The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-24


be lost" His picture of what Louisiana
would have been is equally true of North
Carolina:
Had the negro continued in power.
the State would have been one vast sea
of desolation; values of all kind would
have been destroyed fields uncultivated.
improvements of all kinds delayed;
schools would have been closed, and he,
the tool of unscrupulous adventures.
would be now sunk in moral degrade
ton and mental darkness"
The history of North Carolina shows
that in 1860 the Radicals stole every
dollar Of the States permanent school
fund and did not build solitary school
house in the State. The history of North
Carolina in 1S97-9S shows that SO per
cent. of the school fund in Buncombe
was spent for management while under
Democratic rule it costs only & per cent,
that the money for white children in
Richmond was stolen and given to the
negroes, and that negro committeeman
in many counties We're given voice in
the management of white schools, and
scandals were numerous. The only check
upon rampant rascality was the honest
PopuIist State Superintendent of schools
who stood against the bad methods and
corruption and stopped it wherever he
could. If the State of North Carolina
should again get in the hands of the Re
publican party, there would be return
TO the evils that checked and degraded
public schools. 1t is more important to
adopt the amendment for helping for
ward the educational progress of the
State than for any political advantage
that may come to any party. 1t is like
wise all essential to industrial progress
Men will not invest their money where
it is i'll the clutches of the corrupt men
who control the negro vote. In 1898
the industrial forces, largely as Il means
of industrial growth, fought to drive the
Fusionists out of power. They knew
that as long as all the negroes can vote,
IA return of 1S6S-69 and 1898 rule is
possible, nay probable. 1t is necessary
10 adopt the amendment in order TO pre-
serve the safety and security of the
States industrial agencies.
There are those who believe that while
the passage of the amendment will be
beneficial to the industrial and educa-
,;onol nroorass of the State il will en-
d,r.,or Democratic supremacy. We en-
contain no sucb wow pritrhard and
Rut,er evidently do not see ANYTHING in
II fo,. tba;r rartv However that NAV
i. tho educational and industrial prog
ro:s Of rho Stota are Of far more import
~, -, oooss 81 .n,- no,;+icol
'hec ina" 'ne '"N
party, whether srohg partisah tll"hs
so or not
-
Mr.. McEnerys speech brlStles with
strong points. We can touch upon but
-, :: e,,u 80 ,i,,,;foonoo
oii0
lie says;
me white hepuolicans VI l-o''lsia a''4
- a.a;.7r ,,,fr.ora trbo
moro ;ntallioent negroes accent it as a
wise settlement offthe question of suf-
frage. Inc ignorant OIL INC negro l'Co
"lc ,Yo,;+;.,1
aff;I;. +;ons, .xcort those that were mo-
mentarily created by the purchase of
their vote
He shows that the negroes are dolnS
well in their industrial, ediicauohal an"
religious HE. Inc RESOLUTIONS u oo'n
the Republican State committees are
quoted, and Mr.. McEnery' speaking u
recent meetings OF Doth laclious' aouS'
article in the Constitution of Louisiana.
IL WAS, IN AL Al NJ I@l''
one lilenioer u I'M 'oii. .Ina Do',,h,;co
lar d ~ 'i":li 'i,'e ,.rs,,ar,Sil,la fo1.
IN, -, s''lliase cid - ,d N,a+ tbo
Democrofs had no right TO claim credit