The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-06-21
A DENIAL THAT DOES NOT DENY.

Last Sundays News and Observer
contains a card from Hon c. B. Ay-
cock, Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, in which he at last pretends
to deny what the Morning Post quo.
ted him the first day Of last March IS
saying at Snow Hill, that Is. that he
wanted to be elected by lawful
means If he could, but if not that be
was determined to be elected by
fraud or force, 1t will be remem-
bered that the Post further quoted
that he boasted that the Democratic
Machine had In the past ruled by
force and it could do it again.
The whole State was shocked a.
this audacious and lawless utterance
from the lips of candidate for the
high Office Of Governor Of a great
State composed of Christian and law
abiding citizens. THE CAUCASIAN
was loath TO believe 1t was possible
for Mr.. Aycock to have given utter
snce TO such shocking words as this.
Week after week The CAUCASIAN
stated that it did not wish to believe
1t and called upon Mr.. Aycock for q
denial. Nearly four months have
passed and it was only last Sunday
that he made the people an ineffec
tual effort at denial. 1t seems clear
that Mr.. Aycock must have stated
practically what the Post reported
INN as saying. 1t seems that Mr..
Aycock thought, when he made that
speech, that he had appealed sufi-
ciently to the passions and prejudi-
ces of the people and gotten them
so excited that they would not resent
such shocking utterances, even from
the lips of candidate for the high
office of Governor. And it now SEEM
that he has walked up to the fact that
the people condemn such revolution
airy, lawless and incendiary utteran-
ces.
Hence the belated denial which
does not deny.
AS to further evidences to the fact
that Mr.. Aycock did use such ex-
pressions and that he still Is holding
to the same lawless designs, we call
attention to the report of Mr.. Az
cuck's speech at Statesville on las,
Saturday, as published in the Char.
lotte Observer Sunday morning. in
serted in quotation points. The re.
porter for the Charlotte Observer re
ports Mr.. Aycock as saying, "If we
can not prevent it by ballot, we will
prevent it by force" What does tni.
m AMI 1t means that if Mr.. Aycock
and Mr.. Simmons can't overcome
opposition by fraudulent registration
and by stufing ballot b 'xes (and this
Is the kind of law that Mr.. A,cock
wants to rule by) then they are de-
termlned to IF, to get tie Cffioe by
using force. Mr.. Aycock saws b..
prefers to get his office by keeping
white men from regis .eriGg who will
not vote for him. He prefers to get
his flee by throwing out the vo,es
of ililterate white men, if they should
get their ballot in the wrong box.
He prefers DISTINGUISHING the poor
white man who can't pay his poll
tax by the first day of May. But
if he can't get the Office of Governor
by these methods of legalized fraud
then he is to have it, if by stuff ~
ballot boxes and wholesale vote steal |
ing.
Christian men-law abiding men |
't North Cardinals it best for the
otste and for your liberties to have
his kind of a man for Governor?
and to have him get the Office by !
such shocking methods, under the
leadership of such q man as Mr.. Sim
nonsf
Freemen of North Carolina, you
mast answer this question within q
ew weeks with your ballots, backed
ip by your manhood and courage.