The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-16
For The CAUCASIAN.

41lChOh1. ~. W., MAJ. Id, 1913.
reached home Thursday night.
Have seen and heard men of all par
ties talking. Not one is pleased with
what the General Assembly did.
1t did not meet their expectations.
They say it overdid the thing in
nearly every particular. The appro-
priations are too great, the taxes will
be increasd, and too many worth
less Offices were created instead of
abollshing Offices. they increased
them.
And they do not endorse that
amendment. They cannot under
stand it. 1t is incomplete. and if put
in the constitution, it will disfran
chise white men. For this and 9TH
or reasons, it will not be ratified, if
tax payers are allowed to vote and
counted as voted.
Democratic speakers say they are
not responsible for the amendment.
When in the campaign, they did not
think the Democratic party intended
to disfranchise any one. In saying
no one would be disfranchised, they
were only carrying out Summons in
structions.
It's reported that one of the clerks
Of the legislature, tells Democrats
that the legislature killed the POP
ulist party, and tells the negroes
they are all right. This shows that
it is the Populists-white freemen,
and not negroes the Democratic ma
chine is afraid of.
The Populists here are in for the
fray, Those that had any leanings
to the Democratic party, have had
all that knocked out of them. The
Populists are and will be more uni
ted in the next fight than the Demo
Gratis will be.
The Democrats promised to settle
the negro question. They have no,
done so. The negro is more in evil
dence than ever. In the towns and
city elections the Democratic Office
seekers are very anxious for the ne
groes to vote, especially those tina,
will vote for the machine.
A man is a fool if he thinks a
Democrat in any kind of q campaign
can get along without the "nigger.'
They make q two-fold use of him
lst. To prejudice the minds of the
ignorant, and I'd, to get the negro
vote.
A very prominent man in the State
a man whom everybody, saint anG
sinner, admits to be far-seeing mar
in politics, as we'll as a good judge
of human nature and analysed o.
legislative bodies, in speaking of the
last legislature, he sums 1t up thus
"This is the first time in the forma
tion of our State government that ",
have ever had a legislature with 50 lir
tie sense that it did not know what il
had done, or when it had gOtter
through"
Truer words were never spoken
We asked a very eminent lawyer
and politician, q man that SPOKE
night and day all through the las
campaign for the Democratic party
to tell US what he thought the amend
ment to the constitution meant. a.
simply said he had not examined i
thoroughly. Now if it takes a law
yer's deepest reflection to even ar
rive at an opinion, how is the aver
age honest man and taxpayer to vot'
upon it intelligently7
The Democrats are not agreed up
on the work of the legislature. Glenn
says the antitrust law is good one
Webster's Weekly and the News AM
Observer say the amendment chang
? ed and ruined it and they fear it i
no good.
A great many say it was not onl,
the most intelligent body that eve
? met in Raleigh, but the highest
3 toned. The Lenoir Topic says it wa
= not the most intelligent body. Tn
; clerks say some bills drawn were no
. spelled correctly, not punctuated
I were not grammatical, and no on
could read them. And the Charlott
Observer says the Senate in adjourn
). ing did rot manifest any claim t
= dignity. and one could infer that
r did not show much sobriety.
,, 1t Seems to US that the Senat
:, could and should have voted fo
b every dispensary bill. To q man u
. tree, that body seemed PRACTICAL
pledged to dispensarles. Its Away
we'll to have q dispensary near i
J. case of sickness and snake bites. D
t you sect
d The school law is meeting wit
a some serious opposition. 1t wa
Is charged that the Legislature Of g
8 had put tho schools IN politics. Blu
that was nothing to what the Las
one did. 1t places the schools in til
g hands of the old politi c a
!, machine. If it does like 1t di
9 once, no man or lady, though whit,
y unless he or she be q Democrat, ca
get school Having it that wa,
:: Is party, it was to their interest I
: give the schools 500, 600 appropr
alton. In the first place it will Civ