The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-05-10

The Democratic candidates arrived |
here to-day at 1855 q. m. on the
Benu ettsville train.
The Democratic County Executive
Committee bad instructed them not
TO come until to-day, so they could
be met at the depot and be given a
''rousing" reception but the crowd
was so small that the reception was
continued. The machine had filed
the roads, woods and every other
place in the county full of their hand
bills trying to gather crowd, but, to
their surprise, only few OF the
faithful came. There was only about
three hundred present, including wo-
men, children and negroes.
I'D Men ell, one of the members
of the State Election Board was run
ming up and down the streets with q
beautifully redshirts trying TO. bunch
the one thousand horseba riders,
all of whom were TO be wrapped in
red shirt. After drumming tho town
and Offering every one whom he met
a horse free of charge" ne gather
ed SIXTY YOUR. including several
small boys They were marched in
front Jt the Lafayette hotel TO await
the arrival of "the next Governor of
North Carolina" When Mr.. Aycock
came up and saw the reception that
aware him, his face was covered
wi,h dlsappoiu m-nt Aycoek's sad
looks told the story OF Democratic
broken promises. They took it for
granted that factions speak louder
than Words" and that the people of
old Cumberland did not want to
hear any more promises, which they
SO easily break.
Orcers we're given to march for
the fair grounds, band playing what
seemed like a funeral march, Judg-
iIg from the sad countenance OF the
chief Redshirter, Mcneil. There was
probably one lOzen Redshirts in That
immense crowd of three hundred
County Chairman Cook arose after
the crowd had gath, red around the
grand stand in the fair grounds and
asked that they ying the "Old North
State Jim Mcneil leading. Several
who were some distance away,
thought they ~ere singing why dc
we mourn departed friendsi' Dan
Hugh Mclean introduced j. Bryan
Grimes, candidate for Secretary OF
State. Mr.. Grimes was glad to NEE,
the faithful few. He said there was
only one issue In this campaign, viz
the adoption of the amendme Mt, no,
even his fght(O against the inta.
nous tobacco trust. He had lost
sight of the interest of the Tobacco
Growers Asso- iation, which he or
ganzed to boom himself for Office
de admitted that every white boy II
years old would be disfranchised un-
der the proposed amendment, who
could not read and write any section
of the Constitution. He promised
that after the adoption of the amend
ment, the Democratic party would
give the people good schools, or a.
least said We promise that Rus
sellism will no longer exist il
North Carolina. h called AycocE
1.-THE spirit of Vance, and "tne osh
ua" of white supre macy. He said
1--WE propose TO win In this smpaigr
for "blood is thicker than water
He said, pointing TO about half doz
en- Redshirters, that if Butler came II
this section and made his Raleigh
declaration that he would get his jus
deserts; cries of ''yes he will from
the Redshirts.
In closing he said: ave are deter
mined to win, and if we cannot ge
victory peseeably THEN BY THE ETER
NAL GODS WE WILL HAVE 1T OTHER
WISE.
There was absolutely no enthusi
asm, and only occasionally a han,
slap from some Redshirter.
Then came Lacy. He attacked tn,
public school system, because tn
negro would be educated and knocl
up the purposes of the amendment
Lacy "Iet the cat out of the wallet
1t is the intention of the Democrat
machine after they get the amend
ment adopted, to do away with tn
public school system, so that it vii
be impossible for a poor boy or gin
speech here to-day told the story
The Simmons bench men and ballo,
box thieves here IN Fayetteville trie
to make apologies for Lscy's "slip
up"
Turner came next. He said niue
had been said about the negro an
negro domination, put that was nc
the question; the main object was I
put down Butler and his gang. SSH
the negro was right in wanting of
fee. He attempted a discussion O
the Constitutional amendment whic
was so weak that the crowd bunche
10 groups and discussed the amend
ment among themselves. Ii was az
mitted by ali that Turner'S defenc
was too weak to run down hull
Mr.. Turner, like the Hon. Crime
said hey We're determiu, d to win r,
gardl,ss of the consequences. Ju,
before Aycock's time csme, j.
Men Ill, chief Radshlrt-r, went OF
among he crowd telling them 4,
shou when Aycuek arose. He wat
out into the fair grounds, and "cou
PEELED them to come" Ayeock's tin
came, but the applause was wes
and sickening. 1t was so weak N,
Aycock looked as # he wanted
ask, "Where am | q ~
He admitted that the election la
was made to win, and after the ado
ton of the amendment that the Den
ocrstic party would enact an hone
election law. Some fellow in Il
crowd cried out and said: "Have OF
like Louisiana"
Que would judge from tie tone
his speech here to-day that he s.
stands by his former assertion: Nv
by law If we can. or by force al
fraud II we must" Mr.. Aycook
bor.d for applause during his spec,
but couldn't awake the stupid crow
There VAS two noticeaSae thin
among the eavalcade, viz: one lac
rs, and one bull yearling.
The hsg which was hoisted at t
market stood at half-mast all day.