Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
SUFFRAGE QUESTION
Probable Action by the Next Legis-
lature of North Carolina.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
White Supremacy to Be Guaran-
teed by That Course.
VIEWS OF TWO LEADERS

| Special pisnatcn io The E,cnina star.
RALEIGH. y. C.. Deremh,r .7-Tba
North Carolina Legislature will u.c; carly
next month. The session can last legally
but sixty days. and the leaders have plan
| ned to do a vast amount of work I'm that
| Time but If what they wan. 10 bring about
cannot be accomplished within tlai period
| II VIII be arranged for thr legislatur, 90
! take recess and again assemble nj Il ,l..,s
/ 10 bc decided upon.
| One of those Who will undoubtedly n,.
| foremost III shaping legislation viii be- NI,.
F. ID. Winston. lie was asked to for
shadow what ii MAS proposed to- do durin.e
the coming session Of The legislature ami
replied.
! The Program.
Il have no hesitation in expressing ny
self on any matter ,hat ma,- come befor,.
the general assembly The two IDEAS nu
| which the campaiuu was fought wen.
white supremacy and 'Eood government
| They really mean the same thing. No par
| ~ can give North Carolina good govern
| mcnt that has its roots Planted iu a bed 81
| rock OF l2u.n1e negro voters. 1 shall ad.
| Nocatc all measures that tend L. carry ont
| the idea that was uppcrmost in the minds
/ OF our people during the campaign The
| Bldllpiui 81 Inc ftNOtlGllf h.IffA HuBIttI
/ this year contains eNccllcn- recommend.
lions. These will Ice enacted into law I
nave no copy of the platform az hand, tux
| the main features of it, az | ,'all them are.
The extension Of The powers Of the rail
ROAD commission ana the establishment ami
maintenance Of rates THAI are just and fair
l TO the people and L. the railroad. telegraph
| and telephone companies: ia" prohibition -
giving and receiving free paSSpS and The
| election Of the railroad commissioners iy
| the people Then. too. the plat form faVoIs
| the election Of the United Statrs senators
| by the people and Sdch legislation as will
| prevent the removal of suits by corporations
| from orr state courts. ThcS, ar. the main
| points of the platform which will cali for
new legislation. of course. such Laws viii
| he passed az Will encourage capital to make
| Investments in the state with Tho absolute
| guarantee that they Will Ice protected.
| Election Law ineffective.
81 do not think white supremacy will be
| risked on any form Of election law. The
| danger is deeper than that. | favor an
amendment To the constitution. and shall
| urge such amendments will make a rep
clifton OF the last two years in North Caro-
lima forever impossible. The threat to -e-
duce our federal representation docs not
disturb me. Federal representation has not
done great deal for North Carolina. A.
long as the negro il here We OF the south
must regulate our concerns INDEPENDENTLY
of the balance. This will be the problem
DtlOIt Oui DouA. anu lldl II VIII he solved
with safety to our civilization ] have no
doubt.
'Of course the scandals. eNtravaganc..
Incompetence and corruption OF the present
republican state administration and 81 the
two fusion legislatures will be put an end
to. Expenses must he reduced. and TO do
this useless officers and placemcn must be
got rid of. The people of North Carolina
have not demanded The creation of single
new office. They have demanded that seV-
eral be speedily abolished. I shall advocate
a reduction of expenditures by lessennE
the number of persons employed. and by
reduction of salaries and fees.
There will be separation of school super
vision, and in that idea is good deal that
speaks for separation Of taxes. That can
be done only by "A constitutional amend
ment. | have always been a supporter. and
a cheerful one, of the free schools and OF
education. The sentiment in EeTtic county
is crystaliZing in favor OF using the taxes
paid by the whites for white schools aud of
the blacks for the colored schools. If this
is done, with no increase of taxes, the white
people will have better schools.
National Committeeman Suggestion.
In letter from Washington TO the News
and Observer of this city, Josephus Dan
iels, democratic national committeeman
from North Carolina, says:
THE restriction of suffrage by constita-
tional amendment in three southern states
is a success promotes honesty and secures
peace and good government Restriction
by any other means is attended with ills
and evils that confront the white people
upon every recurring election. Therefore l
am convinced that a constitutional reGula-
ton is the only permanent and safe method
to be employed And l am also convinced
that legally conducted primary IL a neceS-
sary adjunct to insure against division
among the white men who compose the
party. In these two connections l have
been strengthened by talks with the sblesJ
men who represent the southern states in
Congress.
The southern states which have 40 con-
stitutional restriction of suffrage, have laws
which in some measure restrict the mass
of ignorant negro voters. Virginia has the
Walton law, which makes IL difficult for
ignorant men 20 vote. Under its operations
Virginia is safely democratic, and that is a
recommendation to democrats. There is Il
sentiment in the old dominion. however
that it is unwise and unsafe TO depend
upon the election law. and il will not bee
long before suffrage will be restricted by
constitutional amendment.
The Alabama Law.
Alabama has been operating under a law
somewhat like the Payne election law pro-
posed in the legislature Of North Carolina
ten years ago. Representative Bankhead,
who has long represented his district in the
House, told me that after long deferrinE st
his people had determined to end the diff
cult struggle to maintain white government
without constitutional enactment II costs
too much in every way; the tension is too
great, and the dangers too imminent to en-
dure ii longer, and now constitutional
convention has been called to regulate suf-
frage. The people of Alabama have never
felt the fire as We of North Carolina but
Mr.. Bankhead said recently: we are going
to provide against the evil day. We do not
want ever TO have to go through with
what has injured North Carolina.
II do not know what system Florida en-
ploys to secure and perpetuate white su-
premacy, having so large a population of
rich northerners. AS ii elected 100 democrats
out of a possible 100 TO the legislature L
cannot see how any plan could strengthen
the white mans party I'm that state"
Christians Program Arion Hall.
The Verein Bayern, Columbia Section No
1, gave Christmas entertainment at the
Arion Hall 40 Sth street northwest lnst