Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-10
This is the WAY Ii Works.
State Journal (Republican).

State Journal (Republican).
1he Western voter has not the re
motest idea of Eastern conditions The
iorner can not understand why there
IS such intense hatred of Republican
Ism IN the East and why the whit.
people are all Democrats
LII number of counties the negro
vote outnumbers the white vote and
IN all the counties east of Raleigh an0
nearly all east Of Charlotte the negro
Is IN the majority if the white vote di-
vldes. 1t is natural with the negro or
any other race Of people to seek Office
and its emOluments, and if the white
noo~l- d;;S~ .,.. u-sru ,,u,r
charge of affairs. Go back twenty
years and there was a large per cent
of white Republicans in all the East
ern counties. In some instances they
outnumbered the white Democrats, but
the negro outnumbered the white Re-
publicans This enabled the negro TO-
run conventions. control nominations
and by this means he was soon in CON
! troll OF nearly all Eastern counties
while some good white Republicans
| and some good negroes were put in Of
! flee. bad white men and the ignorant
negro We're running party machinery
and in the saddle. This state Of af-
fairs soon drove the bulk of the white
Republicans into the Democratic party.
They had to 81 there for self-pTeserva-
ton. However much they disliked
Democracy, they preferred it to ignOr-
ant negro rule.
Now this state Of affairs cOnfrOn.s
us in the East In many of the conn
ties, with honest elections. that is, with
a free negro ballot, he controls th'
counties and in some instances the Ju-
| dicial and Congressional districts, and
| in all of the counties he would control
if the white people divide.
The negro never fails to take adj
vantage of his opportunity the past
+, ami present is proof Of this fact They
go to Congress, they have been solici-
tors they go 10 the legislative halls
+ they hold county and minor Offices
They swarm like bees after positions
county. State and Federal They de-
mand it: they claim they do the vot-
ing and are entitled u them They
run Republican conventions. W.
speak not from hearsav but from actd-
al observation. This state Of affairs
prevents the White people dividing
and considering any other question
but the negro thereby the Interest Of
the state suffers.
We ask our white pc )ple Of the West
white Republicans should tho negro
be allowed to control and with pres
ent conditions and free ballot can
he ie prevented? Should the wealth
wealth -pro6ucIng and Industrial class
and business Interests Of this section
he held under ignorant negro DONNA
ton? Consult your cWn conscience
and white manhood ana imagine your
self in like conditions and then cast
vClr vote Bat some say II Will not
disfranchise all the negroes NJ, Il
Will not disfranchlse the intelligent
and better element u the negro race,
and should nct they ca-t their vote
irtellicenriv as much . a. am white
man. But il disstancni@es the iguo1-
ant ones wao should b diefranch.sed
and 10 disfranchiSe tl.s class walCh
j. VERY large IN TIE East would -
much diminish their vote that IL
would remore all danger One thing
certain IL would make il less DANCE
ons than at present and 4 ~ can no
90 all that stou!d be Go-e let Us make
what Improvement re can. But ttere
are some who say il Is wrong Z p.!n-
ciD.e 70 d.staochise t4e negro. Would
his be So il it improves tie co1d!t.o11
Of the couo-y7~ L the principle r!ga'
that gives the cef-o al opportunity tC
cu..ots and control the Thite man
II 50. ne principle IS a black a. III
negro and the man who advocates Il
IS as aIzck as the principe. ReTnoES
his cancer from the political BODY +
the East and vi free thewa-t@ man II
r-olitical thought and action and ta@.
ne Eastern .'h:re man VII! diFl1s
-.oag pC...t.cai i.aes.