The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-26
STATE PRESS.

The Durham Herald is right Ia say-
Ing that when Butler gets TO making
speeches at republican county conven-
tons it shows c~onclusively where the
OF the popuIist party mas
landed"
White men Of North Carolina do
you wish White Rule by White Men
or a Mulatto government conducted by
Negroes. Mulattos and White Men
who associate with them in politics?
That Is the sole issue In August--Ra-
leigh News-obseryer.
The question that every white IN
viii answer on August End Is, r you
IN avor OF white supremacy or Negro
supremacy. n his vote for or against
the amendment will answer the queS-
ton Are you in favor of white SUI
premacy or negro supremacyg-wash-
ington Messenger.
The legislature is a point that needs
to be particularly guarded. The re-
publican fusionists hope TO capture IL.
Next after the defeat OF the amend
ment. the control of the legislature Is
the point nearest their hearts. II the
fu~sionists carry the legislature Mr..
Butler will be reelected to the senate.
Charlotte Observer.
And see that everybody In your
neighborhood registers. An entire
=" eSO "AA ~ $780, 49, ~
man can vote unless he registers II
matters not how old he is nor how
many times he ha registered and
voted in the past. ne must register
this year to be able TO vote. The
books open June 2sth and continue for
twenty days not counting Sundays
Greenville Reflector.
The Greensboro Record has a very
timely article on the way costs are
piled up unnecessarily against the
county by so many minor cases going
on the superior court docketS instead
OF being disposed OF by magistrates
and mayors. The same condition eN-
.sts all over the state and reform in
this particular y much needed. The
present system is an outrage on tax
ayers in the counties Of North Car
olina and should be changed--Green-
vile Reflector.
Yet that Arbitrator To his race
and to the best interests OF his u
try. Marion Butler, says IN a speech.
made in the senate recently. that the
amendment is designed To dLsfran-
chise the negroes and to let all whites
vote because their fathers and grand
fathers did. That is The truth and II
suited Buffers purpose to tell Ii then
and there. But he and his twin broth
er Pritichard and all their henchmen
will not hesitate to say in their mar
argues, intended 10 deceive. that the
iiliterate white will be disfranchised
also. Such double faced deceivers de-
serve the contempt OF all honorable
Times
A voter should be patriotic, desiring
his country's welfare: conscientious.
loving right above all things: intelli-
gent, fairly understanding the gen.
eral principles OF government and the
ordinary matters presented for his
and fearless, acting upon his
best Judgment. He should vote hon
estly, without fear, favor or corrup-
ton. The ordinary unlettered negro
is not prepared for the duties and re-
sponssbilities Of suffrage He usually
knows nothing of and cares nothing
for public issues. Appeals by bad
leaders to his fears, passions n ig-
usually control him. He has
little pride in the glorious history Of
his country. He dares not vote open
contrary 10 the mass Of negroes
Representative w. W. Kitchin.
A little while ago the North CARROLL
ma ~pOpulists We're careful TO pose be-
fore the public as belonging to an. in
dependent party, not controlled and
dominated by negroes and other re-
publican politicians. The mask is now
thrown off and the populisi leaders are
going over the state as emissaries OF
negro rule, openly consorting with the
I oo1As AZ ~ 1AA@CAA
Butler opened The campaign
in a speech before the republican coun-
ty convention which was a revenue
ring gathering, plus the mulatto child
and other negroes. He came down TO
Salisbury, says the Truth-IndeX. in
Company with r. u. Linney, whose re-
publicanism is of he yellowest hue
and in Raleigh was in conference with
eyenne officers and other republican
The republicans foot
bills for the republican and popu-
list campaign.-Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
When We hear men say they are OPP
posed to the constitutional amendment
can with difficulty realize that they
are serious. We feel like they are
talking through their hats. a we
not voted for different amendments
before? How did We know they were
constitutional? Who but the finest
constitutional lawyers has the right
to decide even II their own minds
whether a y" : institutional. Who
raised the t4estion of the unconstitu-
tionality of the amendment? Pritch-
ard and Butler. We would like to ask
if they are going TO Pritch-
ard and Butler for their constitutional
law-Butler, who attended a law school
six months, and Pritichard. who has
been manipulating political conven-
all his life and has never had
time 20 study law.-larkton Express.