The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
BUTLER LIKE A WILD MAN
Tearing Around In His Hotel at All
Hours OF the Night, Barefooted and
I'm Paiamas, on Political Busin' -.
Another Registrar Arrested - Tho
Progressive Farmers Argument for
Franchise Amendment
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh. y. g. July "a

Raleigh. y. g. july -
Il is learned that the republicans and
populists do no. know which way TO
turn They ara literally overwhelmed
4 republican admitted today they we're
secretly printing their state tickets.
and will not give these out until elec-
ton day. They know they are beaten
Senator Butter is like 4 Wild man. IS
UP at all hours OF the night and at
O'Clock in the morning was IN the office
OF his hotel. barefooted and in paj2maS-
He actually wanted 10 have the veSs-i-
bulei train held so some ~ his Texas
speakers, Cyclone Davis. Harry Tracy
or Stump Ashby, could get away 20
make populist speeches.
Yesterday in Chatham county he
fuSionists caused the arrest Of Reg -
trar Stedman. who - the uncle OF Ed
ltor Poe, Of The Progressive Farmer,
which Is the organ Of the North Caro-
lima Farmers Alliance. That paper to-
day editorially commends the franchise
amendment. Ii says:
The charge that Ghe amendment
means the substitution of arlstocTacy
for democracy. the death knell q: po-
litica1 freedom, and the control ~ the
state by one political party for an In
definite period regardless OF its acts. IS
wildly absurd.
"All know that the negro question
has done more to enslave our p-ople
politically, and 10 promote the amin
terrupted control OF southern politics
by one political party than any other
one thing. In the south il has been
in all its history the most potent foe OF
political purity and statesmanship
and the most powerful protector OF
demagogry and partisan slavery with
which we have had TO deal
The south has not producted a Jack
son, a jefferson, o. 4 Calhoun since
reconstruction days. They could not
grow in our political atmosphere at
this time. They discussed issues; they
appealed to a people whose Judgment
and intellect We're not kept in subjec-
ton by the presence of a race problem.
The enfranchisement of a race ffIst
emerged from slavery has made poii-
ical slaves of many OF their form
masters. Many good people believe
the amendment viii by making the
states ratio of voting population S
whites to l negro, render negrc rule
impossible in any county, give greater
liberty to our people and benefit whites
and blacks alike. To charge that they
are actuated only by desire for office
of by undemocratic ideas is as futile
as it is unjust.
THE charge that the educatS0naF
i
not seem to be better grounded But.
| If it be an aristocracy, then 1t Is one
that practically all wl1ite boys of or
dinary intelligence and industry can
enter-a fact that ought to stimulate
interest in our schools and elevate our
citizenship.
Nor do we believe that there is dan
ger of the elimination OF the grand
father clause, leaving in force an ed
ucational test for whites and blac cl.S
alike. This is a scarecrow that naS
been deserted even by it's makers"
More rain fell last might. Yet more
is needed. The recuperation Of crops
is remarka bic, yet much is cut of.
At Laurinburg the negro cooks are
boycotting democrats, because the
latter are working for white suprema-
cy. At Rockingham two years ago the
cooks tried the same thing. The white
men met and decided to discharge every
negro man This brought the women
to their senses.
The seizure by a mob Of The reglstra--
ton book of Senator Buffers own
township in Sampson county is the
sensation of the week-and this when
the book showed twenty-seven demo-
cratic majority. 1t shows the urrer
desperation Of the fusionists who did
the work.
Captain Nichols, of Asheville volun-
teers with his entire company Of rhe
First regiment, for service in China.
and says many more besides offe- to-
volunteer.
The flags on the capitol are 10 be
kept at half staff for 30 days. a. a
mark of respect to Governor Carr
Attorney General Walser made the
usual republican boast that the fu-
sionists would carry Davidson county
by 200 majority. III. y. Warmer Il here
and says the democrats viii cary it
by over coo.
There are all sorts OF fusion cam
paign rumors current. Major Grant
and some OF the republicans say Ad-
ans leads, the ticket, certain populists
say Cy. Thompson Is the man.