The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-30
TO PURIFY THE BALLOT.
North Carolina win Vote on Constitutional
Amendment.
$4,000 IGNORANT BLACKS TO BE CUT OFF.
Fusionists Are Making Threats, but
There Has Not Been Any Blood
shed, Though 1t Is Expected.

Raleigh. n O., July ga general cleo
tion will be held next Thursday and the
question of the adoption of an amendment
TO the constitution limiting the electoral
franchise will be voted on. There Is APP
parently little doubt as TO the result OF
the election, both as 30 the amendment
and the State ticket. II now seems to
be simply question OF majority. The OPP
ponents of the amendment acknowledging
that 1t will be adopted. AS the amend
ment and the democratic State ticket viii
run very close together the popuAsIs and
Republicans have practically abandoned
their safe ticket in an effort to elect a
majority Of the legislature and return
Butler to the United States senate. Act
i've campaigning viii continue up 10 Wed
nesday n4gnt 1t Is the bltterest and
most exc.,ing campaisn this State mas
ever known. The battle has been fought
on the race Issue. brought to tne trout
By the proposed franchise amendment by
which $1,000 ignorant negro voters are
TO be DISTINGUISHED.
For the past month at least thousand
speeches day have been made IN the
state and The people are aroused 10 sucn
a pitch that blOcdshed Is feared. So far
there has been none and the best elements
on both sides hope there Will be none,
though in many eastern counties the red
shirts" have declined 10 allow fusion cam
palgners to speak On account of threats
by Senator Butler and his followers 10
prevent the election by lni junction or Other
methods, the legls AZURE will convene here
tomorrow Und adjourn from day to day
until election day. The democratic lead
ers say that Il there is Interference on the
part Of the opponents Of the amendment
1t IS certain that there will be serious
trouble.
During the first three months OF tho
campaign, the pOpuists and republicans
had two State tickets in the field, a
straight pOpulist ticket ans a straight
republican ticket, There Was, however,
all along perfect unity and an Under
standing between the leaders Of the two
parties that at the proIe lime before
election their tickets would be CONSOLE
dated. This consolidated ticket, which IS
known as tho fusion ticket" was made
up little mere than a week ago and has
been printed and distributed. On 1t are
three republicans and eight p0pulists, The
offices for repubH ans are governor,
attorney general and chairman a the corr
poration commission. Or. Thompson,
|popuiist nominee Tor governor, has Issued
an open lelNeI announcing MS It lII tlutuL
In favor of Spencer K. Adams, republican.
: In It he says we have, under this ar
ranEement, the united force II ne repub-
l'cau members of the legislature for soma
tor Buffers return to the United States
senate, which we could NOT have secured
had l permitted my name % head the
ticket for governor, I believe 1t is OF more
. value 20 the party 70 re-elect Senator But
Ter ihan that I should be governor. Wo
v could lose the State by 10000 md yet
save the legislature. Therefore II
Il should lose the state ticket We would
:. gecure by this arrangement tho re-elct OF
OF Senator Butler"
In accor6ance with tEs Plaza the fusion
= lists arc making a strong tight for the
legislature and the campaign is being
conducted personally by senator Putler
Republican Chairman Holton is rendering
him all possible assistance. The mo
, Gratis allege that the effort IS a futile one
that the legislature viii be safely demo
cratic in spite OF all that the fueonist'
may do They claim tlat a IRE iminar!
> poll Of the registered vote shows that
they will carry every eastern county, with
three doubtful In the west they say
they can afford to lose several counties
that they carried two years ago,