The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
THE POLITICAL ARENA
HON. JOHN D. BEilAMY BRINGS CLIO
RI0US NEWS FROM THE WEST.
cent Campaign Observation-Disclosures
for Lacy and Bellamy Friday Night
on Market Street-First Ward Meet
ing Last Nfght-BIg Rally at Warsaw
aud Kenansvflle Thursday.

aud Kenansvflle Thursday.
Chairman E. F. Johnson, Of the New
Hanover democratic executive COM
mittee authorizes the announcement
that Hon. B. r. Lacy, candidate for
state treasurer. n Hon John d.
Bellamy will speak at the Firemen's
tournament grand stand on Market
street on Friday night of this week.
Mr.. Lacy is a strong speaker and has
a host of personal friends here and his
visit TO this city is anticipated with
especial pleasure both by them and in
political circles generally.
The people are delighted also at the
prospect Of having Hon. John D. Bel
Iams, whom they have not heard as
expected that Col. 4. NJ. WaddeIl
would also favor the people of VIII
mington with a speech some time
during this week, but he left yester-
day to fill a series of engagements
elsewhere. However, he will be back
before the campaign closes n Chair
man Johnson says that he will GER
tainly speak here before the election.
The first ward white supremacy club
held a very we'll attended and enthu-
siastic meeting in Hibernian hall last
night. The most important action
taken was the adoption of a resoiu-
ton asking the clubs of h other
wards and the democratic executive
committee to join with them in call
ing upon the merchants and other
business houses anG offices to close up
on election day and let the employees
and employers go to the polls and work
from sun to SUM-. This is a move III
the right direction and it is very prob.
able that the request will be gladly
complied with by the business men of
Wilmington.
| Curing the meeting last night there
We're timely speeches on the issLas and
| campaign conditions by Mr.. ii. Mel.
Green, Chairman f. F. Johnson aid
Mr.. s. H. Fisholate.
| Col. a. NJ. Waddell left yesterday on
another campaign tour having been in
the campaign almost constantly since
jun 5th. He speaks at Shelby Wed
nesday, Forest City Thursday and at
Mountain Island Friday.
Hon. John d. Ecllamy returned yes
to-day from an extended campaign
tour of Buncom5e, Haywood, Madison,
Mitchell, Yancey, Watauga and Cald-
well counties. He says he found tbs
people of the west extremely eager to
hear of the conditions in the east. Mr.
Beliamy is convinced after close OBJ
s~ervation hat the vote for the cons:i-
tutional amendment will run way
ahead of that for the democratic ticket
in all the counties in which he has
been.
Mr.. Bellamy's last speech was al
Cane River, Yancey county, on Satur.
day, the 18th, where he spoke to be
tween 1000 and 1000 people, the largest
concourse of people he ever va as.
sembled in a country district. There
was a big barbecue, of which II beeve.
and IS sheep were the principal fea,
lures. People were there for so mile!
around. The speakers were Mr.. Bel
lamy and Hon. w. t. Crawford.
Mr.. Bellamy says that in Wataugs
county several prominent republican
have taken the stump In advocacy o
the amendment, and that in Lenoi
and Caldwell counties negroes hav
generally refused to register on tn
ground that the republicans are reall,
as much in favor of their disfranchise
ment as any other party.
In Mitchell county Mr.. Bellamy ha,
a joint W. with Britt and in u
combe with Pearson.
While in the west Mr.. Bellam,
learned that in Mitchell, the stronges
republican county in the state, count
script is selling at 10 cents on the dol
lar and in Madison county, Prftchard'
home, it is only bringing 80 cents O
the dollar, and since the institution @
republican rule the county's indebted
ness has increased from S12,0 900 to $50,
600, and to cap the climax n count
treasurer has reported that burglars
had robbed his safe of all the count
funds.
Elaborate preparations are bein
made for a grand white supremac
rally at Warsaw on Thursday of thi
week. DR.. j. N. Johnson, of this cit,
received a letter last night requestin
him to procure for the committee
!. quantity of bunting, flags, signs, etc
for decorating purposes Aycock is I
be there and the people are determine
to give him a tremendous ovation
Thre will be, the letter states, a gran
and especially conspicuous in line Wi
be a white supremacy float. It wi
De draped in pure white and will b
occupied by a bevy of young ladies al
tired in dainty white costumes. tt
float will be drawn by four mule
three of them white and one draped i
black carrying h inscription ITO
black to be in it." The materials fo
the draperies, the flags and other ma
terial ordered will be sent up on til
train to-day by DR.. Johnson, tina
whom there is no more ardent whit
supremacy advocate Dr. staunch al