The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-09-27

\ few seeks past nod NJ The t@'h
dor,rr the general election at Aur
Pad. 100 there were shameful, NJ
los, aud dishonest methods Adolf
ID by the dominant party % ersfy
the election throughout the state
Of North Caroiina, and more esp~c
tally where such methods were poi
into o ,srAsion Ia this section OF the
state, iarludins she counties OF
Johnson, sampson, Cumberland
and Harnets, and whereas 20 fur
th-r such methods and proHret |
tnose engaged IN them by giving =
sem ol ance Of legality TO their Act@, |
the Lsgtsiature Of 1899 passed one
OF the most unfair and partisan
oil, ciion laws ever known In tho
State nj North Carolina,
Nov therefore, we the citizens
Of HArnest and sdjoinius coantie~,
10 mass meeting assembled In the
town OF Dunn. n. C.. this sept. =,
1900, receive,
/. That we do hereby most en-
| phatically protect against the man
| Ger In which the late campaign MAS
conducted, and declare it 20 be- ia.
demoer attic and revolutionary In its
Effects and II persisted In by any
political party, can but result In
strife, violence and bloodshed.
2. That while We deplore the ne
cessity, at iimss, OF The citlsens OF
. state protecting their political
rights as guaranteed them by the
constitution, by . resort to force,
We do hereby and now serve notice
ON tho perpetrators Of these wrongs
that We Will not submit 20 rspeti-
tiou OF them again.
3 That We condemn the sap
preston OF free speech - practiced
By tho Democratic party IL the last
and preceding campaigns 10 this
sta Q.
When public men were denied the
right to give expression to thsil
political opinions from the stand
and forced TO remain upon the carr
when arriving Ct their places Of ap.
point,nent and not allowed to ad.
dress their fellow citizens upon the
public q Ut stions Of the day. And
most D. pscislly do We condemn the
acts OF the bassr sort OF political ns
and partisan toughs when tn. y en-.
ter the private hou ses Ut their 20
liticAl op ,onents, and fUrce ~ The
dead hour Of night. armed for VIC
Ience and murder, as was d"ne IL
o this county on August l, 1900, In
= the town Of Dunn, 1t which time
d one W. w. league, Of Taylorsvilie
In c., q pubic speaker who WA
- billed to speak here that day, wa
>, viole tly assaulted In his brdroOn
d by q mob Of democratic heelers IN,
l. law breakers, after hastily DIR. ss
ing, " as forced TO leave the h.te
without paying for his lodging, an,
y robbed Of money.
n That We protest most earnestl
% again 81 the extreme p artisan election
n law now upon the statute book O
the Stale, and refer the Law abiding
y citizs ems of the land to the conde 70
nation of that law by some II tn
religious and . large part Of IL
political papers Of all PARTIES, an
ask them at all times and At ever
opportunity to use their in Il uence I
as have said law repealed by the mel
y General Asse mbly, also amended q
h to give all political parties far r.
ID representation In the regi.tratlon q
st voters and at the poles on electio
% day.
y, We look with pride to the sctio
Of tho Democratic Governor Of ker
lucky In calling an extra session Z
the legislature OF his State for sh
IN sole purpose Of repeating or am-n NJ
ing what is known AS the 8oeb'
y. unjust as the present election Law
~ yet 1t preci plated riots and bloCt
~ shed in the Blue Grass State, an
!. ~ this should be. needed by extrem
u partisans OF other states as q war
Nc ing against their actions In the n
ture.
= We condemn the action OF III
Democratic machine In Sam, 50
US county In instituting q suit Il
-. criminal libel against seventeen {
~ he most prominent and infiuen
~ tial Populists OF sampson count
90 simply because they endorsed u
article exposing Democratic rssca
= ity, and We further cond. mn theI
AZ lOL UtluBiuB SAto Suib iu VIC COuut
:. Of Duplin, among strangers 10 Ii
70 prosecutors ana defendants, GU
!, side Of tie county where any Of Ih
:. parties to the suit or their witnes,
~ 90 reside Their conduct 10 wiz
W out precedent In the courts Of th
State, and shows 20 the world ths
- the prosecution 10 unwilling 70 u
- their cases among their neig hboI
~ and the people who know them, bl
0 Instead seek Q vindlcation anon
=. strangers In another county.
We most heartily endorse I'll
following resolutions adopted b
the sampson county mass meetin
which met at Clinton, August II
1900, to Wit:
RESOLUTIONS
III Resolved That the issues now b
II fore the people IN Sampson county ar
in the 8 ate Of North Carolina a
" greater and more important than ar
ns party organization or set Of polite