The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-24


primary.
Rules and regulations for the conduct
Of said primary to be agreed on by Il
committee of five from each party.
The said Herwig and Howell obligate
themselves to- appoint a committee of
their respective committees to report to
their respective State committees the
means adopted to carry out the purposes
aforesaid
''The object and purpose of this agree
ment is to harmonize all party differences
and to present united front to the COM
mon enemy and build up a strong Repub-
lican party in this State.
Final action ON the agreement is to
be had by the respective State commit
tees.
'P. + HERWIG, Chairman.
NV. f. HOWELL, Chairman"
New Orleans January g, 1900.
THEY CLAIM CREDIT.
NO COMPLAINT WAS MADE OF
THE SUFFRAGE ARTICLE IN THE
CONSTITUTION OF LOUISIANA. IT
WAS, IN FACT, APPROVED. ONE
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE
WENT so FAR As TO CLAIM THAT
1TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
LOUISIANA WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE SUFFRAGE CLAUSE. AS
IT HAD FORCED THE DEMO
GRATIS TO ADOPT IT, AND THAT
THE DEMOCRATS HAD no RIGHT
TO CLAIM CREDIT FOR lC.
From the day that the negro was en-
franchised and negro domination Pre-
vailed in the State until 1876, wheE it
was Overthrown, there WAS an era of
corruption, vice, and tyranny not equaled
in any age Congressional investigation
and reports prove this As an initial
step to this corrupt era the Freedman's
Bureau was organized. The negro was
made to believe that he was under the
special protection of the Government and
it's Army, and that the white Inaa was
his inferior, and that any personal @riev-
ance he had would at once be lighted
by the Bureau and the offending, white
man who dared to insult him would be
summarily punished. This too often hap
pened on the unsupported testimony OF
some negro who imagined he was offended
and his newborn liberty Sighted.
UNDER THE BLACK REGIME.
The Bureau agent exacted from every
nlapter n large sum Of money for the
privilege of employing neg'oes. reaching
in some instances, to my personal knQwi-
edge, the sum of fifteen huIlrcd dollars
for the year. Negroes bectme justices
Of the peace, constables, ShHTlfS. leglsla-
tors, State officials. Lieutenant governor,
generals of the militia. Ever rha high
office of governor was AWARDED 10 hlm
They were ignorant, inSolcat. and op.
pressiye. and corrupt beY0nl mention
The State debt in eight years
increased from four to fifty
million dollars. They were police
jurors i'll the parishes. and coun-
cilmen i'll the towns and cities. All paro-
cllal and municipal indebtedness incrcls-
cd in the same proportion that the State
debt had increased. The State expenses
alone went to $f9000,000 year, , hen
the legitimate expenses ought to have
heen then, as now, one ard a quarter
million of dollars.
1t is well known that laws were enact
cd during recess. They were promulgat-
cd after yhe adjournment Of the legisa-
tire us having been passed. when they
never were presented to that body. The
journals were fraudulently manipulated
in order to show that they Went through
the regular course of legislation. The
y
ors were impaneled, and no white mal
had an opportunity in criminal cases for
fair trial.
4 NEGRO SATU URN.ALIA.
A drunken judge on the United States
bench at midnight signed an order organ
izing the legislature of the State, and no
member was permitted to enter the
statehouse without a permit signed by the
United States marshal. Polling places
were before dawn taken possession of
hy negroes, who stood i'll long lines, and
it was with great difficulty and hmmilia-
tion that white man could vote. White
men under arrest for some fancied wrong
were brought to the polls under Il guard
of United States soldiers to encourage,
edifv. and amuse the negro voters. 1he
entire State was Il military camp, and
United States troops were almost daily
cmrloyed as political agents. Detach-
ments were furnished sheriifs and con-
stables to make arrests on warrants is
Suod by courts Of record and justices
of the peace The parties III many Ill
stances were turned over to the military
authorities and under the pretense OF Il
rescue. kept under Il military guard. nj
ted States marshals forged by the hun
dreds the names Of United States COM
missiopers to warrants and arrested with
United States cavalry the most respecta-
BILE citizens on fictitious charges and plac-
ed them in irons and confined them in
loathsome dungeons.
The Republican Representative from
the Fifth Congressional district Of Louis
lama had the boldness to publish in Il
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