The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-22
PLATFORM DECLARATIONS
WILL EVERY ONE BE ENACTED
INTO STATUTES.
NO CHANGE IN 6 PER CENT INTEREST LAW
He Will Favor Constitutional Amendment that
Win Eliminate The Negro Vote. Ex-
penses Must be Reduced,
Schools Separated and
Abuses Corrected.
Abuses Corrected.
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lWlndSor Ledger
Knowing that our readers would like
to hear from Hon Francis ID. Winston,
their representative on the various mat
tiers likely to come before the Legislature,
we had an interview with him last
week:
you find me, he said, closing up mat
tiers preparatory to going to Raleigh for
Il two months absence"
Il have no hesitation in expressing my
self on any matter that may come before
the General Assembly. The two ideas
on which the campaign was fought were
..White Supremacy" and Good Govern
ment." They really mean the same
thing. No party can give North Caro-
lima good government that has its roots
planted in a bed rock of 100000 negro
votes. | shall advocate all measures that
tend to carry ont the idea that was up
permost in the minds of our people dur
ing the campaign. The platform of the
Democratic party adopted this year con-
tains excellent recommendations. These
will he enacted into law. l have no
copy of the platform at hand but the
main features of it as | recall them are
The extension of the powers of the
ment and maintenance of rates that are
just and fair to the people and TO the
railroad. telegraph and telephone com
panies: the prohibition of giving and re-
ceiving free passes. and the election of
Railroad Commissioners by the people.
Then. too. the platform fayors the cleo
tipn of United States Senators by the
people. and such legislation as will pre-
vent the removal of suits by corpora
tions from our State courts. These are
the main points of the platform which
will call for new legislation. OF course
such laws will be passed as will en-
courage capital to make investments in
the State with the absolute guarantee
that they will be protected.
Do yon think the interest law will be
changed?
1T will not Six per cent interest has
come 10 stay. The rate of interest tends
down and not up. Six per cent is now
more than our people can pay under pres
ent prices
What form of election law will be
adopted?
II do not think that White Supremacy
will be risked on any form of election
law The danger is deeper than that.
j favor an amendment to the Constitu-
ton and shall urge such amendments as
will make a repetition of the last two
years in North Carolina forever impos-
sible. The threat to reduce our Federal
representation does not disturb me.
Federal representation has not done a
great deal for North Carolina. As long
as the negro is here, we, of the South,
must regulate our concerns independent
of the balance of the county.
.'This will be the problem before orr
body. and that it will be solved with
safety to our civilization | have no
doubt.
.'Of course the scandals. extravaganza,
incompetence and corruption of the pres
ent Republican State administration and
of the two Fusion Legislatures will be
put an end to.
Expenses must be reduced; and to
do this useless officers and placemen
must be gotten rid Of The people OF
North Carolina have not demanded the
creation of a single new office. They
have demanded that several be speedily
abolished. ] shall advocate a reduction
of expenditures by lessening the number
Of persons employed and by a reduction
of salaries and fees
Have you given the matter of separat-
ing the school funds much thought?
II have in a general way There will
be separation of school supervision, ant
in that idea is a good deal that speaks
for separation of taxes. That can bt
done only by constitutional amend
ment. ! have always been a supporter
and cheerful one, of the free schools
and of education The sentiment il
BERTHE county is crystalizing in favor o
using the taxes paid by the whites fo
white schools and Of the blacks for tn
colored schools. If this is done, with NJ
increase of taxes. the white people would
have better schools, longer terms, FREE
books and a perfect system"