The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1900-07-26
THAT REPUBLICAN FALSEHOOD
| Circulars Sent Out by Radicals Mis-
| quoting Mr.. Simmons.

quoting Mr.. Simmons.
Editors Sentinel. !.
1 notice copy of Republican liter
allure going the rounds saying that
so many negroes are appointed judges
of election in the East and giving the
names of the negroes. The article
also says that Mr.. Simmons on the
18th day of July, in the Winston SEN
TINEL, declared that there was not a
single negro JUDGE OF ELECTION in
the State.
/ found these words from Mr.. Sim
mons, in the WEEKLY SENTINEL of
July 10Th taken from the paper of the
18th, "He says there is not negro
REGISTRAR in North Carolina"
Now good people all, both black and
white, rich and poor, Republican,
Populist or Democrat, 1 ask you to
hunt copy of that SENTINEL and see
for yourself, a specimen of their lies,
the baldest and most insulting that
was ever tried to be rammed down the
throats of decent people.
They seem to think they are dealing
with negroes alone in the old fash
oned way, instead of with intelligent
truth-seeking white people of all par
ties and all creeds. | do not like Mr..
Simmons myself, but my mother taught
me to hate liar, and so L do even
unto this day, aid say in the fear of
my God that this circular in changing
the word REGISTRAR, that Mr.. Sim
mons used, and making it JUDGE, that
he did NOT use, is lying on him, and
insulting the confidence of those who
follow the Republican flag.
No, | take that back. Such flags as
flqat over this form of deception and
tr.5achery is black flag, helG1aloft by
Revenue officeholders alone.
have been marchiug under a Re-
publican flag, but in this kind of a
campaign I have stepped out of the
line and am with my own race.
Now l would say that the REGISTRAR,
everywhere in the State, is of course a
white man and Democrat 1t only
takes one for each precinct and the
law only requires that he be a dis
Greet man. OF course the Democrats
will appoint white registrar and have
done it, as MIR. Simmons said all over
North Carolina. Now we come to the
milk in the cocoanut:
The law requires that the judges
shall be of opposite political parties.
| many townships in the East for going
on II years, and I do know that in u
! great many sections in that country
you cannot find white Republican,
sometime in a twenty mile ride. !
have tried to find them to spend the
night with, being one myself, and 10
| they could not be found. Now it was
| just this way;
The law says opposite political par
| ties. Now suppose there was not a
| white Republican in Rural Hall town
ship, and the Election Board was to
| appoint two Democratic judges to hold
| the election with the Democratic Reg
| istrar, wouldn't you hear a war whoop,
| and wouldn't the election held under
| this be contrary to law? and of no eff
| feet? and rightly SO?
Just SO, and hence to carry out the
law, the Board would have to appoint
| one negro, that is a man of opposite
! political party. That's the case down
| East. Nothing but negroes in the. Re-
| publican party, in almost every coun-
| try precinct. Hear Hon. Victor Cox,
| who represented one of those counties
as white Republican in the Sen ate
| of 1897. 1 use his exact words. He
| says: 81 will give one example which
| do not doubt may be paralelled in a
| majority of the counties of North
Carolina, East of Raleigh. In this
| county where live Pitt in the eight
les, there were several hundred white
Republicans. THERE CANNOT BE 25
| COUNTED NOW" | look at the map
and find Pitt a very large and popuI
Gus county and wealthy. Then how
are you going to get white Republicans
that live in each separate township
enough to go round? Now, fellow
citizens, you see how it is. And you
also see after this explanation the
reason the circular lied open and
shamefacedly in misquoting Mr.. Sim
mons, and that only one word. But
the lie was big and bold and ugly. 1
want you to print this, if you please.
A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL,
of Republican principles, of Fideli-
lty to the Truth, of Fealty to my
mothers race, and the: Baptist faith.
Amen.