The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-01
NEGRO DOLLARS
TO BUY WHITE MEN
Republicans Solicit Funds
From Negroes.
ASK A DOLLAR EACH
Aud Say It's ITO Buy White Mans
Vote in August"
AND THE NEGROES ARE CONTRIBUTING
The Letters Asking For the Money Are Being
Circulated in the Eastern Counties.
The Election Boards Meet
Tomorrow.

The News and Observer is in posses
sion of reliable information to the
effect that the Republican State COM
mittee, thr1 ugh its henchmen in some
of the eastern counties, is soliciting
campaign funds from the negroes.
s'In my section" said Mr.. Thos. NJ.
Arlington, who Isl here as dele
gate on his way to the National Dem
ocratic convention, 1.-The negroes have
in several instances told their en-
ployers that they have letters from
Republican headquarters, soliciting a
contribution of dollar, and that the
letter states that the money is to
be used in buying votes of white men
in the August election"
sand the negroes say" continued
Mr.. Arlington, that they are sending
the dollar"
Could any greater insult be heaped
upon a white man? Is there white
man in the State that will not resent
it?
We think not.
Democratic headquarters complain
bitterly that much of the literature
sent out to voters fail to reach its deS-
tination. Chairman Simmons has call
ed this matter to- the attention of an
inspector, and has adopted a system
which he thinks will enable him to
find out exactly where the mail stops
There is likely to be some develop
ments about this matter
Yesterday was the first Saturday of
registration-the first day on which
the registration books have been at
the voting precincts. The registra-
ton yesterday was light, averaging
about one-tenth of the whole number
of voters in the precinct On the re-
naming Saturdays it will very likely
be much heavier.
Reports from various parts of the
State show the wisdom of the Legis-
lature in putting in the Election Law
the safeguards against registration
by convicts. imported voters and those
not of legal age. Many of these have
tried to slip in early in the registra-
ton, but they have been promptly
held up and not allowed to register.
"Why down in my section" said
Mr. Ernest Green, of Newbern, dele
gate to the National convention, q
large number of negroes that nobody
knew anything about and. who don't
seem to know much about themselves
have been refused the privilege of reg
istering. They will have to come up
to the requirements of the law or
they'll never get on the books"
Mr.. J. B. Blair, of Montgomery
county. said the law was being en-
forced pretty strictly in his county
also.
.If the registrar doesn't know a ne
gro when he comes to register he is
put through q row of stumps that
pretty thoroughly shows who and
what he is
The State 1,oard OF Elections and
the County Boards OF Elections will
meet tomorrow to prescribe "the size
and color of the tickets to be voted
in the August election.
Though the law says they shall do
this. it goes on and FIXES the color
itself-"white," and adds, that the
name on the ticket to be voted shall
be Printed.
The County Boards of Elections will
also tomorrow appoint the poll-hold-
ers nrd Judges of election-two men
of different political parties.
Though Butler has advised his
henchmen tn present list of the
Popul'sts and Republicans to be ap-
pointed. little, if any, attention will
be raid TO it and the county boards
viii do their own selecting of election
officers.
-.
Butler has found what he considers
a solution &C the awkward situation
of the Republicans in Caldwell county.
Here it is
He has written a letter to his ''lead-
ers'' in that county urging them to
some out to hear him speak next
Tuesday, and he adds:
''Have you held your county conven-
ton vet? If SO, have you arranged
a cooperative ticket with the Repub-
licans? If not, / suggest that you
hold county convention in Lenoir
on Tuesday. July 3rd. the day that I
sneak there. At this convention /
think YOU should nominate a Popu-
list candidate for the Legislature, and
endorse the remainder of the Republi-
can ticket. Then appoint commit
tee of conference and ask the Repnb-
licans in the interest of cooperation
TO take down their candidate for the
Legislature. We are certainly entitled
to one man on the ticket and we
certainly can put up a man that can
poll more votes than Crisp can after
having made such a fool of himself"
Can this leave any doubt as to where
Butler and the remnant Of the Pop
ulist party have landed?
At the recent session of the Gates
county Democratic convention the fol-
lowing resolution, offered by Mr.. w.
Il. Cross, was adopted:
"Whereas, Hon. F. M. Simmons, our
present chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committees'of North Caro-
Hna did in the campaign of 1892 and
1898 lead US to a splendid victory,and |
"Whereas, In the present campaign