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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

Where is Taylor. the fugitive from
Kentucky Justice? Is he enjoying the cool
and hyperborean gales Of Canada. under
the protection of Mr.. Hannas good friend
where else, hunting the lost Abner Two
such Republican lights should not be al
lowed 10 quench themselves completely.
ard vanish leaving 40 pOstof1ce address
where money anG stamps and tobacco can
be sent TO them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
CURRENT HUMoR.
Getting Harkins Into n scrars

CFr0m IT, $ -nCrviIle JUurnail
Hicks-I think tha- have paid Of Harkins
finally FOR that mean nm he did me
Wicks-How SOY
HickS-Oh. | heard his daughter sing az p1rl0r
concert last week. and yesterday when I mes
Mrs Harkins expatilted on her dIughter'S lovely
voice. and insisted that she ought 10 have II
cultivated
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
The Merchnnt MnrIne.


Nrkinley's party = responsible 70. :He lack Of
merchant marine That party has persistently
kfpt On the NATIONAL stasgte book laws that
prevent any ship from Carrying the nst.crz asg o.
renewing the protection OF or as rnnrent unEess
il was bSth built and owned IA America II
has driven he american s1Ii1r boy rom the
high Il Is protection run mad
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

FTOm the New York Worldl
Mr. BilluS-i am glad 10 see, Matilda that YOU
and yOuT women friends have Quii ,akiEg flower,
novels, and fruit that wifr-nurderer IN the jliit
Il about time you got over bring such ser
timental idiots
Mrs- Billus-Yes, and besices. il IS now generally
believed that the man Is nothing bnt IN inPOstcr
and didn't XIII her, after all
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
The I,nnraroo Ticket.

CFrom the Davenport, iowa. Denocrat)
The of William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt are printed IN the daily papers In the
same type But you nave noticed, perhaps. that
the Governor OF New York gets something like a
dozen mentions where the President OF the United
States receives one TINS viii be the programme
for more than four months.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
Did Not Aim Mt Perfection.
lFrnnl PICK

He-A maid must not expect snch lovers as she
finds in books. Few paraEuns.
She-Oht l should not expect paragon I
should be satisfied with a lover young, handsome.
brave. noble and uuselfsh-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

There is great deal OF restitution re-
ported among the Beers. and Lord Robert is
is relieving their necessities from .he Brit
ish supply train. Sympathizers in Wash
ington might do well perhaps to raise
another eleven hundred ard thirty-hve COL
lars for the sufferers and send them aro h
er balance of eighteen dollars after pay
ing out the rest for wine, carriages. and
banquets at expensive hotels.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
Jast what Enraged Roo.e,cIt.
From the Philadelphia Times)

The rage Of the spectacular candidate for Vice
President on the Republican ticket on being
caught and photographed by two kodak fiends
while in bathing suit and dripping With the
ocean brine az Oyster Bay largely due TO the
isct that he did not have his famous hat and
that each particular ruddy hair on his uncovered
head was standing end. lie was further an
gered, too. because the photographers ran of into
the Custy highway and the siorrner OF San Juan
hui realized that 10 give chase in his eurtaiied
costume 20 incompatible with his new dignity
was feat more strenuous than even he cared
alaut
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

(From the Detroit JourraLi
butler smiling behind the pantry door l Was
aghast.
1t was brandy. think." sad tae girl-
j cannot describe the relief I now felt But the
reaction from the nervous tension leiI ne very
weak.
.-Oh, NARY / sobbed. 'Hcw you frigh encd
mel l thought you meant that he smiled liter
aIIyt-'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
Admiral <empn.

NfiVhf fte DaNONieH H~s'e-s
II Kernpff's courage was ever doubted. Il is
heyond dispute now. II often takes more ioTtitude
to keep out of fight than 10 get into the thick
OF it, Ard whether the fre-eaters at Washing
ton realize il or not, the admiral has been OF
service TO the Administration
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
Deserved to Bave TIVE Bad Ones

Glow xfll you have your egez fried Or
side OF bo1kg' asked the Yaitress Il the youJ
who spends al his spare money for vaudevils
tickets
.-FFy one On ono ssis and the other or tho
other Answered The, youth With 4 real Sea-
brO0kish expression
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
Let This he n warnIae Sc.


An Atchison woman. who three DAYS AGO was
considered the most popular woman N town mas
net enc friend left: instead Of sympsthiziaZ wiki
her friends. shn has heretofore she bean tell
ing them her troubles
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
Locked .k~ Laundry Cheeks

lFrDui 2 thicas0 Tribuna-l
Messenger Cto BritLh general. in China)-Cer-
eraI we have just captured bearer Of Dispatches.
but We can't make out the ceSPatches
British GeHeral-Are they IN cipher
Messerge.-Cipher3 No. They're a Chinese.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

Augustus a Van Wyck: we viii carry
New York State sWeepingly. We Of the
East asked for a platform TO bring to cur
ranks those who left the party in 1856
They have given Us anti-imperi2lisn- In s
is the paramount issue OF the campzign-
II involves the very existence OF our IA
ton The money issue is more OF a COM
mercial issue, that can be taken up at
any time"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

John p. Altgeld; The Democracy has
promulgated the greatest and the most
truly American platform ever written. l.
has started q tidal wave OF AmeTiCanism
that viii sweep from ocean 20 ocean. ard
will wipe militar;sIn. imperialism. Mckin-
leyism. and H2nasism OF the American
continent foiyeT. Mr.. Brysn's stand dur
ing the last four days has shown him to
be the greatest man in the civilized word.
He will be the next President o. thu
Inifed States"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

Senator Tillm2n- Mr.. Stevens O1's EOE1-
ination is at least a safe one II Goes not
add strength to the ticket. nor does It
lay it open to attack. The mass OF the
people had candidates for whom they we're
more enthusiastic. and therefore B yam q
the platform viii be the principal factors
in the campaign Mr. Stevenson is a
man whose record cannot be sJtzcfed.
but there viii be little enthusiasm for him
under the Circumstances"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07
PREDICTIONS OF VICTORY.

KANSAS CITY. July democratic
leaders. before leaving for their homes.
expressed the following opinions on the
ticket and the party's prospects in the i'm
pending Presidential campaign
David B. Hill The nomination Of ex-
Vice President Stevenson for Vice Presi-
dent is a most excellent one. In my opin-
ion it was the best selection that could
have been made. He is safe. conservative;
he served the people aeeeptably before and
viii have the confidence Of the business
community in every part of the country.
In view Of some portions of the platform,
his nomination is very welcome. The
ticket and platform put the democracy in
fair shape for the coming campaign Moth
ing viii be left undoae on my part to Sc
cure its success"
Elliot Danforth: 1t was splendid Con-
vention and fun OF incidents that suggest
victory. The enthusiasm was unbounded.
I regard the ticket as one Of the strongest
that could have been made The platform
is excellent and the principles enuneiated
should receive the hearty support Of every
Democrat Imperialism being the para
mount issue. will attract to the ticket the
support of thousands OF thoughtful men who
have not heretofore affiliated with the
Democrats II is my judgment that with
the ticket selected and the platform adopt
ed, the Republicans in New York Will have
TO fight for their lives
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

Perry Belmont: The platform has made
MeKinley's foreign and colonial policy the
paramount issue in this campaign. II The
Democratic leaders make that issue thor
Oughly clear TO the voters it viii carry the
Democratic party into power. The Mc<in-
ley Administration is following an unknown
path. unrestrained by the Constitution
The restraint should be applied upon the
Democratic lines laid down by Jefferson. "
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

Charles A Towne: The Silver Republic
cans and the Populists have about two mil
lion and quarter votes | believe from
the sentiment that now exists and the
platform adopted by the Democratic party
making a specific declaration for silver
that not less than two million votes viii
be cast for the Democratic candidates.
Bryan and Stevenson. / am convinced the
Democratic ticket viii have the support OF
both parties ! shall work for the success
OF the ticket. / have no feeling of animus
or disappointment over the nomination Of
Mr.. Stevenson The Democratic COnven-
ton has made a wise selection. and shall
do al lin my power TO help
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

r l. Metcaife: The result OF The Cen
venuon could not have been better TIE
ticEet Is all right. ard the platform will
commend itself to all who call themselves
Democrats"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
THE NEGRO SHUT OUT.

Not many people in either section
know hat there is a state composing
the American Union that a a consti-
tuition that shuts the negro out entire
ly. Yet such is the fact, and it is not
a southern state, either. If it was a
southern state what a tremendous
racket would be made. and how Pritch-
ard and his crocodile crowd of weepers
would lament and bawl. The state of
Oregon allows not a negro to come in.
It's constitution declares that no free
negro or mulatto who did not live in
Oregon when the constitution was
adopted shall ever come, reside, or be
within this state" You see he cannot
be ever a tramp. But this is not the
only dig at the negro-the man in
black or colors. The constitution 1--WE
quote from the New York Evening
Post) prohibiting any negro or mu-
latto, except one who lived in the state
when the constitution was adopted,
from holding any real estate, or max
ing any contract, or maintaining any
suit"
And hat is up in the great north,
and Oregon is supposed to be some
thing enlightened, and containing tens
of thousands of republicans, old SOL
diers that fought the south, freesoilers
and what not. We copy again from
The Evening Post, one of the most rep
utable and ablest and most scholarly
of northern newspapers. 1t is abso-
lutely illuminating and pathetic. 1t
shows how human nature in that part
of the world is disposed to act when
it has power. The Evening Post says:
when the question of Oregon's adj
mission to the Union was pending in
1858. the people were allowed to vote
on the question whether slavery should
be tolerated in the state. and it was
decided in the negative, three to one;
and also on the question whether the
refusal of residence and other rights
to the free negro or the mulatto should
be fixed in the fundamental law, which
was carried, S,640 to 1,OS1. There it has
remained eve since. with it's further
provision that the legislative assembly
should provide by penal laws for the
emoval by public officers of all such
persons, for their effectual exclusion
from the state, and for the punishment
of any one who should bring negroes
or mulattoes into the state or employ
or harbor them"
This is the Year of Grace 1900-the
end of the century. Let the procession
proceed. Guy Wright to the front
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
The Messenger.
THE FOX CAUGHT.

The immense Sampson county lega4
Boanerge is being caught constantly
in nets of his own fabrication. Butler
is being quoted against Butler, and the
traps set are creased with some or ms
own door stuff. The Reidsville Weekly
some weeks ago set a trap wen oaieeo
with Butler corn and he caught that
coon at onee. 1t is a dreadful thing for
a noIitician to have a record. IL he be
a trading demagogue all you have to
do to catch his tail between n fence
rails is to prize them up with some OF
the fellows own timber. Butler is not
a wise man If he is a tremendous law
yer of a few weeks reading between
sessions. He is consumed with ambi-
ton and lust of office and he easily
forgets the political trail he has made.
We give this, and but a sample, from
Webster's Weekly:
Senator Butler says that disfran-
chisement of the negro has not remoV-
ed the negro from politics in Loulsl-
ana, South Carolina and MISSISSIPPI.
That is what he says now, but the Pop
ulist Hand Book said the very reverse
two years ago. In that campaign docu-
ment, issued by the populist state ex-
ecutive committee, the democratic
party was denounced for being too
weak and cowardly to stand I'D as men
and enact laws DISTINGUISHING the
negro vote, which laws would have
been constitutional. We will quote
from the populist Hand Book:
LIN nearly every southern state ex-
cept North Carolina the. negro is dis
franchised, with the result that racial
antagonisms cannot be reused
of the absence of a basis on which TO
proceed. The same power that disfran-
chised the negro in these southern
states has been welded by the demo-
cratic party in North Carolina for
twenty years and yet no advantage
has been taken of hat power.
1.-The democratic party was thus
criticised because it had not used its
power to remove the negro from poll
tics, as had been done in Louisiana,
South Carolina and Mississippi"
Mr.. J. H. Pou, of Johnston county,
has also been hawking h great con-
stitutional lawyer over the Goals. He
has been convicting him out of his own
record. We have lot yet had time to
give it proper attention. We may draw
upon it hereafter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
POINTS.

Bear it in mind that
The negro has been on top in North
Carolina for more than thirty years.
and he is still anxious to keep on top.
The negroes are registering right
along and as in former years They
are not so demonstrative. The orders
are to be quiet and do 1t on the sly.
The white radical bosses are very much
awake and are literally working night
and day to keep h irons on h white
men with Sambo as jaiier.
The negroes will all vote. The thing
to do is to keep them from voting more
than once, and to shut out the young
Jim Crows from registration. the little
blacks who are still under twenty-one
years Of age
There were f~orty-one magistrates in
this county, New Hanover, who were
lof the class negroes. There were nearly
ninety negro officials in Wilmington.
ton.
There were, as estimated, over 1000
negro officials in North Carolina.
Mckinley appointed quite a number
of negro ~postmasters by or bump
tious George White, and five of these
have been caught stealing in office.
IOf course they were rogues before
George had them fixed Upon the whites.
The passing of the Negro in North
Carolina politics is at hand. Never
more will the places he has known be
ever known to him again so long as
the tides run and the fishes swim. The
Iirrevocable decree has been issued. In
his office den upon it's loo is written
Meme, Meme Tekel Upharsin.
In four counties alone in the negro
ridden section of the state there were
1O4 negro magistrates.
The year 1898 saved New Hanover
land Craven and Halifax and other
counties from the reign of Africa for
ever.
That but for 1898, the county of
Craven, in which the old colonial town
of New Bern is situate, would have
now hardly an official of any kind not
a negro Can any man not a traitor
to his white kin and ace in his heart
lCSSlTe d EcluTH u OllCe III IdSlclu
Carolina of the brother in black' OF
African descent and flavor ?
That the Negro was not fit for the
franchise when the republican gang
bestowed it upon him; hat after
thirty-odd years of trial as a voter he
is still utterly unfit, and that there is
no sort of promise that he ever will be
fit to use the ballot wisely, discreetly,
~patriotically. independently, for the
benefit of the state, for the advance
ment of his race, for the elevation of
the people generally. He is today NOR
ally disqualified. He votes without in
telligence or without any reference to
moral qualities of candidates or moral
results.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
England to Hold Chinese Officials at
fek1n Responsible for Injuries to
Europeans.

ondon July 5.-In the house of
today the parliamentary sec
rotary of the foreign office, MI. Will
liam T. st. John Broderick,
that the government was hourly ex-
pecting a reply to a communication ad-
dressed to Japan and said The Chinese
minister in London had been informed
that n authorities at Pekin would
be held personally guilty of any injuries
sustained by h Europeans and he
had oeen requested to convey this in
formation, so as to have it reach with
out fail the authorities at Pekin.
The purport Oh this, said Mr.. Brod-
erick, would be communicated TO the
various viceroys.
Mr.. Broderick said Rear Admiral
Bruce had ~telegraphed that all the al
lied adm1rals at Taku were working
in perfect accord and that the position
Of the American forces is Identical
with that of the other powers.
Mr.. Broderick said he thought it
doubtful if any organized government
existed in China with which Great
Britain could call herself at war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
Messenger Bureau.
palafgh n. e.. July ).

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. -, July D
Never was the Fourth of July OBJ
served here more quietly The game OF
base ball between Tarboro and Ra-
leigh was really the only feature. ana
that was truly a one-sided ma IA
leigh never having a ghost OF a chance
There were only two accidents here.
BY the explosion Of a lot Of powder IN
a can the 7-year-old son Of Mr.. T. n.
Briggs has lost the sight Of one eye.
and the other eye is injured. In the
other accident a little son of Mr.. John
H. Winder was injured in the face by
powder.
The executive committee of the
Farmers Alliance withdraws the rec
ommendation that the annual meeting
Of the alliance be held September 4th
and lets the date stand August 14th.
which is the regular time, on the
ground that il will be almost "
weeks after the state election n the
political excitement
Two of the Raleigh base ball play
ers, both incompetent, were released
today. Citizens subscribed $500 to get
some good men and tomorrow a men,
Der of the athletic association viii go
north TO get some good players, in
GLIDING a pitcher. He is given carte
blanche.
Yesterday was devoted to speakings
by the democratic candidates in this
county. They a large audiences and
say they are greatly pleased at the
condition of affairs and at the outlook
The campaign in this county was de-
layed. but is now very active.
Today State Treasurer Worth re-
ceived from California some North
Carolina bills issued during the civil
war, with a request that he redeem
them. OF course they are worthless.
The state charters the Parker Drug
Company, of Raleigh. 1t will make
patent medicines.
The new ice factory here, which is
to supply ice for use on refrigerator
cars on the Seaboard Air Line, has be-
gun operations.
A large party of Raleigh society
people went to Morehead City today.
The weather is intensely hot and will
rapidly drive people to the resorts.
The secretary of the corporation
commission is now apportioning among
the various towns, cities and counties
their proportion of the assessment OF
railway property for taxation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
STATE PRESS.

This fall for the fifth time in history
the occupant Of the White house will
be opposed for reelection by the an
didate whom he defeated fou years
before. 1t is significant that on each
of the four former occasions the man
in the white house has been defeated
and history will repeat itself.-Brevard
News.
A negro in conversation with the edi-
tor n day This week said: Il tell you
L don't care anything about this
amendment, as 1 think 1t will be a
great deal better for the negro race.
So far as / am concerned, I am per-
fectly willing to trust the white peo-
pie. The negro as q race has never
been benefited by voting, and there are
a great many Of them who don't know
what they are voting for, when they
vote" And he told the truth.-Louis-
burg Times.
That politics makes strange hedfel-
lows is a saying as rue as it is trite.
But politics oeS more than this. 1t
almost makes over human nature. We
can see how senator Pritchard, for in
stance, can associate with senator But
Ter in an official way, so to speak, for
h sake of sustaining their peculiar
political relations. But how h can
tolerate him personally and associate
Will III "lICIl = II ullIlCSCSSdly - IL
comprehensive, after the ~traitorous
way in which he sought to defeat
Pritchard.-Greensboro Telegram.
Two of the confederate veterans Of
this city who attended the recent re-
union at Louisville returned with this
story: They wede in convention with
a bar tender and the talk was upon the
reunion, when the barkeeper said:
My SympathieS are on the other side,
but l can't help noting the difference
between you fellows and the members
Of the Grant Army of the republic, who
held their eunion here two years ago.
You fellows pay for what you get.
They came here each with a shirt and
a two-dollar bill and didn't change
either while they were in rhe town.
Charlotte Observer.
The republican campaign of hate,
Of ~vflliication, of misrepresentation
and lying, coupled with threats of
violence, has done more TO help along
the amendment than anything else.
They ought to know by this time that
North Carolina democrats are not 10
be intimidated and that attempts to
frighten them only make them the
more determined. But the republicans
! never learn anything. They are con-
Quoting a campaign that is making US
! votes every day. Let them go on with
=! it.-StateSville Landmark.