Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-02-15


eglbers. This handful undertook -
<4 great deal by adopting resolutions
r1uE cling the amendment and .ae
.ection law. This action was inspired
10y Republicans that very day. The
srogressive Farmer does some plain
E1N1kng in its rebuke of the nine ma
ES6ine Populists who voted for these
saying, I'VE do net think
n party which originated as protest
against ring rule should allow a COM
Emittee of nine or one hundred to de-
tide it's policy on questions regarding
which there has been no official express.
sion of opinion" There were two rings
Fin that committee: The small Butler
ring, the large Republican ring. The
nees were and are plain. From
4 !. ely4f flkes Progressive Farmer says
| one may easily guess that the session
of the Populist State committee will
be interesting. The ring" Populis;s
are making boasts that they will carry
their whole party solidly against the
amendment and white supremacy.
Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia.
name dear to North Carolina Demo
Gratis. will probably make several
speeches in this State during the cam
paign. He has rendered his services
to Chairman Simmons
1t is probable that three of the State
conventions will this year be held in
the Academy Of Music The Repuhl-
cans have already secured it.
As yet the Republicans have NOT
rented headquarters here. 1t was said
they would occupy the quarters in
which the Democratic chairman and
committee did such great work in
1898, but the announcement was pre-
mature. The Democrats may reCccupy
the same quarters.
POpullSt Committeeman Aver who
acted as secretary Of the late session Of
the committee, and who drew up the
resolutions declaring against the
amendment. says it is the Populist
plan to eliminate the negro entirely
! from the vote on the amendment. This
utterance was inspired by the Repun
licanS, for the latter are Offering tn
bet that not q dozen negroes will be il:
the Republican conVe rtion: that they
will be pow Werfully urged not to regis
ter or vote. But the Republicans are
having trouble. tho ~. George H.
White, the only negro Congressman.
/ is a candidate for reelection. and says
! he intends ,c bring out the negro vote
in the Second. Or black district.
White is thorn in the side of the
white Republicans, who are trying tc
get the negro to keep in the back
ground this year. All will rememb.r
the good story on Revenue Officer
! George W. Blacknall, who asked the
s.locnsh:ne-, who was 2 little toe prom
/ inent, to move a little further back
! from the road" This is what the Re-
! publicans want to do with the negro: :
not to really eliminate him but to pre-
! tend to do 50. 1t is a very shallow
pretense.
Senator Buffers weekly paper here.
the Caucasian, is tc be made morn
ing daily and the anti-amendmen3
organ Of course Republican captn.
will back it. as it backs the Ashevili,
Gazette. The fusion machine wanted
to have the Gazette moved to Raleigh
! This could not be arranged and hence
Senator Buffers paper is taken up to
be the organ at the capital and for the
east; the Gazette being the same in the
west. Then there are to be three anti
amendment weeklies published last Of
the year. The national Republican
committee Will provide literally TO
meet all these expenses. But then in
1898 it set apart $50 900 for use in car
rying North Carolina.