Evening star., 1898-11-03

HC RSDA Y NOV EMB
T can regard this secret, circular with any
| The very idea of & 85maaTine democrat try
ing to influence few pepulists is absurd"
Appeal 70 History.
The republican camm5ttec's circular goes
on to say:
Let us give Htls Tsistory: Under the
old constitution the negro was property,
| but he was counteik to Increase the demo-
| cratic representation In ahe legislature, and
as taxable propertar ne eoAiso Increased the
representation in the state senate We all
know that the negroes were very nu,ncr-
Gus In the eastern counties, and in the
western counties there We're comparatively
rev, whist the white population was mich
the cunning of the dernpcratic leaders SO
arranged 1t that the WEIGHT of political in
fiuence was in the east.
Under the apportionment of representa-
tion IN the mouse of delegates the negro
counted as three-ffths or five negroes
counted as three white persons In that
way the small counties like BERTHE. Halifax,
Craven. Northampton, Nash and others
We're each entitled to two members of the
mouse OF delegates when on the basis of a
Wnlte population, they would have had
only one member each. In the senate the
apportlonment was made on taxable sep
ely, ana the negro, being taxed as prop
erty, thereby increased MS owners repre-
sentation in the senate
In this campaign the republicans desired
to canvass the state on issues affecting the
comfort and well-being of the people. They
pel1eFe there are many questions directly
aHecting our domestic interests which
ougnl 10 nave been discussed, and that the
people desire such discussion: but the dem
ocrats elected to put aside many questions
and to try the negro ra cket again. They
can on the western people to come to the
ND a..1 fr<{ {N<xSr
sympathy, cartoons representing nothing
that is real and narrowing reports of out
RACES that have never existed, are circu-
lated broadcast over the state.
Negro Domination.
But there is DO truth in The cry Of negro
domination. Behind that hypocritical pre-
tense Is the purpose Of these eastern DEM
ocrats to rob us Of the right of local self
government and to again have the rule Of
the boss and the WORK Of the machine in
every county. There is no truth in the
democratic claim that he finances of the
state or the counties have been improvi-
IDENTIFY administered by the populists or re-
tration in eastern counties controlled by
them has been intelligent, economical ard
honest.
AS an indication of successful state ad-.
minlstration, the bends of North Carolina
sell higher than United States bonds in
New York, and very rldcn above par-as
high as % in 1898, while in August 1896
under democratic rule, they were worth
only $11o The figures are taken from the
files of the News and Observer. The bonds
of no other state are quotad sc high on
the stock boards. The people will not
change to please the democrats We will
est election laws"
Negro Disfranchisement.
The following statement embodies the
views of business men bere as told by one
of them in talking with The Stars corre-
spondent:
I'm nearly evey southern state except
North Carolina the negro is disfranchised.
with the result that racial antagonism cam
not be aroused because of the absence of d
basis on which to proceed. The same power
that disfranchised the negro in these south
ern states has been welded by the demo-
cratic party in North Carolina for twenty
Years, and yet no advantage whatever has
been taken of that power. This can be
nothing less than conclusive evidence that
the democratic party experienced no terror
then. and did not even feel any very seri-
Gus concern over the bugaboo of negro
domination !.--
THE living fact is that the democratic
party and its managers have preferred that
the negro should be voter; but when the
democratic party was in power that vote
was either purchased, coerced manipulated
or stolen in such manner as to always in
Gus rich instances of this fact might be
cited. n ..ts
For example, take the county of Halifax.
which is known to be a county in which
the negro voters olftnumber the white vot-
ers very largely. Ehderta. democratic re-
glme and 4manipulatio that countY was
made to show in 1892 a democratic plurality
of about 1000. Under an arri-democratic
regime, with an honest election law and a
count of votes as cast this same county
shows an anti-democratic plurality of abou,
1900.
Under democratic rule the county Of
Edgecombe was made to show democratic
plurality of about 100, Under an honest
count in 1896 the anti-democratic plurality
was about 1000. Democratic regime made
New Hanover county give democratic plu
rality of over 1000. Under an honest cleo
ton law the same county gave an anti
democratic plurality of about 1000. Numer-
Gus other instances of the same kind might
be cited.
Democrats Appoint Negroes.
Under the democratic regime it was COM
mon for the managers appoint numerous
negroes as judges at election times, and to
appoint the most ignorant and most easily
purchasable negroes that could be found
despite the protest of people who demand