The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-16
MASS MEETING At PITTSBoR0.


Immense Crowd 1000 white Voters
Meet To Protest Agains, Fraud. COM
United nv Democrats.
one thousand white voters came
TO Pl''sboro Monday, August Is b,
TO enter their solemn protest sgains'
the raseali and fraud committed
by the den oerats in the late cleo
tons IN this county.
Speeches denouncing the methods
~ the Summons gang were made by
i. NJ. Pearson, A M. Self, J. 4 Brv-
an, j. A Giles. l. l.. Wrenn, J. j.
Jeu kins, W. G. Pearson, Senator
Goodwin, and others.
OIe feature Of the programme was
the number of ex-Confederate sol.
dlers who were dlstrauchised by the
Simmons election law On August
4. ID, who were seated on the stand,
where every one could see them. As
their names were called, they GENE
forward and were seated in a group,
We could See the eyes OF nearly eve
~ one in the audience filed with
tears, 70 SEQ the living witnesses Of
thus great fraud and outrage. Here
are their names and post effice ad
dress
W Ii Mimms, Merry Oaks; Sidney
Euoanks, Elm Grove; AlphOpza
Womhle, Grow, Alsey I Hol', Mer-
~ Oaks; Daniel Matthews, Pa'mos
James Smith, R,aItc; James j ones,
Merry OAKS; b NJ Ray, Rrggsbee;
Jackson Good WIN, NJ rrry Q k John
Williams, L,nnie HatIey, Grove;
Henderson Holt. Merry Oak WIN.
Williams, Byuum; & J Bryant,
Grove; a q BeckwIth. Ascend; + D
Davis, Williams Mills; w b Brasiug.
ton, Riggsbee; Jerry Tripp. Be L.
v0ir; Wood ward Riddle, Hackney;
James Ausl.y. RlPg too,; Matthew
Seymore, Hsckuey; CALVIN Fl 'ider
iosewood; Il + Ssnls, Mrriy O4ks;
Atlas Williams, Bynuu; PtDkney
Thrift, X igo; J Il Tnomss, Bynum;
Ebert Windham, Merry Oaks.
These men were all present and it
was enough to make ones blood boil
to look upon such q scene. Shame on
the party and meu who would accept
Office over the heads Of those brave
men who were disfranchised.
The following resolutions were
adopted amid great applause:
REVOLUTIONS. -..
Whereas, Tue rights OF free citi
Zans at the ballot box have recently
been trsmpled under foot so ruth
lessly, 80 insolently and 80 fraudu
l,ntly 81 d thus the expressed will OF
the people defeated and men declar-
ed electsd to OH 81 who would have
been hont silly, fairly and certainly
defeated " there had not been dis
frauchls' Il 500 qualIfi d voters of the
county; snd
Whertas, We have met to day 10
publicly express our ind gustion al
such hlgh-baud' d, outrageous meth
DDS ns were used in the recent cleo
ton TO deIri' free citizens of the il
liberty-the priceless heritage pur
chased by Il 9 blood e our Rsvolu
tiouary aucesrurs and erjoyed-by sue
eessIve generations since; there for,
Resolve d, Tuat we denounce /,
democratic machine for rassn,
an election law capable OF such
fraud and for openly and definat b.
refusing at their june session to s,
amend il as to avert such frauds a
have been perpetrated under it
powers. We denounce the partisan
election board OF this county, VIII,
with deceitful demogogical smile
have pretended they were in favO
Of fair elections, when at the sam
time they refused the recommen
dations for a fair and honcSt repre-
sentative of the opposing party o
the precinct election board, and AZ
Joined with the Democrats repre-
sentatives Ia robbing five hundre
voters Of this county of their rights
Wo denounce such men as guilty {
acrime against the political right
OF our citizens than has ever bee
known In the history Of Chathai
county. We denOunce the men VIII
have become the willing tools ,
such corrupt machine, and viii
pretending to be Representative
Of our rights, ; wing they woul
correctly place our ballots al
properly count them, have joint
in the disira nc hisement Of so man
good citizens, many Of them whit
men, some Of them large taxpa
ers and some OF them crippled ar
inflrm ex-Confsderate soldiers. [;
has been done by Nal Johnson,
w. Cook aud Wiley Goodwin in W
llams, Baldwin and New Ho
townships. We denounce them Al
hold them up iu contempt 70 Il
scorn Of all honest, fair-minded G.
iHens We depOunce the parties
election officers who In other pr
cIncts tried 10 carry out the bi
ding OF the machine for disfIa
Chlsement, but were thwsrted
their purposes by the indeper
once OF voters. We denounce I
D-mocratic leaders of the coun
who have Joined hands with 81
mons in such scheme to steal t
election OF the county. We {
nounce those persons in Pittsbt
who received shipments Of Winch
ter rifles to Dtimjdate voters, a