The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

ington made every American a soldier in
Il moment.
The threat Of troops by Senator Pritch-
ard and the proclamation of Governor
Russell having proved boomerangs. the
to bribery as a last resort to brighten the
honest and determined white men in
| the State. sThey found a tool in the
person Of negro by the came OF Steptoc
in Halifax county. They remembered
that the judiciary was subservient to
Holden when he was putting judges
and statesmen and. editors in jail because
they would not bend the pregnant hinges
of the knee that thrift may follow fawn-
/ ing" They heard or manufactured the
story of the negro Stcptoe--that Cant
w. Ii. Kitchen, Claude Kitchen. Dr. A.
/ {. Liverman. Thos. Fenner. +. Il. White
head and John Il. Gray had forced him
to resign as registrar of the election at
the point of pistols. They had the negro
| to go before Justice Montgomcry an,,
swear to the most horrible details Of the
intimidation, and II bench warrant was
issued for these honorable gentlemen to
come to Raleigh to meet the charge
of a crime that is made infamous by
/ law. 1t is sad commentary upon the
good sense and the character of the
Fusionist managers that, upon the un
supported statement of Il negro politician,
! they should ask a Supreme Court Justice
to issue a bench warrant for their ar
rest. These gentlemen are among the
most honorable men in the State. Their
had committed no crime they did no:
wait to have the warrants served upon
| them but came to Raleigh rs soon as
they learned that they had been issued
| They were unwilling to rest moment
under the charge even OF Il negro, and
they urged and demanded al immediate
hearing. This was granted and when
Justice Montgomery had heard the wit
nesses. he dismissed the complaint, dis
charged the witnesses, and left s;teptoe
and Holton in the position Of having
failed in their attempt to brand honorable
gentlemen as midnight assassius aud
vioators of the law. Outside the ev.-
denoe of Steptoe, which was given in
a stereotyped manner like u schooi-boy
reciting lesson. there was not scin-
gentlemen.
| 1t is an outrage and Shame that
the conspirators-for Steptoe is only Il
tool in their hands--could subject good
men to the expense and annoyance oc
| casioned by the bench warrant, and eff
| forts will be made to teach the instiga-
| tors of the outrage that they may be held
, up to the contempt of honorable men
every where "Whom the Gods would de-
stroy, they first make mad
| The Fusion managers, having
been exposed in this last at
tempt to stem the tide that is carrying
them out into the ocean of political dis
grace--this browning act of infamy
which is but the climax OF q campaign
! that has been noted for its baseness,-
the people will ask, What is the next
scheme these conspirators against White
Supremacy can evolve
They will continue to mouth about in
timidation and the like. but it is plain
now that their only reliance is upon
fraud and bribery. Let White Men be
on their guard. The names of dead
men, ex-convicts, South Carolina negroes
and boys have been placed on the reg
istration books in many counties. They
will all be voted unless the white men
are resolute and vigilant This election
must be honest The white men Of the
State will not permit repetition of the
crimes of 1896
If they can succeed with dishonest
registration, the Fusionists are still de-
| Ieateu unless lney caH ny the use VI
money that has come from Hanna's bar
rel, buy and bride other voters. 1t is
not believed that money will be effective
| in North Carolina this year, for few
white men will be found who will sell
| their birth-right for a mess of pottage,
| but it behoOves every man in the State
who wants Good Government and White
| Supremacy TO be on his guard against
| the schemes and rascality OF the desper-
ate conspirators who will stop at nothing
| to keep the offices they now hold
| ''The money changers are polluting the
| temple of your liberties. ITO your tents
oh Israeli"
North Carolina has three colonels in
| the volunteer army. Col. Armfied and
| Col. Burgwyn, both Democrats, have
! not opened their mouths in the political