance rates advanced Even MT ChadbOurn, the RepupllCah Postmaster, wrote and publlsheu leI- ter in which he declared that lhe He
 groes were in charge Of the nun1clRai Ia Government of Wilmington; that the whites would not longer ;ar Wllt ..4 4tI-o tlii1 condition of affairs, and that they would carry the next electlon eItllel with votes or with arms. Long before the canvass in the cam paign lust closed began the Wnlte cItI- zens of Wilmington, almost without re
 gard to party, prepared TOT the slIae
 est emergency. Six months ago they began to arm themselves quietly. Each white citizen not affiliated with the ls pubIican reign, if he did not aIieduy have a serviceable firearm, purchased a Winchester or a Springfield rifle, ana lots of ammunition They deterInlIlea to carry the fall election by force ana in+imidation if they could not carry It any other way
 GOVERNOR RUSSELL ALARMED.
 ,,, ,,5o m concea1ment of this determination before the election; they
 make no concealment of it now. They xUare firmly convinced that the African wac not born to rule the white man. and no amount of argument can change their opinion. ,7 + the threatening condition of aHalrS that his management had prouehl oa aDout' He was notified that something uIedu ful would happen in Wilmington II the negroes attempted to outVote the whites on election day, and through HIS HIS influence the Republican leaders WeLe forced. just before the election, ID ldhe down their ticket and give the Deillo- lI, crats no opposition in the county eA- ceIt one Representative in Congress ana State Senator, these districts includlng other counties than New Hanover III which Wilmington is situated. ,a Election day passed OH quleliy III Wilmington, although III thLee oi l.oot Loos other counties in the State the negroes were intimidated and hindereo rom
 voting bv the presence of armed men at | the polls. .Li+oe da
 The election eing over the whites oe- l termined to put out of offlce the eL eIlllle city government, by force Ii necessary. | The Governor tried to induce the clty | officials to resign, but without avail
 Then an orderly meeting of the Whlte citizens was called, and resolutions
 were passed taking possession oI the l city government in the interest oI 1ne @ white population, calling on Ale6ahueI 1 Manly The colored editor of the Repup- l Ijcan naner. to leave town, and appoint | ing a committee to wait on the more l ohiactionable white officeholders ana l coiored leaders and invite them to leave
 the county.
 WHITE MAN KILLED FIRST.
 The story of the exciting events that 1 followed this revolution have already
 been told. Manly, the colored editor
 who had been an object of loath1ng TOT
 months because of the editorial attack
 ing white women. had already taken his departure. The Record office was hurned. because the proprietors of the
 naper were believed by the committee
 appointed at the mass meeting to be lg- noring it's demand.
 An outbreak on the part of the ne I l nearly every white man in the city or
 Wilmington was under arms. This
 number has been estimated at 2000 The
 white citizens of each block had dis
 tfnct organization under a separate 1 leader. Each man had his orders and
 no matter where disorder broke out the
 white citizens were prepared to queil
 if quickly or add to it materially. 1 There is no question that the first
 shooting was done by the black men. 1 A negro in Brooklyn, a suburb, shot a
 white man through the right arm. The
 wounded man with his left hand shot | the negro dead. The negroes began to rally in force with guns, and four of 1 them were shot dead in their tracks ! then and there. The blacks were over
 awed- but not before at least fifteen l had been killed and probably twice as
 manv wounded One negro was found
 badly wounded hiding beneath porcn
 and was taken to the hospital.
 Ii was a reign of terror simply for
 the blacks and their white associates.
 AREIGN OF TERROR.
 committee moved quickly around
 and notified the more prominent and
 obiectionable white Republicans that thev must leave town. Silas P. Wright. | the Mayor, had already gone. Justice | of the Peace Bunting, who was also
 United States Commissioner, was told l to 20. So were Chief of Police Melton and Charles Gilbert. the superintendent of city carts Notice was also served | on G. 2. French. Mir. French Is tho acting sheriff He allowed the actual 1 Sheriff $12O0 salary, and performed all