The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-07-19

possibly CAM come to the registrar 70
doing his plain duty under the law, blu,
the gigantic gall of these Federal authori
ties (Holton and Blackburn is something
outrageous-no Federal officer being
voted for and the United States in nc
way connected with the election of Aug
ust End.
Chairman Simmons, who spent nearly
all of last week in Winston together
with Judge Shepherd and r. NJ Argo
whom he took with him as additional
counseD, and who personally gave his
time and talents to protect the rights Of
the prosecuted registrar, says the whole
transaction is a palpable usurpation Of
authority, and entirely without the juris
diction of the United States courts. And
he adds, we intend to arrest and prose
cute in the State courts every person
who swears out such warrants against
registrars
RANSOM TO THE RESCUE.
The white men of Forsyth county and
adjacent territory are greatly wrought
up over the result of the so-called trial,
and they have called a big Indignation
mass-meeting to protest against such
outrages The meeting will be held to-
night (Tuesday) and one OF the chief
speakers will be General Matt. W. Ran
som, the old Roman of Northampton,
who was asked to come, and who at
once wired his acceptance.
The white men of the West are at last
becoming thoroughly aroused, and Hol-
ton and Abe Middleton's tactics, as in
stanced in the Forsyth registrars case,
has largely contributed to this result.
Even Republican leaders here say Hol-
ton has made big mistake, and that it
will make thousands of votes for the
amendment.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina
will speak at Concord August LIST, and
great preparations are being made to &C.
commOdate the thousands who will turn
out to hear the great campaigner.
CHAIRMAN SIMMONS IN GOOD SPIRITS.
There is no man in the State who is so
fully and accurately informed as to the
conditions existing and the political pros
poets as Hon. F. NJ Simmons, our indie
fatigable State chairman.
He has had his able hand on the thrOt-
tie of the Democratic engine for months,
steadily plotting the way to the station
of Success frequently to re-
pair the Democratic track, it is true, and
often baving to guard against running
into switches that would have hurled us
all to political defeat and death had we
entered them, but he has overcome nearly
every difficulty now that he is about
ready to blow the signal for the home
station, and he is happy and confident.
No ADLER engineer ever did more faithful
and accurate work and none is more
trustworthy and deserving OF every
praise.
Let the local station agents do their
full duty now and all will be Well
JUDGE BOYD SEEMS TO BE SATISFACTORY
The appointment last Thursday of Col
James E. Boyd, late of Greensboro. and
now Assistant Attorney General of the
United States at Washington, to be
Judge OF the United States District Court
for the Western District of North Caro-
lima, vice. III. G. Ewart, who failed of con-
firmation by the Senate, seems to meet
with general approval here.
Judge Boyd is regarded as the best
man and the best lawyer at the disposal
OF the President for the place, and in
fnitely superior to such men as Adams,
Linney and Holton. The State is to be
congratulated on it's escape from either
of the latter
The appointment of Col Boyd is said
to be the personal preference OF President
Mckinley, who has come to know him
well as Assistant Attorney General, and
to be familiar with his good work in that
office.
| hear some people to-day asking ques
tions like these: why was this appoint
ment made just at this time, and unex-
pectedly? Has the trouble between Hol-
ton and the Democratic registrars in the
West anything to do with it? Did Sena-
tor Pritchard hurry up the appointment
in order to get a Republican Judge in the
district to sit upon these cases, and does
Holton and Pritchard expect Boyd to up
hold them in their outrageous proceed
ings?
For one, do not believe Judge Boyd
will permit himself to be used by Holton
in any such way after he ascends the
judge there Judge Purnell is Repub-
lican and would have presided had Col.
Boyd not been appointed.
GOV. RUSSELL AND wOULD-BE GOV. ADAMS.
Some sort of peace has been patched up
between Governor Russell and SpencerB
Adams, the Republican candidate for
Governor, it appears, for the former has
just permitted the latter to be reelected
secretary and treasurer Of the North Car
DINA railroad when he could have pre-
vented it, had he SO elected.
Spencer B. was here several DAYS last
week, and he and Butler and Charley
Cook (of Warren) and other fusion lights
We're in frequent conference with his FIX
cellency Governor DAN
1t is reported that they had to do some
fervent wrestling before Governor Rus
sell would consent to the reelection of
Adams to the $4,000 office in question:
But he got it all the same at the meeting
OF the directors at Burlington Thursday.
NEXT SATURDAY LAST DAY FOR REGISTER
ING.
White man, have you registered yet?
Do you know that NEXT SATURDAY Is
THE LAST DAY in which you can regis
ter? That if your name has not been
registered ANEW by sunset OF July Dist
you cannot vote on August End. when
the balance of your race will proudly
march to the polls and with white bal
lot kill negre rule foreve.. in North Caro-
lima?
Ii your name is not written there
don't delay another hour; don't wait till
next Saturday. FIND YOUR REGIS
TRAR TO-DAY, and do business with
him before you sleep tonight.
You'll sleep all the sounder and more
peacefully for having done it. warrant,
for your conscience will be an approving
one
REFORMATORY FOR YOUNG DEGENERATEs
NEEDED.
The State OF North Carolina ought to
be ashamed Of itself for not having pro-
vlded long ago refOrmatOry for Young
degenerates-an institution (such as all
progressive States have and many cities
on their own accounD where boys and
girls who go astray in early life may be
sent during their minority and reformed
into good and virtuous and industrious
and useful citizens.
Instead of that, the boys and girls of
criminal descendency of our State must
either be sent to the penitentiary or
county warehouses to associate with
hardened criminals Irregular fitting schools
of crime) and become hardened and
utterly ruined for life themselves, or else