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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
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CONVENTIONAL .


A. the request OF Mr.. SinnohA
Chief Justice Shepherd has furnish
Cd . legal opinion - TO the snsss
tia, section 81 OF the slsstaoa isv
h.s no spplicstion - 10 the conduct
Of . registrar In registering. OF fAii-
ing to register Any Psrsop. and thA'
..,d lection sKHxs 10 relate TO TIE
resurns OF eleouoa cficsrs and their
failure to perform their ds'y IN 70
spec, thereto. II this 10 %, then
Their, IL no provision In the election
law, by which these election omesrs
can be punished for DENYING the
riRht Of the citissn OF the State 10
register and vote a. allowed by the
constitution. II such 10 the Lac and
the construction il receives, IL In Q
gross fraud upon the slector, and do
Drives him OF the very right, which
it should DO the whole purpose OF thu
Law 10 protect and preserve. The 10 v
must not bear Q construction which
would permit such . cons Quenee
} indeed, TO that extent the Law voui'
be unconstitutional. For il may b
.afeIy asserted that whom the con
siitution sfarmatively oonfers tn
. right to vote upon the citiI n, th
Legislature has no power to preserib
: regulations that would entrsp bir
0 and deprive him Of that right
has been held. 1.-The right may not b
; impaired by the regulations. II mus
/; be regulation merely and not d.
o struction under the pretence Of reg
6 ulation." The opinion of JudR
@ Shepherd is an admission by couus'
L that under this Law the registrar ca
exercise the most despotc pos'
q without being liable 10 any puuisl
8 ment therefor, and il the citizen h'
!. no redress. and he 10 deprived OF b
re- right TO vote. does not this Law vi
D | late S6CttOu OD VI dIt. u VI tnc oo
T. stitution. "All courts shall be opeI
n and every person for injury in b
9, land. goods, PERSON or rsputatio
,. shall have remedy by due course
81 law, and right and justice admin
e tered without sale. denial or delay
.. Even il not liable under this Ia
n is not the registrar liable under u
~ ton 1890 Of the Code, which pl
n, scribes, "If any officer, who is
nd quired in entering upon his ONCE
We take an oath Of oftios, shall wilful
he omit, neglect or refuse to dischar
NJ. any duty OF bis Office, for defa
ur whereof it 10 not elsewhere provid
M that he shall be in 1icted, the Off
10 so offending shall be guilty OF n
/. d d.meanor "
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

The Charlotte observer of July
e2nd, says ediiorially:
"Thers is no need for any voter
to worry about the cons i'utiouali
ty Of the amendment. 1t Is the
duty OF all VII to men TO vote for
1t. As to whether or not IL a. con.
stltutional, let the courts worry
about tbat-thst Is what they Are
paid for"
That IL bad advice. Why swear
voters when tbsy 90 30 register
Why swear them TO obey the laws
and constitution IL II is none ol
b. ir businessy Smart men Say
some foolish tbings some times II
depends some times altogether Oh
the amount and Kind Of liquor
they drink. Just as we'll say Il
men, don't worry over whether yoz
keep Gods law or not. JudRmen,
day will settle IL. That 10 what 4
has been set for.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Look out for all kinds of reports.
It will be done for political effect.
In New Berne on Tuesday 1t was
reported 'sthat Stonewall Jackson Ia
Pupuliatl had been mobbed for in
citing negro riot" This was done
to scare white men, TO keep them
from even talking to negro about
voting. That right must only be
allowed to Democratic heelers
Don't believe anything you may
hear on this line. Their papers are
full of such lies.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Mr.. simmons has organized his
Fed shirt brigade, and ordered them
70 try and brighten and Intimida ate
voters, and prevent them from reg
isteriug, and from gong to the polls
on the day Of election and voting
Bat let everybody remem Der that no
matter how much intimidation and
force Mr.. Simmons orders his red
shirts to make use OF before the cleo.
ton, everything will be rs q1iet and
pesceable as May morning wher
the day OF election comes on mex,
Thursday. SO let , voter be intimi
dated or frightened, but let him q
to the polls, aud vote his honest con
victlons. Tue liberties which you,
ancestors fought for at Lexington
and Moors's Creek are now beins
threatened. 1t is the duty of ever,
p.triot to show the same courage
and bravery in defending thes,
rights, as it was that of our snces
tors to win them for us. Let us SHOW
the world on next Thursday, that ".
are worthy descendants Of a noble
patriotic and heroic ancestry.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
CARD FROM CHAIRMAN BUTLER.
To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

TO WHOM IT MAY NONCEhN'
In a. much as / have failed 10
meet some appointments In this
csmpaIgn, feel 1t my duty to those
who may have been disappointed
thereby, az well a. to myself, to
make this statement:
I knew that my duty al State
Chairman would keep me at Head
Quarters nearly every day until al
ter REGISTRATION was over, but
had hoped and expected to make a
number of speeches between July
21a, and the election, and hence an
nounced the appointments. dis
covered afterwards, however, that
my duty az State Chairman would
require my presence at Head-Quar-
ters not only every day but every
hour up to the election. Letters
have been pouring in at Head-Quar-
ters from every county and precinct
In the State ever since registration
closed, stating important facts that
need immediate attention and also
making enquiries about challenge
div next Saturday and about cleo
ton day. In addition 1t has been
necessary for all the county tickets
TO be printed here in Raleigh; these
have all been sent To- me with re-
quest that see that they are put IL
proper legal form, on proper kint
and size of paper and printed OF
proper type.
A large part Of these duties ar
due to the lOop-hOles in the election
law and the doubtful meaning q
many sections and sentences in 1t
This has put upon me an immens
amount of work aud made 1t i'm
possible to do this work as it shout
have been done, to say nothing
leaving here to make single speech
1t has been my policy never to max
appointment unless l could fill
and / regret exceedingly that the'
appointments were published, SIM
have been unable to fill them.
have, however, tried to send
speaker to every place to fill the
appointments.
Very respectfully,
MARION BUTLER,
Chm. p. u. State Elk. Com.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Democratic leaders know that the
amendment is unconstitutional and
will not all stand. That il why
they are working 80 hard to carry
the election, get the legislature and
the courts. Then they know they
can disfranchise whom they please
white or black. Duts white men
will not always hold their peace and
allow town dudes and tenth-rat<
political lick-spittles to bulldozt
them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Why Is itth.t Mr.. Simmons, Mr.
Aycock, and the other D. mocrstlt
candidates are afraid to meet thu
Peoples Party candidate in joint
debate? Because they could no,
tool their WI people, as they are nc
doubt fooling some, if the homes
massses Of the democratic part,
could hear the Peoples Parry candl
dates reply to their speeches. l
short, they are afraid for their ow,
people to hear and know the truth
This very fact will cause many o
their own people to refuse to vote +.
tn. m. That Is sure.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
A SWEET PAIR OF "HEAvENLY
TWINS

A SWEET PAIR OF "HEAvENLY
TWINS"
Take notice of the fact that Mr..
Bellamy has not even dared to deny
the interview which he gave to the
Charlotte Observer several weeks
ago, to the feet that the educated
town negro will vote with the demo.
Gratis for the amendment, because
the amendment will not disfranchise
them, but will only dlsfranchise the
uneducated Of their race, the old
lime country darby. And further,
that these educated town negroes
know that this would build up q ne
gro aristocracy, which they no doubt
desire.
Also remember, that when this ne
gro aristocracy is built up and vo
ting time comes, that 1t will be that
negro aristocracy, and Simmons and
his white sristoeracy. who will TO-
gether vote, and together rule il
North Carolina. while the illiteratt
white men will be disfranchised
What a pair of Heavenly Twins vii
rule this god old commonwealth.
(See picture of this in this issue
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

M Douglass 10 still out speSsI2f'
rhe other day be nlled Pou's appoint
ment at MoCullers station. he sc r.
ported to have said, al am here 70 GO
you good. Y"u had better vote tH
amendment and all white men vote u
sether We do not care whether EOD
vote for IL or not; for we are going g
carry il anyway. Your name viii "
put In big book. and we will rsnen'
Der you" or words like Tint He mean
perhaps, they would "smell and -
blood hot" Mr.. Douglass wac Try 40
TO scare and bull-doIe the voters
nan Of his abi.it should appeal = :"
reason and not thu f.ars or TIE PREF
dices Of the people A man who
any argument will not use such
guage, and when such a NAV n
douglas. talks as ne did, IL shows L I"
his cause has no argument
Camden County Republican
Met ON the 7th inst, and nomi~f
ted w. i. Halstead, Register
Deeds, and J. r. Jones, T. {. me-
and Ed. Mitchell, County Conipsr
sioners. The Populists are 10 4.
out the ticket. The convention
nounced the action Of nOmlnslht; =.
candidate for Congress in thai 20
trict, claiming that II was prena @
They appointed two delegate b
such . congressional conveni'o, as
one should be called to re-co I'll
said action. Camden count! .,oa
do her duty in the coming e'e
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

A limited number of SCHOLARSHIP Us
is being Offered by Littleton Female
College, Lit.ieton, N. C, to young
ladies without properly preparing
to ,each who apply at once.
The demand for teachers holding
diplomas from this institution has
been Increasing for several years
and during the past year went be-
yond the supply.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Will you vote for any proposition
that will distrauehise your twelve
year old boy, if be should fail to get
an education by l9O8i You may die
before that time, and leave that boy
TO struggle to support his widowed
mother. Besides, the grand father
clause is unconstitutional. You viii
be disfranchised yourself, before
that time, by the proposed disfran
chising amendment. You can vote
now. Why take any chancesf VIII.
hang . sword over the neck Of you
sOnf
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

DO you endorse the red shirt ruff
ssnism lnsugursted by Mr.. Simmons
and his party machine, to try to in
timldate voters, and inaugurate q
reign of terror, if not blood shed
Can you trust the government Of tn
State into the hands of such men
Should not every citizen VINO be-
lieves IN honest elections, and who
believes in law and order, vote
against this most lswless aud revo
lutionary party ma ohinei
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
THE ONLY WAY TO SETTLE TIL
NEGRO QUESTION.

THE ONLY WAY TO SETTLE THE
NEGRO QUESTION.
Do you want to settle the negro
question, and stop the mouth of Sim
mons, and his calamity howlers If
80, then vote against this dangerous
Acknowledgement scheme, (Which
will not settle the negro questioD,
and which may disfranchise you and
and your own SON. and elect Leg
islature that will submit q different
amendment to the Constitution, that
will settle this question.
That amend msnt is the one pro,
posed by the Peoples Party State
Convention, 70 prevent the negro
from Luiding flee. Such an smend
mert ~ tina, will be constitutionsl
and besides, it will settle the negro
qu ,stioe, and IT Is THE ONLY THING
THAT WILL. And besides, there il
no danger IN an amendment of tina
kind to You or to vour cbildr' II
Keep on the safe side.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
If THE BABY Is CUTTING
TEETH

Be sure and use that old and we'll
tried rem edy, Mrs; Win, lows Sooth-
ing syrup for children teethln9 It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays al pain, cures wind cole and
Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
cents bottle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
Under the present election Law /,

Under the present election law .
registrar may arbitrarily refuse TO
register any man, and the legal vo-
ter 30 denied reRistration has NO
remedy until after the election ID
beid and done. Under the copsti.
tutional amendment IT IL said that
. white man 81 years of age may
register At any time prior to Dec.
l, 1905. aud be forever thereafter,
so long as he lives, entitled to vote
How do You know that after the
adoption Of the amendment the
same Democratic pfrty may not
continue in force Section 50 Of thu
present election law and arbitrarily
refuse registration to every Hitter
ate white voter? This Is . matter
worthy Of very careful considers
ton.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Mai. John W. Graham. q lawyer
will vote against the amendment be
cause it is unconstitutional. Maj
W. A. Graham, a farmer, says b
will vote for it, bee use it is consti
tutional.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Vance said Mr.. Simmons was not
az to hold even the place Of head
red legged grasshopper" in North
Carolina. Aud that great patriot and
eminent statesman prevented lis
sonfirmstion in the Senate as long
rs he lived. IL Vance had lived
Sin Mons would never have beer
conf tmed. Then how can any V.nct
Democrat vote for = Legislature
that would vend this man to the
United States Seustef Wnat woulC
Vance say about that if he were liv
inef
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

For the benefit Of our Whining
ton read rs We will state that the
CAUCAsIAN Is on sale each week at
VIM. d. Moore's, ID Mulberry street.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
AND SIMMONS ADMIT 1T.

AYCOCK AND SIMMONS ADMIT IT.
Remember, that IL this d:sfran-
chisement amendment In adopted,
land even IL IL was constitutional,
which it 10 not,) then some OF tie
White men cannot vote, while some
of the negroes can vote. Mr.. Ay-
cock, Mr.. Simmons, and ali the rest
in their speeches. admit this. Re-
member that there il DO controversy
about this terrible thing happen ng.
I. 10 sure to happen, and every body
admits it. Do you want it to hap
peni
After 1908, this il sure to happen.
The educate negro will walk up to
the ballot box and vote. The uned
ueated white mar, coming OF age at
ter that date, cannot vote. he mus
stand by and see the educated negr'
vote. The democratic machine ad
uits that this will happen, and call
it white supr. macy. Itit is the kin'
OF white supremacy that you desir
vote for the amendment.
Nothing Is surer than that tn
adoption OF the unconstitutiona
anne ndment would mean dezth t
the free schools N North Caroline
The negro cry would be then false
louder than ever by politicians an
public men who do not want TO pa
n tax, to support the publ schools
They will then say that when the
vote their money to public school
they are v. ting 1t to educate neg'
voters. This will be pretext enoug
for not voting any money; and thu
n The illiterate white toy who:
IA her is poor: will fail to get a
education by 1908, and then he
sure O be disfranchised under tn
ann ndment. Evea Mr.. Aycock a
mitS this
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

The report Of II. F. Seawell's
great crowd and speach in Vance
cam in too late for this issue. It
was q great day. Seaweh immor
laiized himself and his cause on
that occasion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
COOPERATIVE TICKET.

COOPERATIVE TICKET.
Governor:
SPENCER b. ADAMS,
GuiIfurd County.
Lieutenant Governor:
HERBERT +. SEAWELL,
Moore County.
Secretary Of State:
CYRUS THOMPSON,
Opslow County.
Auditor:
HAL w. AVER,
Wake County.
WILLIAM III. WORTH,
Wake County.
Superintendent Public Instruction:
NEREUS G. ENGLISH,
Randolph County.
Attorney General:
ZEBULON V. WALSER,
Davidson County.
Commissioner Of Labor and Printing
JAMES Y. HAMRlCK,
Cleveland County.
Commissioner Of Agriculture:
JAMES NJ. MEWBOORNE,
Lenoir County.
Member North Carolina COrporatio
Commission, for term of
six years:
CHARLES A. REYNOLDS,
| Forsyth County.
Member North Carolina CorpDratio
Commission, for term Of
four years:
ALEXANDER 5. PEACE,
Granville County.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
lucky now FOR HONEST
ELECTIONS.

BLACKBURy AND KEN.
lucky now FOR HONEST
ELECTIONS.
Our readers will remember that
about . month ago. We published
an address sent out ffom Washing
ton by Senator Joe Blackburn to the
Democrats Of Kentucky, asking them
to repeal the Infamous Goebel cleo
ton law. He called attention to
the fact that the law has besn q,
failure. He said that 1t had lost the
Democratic party more votes Than
they were able to win by 1t.
He said that the people OF Ken
lucky would not endorse anything
but fair and honest election law.
He further said to them, that If the
Democratic party could not carry the
State and live, by appealing to the
conscience and judgment OF the vo-
ters, and then letting them vote a.
they please, counting the votes As
cast, then the Democratic party
fought to die. Senator Blackburn
concluded by saying that any hon
lest election law must give to eacf
political party equal representation
on all boards Of election. He salt
this was the only way to have fai
and honest election.
Il The Democratic convention met
| few days ago, and endorsed the I'D
t dress of Senator Blackburn, and d.
q clared positively in favor Of repea
t ing the Goebel election law, an
{ putting in its stead, law tbs
:, would give equal representation I
h all political parties on all electio
e boards, and to allow each party
+. select its own representative.
i'll This is exactly what the People
Q party in this State, has always CO.
il tended for, and it is exactly what v
put into the election law of 189
- And besides, it is more than
= asked of the Democratic machil
this wear. because we asked them (
!. only one representative to the
two.
n. Was Senator Blackburn right,
o. was he wrong? Is the position tax
3 by the Democratic party in Ke
in lucky In regard to fair electio
90 right or wrong? We presume Il
70 the Democrats Of Kentucky to
y this position because it was right.
=, they did not, they took it because
-, was the best policy. Why was
IN the best policy? Because the or
ed masses of the Democratic party
IN Kentucky are honest. Sena
vs. Blackburn and his party lead
'he knew that they would lose these u
lad if they continued to stuff the ba
gle box and defraud the will of the !
'no pie. The masses of the Democr
70 party Taught them this severe les
~ in the last election.
Are the masses of the DemOcr
ds party less honest In North Caro-
, is than they are in KentuckyF
, it They will prove that they are
and by following the example of
Gill; honest masses of the DemOcl
ten party in Kentucky, and condemn
o" Simmons and his machine on
,'IS End day of August, as they
demned Goebel and his machine
n, Kentucky last year.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

They say senator Bntler 10 sending
cut secret circulars" and then say, ssit'.
che came thing he said in his papes. !"
Then how can IL be secret. after being
pu oiished 10 10000 or 20 go papere over
the Slater Look out for SECRET circu-
lars" from Mr.. Simmons. He knows be
has TO d" acme suoh wo9k in order "a
carry the election. He has done 10 be-
fore, when his chances seemed better
than now. II white men do NOT watch
they viii b disffanehissd - they have
been In the past
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

Do you want = "fraud and force
candidate for G. vernurf
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
stick. tied together. and asked

CYRUS THOMPSON
The evening times., 1900-01-11
Of 6,731 tons and 225 sailing vessels Of TO-
3l4 tons. No subsidies are paid

Of 6.731 tons and 225 sailing vessels Of TO-
3l4 tons. No subsidies are paid
or Japan the report says:
AT the close Of the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1s9S. there were $40 steamers
(i5s. 3f6 tOns). "a sailing vessels Of for
eign style (4S.Ill tOns) and about 17.737
sailing vessels OF japanese style t312.f7S
tons. showing an Increase Of III steamers
and s.. .O50 tons. II sailing vessels OF foreign
type and 4.016 tone and l32 sailing vessels
Of japanese type and 9. l5S tons.
"Of steamers above Loco tons measure
ment, there are now October, 1890, l49,
with a total tonnage of $50, ,6l9. OF which so
steamers OF 1888 tons are owned by the
Nippon TusCn Kaisha Japan Mail Steam
ship Company alone In The foreign trade
the tonnage OF japanese steamers now
reaches about 250. 900 tons.
state aid. under the navigation-encour-
agement law. is now enjoyed by 80 steam
ers Of 137 sos tons. two thirds Of which are
vessels OF the Nippon. Yusen Kaisha-
This Law came into force October :.
1885, and provides thst Japanese-Owned
steamers OF over ] 900 tons, OF a speed ex-
ceediDg ten knots, shall receive a bounty
Of about II cents per ton for the first 1000
knots run and one-teuih OF the same rate
for every additional 500 knots"
The reports also contain statistics OF
shipbuilding in the various countries,
prices OF steel plates. actions OF chambers
OF cOmmer,a on merchant marine. wages
paid. and otneT matters bearing on the sub
fect
The evening times., 1900-01-11
MINIS Mickednrrr.
From fhe Humanitarian }

Prof. Mantegazza gives some interesting stats
tics showing that those modern sOcio!Ogists who
hold that women are mems equals in the field Of
crlminalty are wrong. Here are some Of them:
Man bears false witness 100 times to woman's
seventeen
Man for forgery and counterfeit coming was
convicted 100 times to woman's eleven
In France women are summoned before the trib-
unals four times less than men
In France IN 1850 wOmen delnquents were four.
teen TO 100 men.
In Italy in the same year they were only 9
per cent.
In Algeria We have ninety-six male delinouents
and Only four women.
In England and Wales between 1884 and 1912
there were twenty-fOur women TO 100 men, all for
the more serious offences.
In ls71 DIR. Nicholson found in the prisons in
England S,2ls men and ,2I7 women
In Bavaria. from 1852 TO lSG6 in a population
consisting solely Of peasants, the women who were
condemned were in proportion twenty-nin to 100
men
In the prisons Of Turin from 1871 to 1854. the
women in respect TO men are represented by a
figure Of 1876 per cent.
Taking the whole Of Europe women are. the
professor says, five times less guilty than men.
Don't call for OZARK or eight when vou
want HeuTich's Maerzen, Senate or Lager. be
cause many inferior beers ase sold under these
titles. but demand Heurich's.
The evening times., 1900-01-11
"IF a su5sfED. 5IaS5 SoP ny Po"T SAPOLIO

100000 more than the present market
value OF the property. Moreover. it is
claimed that the property is not contigu-
Gus TO the asylum grounds. but is sepsr-
ated therefrom by a tract OF land having a
frontage Of about two and one-half acres
On Nichols Avenue, and that ample ground
is already within the reservation OF the
hospital for the erection Of the buildings
specified in the bill which is to be intro
duced. ..H at. cd.
Adjunctive TO these principles set forth
is the assertion that there would be. by
the purchase. cOntiguity OF the grounds
OF the asylum and those Of the recently
erected public school building not at all
desirable. and. in the opinion OF the citi-
zens OF the suburb. the whole project en-
bodies design upon the Treasury of the
Government and a destruction Of real es-
tate values in the neighborhoOd