The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-17

pected to attend and form the most i'm
posing procession ever seen.
Let every Democratic club, every indi-
vidual Democrat and all who are opposed
to negro rule be present. Ladies invited.
All who can bring baskets.
GEO. B. MLEOD,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
mttee.
A private letter yesterday from Ashe-
boro, says
'At the special request of the citizens
of this town Mr.. Jas. III. Pou spoke Sat
urday night TO large and enthusiastic
crowd for nearly two hours. Mr.. Pou
concluded by calling on the people to up
hold the hands of the candidates and or
ganiZation He said he was doing his
part-he believed-and he asked what
others were doing. There was work for
all.
'If a man can not go into the can
vass, he can go and work. If he can not
leave his business, he can contribute of
his means to help the work on. The
committees. county and State, need money.
1t can only be had by the contributions
of the people. Our people have been
blessed with good crops and no one would
feel it burden to contribute. The flu
ture welfare and happiness of the State
is dependent upon the adoption of this
Amendment. 1t must not be said that
our campaign flags for want of means to
carry it on. l would like to call on
every man who favors this Amendment
to help at once by contributing to the
campaign funds. 1t is needed. 1t is
needed now. 1t is needed badly Send
much or little, as your means may be,
but help
Chairman Simmons yesterday received
the following telegram from Congressman
Bellamy, dated at Asheville:
1.-THE Yancey county barbecue and rally
yesterday was q grand success. Crowd
estimated at 1000. Gardner is jubilant
over the prospects in Yancey, and if yes
terday is an index to their intentions eX-
pect great victory in August"
Ex-Governor Jarvis spent Sunday in
Raleigh and left yesterday morning for
his home in Pitt county, where he will be
today and tomorrow. Then he will go to
Morehead for two days, resuming his
campaign on Saturday, in Greene county.
During the past two weeks Governor
Jarvis has been canvassng in the West
in the counties of Granville, Person, Cas-
well, Rockingham, Stokes, Forsyth, Surry,
Yadkin and Wilkes. Speaking of his cam
paign, he said:
81 left the railroad at Roxboro and did
not strike it again until / got to Wilkes
boro. The territory | went through en-
braces several counties hitherto strongly
Republican. In all of them l found the
Amendment sentiment growing every day.
AS the false representations concerning
it, made by the Fusionists, are explained,
opposition to it disappears.
1.-THE revenue officers and census takers
got the start of us in the campaign and
in many sections they have the people
all torn up and scared, but as they learn
what the Amendment really is, and what
is it's true object all opposition to it
among white men ceases.
In the west where l have been, the
Democrats are united and many white
Republicans are giving the Amendment
their support At almost every one of
my appointments white Republicans have
come up to me after the speaking and
declared their belief that it was best
for the State that the Amendment be
adopted.
There is no longer the slightest doubt
about the Amendment being adopted by
a large majority-in fact it is now SIM
ply question of how large the majority
will be-"
Col. Thomas NJ Argo, who. though a
Republican, is taking great interest in the
campaign and is anxious for the adoption
of the Amendment is of much the same
opinion.
q have been studying the situation,
he said, "and if the friends of the Amend
ment will simply register and vote | don t
see any power on earth to beat them. 1t
is now simply question of majority, and
the anti-amendment leaders recognize the
fact.
Butler is sowing the State with his
notwithstanding out more, perhaps
than was ever before sent out in the his
tory of the State in an equal length of
time. Does he hope to defeat the Amend
ment by it? No, he is aware that that
cannot now be done. He is simply trying
to prevent a stampede of the Fusionsts
to the Amendment side and save some
thing out of the wreck"
And what is that something?
1t is the Legislature And to this end
the most desperate fights are being waged
in the close counties. Nobody knows bet
ter than Butler and his crowd that the
State is gone, with no earthly chance of
regainng it. They don't hope to defeat
the Amendment at the polls, but they are
using the Amendment to stir up as much
prejudice as they can and to mislead the
uneducated white voter, hoping thereby to
strengthen their legislative ticket. If
they can capture the Legislature, when
that body comes to canvass the vote for
the Amendment, they will have it to throw
out enough votes to overcome the ma
iority for the Amendment and will declare
that it has been defeated.
This the last ditch of Butler and his
Fusion force. But it will avail them
nothing.
This is the last week of registration
five more days, counting today. If you in
tend to vote for White Supremacy you
must register The registration books
close at sunset next Saturday. This is