The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-09
WHAT MAY WE EXPECT

TART Of the constitution OF NOrth
Carolina. Large numbers Of our
citizens have been saying, for a long
time, that they We're not free to vote
their honest sentiments In any clec-
ton because of the presence Of the
negro In the politics Of the STATE.
Democrats have said that they want
ed the negro taken out Of polite. in
order that all classes of our " hite
men might he left free to vote their
honest convictions In any and all
future elections in this State. The
claim Is made that the ratification Of
the suffrage amendment has actually
at all classes of the white pep Q
within the State free to vote ~ they
please In elections hereafter To- be
held.
Let us admit, for the sake OF ar
gument, that the claims above act
out are all legitimate aud well found
ed. Now what follows?
First, 1t follows that the men
who manage the great railway cor
porations doing business within the
State will feel perfectly free to vote
for the great party that has always
befriended those corporations, In the
approaching national election; that
IL to say, the railway people Of the
state will vote for Mckinley this
full.
Second, ii follows that the manu-
fhcturer5 Of the state--whO are pro
tectionists To- a man-will vote for
the protectionist principles of the
Republican party in November, and
against Mr.. Bryan and his low
tariff proclivities.
Third, 1t follows that the banker
and business men within the Dem
ocratlc party in the state who are il
favor of the single gold STANDARD
will vote for Mr.. Mckinley as a re-
buke to- Mr.. Bryan and his ultra FREE
silver notions.
Fourth, If all the classes Of yer
sons mentioned above vote for Nj,
Kinley, AZ they are now admitted.
free to do, ii follows that the Re
publicans will carry and Mr.. Bryal
will lose North Carolina In the ma
tionsl contest this fall.
Fifth, If the Republicans, wit
the aid of the classes who have beer
set free by the suffrage amendment
shall carry North Carolina this faI
II follows that responsibility fu
such result will fall with all il
weight upon that faction of tin
Democratic party in North Carolin
that brought about the condition
within the State out Of which sue
result came.
Let II be remembered, now an
always, that the CAUCASIAN dOt
not invite the results set out abov,
II only calls attention to the fact
and points out to its readers and
the public generally that there Is n
way of escape from the logic of III
facts to which we advert.
Indeed, there is good reason I
suppose that the dominant DEM
Gratis in North Carolina not onl
meant to set the large classes all,
ded to above free to vote again.
Mr.. Bryan, but they deliberatel
planned for his defeat In North Ca
olins, when they submitted tt
suffrage amendment to the constit,
ton which has lately been rattle,
How else are we to account for til
fact that the amendment was n,
allowed to go into effect from an
after It's ratification. II is also ce
tain that the Democrats did not .
provide. The inference is irresist
bic that they did not wish to d
prive the Republican candidate f,
the Presidency this year of the a,
vantage that accrues to him throug
the negro vote of the State An
the Inference is equally clear ths
they must have wanted Mr.. Brya
80 lose the electoral vote of Mort
Carolina this year.
These are the facts, and the ,egit
mate differences from them. "
wait to see If the classes who ha,
been set free by the a'nendmel
will avail themselves of the adva
tages offered them, and vote the
honest convictions in the election 1
be held In November Of this yea
Will all those men who have r.
ceived their political emancipati,
through the suffrage amendme1
lately adopted in this state vote f,
Mckinley this fall9
We shall see what we shall see.