The commonwealth., 1900-08-16
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
SHALL THE "NIGGER" BE AN lS-
SUE IN THE PRESIDENT
IAL CAMPAIGN?
THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO OBJECT TO
SUCH PROCEEDING. Con-
GREsSIONAL CONTESTS.

THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO OBJECT TO
SUCH PROCEEDING. Con-
GREss1oNAL CONTESTS.
Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
Raleigh, N. c., August l3.-The
Presidential and Congressional cam
paign will not begin actively in North
Carolina until Sept. l.
There are several good reasons for
this, not the least important one being
that the man upon whom tho success
of the party will chiefly depend has
just completed seven months of the
hardest work he or you or ever did,
and needs and certainly deserves rest
before undertaking the arduous task Of
another campaign.
Chairman Simmons has given all OF
his time for the last four months, and
by far the most of it for three months
previously, to the work of managing
the great contest which has just result
ed in signal victory for Democracy
and for Simmons.
/ add the last three words because I
know whereof I speak whom say the
Democrats of North Carolina owe F.
NJ. Simmons more than they can eyer
pay him in an ordinary life time. /
know, absolutely, of no other man in
the State to whom we could have turn
ed with such confidence as we did to
him last winter, nor one who would or
could have conducted such a mastery
campaign and achieved such a glorious
victory.
Indeed, it would have been no Yict-
ory at all, had we had an incompetent
and less determined and less courage
Gus captain at the helm.
In recognition of these services, a.
we'll as for the equally good work OF
two years ago, most all the Democrats
hereabout, whom I hear express them
selves, say LOT course we will send
him to the United States Senate In
Buffers place." and some add that they
don't think any Democrat In North
Carolina ought to compete with him
for the honor; that 1t ought to be
unanimous.
AMENDMENT IMPERATIVE FOR TWO
Many people have expressed them
selves as surprised upon learning that
the newly adopted amendment docs
not 60 into effect until July, 1902.
Most of them thought it would beeome
operative January I, 1902, and very few
bad an idea that it would begin to
work later than July l, 1901.
But the fact is, as the legislative act
providing tor its submission to the peo-
pie shows, the Amendment does not
60 into effect until July l, 1902, or
nearly two years after it's adoption. In
the meantime the negroes cannot only
vote in the coming Presidential and
Congressional elections, but the num-
iclpal contests OF next spring and tho
spring OF 1902, also-if they choose to
do 80.
It is not supposed, however, that
they will choose to do 80, particularly
in the black eastern towns, but will
elect to keep hands on. Why the
operation of the Amendment was de-
layed 60 long, ! confess my inability to
understand.
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.
The Democrats of tho Fourth (Ral-
eigh) District will hold their conven-
ton in this city on September 6, and
it appears to be at least probable that
the present incumbent, Hon. J. w. At
water, OF Chatham, (Pop-Dem.), will
be able to secure a denomination, but
this is not settled definitely. If he Goes
not, then Capt. w. B. Shaw, of Vance,
Armistead Jones, of Wake, or E. W.
Pou, OF johnson, will probably be the
nominee.
At Durham last Thursday the fusion
lists failed to nominate a candidate to
run against Hon. w. w. Kitchin IN
tho Fifth District, but adjourned to
meet at Greensboro September S. It
is thought that Spencer B. Adams will
yet be able to capture the nomination,
while there are at the same time ru-
mors concerning the putting up OF q
non-partisan, anti Bryan man-a Gold
Democrat.
The failure OF Butler to show up at
the meeting OF the Pop. Nationol Con-
ysntion, of which he is still chairmsn,
at Chicago last Thursday, ocoasloned
surprise there, the press dispatches
state. 1t was no surprise to us, who
know the nature of the beast, and his
additional extract from the dispatches
furnishes the right pointer. VIZ, Mr.
Bryan, 1t is thought, will be able to
WIN Butler over, in case he opposes
Stevenson and desires the vacancy fill