The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-23
NEGRO RACKET TO sTop.
What .hs Conservative and Pe4-x- asFnx
Men and I.aper. say.


The attempt to revive for use in
November the recently potenssaI
appeal OF the color line In politics
has fallen Sin born. The State 1.
rightly sick OF the whole subjee,
now that settlement has been mad
OF it. Let the charity OF siience
fall on it. Let il 60 with the Rel
Shirt waist. Mr.. Bryan 10 inter
ested In having IL forgotten Nor.
+! canton Herald.
j FINALLY brethren" we hope W.
shall hear no more OF "white su-
premacy" and negro domination
/ during these years. We have had
enough. Let Us as ci liens and as
men go into the discussion OF bet.
ter things and In the fature deal
with questions and Issues tha,
make for better state and nobler
citizenship-Christian Sun.
The Charlotte Observer says:
There will be meeting OF the bus
iness men of this city and In few
other North Carolina towns relativ.
to the political conditions In this
State The suggestion seems to be
toat they expect to meet at Greens
boro or Charlotte and formulate a
resolution expressive Of tkeii view
of the situation maintaining thar
political and economic ptoble m,
are closely akin and that they bav.
a right to speak as to the latter.
They viii publicly voice their dep
recatton OF the turmoil and bother
that will come to this State il the
cry of meg O. Is prolonged and tho,
will voice wish for conservatism
and decency in politics.
We take no McKinleyism I'm ours
but we haye mere respect FIR ii
man who h nestly supports Me
kinley than the miserable, dry
mouthed politician or editor " b.
Is trying to inject the "nigg r.
racket into the Pres dental cam
paign. Our Home Pop)
1t seems that We should hav.
little trouble to carry North Caro-
lima for the Democratic ticket wi! h
out beating the carcass OF a dead
monster.-The Concord Standard
We thought we had eliminate,
the negro from politics, but som
seek to drag him back, and the,
are Democrats. We don't need an,
OF the niger cry to carry North
Carolina for Bryan, and every If
fort to bring In the negro will los.
votes for Bryan. The franchis.
question has been reiegated to tn.
rear or rather settled by 60 600 ma
jortty and we propose to let 1t sta,
settled.-Gastonia Gazette.
! There fs some talk OF making tn.
national campaign in this State on
the color line. This Is q mistakr
The people do not always want To
hear the cry OF "negro." The near
| ly sixty thousand majority fo- tn.
amendment is emphatic evidenc'
OF the truth of this statement. TIE,
we're promised that II this measur.
carried that tt would eliminate he
negro from politics.-Monroe Jour-
| nal.
! A month ago we were assured
that With the passage of III.
amendment and the elimination VI
the negro from politics it woulo
Lave the white voters free to form
opinions as to the different politi al
Issues and to vote according Y, aad
now there seems to be q fear that
they will exercise this privilege. -
Durham Herald.
"Let it be remembered then th at
the menace has been removed
There is no more occasion for infia
ming the Ia>s on OF men agains,
the negro race in North Carolina on
account OF intquitOus and efficien
acknowledgement Stand
ard.
l hold that men ought to b.
h encetorth free to vote according
to the merits of measures proposed
and cand dates nominated, without
regard to the race issue. shall
certainly do so, and shall respect
every man who is honest in nj.
convictions, no matter which par, ,
he Is allied with. / understood
that all of US were going to do thi.
a'ter the ratification of the amend.
ment. l hold that II the Democrat
ic parry revives the race issue, its
pledge Is broken aud ,hereupou one
will have the right, whether d.
were in the primary or not, to
refuse to be party to . policy tha,
| will injure the Commonwealth and
the nation. j. W. Bailey, Editor
Biblical Recorder.
The negro question as a poll lea
issue has been eliminated and IN
attempt to revive 1t will be an &C,
of injustice and ore of imbecility
The differences hereafter will bt
differen es between white men, and
serily, we have been benefited =
/ A M. Waddell, Mayor OF Whining
ton.
Ard the News and Observer 4
hereby notified that with th. dea. b
of the negro issue on August 2, 1900
also died the power of the News and
Observer to friehten anybody into
forsakiDg the cause OF honesty, Just
ice and humanity by chasing then
as McK,nleyites, Perhaps there i
some relation bstween this fact aad
the other fact that the News apG
Observer is trying to prove that the
race question in politics 10 not set
tled.-Greensboro Telegram.
During the campaign We told oul
readers oyer and over agaia that
the adoption of the ameudmen,
would settle the negro question
.(polltically), and We NEWT what =.
said. Other issues must now com,
to the 1front.-Roanoke Chowar
Times.
A victory has been won, not 10,
any party, Democratic, Republican
or Populist. but for . principle deep
lY amhadded in fhA Soufharn haa r