The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-05

question, and therefore it is necessary to
get up some dodge on which to try to
satisfy credulous people that they are do
ing their duty in stopping the supposed
negro domination that they howled so ire
mendously about in the campaign. Now
in order to make it appear that the ma
chine has not sold out completely to the
railroads they have arranged that the
railroad officials shall at once begin to de-
clare that they are opposed to the Jim
Crow car law, and then the Charlotte OBJ
server and all the other railroad organs
are given the tip that they must at once
declare that the Democratic Legislature
will pass the Jim Grow car law in spite
of the opposition of the railroads. 1t is
a sham fight and the Democratic monopoly
papers and the railroad presidents under
stand each other The scheme has peen
agreed on between them and the farce
is being carried out with perfect I'M
derstanding on both Sides
WHAT WILL BE DONE?
The Tarboro Southerner in an editorial
headed: What will be done,'' says "Will
the next legislature pass an election law
so that intelligence may rule, or will it
keep the negro for political purposes? The
present election was carried solely by
drawing the color line. Let it stay drawn
by giving the intelligent voters only the
right of franchise. The press all over the
State is harping on who is entitled to
spells. First do something to show the
people that every promise ha been car
ried out. Don't let them be disappointed
The Democrats are the States guardians
for the next two years, SO let them do
their full duty"
From the above it would seem that the
Tarboro Southerner has gotten hint of
the real situation and is uneasy about it,
The above will be very interesting read
ing after the Democratic Legislature a1-
journs.
"Why is it that the railroad corpora
lions in North Carolina are opposed to
Constitutional convention to deal with the
suffrage question and other questions that
might arise? 1t would be well for every
voter to think about this and try to find
an answer
The Caucasian on December 18th,
1898, had this to say:
THE JIM CROW CAR DODGE AGAIN.
1T seems now that the Jim Crow cars
was the only kind of white supremacy that
the Democratic machine was clamoring
for. The Caucasian last week called at
tention to the strange fact that as soon
as the negro scarecrow campaign had
closed the Democratic machine at once
brought forward its great remedy to cure
negro domination. The remedy, strange to
say, was the establishment of the Jim
Crow cars. We also called attention to
the fact that for twenty years under
Democratic rule it never occurred to the
Democratic machine that Jim Crow cars
were necessary; but having run a cam
paign exclusively on the cry of negro
it was of course necessary to
do something to keep the people fooled.
So it was necessary to raise some new
sham issue of legislation. We also called
attention to the fact<that as soon as the
Democratic machine began to advocate the
Jim Grow cars that the same railroad
overseers and bosses who had backed the
Democratic party with their money and
influence, at once began to give interviews
the Jim Crow cars. We stated
it as our opinion that this was all an I'M
between the Democratic ma
chine and the railroad bosses. The rail-
road knew that it was necessary to do
to fool the people and SO they
had an. unders landing with the Democrat
ic machine that it was to advocate Jim
Crow cars and the railroads were to seem
to oppose them in order to make the peo-
rle think that the railroad bosses did not
own the Democratic machine and also fur
Their to make the people think when the
next Legislature adopted the Jim Crow
cars Gas it wild that it was a triumph
of the people in spite of railroad opposi-
ton. We believed then we were stating
the exact truth about the situation, and
we believe it now In fact, only few
days ago the Caucasian was informed that
the railroad officials had no serious OBJ
iections to the establishment of the Jim
Crow cars and would rather have that
done than any other legislation that could
possibly be put up that would satisfy the
people on the railroad question. Let the
people take note of these things; keep
their eyes and ears open and watch.
Editorial in the Caucasian, Novem-
Der oath, 1898:
1.-THE Populists and white Republicans
who voted the Democratic ticket did so
no doubt with the distinct unders landing
tndJ Il DcIDOCTdllc lcSISldIuTt WOuiu Cdli
a constitutional convention. We will now
see whether or not the Democratic ma
chine will keen faith with these voters.
From the Caucasian, January goth,
1899:
There is beginning to be some COM
plant over the slowness of the Legisla-
ture in doing some things that it was
they would do One is the
passing of Jim Cow car law.
"If they don't do that" said good
Democrat yesterday, well, l will throw
up the sponge and the members of the
Legislature lad about as well do the
same. News and Observer.
They PROMISED more than the Jim
Crow car law They promised to elimin-
ate the negro from politics, reduce taxes,
stop rapcs, murders, lynchings, and to
give every man the right to vote as he
pleases. So far noting along these lines
have been done. If they fail to do these
things, they all had just as well throw
up the sponge"
When the Amendment was intro
duced the Caucasian seemed to see
much good in it. In its issue of Feb
ruary 2Sd, 80, it stated:
when the Democrats eliminate the
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