The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-19

will rule. There are a few lucy
counties where heroic measures .7Fn
be used, but I doubt if the nUSt
sought will justify the means Iu0S
resorted to. mere
"The most dangerous THING u. -
world is to legalize fraud, corrrn. :ne
and trickery-to put that wbiaL
not honest and of good report On - y
statute books. I had a tbon.S9
times rather teach my bow to +aI
his Winchester and defend bin,alTs
than to teach him to lie and 1911
and defraud. I tell you if this o7oa
ton law is carried Out-and wa bo-
no assurance that it will not bo om.
ried QUIT will not only deprive ~
groes of their votes, but a gros.
many white people as well. f. Hs
registrar exercised all the nor-as
given him, I doubt if any member 81
this legislature could register. Snob
unfair laws are driving the best mo-
49, HCcC Dec
pie in North Carolina from Won ;,
Senator Justice made a fiery, ratbo,
bitter, campaign speech in renIr
Mr.. Justice declared that he was o.,
posed to every amendment Mr.. john
son had proposed. These he read
and discussed, section by section
Touching the proposition to give
all parties representation in the an
pointment of registrars and noi1
holders, he said, if this were done
what would be the condition Of
affairs?
"Why, it would be this The
Democrats would simply give them.
selves minority representation. The
Republicans would get one. the
Populists one and the Democrats
one. But the Republicans and Pom.
ulists having fused are one and wouid
therefore have two of the three an.
p~ointees. A pretty arrangement
that would be for US to make. It's
a travesty upon honesty and Justice
to talk about letting Butler and Hol-
ton name honest men for us.
"You say that when you had the
making Of the election law you let
us have representation in all cleo.
ton matters. Yes, you did, when
everybody knows that you and the
Republicans are one and the same
think, and the only protection the
Democrats had was the honesty of
the men you appointed-if they had
any"
When Mr.. Justice concluded, Isaac
Smith, (col.,) of Craven, also replied
to Mr.. Johnson, making a frst-claSS
exhibition of asininity, which was
literally applauded.
Winston, of BERTHE, also spoke in
opposition to Mr.. JOhnsOn's amend
ments. He said johnson was cor
rect in saying that the people of
Eastern North Carolina were ready
to take heroic measures against Nh.
Johnson and his kind, but that "un-
der the just election law which was
being enacted there would be no
need of such measures"
Mr.. Johnson asked for an aye and
no vote on his amendments, hut this
was refused and they were then re-
jected.
Mr., Giles, of Chatham, then sent
forward some amendments similar
to those offered by Mr.. johnson.
"Under the present election law"
he said, "every i~lliterate voter in
North Carolina can be disfranchised.
I can prove this. The election law
provides that every polling place can
be roped off +; judges Ire not required
to tell voters proper boxes, and votes
deposited in wrong boxes are not
counted. AS for the East it can
be carried for the political complex
ion Of this House under any cleo
ton law. Under the election law OF
1892 every negro county except two
went Democratic. For the first time
in the history of North Carolina we
have an election law that does not
require the judges of election to de-
posit the ballots of ~illiterate men IN
proper boxes. This is virtually an
educational qualification, requiring
every voter to read and write.
Section SO is an insult to every
Judge in North Carolina. If any
Judge is corrupt, impeach him, but