The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
The DEMOCRATS
ARE CONFIDENT
Chairman Simmons Predicts
A Great Victory.
FAIR WEATHER PROMISED
This Means a Full Democratic Vote
Will be Polled.
WAKES MAJORITY NOT LESS THAN 800
Good Reports Are Coming in From All Sections
Of the State and the Situation mprov-
ing Every Day. No Trouble
is Expected.


Tomorrow will decide the issue.
1t is election day all over North Car
DINA. The amendment is to be voted
on, State ticket and three judges
elected, members of the next Legisla-
ture chosen and county officers Sc
lected for every county in the State.
There is little doubt as to the result
of the election, both as to the amend
: ment and the State ticket. 1t
is now simply question of ma
jority. The opponents of the amend
ment acknowledge that it will be
adopted. AS the amendment and the
Democratic State ticket will run very
close together, the Populists and Re-
publicans have practically abandoned
their State ticket in an effort to elect
majority of the Legislature and re-
turn Butler to the United States Sen
ate.
In this also they will be defeated
The Legislature will be safely Demo
cratic in spite of all that the Fusion
lists may do. A preliminary poll of
the registered vote shows that the
Democrats will carry every eastern
county. with three doubtful. In the
west they can afford to- lose several
counties that they carried two years
ago. There is now just one more day
until the election. Both sides are
hard at work and active campaigning
will continue up to tonight.
Chairman Simmons is confident of
victory, if the Democrats will do their
duty.
"The Democrats are ready for the
election he said last night. Our
organization is more perfect than it
ever has BEEN The indications are
that we will poll the biggest vote
ever polled in the State. The State
ticket will be elected and the amend
ment will be adopted by the largest
maiorities ever given in this State
since the war, and we will have q
large majority in both branches OF
the Legislature.
II don't anticipate any trouble,
either before or during the day OF
election. Our enemies have done their
utmost to provoke the Democrats, but
the conservatism and patience OF our
people have restrained them. While
our people have not courted trouble,
and have earnestly desired to avoid
it. still they will protect themselves
:-~ainst any invasion of their personal
and political rights.
ssThere is no luminosity on the part
of our people towards the negro. we
simply want him to know, and in
tend he shall know, his place. If his
miserable white allies, who seek to
use him to ride into office, would let
him alone. he and the white people
would get along well enough to-
gether.
II look for and hope we will have
n peaceful election, and | am sure
orr majority will be such an over
whelming verdict of the white people
of the State in favor of eliminating
the ignorant and vicious negro vote of
the State that this race question will
forever hereafter be regarded as q set
tied question in North Carolina. Many
months ago | predicted when the peo-
nle came to understand the amend
ment. as they would before the cleo
tiOn. that there would be such a com
ing together of the white people in
favor of the amendment and the can
didates representing White Supreme
CIV as had never before taken place in
the State. The result of the election
on Thursday will verify this predic-
tion.'
Chairman Jones, of the Wake Coun-
ty Democratic Committee, said yester-
day:
1--WE are all right in Wake, if only
our people will go to the polls and
do their duty. Our majority in the
county will not be less than 500 and
it NAV be 1000 or 1900. The opposi-
ton. is going to pieces rapidly-in
fact there is almost stampede to
the White Supremacy banner and |
should not be surprised at the biggest
sort of majority. We are certain OF
a majority of 500 in Raleigh and $50
in the country. 1 think they will be
much larger"
Forecaster Won Hermann, of the
Weather Bureau, predicts fair wealth
err all over the State on election day
''The prospects are that the weather
will be all that could be asked" he
said yesterday. ut will be fair and
not extremely hot-a magnificent
day. | am as certain as | can be OF
anything that hasn't happened that
we will have good weather Thurs
day."
Good weather is Democratic wealth
eI.4 you huONs IL MI Won iISti
mann's prediction comes true a great
vote will be polled.
The Wilmington Star prints the fol-
lowing letter:
Raleigh, N. c., July 20.
Mr.. Francis NJ. Moore, Phoenix, N. c.:
Dear Sir: Referring to your favor OF
yesterday, l beg to say that my under
standing is that the convention which
nominated Dr. Mcneil passed resolu-
tions endorsing the amendment. and call
ing upon the nominees in our party in
that county to support it. Notwithstand
ing this, understand DR.. Mcneil refused
to support the amendment. Under these
circumstances the Democratic Executive
Committee of Brunswick county did right
in repudating his candidacy and pre-