The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-04-05
SENATOR buffers Speech

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such thing would be attempted; that
the Democratic party would never at
tempt anything OF the kind.
A. w. SIMONS, Justice CO the Peace
JACK EVERETT.
Sworn 10 and subscribed before me
this 29sn day OF January, 1900.
J. II. EVANS, Justice Of the Peace
PLEDGES BY DEMOCRATIC CAN
DrDATES FOR LEGISLATURE.
Not only lids, but the Democratic
andidates for the legislature. from the
mountains TO the sea, made the solemn
pledges On the stump that their State
ah2!ruan said they would make.
have on my desk affidavits from yo-
ter3 in different counties vino i.eard
The Democratic candidates make these
pledges. But Il Ii unnecessary to read
them or Cffer any other proc. because
rot Ore OF these candidates b2s ever
denied that ne made these pledges. II
has been charged on them siace, and
they ali admit 1t or Gil keep silent.
Mr.. PETrrCS. desire 20 AK when
these pieoSeS were maoeI
Mr.. BUTLER. They were made du.
ring chs last campaign In No-tn Caro-
lfDia when the legislature was elected
which adopted this proposed colstitu.
tiOnal amendment. Since the Senator
has asked the question, / will read The
affidavit that hold in my hand. Thi:
affidavit refers 20 Mr.. Plummer Davis
OF Franklin county, Democratic
member OF the legislature, who vose1
to submit this amendment 20 the PEG.
pie. but who pledged the people OF Iii;
county that he would do f. The affi
dlavit Is az follows:
State OF North Carolina. County O
Franklin:
Ephraim Blacknall, being duly swor.
Geposes and SAYS that he heard Mr.
Plummer Davis, Democratic candidate
fer the legislature in Franklin County
say publicly In the town OF LouisSurl
tina: nobody need De afraid TO vote fCl
him; that II elected he would not vote
TO disfranchixe anybody, and ne woult
vote for no law that would DE agains
the interest o! the colored race aIt
tn my opinion, such promises as thi
was the reason why several HUNDRED
colored people In this county voted tn
Democratic ticket.
EPHRAIM BLACKNALL
Sworn TO and subscribed before M
this the 18th day OF December. 1899.
RI. A. FINCH, Justice OF Peace.
Mr. Davis was elected a member ,
the legislature. He is member o. III
legislature now. When ne got 10 tn
IL ho II
amendment, and rs today supporting II
notwithsu landing his solemn pledge an
the pledge OF his party to the contrary
Mr.. President, will stop to rea
only one more CT these affidavits:
State OF North Carolina, CIm5erlan
County:
ID. X. Taylor, being duly sworn, de
poses and says that he heard H. Mel
Robinson, Democratic candidate for tn
legislature In Cumberland County, sa
that the Democrats did not want tn
louisiana DISTINGUISHING anendmen
to the constitution that the charge
made by the Republican and Populis
speakers that they, the Democrats
would disfrachise the negro and poo
whitfs was false and only used to In
auolce their votes. They also favore
The negroes controlling their owj
| schCols- d. X. TAYLOR.
Sworn TO and subscribed before m
this the 274h day OF January, 1900.
w. P. WEMYSS, Justice OF the Peace
| Cal Five Caucasian
Mr.. Robinson, like Mr.. Davis and
majority of the Democratic members
also broke his pledge when he wa
| elected. But be it said in the homo
and to the credit of few Democrat
| members OF the last legislature tina
| hey refused to violate their solem
| pledges and to betray those vino vote
| FOR them on this pledge. They defe
| The lash of the party machine and stoo
true to their pledges and to the people
| They refused to vote for this propose
| amendment in the legislature, an
they are now openly opposing it 1
| their counties.
PLEDGES BY DEMOCRATIC COUN
TY CHAIRMEN.
Mr.. President, not only did the Dem
ocratic candidates from the legislator
make these pledges, but the Democcrraa
ic county chairmen thought they ougt
to follow the State chairman, and the
issued addresses/ana appeals to tn
people. Ikave here sample of then
This~is from Chatham county. Mr.. r
I n. Hayes, the county chairman, pull
lished an address to the voters OF hi
county in which he uses as strong lar
guage as the State chairman had use
in denouncing everybody who mad
the charge that they intended to di:
franchise a single voter. I read tn
following from Mr.. Hayes address
the voters Of Chatham county:
The most astounding charge OF tn
Fusionists, in their desperation, is thu
IL the Democrats win they will "di:
franchise the negro and poor whit
man" l consider this an absolute II
suit 20 the intelligence Of the whitt
and colored alike. In the first plac
this can not be done without a chang
in the constitution, ard this can on
be done by a two-thirds vote OF Il
people. The legislature can not do it
One of the fusion candidates
Chatham is lawyer, and when press
by me at Cumnock admitted this WI
so, but tried to invent some other e.
,use. Men of Chatham, have not Il
Democrats had control fer the la
twenty years? Have they ever di
franchised one of you? Have you bee
denied the right to vote? II We can al
wish to, could we not have done (
long ago? | can not believe that ar
man of intelligence believes such ridi
ulous and absurd proposition as / a
informed these people are secret
making to the negro and unletter'
white man. My friends, it is an a
tempt to presume upon your ignoran
and is an insult to your intelligence.
l read the affidavit appended to tn
address certifying that what / ha
read is correct copy:
r.. B. Lineberry, being duly swor
says that the foregoing Is one of Il
circular letters addressed to the vote
of Chatham and distributed in Cha
ham county just previous to the ele
ton In 1898, and that R. H. Hayes,
lawyer, who sent out said circular Il
ter, was then, and Is now, as he is
formed and believes, the chairman
the Democratic executive committee.
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