The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-06
MR.. GREEN'S POSITION ..P0PU.
LISTS WILL SUPPORT IT.


themselves Populists. They are the mon
who i. Love Office more than reform
and 2. Love principle more than Office.
The first class include the mon MGlo OBJ
tanned office by voting for negroes or
pandering to them, and who know that
their only hope Of retaining office is by
keeping the ballot in the hands of every
negro in the State They love office
more than REFORM The second class is
composed Of men who in 1892 ami 1894
left their old party because they thought
it did not ring clear on tho fina ncla1 qo@s-
ton. They love reform more than o.
fee. The first class recently met In Raj
eigh as the Populist State Executive
Committee, and applaudcd an utterance
ia whip out of the State the advocates
Of White Supremacy, and issued an ad-
dress against the amendment written by
the husband Q the postmistr.ss at Oxford,
the aforesaid husband having proven
traitor TO the Populist party in 1897
BY supporting Pritchard for the Senate.
His family gets its bread and butter
through Pritchard. See? He writes the
address in favor of Negro Rule. See:
Is not that equivalent TO having Pritch>
ard dictator in The Peprlist inner counr
ellis?
Many people including some intclliscnt
Democrats and nnst Republicans, have
concluded that because a ring OF ms'n
holding office by negro votes had met in
edge, two of them will support the amend
ment. all the Populists would yo+e aga INST
il. There never was a greater mistake.
the votes Of all the members of their
own executive committee. To CUR knowl-
edge, two of them will support the amend
mont and by August every ONE who is
for ''refor1n rather than for office" will
do the same The average Populist vc,er
is a most independent man. In 1892 ana
in 1894, when they had confidence in
the men they had selected as leaders,
they followed them with unOuestioninS
zeal In 1896, when some Of them saw
that fusion with Republicans meant Ne
groism and Corruption, many OF them de-
clined to be led into il. In 1893, after
Inc PopuliSt bosses had, in order to get
fat salaries for themselves, turned the
East over to negro rule, most of the
PGpuhsts refused to vote the fusion
ticket and joined with their white neigh
bors in restoring White Supremacy. If
the bosses could not cootrol them in 1S!6.
when Fusion forces dominated every
branch of State government and most OF
, the counties, does anybody suppose that
with the juice OF Republican PIE run
ming out OF their mouths, the oGhce hold
crs can drive the honest PopulstS to
vote this year for a return to Negro
Rnle:
The honest Populist wants ''thc glori-
Gus privilege Of being independent" He
wants trial before the people Of the
measures in which he believes. He knows
that every time the negro vote is cast
solid for the gold standard, protection, ma
tiopal hank money, subsidies for rich sup
owners. colonialism, Imperialism, trusts
and for whatever the rtlch money syndi-
Gates want. There were not one hundred
negroes in North Carolina who voted for,
Bryan in 1896, though they are robbed
by the same money power that rcbs tlae
white farmer and laborer and artisan
and consumer. The negro vote is always
cast solid for whatever tho Republican
party stands, and as it belongs-body, soul
and brooches ito the trusts, the negro
vote is solid for trust domination. In
1892 the ropulis1S thought they could
did vote for Weaver But that was be-
cause the Republicans had no chance of
carrying the State for Harrison and Re-
publican bosses gave them '.the Wink
To vote for Weaver in order 10 get office
FOR white and black Republicans. But,
just as soon as it became apparent that
winning. there were net 100 negroes in
the State who did not vote the Publican
ticket, Oh course, The Popniists knew
by bitter experience that the negro is
against everything they want. and that
he may be relied ON To Vote down every
thing the Republican trust party opposes
If the honest Populists did not have II
white mans objection to Negro Rule, de-
votion to his party's success would cause
him to desire to be rid OF solid stupid
ignorant vote, always cast for everything
that the selfish and vicious favor.
We publish today in our Monroe letter,
n statement from Mr.. J. u. Green, editor
of Oar Home the leading Populst
paper in the Southern and Western part
Of the State, in which he says: If the
Legislature, which is to meet in June.
amends the amendment by providing that
section ) cannot be declared unc0nstitu-