Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-06
EMOCRATIC PLAN
Resolutions for Consideration by
North Carolina Legislature.
RESTRICTING NEGRO PRIVILEGES
Division of School Taxes, Disband-
ment Of Coiored Militia.
CHANGE IN CONSTITUTION

! Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
RALEIGH, N. c., January 6-The follow
ing is a copy of a series of resolutions
| which have been received here for presen-
tation to the legislature, and which will be
laid before that body at the first favora BILE
opportunity. They may be regarded as ex-
pressing the sentiments of the democratic
managers on the subjects to which theysre
fer, and suitable legislation to carry them
INTO effect will, it is believed, be enacted
The Resolutions.
The resolutions are as follows:
L. We favor better public schools and
longer terms, and demand that the white
mans taxes be used for while schools and
the neSro's taxes for negro schools and
condemn as the rankest injustice that an
inferior race of ingrates that pay less than
per cent of the taxes should have equal
schooi privileges with the white race, who
pay over % per cent of the taxes.
-. We favor a vagrancy law being made
so strict in its application that the great
horde of loafers infesting our eastern towns
VIII be forced to work for themselves or
1or the public on the county roads, and we
p!edSe ourselves to support such action
). We favor the refusal of work and
homes to vicious troublesome negro poll
ticians.
=. We favor the sternest social and bus
mess ostracism of offensive white renubJi
cans, and believe they are the vilest enc
mics to our state and county
No Negro Military Companies.
o. We favor more liberal allowance be-
ing made to the state guard and that its
NUMBERS and efficiency be increased: that
ny negro companies now existing shall be
ulSoahded, and that hereafter no negro mil
ltary companies be allowed organization
u. we demand such change in the state
constitution as will entirely eliminate the
negro as factor in North Carolina politics
T. we demand that corrupt officials be
impeached, and that any member of the
general assembly who has been convicted
or felony shall be expelled from the leg
islature. 40
-. We commend those railroads far
torres and large mills that are giving pref
erence 10 white over negro labor
D. we favor an amendment to the law
regarding the carrying of concealed weap-
ohs SO that license will be REQUIRED for
the carrying of the same. proceeds of tho
sale of license to go to the public school
fund.- 'eAooi
Disclaim Dictation
special pains were taken by all the MEM
bers of the democratic state committee who
attended the meeting here Tuesday night
10 dlsciaim any purpose of debating or
even so much as suggesting to the lepisIa
|. ture, so soon to meet the course 20 be mr.
sued with regard to the regulation of the
franchise. VI TIC
Inc burden of the statements made nv
the committeeman was that the white MOI,
OF the state showed by their vote Noyem-
per = exactly what they desired, and that
IN. .lils deslre is Tor the Acknowledgement of
the ignorant negro, but no white men
Inc committee made feature of thank
ing the thousands of white republicans and
the Popullsts who voted the democratic
t ticket last November The populist party
mas, 1t was claimed gone to pieces The
white supremacy matter rose far abova
popu4lsm, and with great many repub-
Means rose very far above republicanism.
me tifne Is, therefore, ripe for a consti-
tutional amendment, it was asserted The
peIe1 IS that one properly drawn will he
ratlhed at the polls. Some democratic
leaders FAVOR the voting by the legislature
ror constitutional amendments. This will
require three-fifths vote. and then tho
people must ratify. Others favor a con-
sututlonal convention, and desire the re-
VISION to be complete. The last constitn-
tlonal convention was in 1875
Louisiana Method.
Ihere is no doubt that, so far as the
democratic state committee is concerned
majority Of it's members favor the Tonisi-
ana method of regulating the negro vote
rms plan was, in fact warmly commenced
at the meeting of the committee Tuesday
niSht. Natlonal Democratic Committeeman
Josephus Daniels intends to press II mon
the attention of the public as the best solu-
ton of the matter.
me negroes appear to know that their
uulslranchlsement is approaching Some of
tSem do not care, while others saw or.,Iv
or IN letters to newspapers that they think
the limitation of their vote good thing
Tor their race. S
The bad conduct of the naoro ,,.u
When offlcered by negroes, as exemnlified
ny the sd North Carolina Regiment has
naa IT'S effect upon this disfranchisement
matter. Everything this year tended ~
hn
chairman admitted in conversation within
TOUR days after the election that the white
p'e,ople OF the state will not submit to any
thing short of disfranchisement: that this
was what their vote meant.
AZ one time after the election Demo-
cTatlc State Chairman Simmons had an
luea ,nat a rush prepared election law
would answer the purpose. He found later
on that the regulation of the franchise
was the thing desired. He is a thorough
polltician, thinker and is quick to grasp
ms ms opinion, but said he wanted a little
tune. as matters were of grave importance
ana becoming more and more so daily.
Effect ON Republican Party.
II Is certain that there will never be any
more office holding by negroes in North
carolina. 1t is claimed negro office hold
ers ruined the republican party this wear
and that the republicans know it. When
they could, they tried to put the negro in
.he pdckSround, or rather to induce him
70 retire there. In counties where he had
the strength he refused to retire Craven
county is a case in point
Ihe negro who represents the lower
mouse from Craven county will, it is as
serted, make democratic votes, and so. it
Is claimed, will George H. White. the negro
representative in Congress. OF White the
white republicans are growing tired and
say so, and one of the state COMMITTEES
says ne wants the democrats to break up
tne distrlct so as to forever put an end to
White.
The giving of federal positions to negroes
Is another thing that has hurt the repub-
lean party in this state. One of these
federal office holders is John c. Dancy.
one of the leading negroes in the state
He fastened away from Wilmington ON a
steamer four days after the election, hay-
ing during that period been locked in his
house there. His wife went with him. tt
Is said she will not be allowed to return.
because she participated in a church meet
ing at Wilmington in which the editorial of
the negro Manly was indorsed Dancy is
afraid to return. Such was the statement
made by negro republican official at
Raleigh.
Separate Cars.