The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-25

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holders and office seekers are what
ire gnaUing at your vitals- He COM
the situation to a man who has
ost his arm, and he declared that the |
democratic party had lost its arm and
must get il back. He laid down the
II was TO weed out the gold
bugs and monepolists. He declared
Cleveland a betrayed the peo-
pie, and that some democrats in North
vert traitors, and voted with
Cleveland to repeal the Sherman act.
and had been paid off in patronage.
said he alluded to senator Ran
He had mentioned his name in
the United States senate and was not
TO utter it in North Carolina.
To this he attributed the rise of the
and said the first remedy |
was for the people to select their own
officers and primary electors This /
strikes at the root Of the evil, and ne
the people to adopt the pri- |
mary plan in order to select their own |
In South Carolina there We're
14O, 900 negro votes and 1O0, 900 white |
votes, yet that state has white su- |
premacy. In North Carolina there are
more whites than blacks, yet we have
negro supremacy. This he denounced
as the result of political idiocy, cor
ruption and treachery. He, therefore,
advised the people to get together, de-
SSIl > ltddcIo III SSSuIC NIT SUI
premacy. Will you work for a prima-
ry election? he asked. A voice, Yes"
Il would rather hear that coming
from your state committee than from
you,'' he replied.
To the populists he remarked that
with fusion they had had -four years of
bad government, debauchery and negro
domination. 1t was time now to make
a change. The trouble with the popu-
lists is that they are a minority of the
democratic family, and the tail wants
to wag the dog. The fact is, the dogs
tail has gone and no bob-tail dog was
ever known to walk a log. The dog
must get it's tail back to be able TO
walk the log, but if it can't get its
all back, it will be very apt to jump
the creek without it's tail. (Applause.l
South Carolina had negro rule fasten-
&C or her with bayOnets. The people
stood it for eight years., but hey grew
desperate and dOnned red shirts and
got out their ShOtgunS and tool the
state. He did not deem it necessary to
advise the people of North Carolina to
do that, for they are in a majority,
and can secure white government
without that. Act decent and get to-
gether, run up the flag of white SUI
premacy, and put North Carolina back
where she will slip up any more.
Senator Tillman said he noticed
around him very beautiful girls, and
they reminded him to say such articles
as hat written by the negro editor in
Wilmington was an insult to the wO-
men of North Carolina. Why didn't
you kill that niger editor who wrote
that? Sen him to South Carolina and
let him publish any such offensive
stuff, and he would be killed. While l
was governor and was canVassing the
state, I said openly in a. speech that 1
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a white woman and I still say that.
When we were under bayonets we new
er did submit to negro rule and what
are you here for? You right arm is
off. You must get it back.
Senator Tillman said there was more
than one way to secure white suprem-
acy. He related how the constitution
of South Carolina was amended so as
to secure white supremacy without
DISTINGUISHING any white man. Why
can't you do something like that to Sc
cure white government?
When he heard of the proposition of
the populists to fuse with the demo-
Gratis and that proposition was spurn-
ed by the democrats he was disposed
to blame the democrats, but he learn
ed hat the %populists made such con-
ditions that their offer had to be re-
jected. They wanted as n condition
local enlightenment, which would
put the eastern counties under negro
domination. He then told how beauti-
fully the South Carolina system work.
ed to give white offices to negro coun-
ties. Another condition of the popu-
lists was that they should retain their
present representation in the legisla-
ture and congress. They asked too
much, and the burden of the failure to
fuse with the democrats is. therefore,
on the populists. He said it seemed
that the leaders did not want fusion
between the democratic family, hence
they called early conventions, but if
hey don't mind the white people will
have white supremacy without them,
and hen where will they be? There
are more a to carry an election
than one. If you make up your minds
to carry the election you will do it.
Where there is a will there is a way.
Senator Tillman said there was no
longer any excuse for the popuiists to
remain out of the democratic party.
They went out on account of Cleve-
land. The democratic convention at
Chicago threw Cleveland overheard
and adopted free silver, and the popu-
lists endorsed the platform and voted
for the democratic candidate; so there
is no just reason now to prevent white
men from getting together. After
speaking fully on the various branches
of his subject skinned over here, SEN
ator Tillman closed his speech amid u
great tumult of applause.
After music by the band, Mr.. I. A.
MurchisOn introduced the Hon. w. H.
Kitchin, who spoke for sixteen minutes,
when ain dispersed the crowd. He
made a strong appeal to populists to
come home, and his words were ap-
plauded to the echo.
The great thrOng was amply fed by
a barbecue and basket dinner served
in the main building on the fair
grounds. The aides of Fayetteville and
Cumberland were in charge and man
aged affairs most skillfully. The Mes
representatives were we'll taken
care of, and we thank the ladies, as
also Mr.. w. w. Huske, the democratic
chairman, for courteSieS.
Mr.. Huske tells us that he thinks
the democrats will carry Cumberland
in a walk. The populists are coming
back, and in some townships where
there We're as many as 50 to 20 popu-
lists, only two or three are left. Twen-
ty-five workers will go out mex week
to organize white Government Unions
in every township.