The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-08
POU'S CAMPAIGN AFFIDAVIT
ONE OF HIS METHODS n,
POOLING VOTERS IN THE
LAST CAMPAIGN.


H MAKEs AFFIDAVIT THAT A PRO,
osrrIoN 10 DIsFRAScHisr IN
GRoEs AND ILLrTERATr vHrrp
WOULD NOT RECEIVE A srscr,
DEMOCRATIC VOTER IN THE Irsr
LATURE AND pENoUScIs rHou
WHO MAKE THE CHARGE AS sPr.r.
INC FALSELY AND TRYING To roo,
THE PEOPLE
From Caucasian Oct. H.
The following afidavit made ,,
James III. Pou, ex-Cbairman OF m,
State Democratic Executive Com.
mittee, during the last campaign.
will be interesting reading. Our
readers will remember that when.
ever and wherever IL was charged
In the last campaign that IL The
Democratic machine under Sin.
mons got control Of the State, that
they would offer o scheme 10 dis
franchise illitterate votes. that ID,
charge was ipdigna ntly denied and
denounced by every Democrat,
speaker rs being UNANIMOUSLY false
Even Mr.. Simmons, the Democrat
ic State Chairman, issued an ofiici.
al statement to the voters OF the
State, branding every such charge
as false In toto; saying that thA;
campaign lie had been charged
against the Democratic party be-
fore, and that the charge was now
so old and 90 false that no one
would believe Il.
Mr.. James HI. Pou, the ex-Chair-
man OF the State Democratic Com
mittee, In his speeches maze the
same declaration. But it seem.
that in one Of his speeches I'm Moore
county, some members OF his audi
dience expressed doubt OF the truth
Of his indignant denial, and called
upon him while upon the stand 10
know II he would make an affids-
Wit to that effect. He publicly
agreed to do SO, we are informed
The result il the afildavit below.
made 1t Raleigh, dated Oct. l4th
1898. IL Will be noticed that Mr.
Pou, shrewd, slick and cunning 40
he is, attempted to word his affids
Wit so as not to say explicitly what
he had said publicly on the stump,
and yet At the same time, 10 saw
enough to make IL appear that his
affidavit had made good his cam
paigs declaration, and fool the vo-
tiers into accepting his statement
and voting for the machine.
The following Il Q true copy OF
the afildavit:
STATE OF NoRTH CAROLINA,
County Of Wake.
James 81. Pou, being duly sworn
and says:
81 have never said that, N the
Democrats regained control of the
State, they intended to disfranchise
the negroes and illiterate white vo-
tiers i never have said anything
like this, and know that such 10
not the intention OF the Democrat
ic party. have never heard a sin
gle Democrat give utterance TO
such a sentiment, and ] do not be-
lieve, IL such q proposition comes
before the General Assembly, that
1t would receive a single Democrat
Ic vote. believe that q majority OF
the uneducated white voters of
North Carolina are Democrats. The
Democratic party is appealing TO
them for aid In preserving white
Ia the center west and
In restoring Ii in the Eastern part
Of this State. They are responding
to our appeal, and to repay them for
their aid with . disfranchisement
Of their votes would be folly and
ingrattiude indeed. The man
who makes these charges know
they speak falsely, but their cam
paiRn this year il run upon the
Idea that the people of North Car
olina would rather believe a false
hood than the truth, and they
would rather hear libsls upon the
honored dead than to hear argu-
ments based upon truth
lSigneoJ
JAMES III. Pou.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this October LIST 1898.
lSignedl
gro. w. THOMPSON,
Notary Public.