The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-23

They Will Begin a Joint Canvass
Next Friday.
RADICALS WORKING AMONG MILL MEN
They Are Making an Organized Effort to Infu'
tnce. Operatives 70 Vote For Mckinley
and Republican Candidate
For Congress.

When the Federal court opened in
Greensboro Judge Boyd signallzed his
entrance upon his judicial duties by
delivering a charge upon the same
lines hat Holton, Republican State
chairman had sought to conduct the
State campaign.
The Judge called it q charge. In
reality it was a stump speech lnten-
ed to help out the Republicans in their
contention that the federal officers
had the right to supervise an election
and control election officers appoint
ed by the State and county authori-
ties. AS a result of Judge Boyd's
charge, by reason of the earnest work
of District Attorney Holton, the grand
jury found a true bill against several
registrars because in the August cleo
ton they had obeyed the State law
rather than follow the dictation Of the
Radical bosses who were also Federal
officials. But it seems that the arrest
of these registrars is not the only use
that is being made Of Judge Boyd's
charge. 1t is being used as the chief
Republican campaign document, and it
is being sent out to registrars in the
hope that they may be frightened
from doing their duty in the November
election.
Here are the facts: A registrar in
a certain large town in Eastern North
Carolina received a letter which con-
tanned extracts from Judge Boyd's
charge, under big head lines contain
ing these words: 'POWER OF FED
ERAL COURT OVER CRIMES OF
STATE ELECTIONS" and again DE
PRINATION OF THEIR RIGHT, AL
THOUGH UNDER COLOR OF STATE
LAW INDICTABLE," and O to the
same effect. The charge is called
able and learned
The address on the envelope contain
ing this circular vas in the handWrlt-
ing of an employee in the ~postoffice at
the town in which the registrar to
whom it was sent lives.
The program is for the Republican
bosses to put these circulars in stamp
ed envelopes and send them to post
masters, who address them to the reg
~istrars and others. The purpose is
plain. The Republicans think the men
receiving these extracts will become
frightened and in the November cleo
ton will take their law Boyd and
Holton instead of from h statutes OF
North Carolina. They are mistaken.
The Democratic officials did their
duty in August. They will perform it
in the same way in November.
Bovd ought to have learned long ago
that North Carolina could not De in
Inundated. Has be forgotten SO soon?
From time to time it has been reported
that the Republicans were making an
effort to organize the cotton mill opera
49,. 49, C+o+o ~ oort,,r fhnir vOf0c
for Mckinley.
There is no longer room to doubt hat
| this report is true. The News and OBJ
server has thoroughly investigated it and
| has been informed by leaders among the
| operatives in a number of mills that
| there is an organized movement on foot
to turn as many as possible of the cotton
| mill voters to Mckinley and the Republi-
| can nominees for Congress-.
Ar especially strong effort in this di-
| rection is being made among the strikers
in Alamance county.
They are telling u.s. said a presi-
| dent Of a labor union. that those who
are shutting us out are Democrats. and
| that this is what we may expect from
Democrats"
Others told much the same story of Re-
publican activity among them, while one,
an Ola f1OSS-DdCk fopuDl1Cdn openly
| boosted that well make Republicans of
every one of them.
This was in the Fifth district. and
there the mill vote is Joyce's hope Of cleo
ton to Congress, it is said. He is using
the situation for all it is worth and is
| being assisted in it by a man named
MeekinS from Greensboro, by the Mill
News at Charlotte and by local Republi-
| cans.
In other districts where there is a
mill vote some effort is also being put
| forth by Republican politicians to secure
this vote.
AS a matter of fact. the mills IN Ala
| nance are not run by Democrats entirely.
| In fact fully half of those which the non
union notice was posted are run by Nc
Kinley men. But the Republicans who
| are trying to fool the operatives would
have them believe that all their friends
are Republicans and their enemies are
Democrats.
Beginning next Friday there will be
a joint canvass by the Democratic and
Republican electors in this district.
Mr.. Mendenhall. the Republican cleo
| tor. has, through his district chairman,
| sent a challenge to Mr.. Beckwith, the
Democratic e~lector. 1t will be ac-
cepted.
On account of the State Fair here
| this week the canvass in this district.
by all parties, will be discontinued
till next Friday.
SO far the campaign in this district
has been most satisfactory to the
Democrats. though with the Republic
cans it has been rather discouraging.
At most Of their appointments they
have had nobody to speak to.
The Henderson Gold Leaf has this to
saw of the speeches recently made
! there by Elector Beckwith and Con-
! pressman Atwater:
| Mr.. Beckwith spoke first, devoting the