The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-03
Reports Say Proposition to Disfran
chise Ignorant Negroes Carried
by Sixty Thousand.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET ELECTED.
Aycock, Candidate for Governor,
Ran Ahead of the Amend
ment-NIilitia Called Out,
but Not Needed.
REPC RLIC SPE,IAL.

! REPu BlIC SPECIAL.
Raleigh, n. c.. Aug. NEGRO domination
IN North Carolina is at an end The con
| stitutfonal amendment, having in view the
elimination of the negro. has been carried
| by majority of 10000. The entire Demo-
| cratic State ticket Is elected by majoritie=
| considerably in advance Of that given for
! the amendment.
Another important result OF the election
! held il North Carolina to-day is the eHmi-
| nation of Senator Marion Butler as po-
| ltical factor Butler. in the light of the
vote cast to-day. IS a man without party.
| His method of supporting the Republican
| element IN State affairs ana acting with
| the Democratic party In presidential years
has been disapproved.
| To-day 50 per cent Of the PopuliSts sup-
| ported the constitutional amendment. and
| the Democratic candidates. and Butler. who
| fought the amendment. could not muster q
| corporaPS guard of followers. In the par
| lance of the day he is dead one.'
! Bonfires are blazing throughout the State
| tonight i'll celebration of the white man 5
victory in North Carolina to-day.
The negroes who had registered In Raleigh
| pollcd within fifty votes Of their registered
strength. About fifteen of them voted for
the amendment DISTINGUISHING ignorant ne
groes and also for the Democratic candi-
dates. Advices from points throughout the
State all agree that the election was eS-
treney quiet and that the Democrats polled
their greatest vote.
At a number of points, Gladstone for ex-
ample, numbers of negroes cast Democratic
ballots. Never in any election was the in
terest so intense. The Democrats carried II e
election by busness-like campaign methods.
Had the election occurred January l. it is
reasonable TO say, the amendment would
I have been defeated by 25.t0o votes, simply
because many OF the. white voters did not
understand it, and not understanding,
doubted it. Literature sent from head
quarters, followed by q cloud of speakers.
did the work. The campaign was the long
est on record, lasting seven months
II looks like the Democrats beyond the
Blue Ridge will lose on the amendment
vote. this being due TO the fact that Sem
ator Pritchard and Spencer Adams, the
fusion nominee for Governor. had applied
themselves solely TO campaigning there for
the past fortnight 1t is the only section
Of the State where the tide was against
the Democrats. and two weeks ago the lat
ter would have pOlled 4 bigger vote there
than they did to-day.
This is the first time in the history of
North Carolina when tho full Democratic
vote was polled in any county. State
Chairman Simmons says he sent out 5000
personal letters during the campaign The
local military Were kept on waiting orders
All day in the armory, but there was no
call for their use.
Governor Russell RepD and Colonel Har-
ris, his aide, said they had no reports of
disturbance. The troops having nothing
else to do lounged about the streets. It
was strange sight on election day in North
carolina. and the calling out of troops
certainly increased the Democratic vote.
Inc people of Srnithtield, where the troops
were TO have been sent Tuesday, had pre-
pared TO entertain them handsomely, and
ladies had charge of the arrangements. The
greatest assembage of people at a campaign
speaking was at Concord yesterday. where
fiass were carried or displayed there, and
there were 100 red shirts In the parade
LEGISLATURE Is DEMOCRATIC.
Raleigh, n. c.. Aug. 2-After one Of the
most bitterly contested campaigns ever
known in North Carolina, the Democratic
ticket and white supremacy triumphed to-
day by majority of about 10000. To-days
election disfranchised the negro and changed
the State Legislature from its combination
majority of Republicans and Populists to
straight Democratic, insurng the defeat Of
Marion Butler for reelection as United
states Senator. The negroes. as a general
'hrhg' Th remained rename; away from the polls.
wI,1et rhe election ,ro,T uTnexpectedly, passed off
town named Fanison. fire there, which
started IN a drug store wherein was kept
the registration books. destroyed the apoth-
ecary's shop. the work being attributed by
the Iemocrats to those opposed to white
rue. Bioodnounds were called out, but
failed to find any trace Of the alleged in
cendiaries.
The election was for State officers, men,
pers OF the Legis lature and county officers
and for an amendment to the State Consti-
tuition looking to a practical elimination of
the negro frCm politics. as its adoption dis
franchises the bulk Of the negro vote.
=, BY far the greatest interest conferred in
tha AI.y,,
eroe3 voted for the amendment. The faculty
Of Livingston College at Salisbury. one of
stitutions in the South voted for it. The
amehdment was opposed by the fusion of
Populists and Republicans. headed by SEN
ators Butler and Pritchard.
There was full poll OF the Democratic
strength. which. combined with small
negro and some Populist and Republican
Spencer r'sd damE 9 large uEio1 ma3or5 nsmnee for
Governor. was defeated by Charles r.
Aycock; the Democratic nominee. and ali
the other Democratic candidates were
elected. The Legislature is Democratic in
both branches. Mecklenburs County, of
which charlotte is the county seat, gave g.
9o majority for the Democratic county
In this city the election passed off quietly.
a heavy white vote was polled, but the
negroes took little interest in the result.
and generally remained away from the
voting places. In many instances they
voted the Democratic ticket.
t'ottlH was carried ING
Democrats, the majorites in some of them
being 5000. Most of the central counties
are also Democratic. Returns from the
west are incomplete
Democratic Chairman Simmond said to-
night: Il think we have a safe majority
OF 10000, and at least four-ffths of the Leg
lSlature. The returns far most sat
lsfactory and contain no SURPRISES
Kentucky Central Committee Meeting
81 Lexington, KY. Aug, 2.-The Democratic
State Central Committee met here to-day
and elected eX-Goverr or James B. McCreary
chairman of the State Campaign Committee
and B. W. Bradburn. vice chairman and a
member from the State at large. On ac-
count of the contest between Trimble and
Moody. 1t was decided that the nomination
for Congress in the Seventh District should
be referred back to the primaries.
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