The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
CIAs. B. AYCOCK.

CHARLOTTE, n. C., April Especial
Your correspondent has just returned
from u tour of the Western part OF the
State with the following candidates OF
the State Democratic ticket: Messrs. Chas.
B. Aycock. Of Wayne. candidate for Gov
ernor; w. D. Turner, Of Iredeii, Iieuten-
Rnt-Governor: j. Bryan Grimes. OF Pitt,
Secretary of State; B. f. Dixon, Of Cleve-
land. State Auditor; Ben. R. Lacy, OF
Cook. state Treasurer; H. 3. Warner, Of
Davidson. Commissioner of Labor and
Printing. and r. D. Gilmore, of Hay
wood. Attorney-General. The tour be-
gan at Burlington and has taken in the
following towns and counties: Winston.
Forsyth county: Greensboro, Gu;lford
county; Lexington. Davidson county;
Hickory. Catawba county; Asheville,
Buncombe county; Waynesville, Haywood
county; Bryson City, Lenoir county: Muir
ply, Cherokee county; Marion, Mcdowell
county; Shelby, Cleveland county. ana
Charlotte, MeclLenburg county Most OF
the counties named above lie in the Sec
ton where the negro is not a factor in
politics.
WHERE OPPOSITION IS STRONG
It is there that the proposed constitu-
donal amendment is strongest and most
pronounced, and where the campaign VIII
be fiercest and most bitter. The influence
of the white In general must be converted
into enthusiasm and the unlettered whites
must be assured that they viii not be
deprived of their right 10 vote. The peo-
pie of the West have never felt the op-
preston and disgrace of negro rule as the
people Of the East have. They must be
stirred If the Democrats would win in
the coming election.
The Republican and Populist machines,
under the leadership of Senator's Pritchard
and Butler, respectively, have had men.
mainly postrnasters and revenue officers.
al work for over a year in the mountain
country trying to convince the unlettered
whites that they will be DISTINGUISHED
along with the iliiterate negro II the
amendment becomes a law.
THE TOUR a SUCCESS.
In part the tour has been a success.
Some of the white voters, who cannot
read and write, have been made to DOUBT
The tour of the candidates is the first
work done by the Democrats. The meet
tnCs held and the speeches made have
done a great service. The people of the
West are eager for the truth AT Marion,
AsheviIle WaynesviIle, Murphy and Shell
by the people We're out in large numbers.
who listened to thu speakers and heard
the arguments in behalf of the amendment
with great earnestEess and apparent salts
faction.
Mr.. Aycock, the leading speaker. is a
power. The people have faith in him. He
Is sincere, honest, clear, able and fearless
on the stump. Everywhere he has been
received with liberal applause and wild en-
ayCoCKS SPEECHES.
In his speeches before the people he
swells mainly on the consututionality of
the amendment and the educational cause
Of the first he says:
..,rt1e amendment to the Constitution IS
presented in solution of the negro problem
In North Carolina. 1t is plain and SIM
nile II proceeds along wise lines II IS
carefully and thoughtfully drawn II
stays inside of the XIV. amendment ana,
nevertheless. accomplishes its purpose. IL
adopts the suggestion of Senator Cullom
o,6 demands the existence of sufficient
in+ell;rence, either by Inheritance or edu-
cation. as g necessary qualification LOT
,,otiuy-it requires of the negro the Huati-
acatton by education, for he has II not oy
snheritance. and demands OF the Wits
man only that he possess At by anherl-
lancet does not sweep the 7leio OIL eA-
Incidents TO disfranchise the negro. Wilich
is held constitutional in the MISSISSIPPI
c,ss hut ceases upon his educational I'M
ft+nass and saves the whites from parucl-
natioo therein by boldly recognizing the
claim of their hereditary fitness.
A DISTINCTION.
The amendment makes q distinction pe-
Soee SO On the ground that the White
man has a knowledge by inheritance
which ,,.t,i the negro has not. Has the White
man superior knowledge? VIII any man
ssry il? VIII Senator Prltcharo
49, AZ? Hear what he said in ms
1 1eaas speech in the Senate: 1T is alb
.,,rd n contend that there is any danger
of negro domination in North carol'h Nd
y, tho very nature of things 1t cannot De.
-. ~ .be earliest dawn of civilization TO
th, -. present hour the great white race
has given to the world its history. its
philosophy its laws its governments ana 40
It's Christianity. and II VIII continue -
90 Concerning sp, the educational clause he he
ra,,s. They say that every child, white
and black. who comes OF age after ,asa,a ls ~.
LET he able to read and Write before ne
mus. 80 S s1,hss is true. The amendment
S do so provide. we reeosnze and pro no,
a ..iSa for the Goa-giyen and heridifafy SUI