The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-22
Chairman Simmons Pfepar-
ing to Make 1t.
ALETTER FROM M'KINLEY
A Man Who Refuses to Do Butler's
Dirty Work.
TRYING TO STEAL THE LEGISLATURE

on Charlie Reynolds. Oscar Spears IN
Revival and His Egging
at Durham.
Chairman Simmons is determined that
revenue officers shall not control the
affairs of this State if he can help it.
He has written today to every county
chairman in the State, and also to other
active Democrats in different parts of
the State, requesting them to keep close
watch upon Federal office holders, and
wherever one of them is guilty OF Often
sive or is unduly active in connection with
the election to have an affidavit made OF
the facts by a party who can speak OF
his own knowledge, and send same to
him. Upon receipt of these aHldaVltS,
Mr.. Simmons proposes to lay them be-
fore the President and the Civil Service
Commission, and ask for action. He says
that the conduct of those Federal office
holders in North Carolina is a high
handed outrage, not to be submitted to,
and that he intends that men who en-
gage in this prostitution of their office
shall be properly dealt with and that the
law will be invoked to see that they are
properly dealt with. The conduct of the
Federal officers during this campaign, is
a fragrant violation of the Civil Service
laws, as we'll as an outrage upon the
rights of the people of the State, and he
thinks that it is due the people of the
State that the President and the Com
mission should be properly informed of
this infamous attempt on their part to
interfere with the affairs of the people
Chairman Simmons received yesterday
the following letter from the Secretary
of President Mckinley. TIE President is
at his home in Canton, Ohio, and it is
presumed Mr.. Simmons letter with en-
closures has been forwarded to him there.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, July 20, 1900
My Dear Sir: / beg leave to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your letter of the 18th
instant, with enclosures, and to state
that it will be brought to the attention
of the President.
Very truly yours,
(Sgned) GEO. b. CORTELYON,
Secretary to the President.
Mr. F. M. Simmons, Chairman, Etc
Raleigh, N. c.
The following shows the good influence
the rcd shirts are having in some of the
counties of the State:
Lieutenant Governor Reynolds, bitter
Radical, spoke at Star in Montgomery
county. He made a vile, dirty speech,
reeking with abuse of the white people
of the State and praise of the negro.
The next night he had an appointment
at Troy in the same county, and was
about to begin his speech when about
forty red shirts filed in and took their
seats right up close around him. They
said not a word but just sat there, and
they do say that of all the gentle, sweet,
apologetic speeches ever heard in that
section Reynolds made it that night.
And, as if that were not enough, in con-
GLIDING he said;
'.Fellow citizens l have tried to be fair
and honest with you. There are those
that differ with me. For such | have the
highest respect and l can say no word OF
criticism, and if tonight | have said any
thing that can offend any one l want
here and now to apologize for it,
Yesterday morning Butler wired one OF
his men at Elm City that he must at
once have certain Democratic registrar
manning him) arrested. An hour later the
following reply:
II shall not make the arrest. You
must get some one else to do your dirty
work.
There is much amusement over Oscar
Spears recent canvass of Durham coun-
ty-though Oscar is not among the
amused.
On Wednesday he had an appointment
to speak at a church called Bahama.
When he got there he found revival in
progress, so he announced that he'd give
way for the meeting, and would speak
after it was over. Then he went in and
took a back seat. The preacher delivered
a very effective sermon and then invited
all sinners in the congregation who de-
sired to forsake their evil ways and live
better life to come forward.
Oscar went forward and shook hands
with the minister.
Then the meeting adjourned and the
people fiocked to the speakers stand in
the grove, expecting Oscar to then and
there show forth fruits meet for repent
ance. But he didn't do it. He made the
same old abusive speech he'd been making
all during the campaign, ana Inc people
gradually left saying Oscar had put VI
a scurvy trick on the congregation
On Friday night he spoke at Durham
and made even a worse speech than tha'
at Bahama. AS he sat down somsthins
came hurting through the air and strucE
post near him.
'sHumph," said Oscar, 1 believe that's
an egg
ut is an egg!
"Um," holding his nose, cts bad one
too
Senator Ransom speaks Monday al
Goldsboro, Tuesday at Greensboro are
Wednesday at Moores.ille.It is said that
the crowd that will greet him at Moores-
vile will be enormous.
There will be a grand White Supremacy