The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-08
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back Of the store, w hat. the matter
mi, Ik~ys- she said he fell down
| On pumped bis no~ef" -phat-says
be, Fell dewn and pumped hi. nos<s-
She lifted her head, look ed NJ him and
replied. Well phat else could he
pump"
Let. read little more. John era.
ham. president Of the Farmers Ali.
snce, man without fear and without
reprosch everyw here 10 North Caro-
lima writes me under date OF August
18th that negro was elected on the
Board Of Education q the county OF
Warren BY the votes Of two Democratic
| members Of the Board Of Commission :
ess. These Democratic Comm,siouers
were appointed By . Democratic judge
and added 10 the Board OF three men,
bers elected by the people. Their
names are N. j. Hawkins aud J.. Ii.
Allen, and the colOred man put upon
the Board OF Education in that county
By their votes WAS John +. Williams.
l am told that they voted for williams
against the Rev. T. j. Taylor, white
man and pastor Of the Baptist church
| in WarFentOu. And further than that,
I have to say that in the county OF
Warren for twenty years there has
that the Democrats ia the county Of
Warren were. until recently, his
bondsmen.
Over here 10 Wilson county they
have cOlored man on the Board Of
Education. How did be get thefer He
was elected by Democratic votes.
The Republican Register of Deeds
went to the POpulist Commissi oners
| and said, "If you will agree tn put
upon the Board of Education q certain
negro, I will cooperate with you in
the election of the Board Of Educa.
| ton for Wilson county. This the Pop
| ulist Commits ,ioners refused to do.
He then went to the Democratic Com
missioners appointed BY a Judge to
oversee the Board of siOners
| elected BY the people, and said, IL will
| cooperate with you, if you will agree
to name this negro Is amember OF. the
Board" To this these Democratic Com
missioners agreed, and so there is q
| negro upon the Board of Education in
the county of Wilson. put there by
Democratic votes. Thsse facts were
given to me by Populists in Wilson
county, but not by them alone; they
were given to me by John Il. Wood
ard, q Democratic attorney in the
town of Wilson.
They howl about negro school
committeeman. l am willing to say
that the law which put one committee
in charge of both white and colored
schools was mistake, but that law
was drawn largely by . Dem.
0crat. 1t was approved by .
Democrat at the head of the
States highest institution of
learning for males, and another DEM
Ocrat who is at the head Of the States
highest institution for the education
of females. These gentlemen are not
politicians. They believe as educators,
1 have no doubt, that the billwould en-
nance the value and efficiency of the
public school system. The bill was
supported in the legislature by Demo-
Gratis, and wherever negroes have been
put upon school committees by county
boards of education, acting under the
law of 1897, it cannot be said that they
have been put there by POpulists and
Republicans alonei for there are negro
| school committeeman in numerous
control. The responsibility therefore
for this law, and for everything objec..
tiOnable that has arisen In the course of
it's execution, is chargable as much to
the Democratic party as to the Repub.
lican or POpulist Parties; and yet be-
cause the Democratic party dare not
20 before the people and state its be-
lief upon any general question of poll
tics, it seeks to damn its political Oppo-
nents by saddIing upon them its own
crimes,
You remember the campaign of 1876
was largely upon the issue Of "nigger.'
1t was then the cry of negro equality
Now it is the cry of "negro DONNA.
tion." l state here that the Democratic
party does not desire to rid itself oil
the negro in politics. When the Dem.
ocratic party in North Carolina re-
moves the negro from politics in North
Carolina, the pemocFatic party goes
out of existance in North Carolina. II
they had desired to get rid of the negro
as q disturbing factor in North Carroll
ma, they acquired the power in 1875
when, contrary to all Of their prOfes.
sions upon the stump, and their denuu'
Citations of the Republican party fol
putting negroes in Office in North Car
olina, they proceeded to elect negro
magistrates in New Hanover, in era
ven and in other counties in the State
, They had it in their power to removi
the negro from politics from that daI
until 1896, and yet they left him for tn
purpose of future campaigns. Wher
they fail of the negro issue in NORTH
Carolina, what issue will the Demo
, cratic party have?
Why, when Peg-leg Williams in thu
days of negro exodus was carrying
! thousands of negroes out of the STATE
{ of North Carolina, twas Democratic
, legislature that rose up and passet
law stopping the business under I
5 penalty of a Thousand dollars. l hav'
heard it said that our friend Captain
> Kitchen felt so outraged at the less
ening of the negro population in tn
: county of Halifax that he assaulte!
;, poor old Peg-leg Williams who Wa
{ carrying his thousands further South
y | continue this charge against tn
o Democratic party. It has Away
. howled the Niger, and yet it ha
u given the negro Office when it cOult
e notwithstanding its howl. In 1872 O.
g the 18th day of November, the Demo
r cratic party, controlling the Senate q
e North Carolina, put up and electe
l. Guilford Christmas, Warren count
, colored man for Assistant Do0r-ke eT
4 er, against q white man. You can 6
): there and see that your own Senate
l, Il from this county, DR.. Murphy, vote
l. for the negro. You deny it? TheI
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