The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-12

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answered him in the day of his distres,
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above men.
from the earliest ages it has beer
customary for men to leave n perma
heh' marx TO note great events, either
stone or statue, or n monument that
eiluures IN the fundamental law. 4
what shall be the permanent memo
flal a grateful people shall erect to com
hemorate the mighty revolution of 1898.
Snah we erect upon the summit OF
NJ. mitchell towering monument that
snali look down upon five States?
siali we upon the shores of the At
iantic, pile stone on stone until a mighty
temple shall be reared in which the
music of the waves will forever sing the
epic of our victory?
Shall we erect some stately abbey
where III bronze and marble the figures
OF the leaders of the struggle shall be
gwen to stimulate posterity to deeds of
civic valor?
VI, dlscardlng those monuments which
mock mans desire for lasting fame, seel;
memorial that will tell forever in the
new glory of government by the intel-
hgence and virtue of the State that
shall lnaugurate new era of good
feeling and prosperity?
The Ebenezer which the Democracy
IS committed to raise must be built upon
the solid foundation of party pledges
faithfully performed. Any other foun-
dation will be sinking sand Fortunate
ly few promises were made by the vic
storious party. The Democratic State
platform. which is the cornerstone of
our memorial, was the inspiration of
wisdom 1t might be summarized in the
shibboleth of the campaign. The White
Man and the White Metal +
Upon State politics we had made ten
distinct promises:
81. To give security and protection
to the property and people, of every town
and county in the State by putting none
but capable white men in control of
public affairs.
-. To put white men only in charge
of white public schools.
80. 70 secure economy in expenditure.
the abolition of unnecessary offices, de
cency in administration, constant inn
provement in our educational system.
charity to the unfortunate, and rule
by the white men of the State
II. To secure the extension of the
powers of the Railroad Commission. and
closer scrutiny into their affairs in or
der to ascertain. establish and maintain
xi,nta Rates as shall be fair and just to the
people, and to the transportation and
transmission corporations.
IS. To prohibit free passes which have
been employed to defeat the win of the
people and to give an undue power to
political railroad corporations.
So TO provide for the election of Rail-
road Commissioners by the people, and
the selection, of United States Senators
in the same way.
~. To put all foreign corporations
upon the same footing with local cor
porations and prevent the removal by
foreign corporations of suits to the Fed
eral courts, where, by means of their
influence at Washington, the Federal
bench has been too largely packed with
corporation agents.
IS. To encourage the investment of
capital in the State and to give it ample
protection.
-. To enact fair and just election
law
10. To do any and all other just and
honorable things that will secure and
perpetuate White Supremacy.
..rhere is no room to doubt that these
promises will be performed.
Thus smoke the editor of this paper in
Laurinburg on the night of December
3Oth. at banquet in celebration of the
Democratic victory OF the month previ-
Gus.
Prophetic words they were--nlore pro-
pletic. doubtless. than the speaker then
dreamed-for they have been fulfilled TO
the letter.
The Democratic party, through the
General Assembly. came into its own on
January 9th Two months later that
General Assembly adjourned, leaving no
promise unfulflled, no pledge broken.
And herein it has been the most re-
markable Legislature North Carolina has
ever had Not only was there a colossal
task ahead of it in the way of new laws
10 be enacted but there was four years
of bad. vicious legislation that needs
must be undone.
The task has been accomplished. Every
porticle of the Fusion structure mas been
removed and the State reorganlzed.
But best of all there has been erected
"a memorial that will tell forever in the
new glory of government by the IN
telIigencc and virtue of the State.
And this is how it was reared:
/. In the counties, cities and towns of
Eastern North Carolina capable white
men have been put in control of public
AFFAIRS and such legislation enacted as
will prevent all possibility>of their being
again dominated by negroes.
This was accomplished by amend
ments TO the charters of the towns; by
appointing finance committees or increas-
mo the number of commissioners III the
COMMITTEES. or by prescribing such regula-
tions in regard TO official bonds as VIII
make il impossible for any other than
men Of character and good business
ouslifications to give them
AS further precaution, N the conn-
ties having large Negro ma1cr'nes tbs
election Of commissioners IS conferred
mon the justices of the peace the jus
tices of the peace in such cases beng ap-
nointed bv the Legislature.
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