The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-06-28
Our Raleigh Letter.
GREAT HOSTS OF REPUBLICANS AND POP
ULIsTS FO THE AMENDMENT.

RALEIGH, N. c., June 26.-The most
prominent and impressive development
of the State campaign during the past
week has been the avalanche of San
nouncements," print and by word
of of mouth-on the part OF self re-
specting white men who have been al
ligned with the opposition for years
that they now intend to support the
vote tor the Constitutional Amend
ment.
Many OF these are old-line Republi-
cans, and large number OF former
fusion Populists who have followed
Butler blindly for years--but so blind
lv that they cannot tell white boy
from a mulatto-and, being so careless
and unmindfuI of the present and
future of their race, have at last cut
loose from that selfish, self-seeking
demagogue.
I at one time intended to include
list of the more prominent converts
in this letter, but gave up the job at
ter finding the amount OF space 1T
would require.
OF ALL MEN THE MILL OPERATIVES
SHOULD VOTE WHITE.
It has developed lately that the anti
Amendment forces have been paying
special attention to the cotton mill
operatives, especially in the Piedmont
counties; that hired emissarles have
gone In and out among these people
dropping their political poison where
ever they thought it would be effective,
and by lying in the most barefaced
manner attempted to teach the mill
hands that the Amendment would
cause their Acknowledgement, also, that
even if it didn't its operations would
be against the interests OF the opera
tive, "any h-e-o-w."
Well, if there is white man or wo-
man or white boy or girl in North Car.
DINA that needs protection against
the negro more than the mill opera
tiyes, then I will confess to more ig-
narance than I think is my share.
Already efforts have been made in
several South Carolina cotton mills
(notably the "Vesta" at Charleston
owned by Northern capitalists, chiefly
to supplant the white operatives with
negro labor, and today that mill is
! Operated" by negroes.
Already the negroes constitute the
only labor used in the big plug tobacco
factories at Winston, Danvllle, Reds
Vile and other manufacturing towns
and at Durham they are also largely
employed in the factories.
Up to now the cotton mill has been
the one factory standing out proml-
nently as the employer of white help,
only-and largely of that class o.
whites (women and children over :
years old included) who so much neal
such an avenue to earn their living
in this honest way. And you tell me
that these people-the men among
them, who constitute about one-thirG--
are going to "vote the niger ticket p
| I'll never believe it
| Surely there is no class OF people or
the face OF the earth so blind to theil
own interests as to cut their own in
dustrial ana social Threats in such 1
suicidal manner as that.
If they will not do this willlngl.
they should not be forced to so vote
1t is known, has been proved, that il
at least one mill town those wearing
White Supremacy buttons have beer
made to take them off before the ''boss'
would allow them to 60 to work again
The man at the back of this order i
said to have been one D. NJ. Carpen
ter, mill official and delegate iron
the 7th district to the Mckinley con
vention at Philadelphia last week.
But he has been shown up by th
local newspapers. Othels should re
ceive the same treatment, and the free
dom of these white men to vote a
they please protected. Any such i
your neighborhood7
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.
The office-holders who went to Phi
adelphia last week to 20 through tn
form OF nominating "Marse Mack" 70
a second term, and Teddy Roosevelt
have returned home-inclulng Dunca1
(revenue collector). Bailey (postma:
ter), Millikin Gu. S. marshalD, Abbot
(railroad commissioner, Martin (post
MASTERY, Adams (gubernatorial car
didate and secretary North CaroIin
Railroad), Prltchard (Senator), Boy
Omitted Assistant Attorney, negr
White Congressman, negro Hagan
| (Whlte's Secretary negro Russell Grew
enue doodle under Duncan, and Sc,
erai others, including more negroe
and Office holders, who constituted tn
delegation. Nearly every one a pi
eater and dependent on "Marse Mack
for his job.
A week hence the Democrats will b
journeying to Kansas City, where o.
July 4th Mr.. Bry an will agaiu De aom
inatad also. AS in the case with th
Republicans, it is impossible to tell Il
advance, even week in advance, VIII
the vice presidential candidate will b
or is likely to be, even. 1t can b
pretty safely counted on, however
that Buffers man Towne Ga "free-sil
yer Republican !'') will not be the nom
inee by large majority.
! But Butler will not grievo for thai
It Is his secret desire to have two vic
presidential candidates in the field j