Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-03
Disfranchisement Of North Carolina
Negroes in 1902 Assured.
WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BRING
Belief That the Solid South MAY
Be Broken.
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Special From a Stan Correspondent.

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North Carolina is fact accomplished. to
take effect July /, 1902. BY majority
estimated all the way from 10000 to 10000.
uncertain because of the lack OF returns
from the back counties. the people OF the
old north stale have eliminated the negro
from the polls for the present
BY the same token the Legislature of the
state mas been transformed into a demo-
cratic body and the successor of Senator
Marion Butler. populist. will be a demo-
crat The state has been In a frenzy OF
rejoicing since the election returns began TO
come in last night, and the democrats are
almost as happy over the defeat OF Mr..
Butler and the suppression of the populst
party as over the establishment OF white
supremacy.
Already the thoughtful politicians are be-
ginning to urge their minds the future 10
meet the new conditions which now con-
front the voters OF the state. There must
he new alignments all along the line, and
though flushed with victory the people are
not unmindful Of the added responsibilities
which rest upon them.
North Carolina Favors Protective
Tariff.
In the minds of the best posted men OF
both the old parties the first fruits of the
peaceful revolution will be the reforming
os the republican party of the state There
is no doubt that men like Senator Pritch-
ard. Representative Pearson of the Ashe-
vile district ex-Representa;ive Settle and
other republicans of like character and
standing will take advantage OF the op-
portunity which has been forced upon them
to readjust the party lines in manner ac--
ceptable TO the sound money protective
tariff democrats OF the state and form i'm
mediately the nucleus of a party around
which the conservative democrats can rally
in future years.
The change will not come suddenly. hut
thoughtful men everywhere believe that
it is bound TO come. North Carolina's
business interests today favor the pro-
tective tariff which made possible the up
building Of the great cotton mill industry
OF the state that is bringing prosperity TO
every section; they are for sound money;
they are bitterly opposed to the popullst
wing of the Bryan party; they are for ex-
pansion because expansion will benefit the
southern country in their opinion. In this
conservative city of Raleigh can walk
down the principal business streets and
meet prominent democrats by the score
who have never voted anything but the
democratic ticket, ard who say that they
are for expansion. These men would be
compelled to vote the democratic ticket as
long the negro was issue In state
politics. Remove the negro. they say,
and their attention is then directed to ma
tional issues upon which depends the pros
perity of the state.
May Ultimately Break Solid South.
No republican here is quite optimistic
enough to prophesy North Carolina as a
republican state right away. but it must
be remembered that there is a powerful
latent republican strength in the western
section of the state which will not change,
but which will receive accessions from the
conservative democratic ranks year by
year. No man can tell when the day Will
come, but the belief is strong among many
democrats as we'll as republicans, that
Nar-b Carolina has entered a
which ultimately will take the state out
Of the column Of the solid south.
The democrats, it is pointed out, viii also
have 10 alter their lines. Populism has
been dealt fearful blow, but there is still
a remnant Of the original party left In
a close contest upon national issues II
might cut some figure. The democrats VIII
attempt to reclaim these people as prodigal
sons, returning 10 the paren al roof tree.
The next struggle in the democratic
party. 1t is prophesied, will be between The
old line bourbons and the rank and file Tor
the control of the state; a fight similar 70
that which ragged in South Carolina be-
tween aristocrats and the wool hats, and
which brought Senator Tillman to the 'front.'
Having taken the illfteratc white vote to
their bosoms under the grandfather clause
of the constitutional amendment. the lead
ers will now have to reckon with IL All
classes are inclined TO take hopeful view
of the political future In Its relation TO
material welfare Of the state
The Democratic Organs Views.
The Raleigh Post, democratic, says in its
leading editorial today:
For the first time in thirty years can the
people Of this state feel sure ot the future
and go to work with an assurance that
their labors of the upbuilding Of the state
and the Improvement of all interests and
classes can go ON without fear of being
arrested by government al home From
now on all classes can feel justified in CO.
la boring in all that tends to the social or
material uplifting of themselves and the
state Politics hereafter should only be q
means to an end. that end the best govern
ment of state and local affairs, with the
least Interference consonant with the rights
of the people, with the private affairs or
business enterprises of the citizens. guar
anteeing to all alike the equal protection
OF impartial laws honestly and intelligenuy
administered. The day of the demagogue,
the calamity howier. the spokesman and Of
him who would array one class against an
other or for malicious, ambitious other
purposes undertake to use the machinery
Of party or government to oppress any in
terest with which the people are concerned,
passed with the setting OF the sun and the
result Of the election on yesterday.
We have, after thirty years of patient
effort and constant suffering, removed the
great incubus which has hung upon and
borne us down. The field is now open for
the greatest freedom of action and the ex-
ercise of the most hopeful energy All that
is required is that the disturbers of the
peace, of all the parties shall sink to their
natural place. and that the honest people
Of all classes shall work together harmo-
niously for the general welfare: not that all
shall agree politically, any more than all
will agree in religion, but in all things per-
tanning to the upbuilding of the material
and social interests the kindlest Of feeling
and thorough cooperation shall prevail"
Trouble Expected with Senator But
Ter.
The democrats expect to have trouble with
Senator Butler in the coming national cam
paign. While Senator Butler has allied
himself with the republicans in the state
campaign, he still poses the friend Of
Bryan, and is expected to attempt to take
the stump for Bryan and TO act as his close
representative in this state
I'VE will not permit Butler to take any
part in the democratic campaign for
Bryan" said Josephus Daniels, democratic
national committeeman for North Carolina.
He cannot speak upon any democratic
stage, and will be repudiated by u.s.
The democrats are afraid that Butler will
hurt the cause. of Bryan if he advocates his
election. There are four leading democratic
candidates for the United States senator.
ship-F. n. Simmons, ex-senator Jarvis,