The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-01


osrTIoN 10 DrsFRAsCHGsE "A.
GRoEs AND ILLITERATE VIII
WOULD SoT RECEIVE 4 >1>.rr
DEMOCRATIC voTERIS TBElge-.
LATURK AND pESoUNCEs -r..,
WHO MAKE TEE CHARGE A. >rE,..
ING FALSELY AND TRYING To- l,..-
THE PEOPLE
From Caucasian Oct. lg.-
The following affidavit mad i.,.
James III. Pou, ex-Cb Altman o'r..
State Democratic Executive Com.
mittee, during the last campa..,
will bee interesting reading. ug-
readers will remembe that VIII
ever and wherever IL was char..a
in the last campaign that IL a..
Democratic machine under SIN.
mons got control OF the State. tlA-
they would offer a scheme 10 q :.
franchise illitierate votes, that t.a
charge was Indignantly denied ana
denounced by every Democrat.
speaker as being UNANIMOUSLY fal>.
Even Mr.. Simmons, the Democrat-
ic State Chairman, issued an oiilc.-
al statement TO the voters OF III,
State, branding every such charr.
as false In toto; saying that thar
campaign lie had been charged
against the Democratic party be
fore, and that the charge was now
so old and so false that no one
would believe il.
Mr. James III. Pou, the ex-Chair-
man OF the State Democratic Com
mittee, in his speeches made IN.
same declaration. But IL seems
that in one OF his speeches in Moor
county, some members Of his audi
dience expressed doubt OF the truth
OF his Indignant denial, and called
upon him while upon the stand 10
know Ii he would make an afiida-
Wit to that effect. He publicly
agreed to do so, we are informed.
The result is the affidavit below.
made at Raleigh, dated Oct. l4th.
1898. it Will be noticed that Mr.
Pou, shrewd, slick and cunning as
he Is, attempted TO word his afiida
Wit so as not 10 say explicitly what
he had said publicly on the stump,
and yet at the same time, to saw
enough TO make il appear that his
affidavit had made good his cam
paign declaration, and fool the vo-
tiers into accepting his statement
and voting for the machine.
The following Is a true copy OF
the affidavit:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
County OF Wake.
James 81. Pou, being duly sworn
depOses and says:
81 have never said that, IL the
Democrats regained control OF the
state, they intended to disfranchisa
the negroes and illiterate white vo-
tiers never have said anything
like this, and / know that such is
not the Intention OF the Democrat
ic party. / have never heard a sin
gle Democrat give utterance TO
such a sentiment, and / do not be-
Iieve, If such a proposition comes
before the General Assembly, that
1t would receive a single Democrat
&c vote. | believe that a majority of
the uneducated white voters Of
North Carolina are Democrats. t.
Democratic party il appealinyi
them for aid in preserviD @S VI
supremacy In the center zoe. u
In restoring it in the Eas.., 800, s.,:. VI
OF this STATE. They are respoiafnCy
to our appeal. and to repay them for
their aid with a Acknowledgement
Of their votes would be folly and
ingrattiude indeed. The man
who makes these charges know
they speak falsely, bat their cam
palgn this year IL run upon the
dea that the people OF North Car
Dina would rather believe "A false
mood than the truth, and they
would rather hear libels upon the
lonored dead than to hear .ryu
neDts based upon TRUTH
lSIgneuI
JAMES III. Pou.
Sworn 70 and subscribed before
ne this October LIST 1898.
tSignedl