The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
g White Mans Party"

bic is this: Before the fiat had gone forth
from the Democratic machine that BRYAN
and the reform issues for which he
fought should be relegated to the rear,
and that the State campaign must be
fought on the race question, the Demo
Gratis of Wilson fused. Yes sir, they
fused, but that is not all of the painful
truth. They fused with the Republicans.
Think of it! Fused with the party that
stands for negro domination and control
of our State institutions But this is
not all yet. They fused to put negroes
in Office. l would that the Democratic
papers had relieved me of the painful
duty of unfolding this tale, which is in
deed enough to harrow up the very soul
of the monopoly organs and politicians,
but as they have not, it must be told It
runs thusly:
On the first Monday in June, the time
provided by law for the election of a
county board of education, J. T. Sharp,
Republican Senator from this district, in
the interest of his Republican friends,
made a fusion proposition to the Demo-
cratic Clerk of the Court, two Democrats,
who claimed to be commissioners bv vir-
tue of appointment (who were not elected
by the people), and the Republican Reg
lister OF Deeds, to cooperate and take
charge of the schools of the county The
Democrats, knowing that unless there was
fusion between them and the Republic
cans to control the schools, the manage
ment of the schools of Wilson would fall
into the hands of the Popu1ist county
commissioners, who were duly elected by
the people, Immediately accepted the
Republican proposition, (You know
hat fho
posed to fusion between Republicans and
Populists, they love to take hand at it
themselves when it promises them pow
cry. This "unholy' alliance of Demo-
Gratis and Republicans at once proceeded
to elect George W. Connor, Democrat,
Nathan Bass, Democrat, and S. H. Wick,
Republican,, and a negro, to boot, as a
Board of Education for the county, ignor-
ing entirely the Popu1ist Board of County
Commissioners, who were elected by
large majority of the qualified voters of
county, and who had appointed Comfy
Board of Education composed of white
men entirely. / hope this startling state
ment will not be too much of strain
upon our naturally credulous people of
North Carolina. l confess I would not
have believed it myself if did not know
it to be true. And if they had only
stopped at putting negro (who, by the
way, was postmaster of Wilson under
Harrison's administration, and who was
Congressman Whites man for the same
position this time, and who would
have gotten it if the Democratic incum-
bent had not been confirmed before the
expiration of Cleveland's term,) on the
Board of Education, it would not have
been so bad; but they even went further
and appointed at least one negro school com.
mitteeman for each township in the county
They have done this, too, in spite of thei,
allegation that these negro school commit
teemen control the white schools of the
> different townships.
MI. Editor, were to follow my own in
clinatidn l would stop here, but the worst
: is yet to be told. The News and O6sey
ger heartily applauded the action of thu
: Democrats of Wilson county and sale
that they had acted right, which mean
that they did right to put negroes on tn.
County Board Of Education when they tae
the opportunity of accepting boart
composed entirely of white men, an6
: men, every one of them, in whom there
is no guile, and who are distinguished
for lifelong devotion to right and al
=. uncompromising condemnation and op
, position to wrong; that they did right II
placing at least one negro ON the schoo
: committee in every township.
We think we remember to have seer
somewhere in some Democratic paper
that all this was wrong, but guess my
memory is either at fault or the elasti,
conscience of Democrats will pe6mi
l them to do anything that will suit thei
? purposes, and it will still be right. Yo,
l known they always do right.
Yours truly,
A BRYAN POPULIST.
FENDER COUNTY DENIS AT TIKI
BAT AGAIN.
The Board of Education of Pende
county is composed of J. B. Davis, F. P
Flynn and ]. R. James. They are Demo
Gratis, and .hey elected a negro Oh ever'
school committee tn tie coxsty, in som
cases supp1anting white men of sterlin,
worth and standing in their communities
The following are the negro committee
men and their townships: Topsai1 town
o ship, A. Lloyd; Holly township. A. Viii
n 1iams; Rocky Point township, D. Wood
c Burgaw township, NJ. Pigford; Unio
s township, Allan Moore; Columbia town
n ship, Frank Inness; caswell township
n Arch Corbett; Grady township, Pete
y Simpson and Spencer Murphy; Lon
IS Greek township, Dave Jones and John A
: Williams; Canetuck township, c. +
l. Mears and II. G. Lewis.