The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-28
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
A GREAT HOST OF REPUBll CANS AND pop
ULlSTS DECLARING FOR THE
AMENDMENT.
How About Your Little GirI?-Bull-
doing Cotton Mill Hands Who, of
All People, Should Vote White
Scheme to Vote Negro Boys-The
Railroad Property-rlinor Mention.
(From Our Regular Correspondent. }


RALEIGH, \. C., June 26, 1900.
The most prominent and impressive
| development of the State campaign dur
ing the past week has been the avalanche
of announcements in print and by
word Of mouth--on the part of self-re-
speeding white men who have been aligned
with the opposition for years that they
now intend to support and vote for the
Constitutional amendment.
Many OF these are old-line Republicans.
| and large number of former fusion
POpulists who have followed Butler
blindly for years-but not so blindly that
THEY cannot tell white boy from a
mulatto-and, not being so careless and
unmindful OF the present and future OF
their race. have at last cut loose from
that selfish, self-seeking demagogue.
at one time intended to include list
OF the more prominent converts in this
letter, but gave up the Job after finding
| the amount OF space it would require.
OF ALL MEN THE MILL OPERATIVES SHOULD
VOTE WHITE.
1t has developed lately that the anti
| amendment forces have been paying
| special attention TO the cotton mill Ope-
rativ.s, especially i'll ,lia r.e;'mc. II conn
ties; that hired emissaries have gone in
and out among these peOple-dropping
their political poison wherever they
| thought it would be effective and by
| lying in the most barefaced manner at
tempted to teach the mill hands that the
| amendment would cause their disfran-
| chisement, also, that even if it didn't its
| operations would be against the interests
of the operatives, ANY h-e-O-v."
| Well, if there is a white man or woman
or white boy or girl in North Carolina
| that needs protection from the negro
more than the cotton mill operatives
| then | will confess to more ignorance
| than | think is my share.
| Already efforts have been made in
several South Carolina cotton mills
| (notably the ''Vesta." at Charleston
owned by Northern capitalists, chiefy,)
| to supplant the white operatives with
| negro labor, and to-day that mill is
"operated'' by negroes.
\ knitting mill is now about to be
built near Scotland Neck which intends
| to employ negroes as operatives. and
| Northern people own mill in Cumber-
| land county Ga silk milD that uses negro
| help.
| Already the negroes constitute the only
| labor used in the big plug tobacco fac
! tories at Winston. Danvile Reidsvile
| and other manufacturing towns. and at
Durham they are also largely employed
| in the factories
| Up to now the cotton mill has been the
one factory standing out prominently as
| the employer OF white help ONLY-and
| largely of that class of whites (women
and children over II years included) who
so much need such an avenue to earn
their living in this honest way. And you
| tell me that these people-the men among
| are going to 'vote the 'nigger ticket?'
| I'll never believe it.
| Surely there is no class OF people on he
face OF the earth so blind to their own
| interests us to cut their own industrial
| and social thrOa Is in such a suicidal man
| ner as that!
| Ii they will not do this willingly. they
| should not be forced to so vote. 1t is
| known, has been proved, that at least
| in one mill town those wearing White
| Supremacy buttons have been made to
take them off before the boss" would
| al1uw them to go t" work again. Thy
man at the back of this order is said to
have been one ID. NJ. Carpenter, mill
official and delegate from the Seventh
district to the Mckinley convention at
Philadelphia last week
But he has been shown up by the local
|
same treatment, and the freedom of these
white men to vote as they please pro-
tected. Any such in YOUR neighborhOOd?
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.
The oftice-holders who Went to Phila-
delpha last week to go through the form
of nominating 'Marse Mack for second
term, and Teddy Roosevelt, have return
ed home-including Duncan (revenue col
lectoD. Bailey (pOstmaster), Millikin C..
S. marshaD, Abbott (railroad commits
sioner), Martin (pOstmaster), Adams
(gubernatOrial candidate and secretary
North Carolina railroaO, Pritchard (sen-
atOr), Boyd c.. S. Assistant Attorney
GeneraD. negro White congressman.
negro Hagans {White's secretary. negro
Russell (revenue doodle under Duncam
and several Others, including more ne
grOes and Otfice-hOlders, who constituted
the delegation. Nearly every one a pie
eater and dependent on "Marse Mack
for his Job.
\ week hence the Democrats will be
jOurneying to Kansas City. where on
July 18th Mr.. Bryan will be again nomi-
mated also. AS in the case with the Re-
publicans, it is impossible to tell in ad-
vance. even week in advance, who the
vice-presidential candidate will be. or is
likely to be. even. 1t can be pretty safely
counted on. however, that Buffers man.
Towne, Ga ''free-silver Republican!') will
not be the nominee. by q large aiOrity.
Bnt Butler will not grieve for that. 1t
is his secret desire to have two vice
presidential candidates in the field if he
can possibly persuade TOwne to stick.
'TwOuld give him the chance to trade
he seeks
! TRICK TO VOTE YOUNG NEGROES.
| Tax listers are warned against listing
negro boys. apparently seventeen to
twenty years, who have appeared in
numbers in some counties and demanded
| to have their poll tax listed--Owning no
property that is all they can ask.
1t has been learned that this is part
of the anti-amendment fusion" scheme
to get the names OF the negro boys on
the tax lists. so that if when they at
tempt to vote, they are challenged for be
ing under age they can point to the tax
lists as proof that they are twenty-one
OF course they will not, and 10 not in
tend. to pay the poll tax. Make them
prove their age, to your satisfaction, OF
else refuse to place theirnames on the tax
roll
TAXATION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY.
The Corporation Commission will this
week engage in fixing the value OF rail
road property in North Carolina, and fol
that purpose meets here tomorrow
"wednesday to be in session the balance
of the week or longer The returns from
all the railroad companies are in the
hands of the secretary OF the commits
sion.
The Legislature at the late extra ses
sion amended the Corporation Commits
sion law, SO as to more clearly empower
that body to assess railroad property
The assessment OF the value of railroad
property was increased so 100000 last
year. at which the railroad companies
are still complaining "a suit still pending
in the courts questioning its reasonable
ness and iustice), and so it is not likely