The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-27
THE PREvARIcAT0RS OUGHT TO GET
TOGETHER.

T0GE Their.
Having contracted the circular habit
Republican Chairman Holton issues some
sort of proclamation with beautiful re
gularity.
The evening edition of the circular
Yesterday bore these words in black let
ters. of a size that would do credit. to Il
New York Journal war extra:
TRUTH CRUSHED RISES.
""rhe Policy of the Democratic Leaders
is to Dsfranchise the Poor as well as the
Illiterate Man"
"Beyond controversy the Demo-
cratic policy will be, if they get con-
troll of the Legislature. to resort to
the 'bull-pens and other fraudulent
methods, to impose, by constitutional
amendment, an educa tional with 9th
err qualifications, upon the right of
suffrage. and restore their ring-rule
in this State.
eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty! Let no man be deceived by
their hypocrisy and the crocodile
tears they are now profusely she'd
ding. The man of property and in
fluence can always take care of him
self, but the laboring masses should
hold to the ballot for self-protection.
This policy of the Democratic
party strikes down the poor and IL
literate, white and colored voters
alike. and their howl of negro is only
to blind the poor and illiterate voter,
while they rivet forever the chains
of political slavery upon them
This sounds mighty nice. But Mr..
Holton is not the only authority. There
are others. Let us turn to Hal Aver
''Facts"-the Populist Handbook Read
what he has to say, pages and D, about
Acknowledgement of the negro by the
Democrats:
''In nearly every Southern State,
except North Carolina, the negro is
DISTINGUISHED, with the result that
racial antagonism cannot be aroused,
because of the absence of basis on
which to proceed. The same power
that diSfranchised the negro in these
Southern States has been welded by
the Democratic party in North Caro-
y lima for twenty years, and yet no adj
vantage whatever has ever been
taken of that power.
1.-THE living fact is, that the Demo-
cratic party and its managers have
preferred that the negro should be
voter; but when the Democratic par
ty was in power that vote was either
purchased coerced, manipulated or
stolen in such manner as to always
inure TO the advantage of that party.
Numerous rich instances of this fact
might ve cited"
1t seems from this that eminent Flu,
sion authorities differ very materially
Whom are we to believe?
Let's seek some further authority to
break the tie. The Caucasian last week
and the Progressive Farmer this week
spend much space telling how, during
its quarter of a century's rule in North
Carolina, the Democratic party has APP
pointed a few negroes to office. They
claim that there are many evidences of
Democratic preferment for negro off
Gals over white ones.
And Hal Ayers Handbook, which be
labels as 1Facts," says in fact that the
Democratic party is the real, genuine and
only original negro party.
low here are three contentious, all by
the Fusion managers, and no two OF
which can be true:
1. The Democrats want to disfranchist
the negro (Holton.)
2. The Democrats don't want to dis
franchise the negro (Ayer.)
3. The Democratic party is the real and
only negro party (Caucasian.)
Gentlemen, please get together and de
eide which of the three horns of this
dilemma you will choose. Ii you will all
tell the same lie it will be more effective.