The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-10
II Has Eliminated the Negro.
Continued from First Page.)

in any State IN lhe ohioi''
oorats elected every State senator
ond every member of the House OIL
resentatives-every Democra1o
candidate in the State was electeu'
The Populists helped in this result.
They recognized that there Wouid NC
fairness in the elections. Inc fop-
nlists left the Democratic party De-
cause in their parishes the party was
being used against white men as wen
as against negroes to the detrlmenC
of the honest people in the PARISH.
When the Populists saw that the
amendment eliminated the negro anu
made for fairness they came back lnto
their old party. They were warmly
and cordially received, they participant
ed in fairly contested primaries ana
voted with the Democrats in the gen
eral election. Two candidates on 'Ciio
Populist State ticket of 1892, Messre'
Booth and Tannahill, took the stump
fo,. the state Democrats. The local
leaders did likewise. There are very
few Populists left in this STATE LEI, anh
that few are looking for some selno 1
interest. They have no influence anu
no power.
Mr. Gleason SAYS that the Demo
II ,,ortv embracing nearly all the
.1,;ta ,eonie and most the better class
Of the Republicans saw the necessity
e.. tho amendment. He added: AS
for hacl, as 1892 the better element
of the Democratic party saw that the
suffrage matter had to be taken up
ond solved. Then the party was ren0
osunder over the lottery question:
and s. was six wears after it was con
ceded that some radical step. mad 10
no taken before the convention was
called. The people had seen the ne
cessity for it and when it came there
was practically no organized Oppose
tion. the white folks agreeing that ~
was necessary to secure decent poll-
ties"
Tn the April election at least one
fourth of the men, most sugar pau
ters who bolted Bryan came pack mo
the Democratic party, though IN 1lle
biggest sugar planting parish the op
nosition candidate for Governor goo
= majority of the votes-lt was t 3:S
only parish in the State which uiu
not olive a Democratic majority, says
Mr. Gleason. and even there the DEM
ocrats elected the county ticker.
As TO the effect of the amendment
On the Democratic party, Mr.. Gleason
ea;d. ssThe Democratic party is In
better condition than ever as result
of the adoption of the constitutional
amendment. We have honest prlIna-
ries and honest elections, and the
Democrats had practically walk
over"
Here is a testimony that confounds
every opponent of the amenomenl.
could print column after column
substantiating every statement con-
tanned in the above interview. AS lar
ne This city is concerned, everybody
comedies that the amendment mas
done everything that was expected.
,Tbere has been no friction, no jars,
no trouble. and it is acquiesced IN by
men of all parties, except OF course
The few Radical politicians who wlsh
to keep the negro as disturbing eio
ment in politics.
wrote yesterday giving the views
of Hon. f. B. Kruttschnitt, president
of the convention of Louisiana. tnao
framed the new constitution OF the
state. He is one of the first lawyers
in America-the leader oil the bar OF
This city of learned lawyers. lie is d
hroad-minded man, having no spirit
of hostility or animosity toward tne
negro. He is a. member of the publlc
school board here and has helped lot
ward the education and material prog
ress of the negro. To show the spirit
of craftsmanship with which he enter
ed upon his duties as president or the
convention. | quote few extracts
from his speech, made upon taking
the chair at the organization OF the
Constitutional convention.
"That question Qualification of SUI
frare) is one that reaches beyond
state lines today. / believe that our
Northern felow-citizens begin to feel
the race sympathy sitting within
their breasts. They know that the
question which we are trying to solve
here is one which imperils not only
the integrity of the future govern
ment of the State of Louisiana and
and those of eight or ten other South
ern States. but that we. sitting here
nc deliberative assembly. and the as
semblies of other Southern States, are
TO decide whether the presidential
office is to be put up for barter and
sale on account of the irresponsible
character of the constitution of these
Southern States" That was fine ap-
neal to Sherman and other Republ1-
can leaders who had been defrauded
of the presidency bv the venality OF
negro delegates in National Republl-
can conventions. To show Mr.. Krutts-
schnitt's spirit further I quote:
''Mv fellow DELEGATES, let us not be
misunderstood! Let us say to the
, large class of the people of Louis
lana who viii be DISTINGUISHED that
>~sV1,at We seek to do is undertaken
in a spirit not of hostility to any par
ticular man or set of men, but in the
belief that the State should see to
the rroiection of the weaker classes:
should guard them against the mach
nations of those who would use them
only TO further their own base end,
should see to it that they be not al
lowed to harm themselves. We owe it
to the ignorant. we owe 1T to the
weak. to protect them Just as we
would protect a little child and pre-
vent it from iniuring itself with sharp
ed"ed tools placed in its hands.
Again. as showing the same broad
spirit that actuates the people of