The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-24
nov DEnOellIs CARRIED
North CAROLINA.
SENATOR BUTLER WARNS THE
PEOPLE OF A DAY OF
RECKONING.
Disorder, Amounting 20 Riots. Pre-
vailed II Several Places No
Punishment for the Dishonest
Election Officials.

RALEIGH. " c.. Aug. 5.-The eouu-
~ eznvsssing board Of Pamlico county,
which mas been barricaded in the court
house at Bayboro since yesterday al
noon to protect itself from me angry
mob. was relieved this morning short
~. after daylight The arrival OF ne
Newbsrn naval reserves, who were Or
dered by the Governor TO preserve order
and keep the peace, had magic effect
On the mob, which was threatening the
canvassing board. When the naval
militia with their rapid fire guns ar
rived az Bayboro the mob dispersed
The canyassing board regained its ,lb-
erty and no demonstration has been
made since the arrival OF the troops.
Governor Russell is being criticized
for ordering out the troops, in view IF
the fact that there was no demand for
them on the part OF the sheriff. The
sheriff was candidate for reelection,
whose tenure OF Office depends upon the
action Of the canvassing board, which
is OF another political Iaith- The sher-
IN. who is Populist, led the mob in It's
assault upon the canyassing board. The
canyassing board did not count the vote
yesterday. The board adjourned until
Monday at noon, after the arrival cf
the militia. Ii is said that the board
Will give the vote of the county to the
Democrats The militia remains at the
seat of trouble.
Senator Butler. the Populist State
and National chairman, makes this
statement relative to the election n
the State. He says:
The results indicate that the Demo-
cratic ticket has been elected by a good
round majority. l do not believe a ma
jority OF the people of the State favor
ed this amendment or wanted to vote
the Democratic ticket The fact is that
between 10000 and 10000, and the fig
ures may reach $4,000, legally qualified
voters were denied registration by the
Democratic registrars under Chairman
simmons direction Mr.. Simmons fail
ed 10 provide in his election law that
registrars should take an oath to per-
form their duties, and no penalty mas
been provided for their failure to per-
form their duty
Every registrar had carte blanche
to be as dishonest as he pleased, or
rather as dishonest as he was instruct
ed TO be. This explains how so many
thousands of legally qualified voters
were denied the right to register. After
this wholesale disfranchisement there
was still majority of legally qualified
voters who were against the amend
ment and the Democratic machine The
which the Democrats are TO-
day claiming was secured through vio-
lence, intimidation and rascality After
the registration books were closed
thousands of men who had registered
we're challenged without sufficient cause
md prevented from voting. In many
places rifles were imported and mobs
If Red Shirts paraded in certin regions
or days before the day of election,
md especially on the day and evening
preceding the election they fired off
heir weapons to brighten and intimi-
late voters from going to the polls. |
They used dozens of devices and tricks !
which the loopholes in the election law
permitted to disfranchise voters. The |
,reat majority of voters of all classes |
n North Carolina are law-abiding citi- |
ems. They will not tolerate such meth |
IDS. There will be a hereafter to This /
lection. and ii is not far distant"