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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-24
Leads all North Carolina Dailieg Mewg and Circulation

ons Of practical life. The State in it's
beneiicence established at the threshold
OF it's political life our great University
Tor the training of our young men, We
established an Agricultural and Mechan
lcal College for their betterment. With
a charity that was unbounded and COM
mendable we established normal schools
and other institutions for an inferior
race. And lastly when we could no lon
ger withhold this need of justice we es-
tablished this institution for the girls of
North Carolina, and which in my opinion
constitutes the chiefest crown of glory
for the old North State at the close of
the 18th century And ! wish to call
attention to the fact that the movement
which led to the establishment of this
school had it's inception with a few Of
the brightest and brainest men of this
generation and among those who fought
the good fight, who went out among the
people and preached the gospel Of JUS
tice to the women of the State, who
continued to knock at the legislative
door until success crowned their efforts,
he is the man who is today the chief ben
efactor of the girls of North Carolina
the president of the State Normal and
Industrial College.
In presenting you with these charts of
the body polite l commend them to your
careful reading. AS with the Book of
Holy Writ in which you cannot always
interpret the meaning of the words of in
spiration but which nevertheless you con-
tinue to read in the spirit of pious de-
votion so you may not understand all
the provisions of these charts and yet
you should by constant reference keep
them before you as the touch stone of
civic duty and the bulwark of civil lib
erty. | cannot point out to you in de-
tail the safe guards which they contain
nor the duties which they enjoin and l
prefer not to deal in generalties. / will
therefore, content myself with a brief
reference to some of the provisions in the
Constitution of your State which relate
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to public education. In the declaration
OF rights, section g is this just declara
tion upon the subject of education: THE
people have the right to the privileges of
education and it is the duty of the State
to guard and maintain that right" /
direct your attention to the language.
1t is not referred to as a charity or
voluntary gift, or as an act of beneficencc
from those who have been blessed with
property but it is conceded that the peo-
pie are entitled to it as a matter of
right This declaration is important and
ought always to be maintained and will
frequently afford the only solution of the
problem for an increase in our public
schools Article 9, upon the subject of
education, section 2, provides that the
General Assembly shall levy taxation for
a general system of public schools which
shall be free to all the children of the
State of school age. Section of this
article provides that: Each county of
the State shall be divided into a conven-
lent number of districts in which one or
more public schools shall be maintained
at least four months in every year; and
if the commissioners of any county shall
fail to comply with the aforesaid require
to Indictment" These are the provisions
in cur Constitution and they are direct
and mandatory in their terms. The lay
man would assume and the non-resi-
dent who reads these words would infer
that the children of every locality, no
matter how remote or how sparsely set
tied would have the opportunity of at
tending a school for at least four months
in each calendar year. However, it is
my duty to tell you that this mandatory
requirement has been practically elimi-
mated by the construction of our courts
and that they have deliberately limited
the power Of taxation to objects infinite
ly less worthy of this supreme power of
the State Our courts have said that the
commissioners of counties could not be
compelled to levy taxes for the support
of schools, although the legislature au-
thorized them so to do If such levy eX-
ceeded a rate of 66 2-3 cents on the hun
dred dollars worth of property, or, 50 on
the poll, as provided in article g. section
l. They have nulliied a mandatory pro-
vision of the Constitution in favor of the
property of the individual. They have
placed the dollar above brains and sell
fishness above duty. In article Z, section
Continued on third page)
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HOW It WILL HELP
THE REPUBLICANS
Republican Editor Writes of
the Amendment.
AN ADDRESS TO HISPARTY
He Proposes to Cast His Ballot With
His Own People.
AN ADDRESS TO HIS PARTY
DOESN'T WANT TO BE ASHAMED OF VOTE
Hon. A. A. Campbell, Of Cherokee, Shows
That the Presidents From Washington
to Mckinley Advocated the Prn-
cipe Embodied in Amendment

Hon. A. A. Campbell, of Cherokee
county, sends the News and Observer
the following letter addressed to his
fellow white Republicans of North
Carolina. 1t is strong document.
Ably and carefully prepared, it must
convince those who give it lair ana
unbiased perusal.
Mr.. Campbell has always been an
able and consistent member of the
Republican party. For many years he
edited the Murphy Bulletin, the
only Republican paper in this State
west of the Blue Ridge, and he has
often represented his party in the
General Assembly.
He wrotes as follows in advocacy of
the Amendment, urging the white
men of his party to vote for its adop-
ton:
White Republicans, Fellow Citizens
of North Carolina:
You are called upon in August next
to decide question at the ballot box.
Whether or not you will be enfran-
chiSed and rise to the dignity
of a white, free American citizen by
voting the adoption of the proposed
Amendment of the State Constitution.
/ for myself will vote for it, and APP
peal to every white Republican in the
State to do the same, if he thinks he
is in any respect superior to the ne
gro.
| cast my first Republican vote in
the city of Nashville, Tenn, for Lin
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which a very few men, perhaps one, can
WELD at will, vote equal to one third
of the whole vote of the State cannot be
otherwise than dangerous to the public
veal and this is not an overestimate of
the conditions which prevail today, after
an experience of over thirty years with
unrestricted negro suffrage. This is a
hard saying but it is believed to be
literally true.
The results of the success at the polls
of Fusion" were, as might have been eX-
pected, similar in kind to those of 1863
1870
Passing by without comment the incred-
ible lowering in the standard of charac-
ter and ability in public officers, and
the fact that more than 100 negroes were
placed in such important offices as JUS
tices Of the Peace, County Commission
ers, Register of Deeds, Deputy Sheriffs,
Constables, School Committeeman, Alder
men and Policemen, several of the most
important cities and towns of the eastern
part OF the State were turned over to the
domination of the negroes.
The city charter had been carefully
known so as to give virtue and intelli-
gence preponderance of influence; and
this in such cities as Wilmington and
Greenville was changed by the Fusion
Legislature and the affairs of the city of
Wilmington, for instance, were subjected
to the practical control of a horde of ig-
norant ard vicious negroes, paying less
than per centum of the taxes. Similar
things were done in other counties and
towns. Nor was this the half of the
story!
In many of these counties, cities and
towns the administration of the law
seemed to be paralyzed; burglaries and
incendiary fires were of frequent occur
renee. and no one punished and many,
taken with the very signs of guilt, were
released on straw bonds by incompetent
or corrupt officials; white men of un-
blemished character were brought before
negro Justices of the Peace for trial
upon trivial complaints the purest and
best ladies were insulted and children
maltreated upon the streets. Finally it
became unsafe for white women to travel
on the public thoroughfares, or to re-
main at home, unprotected and men went
armed by day and by night because the
law did not afford protection.
1t is not surprising to those who know
the facts that the white men of the east
donned the red shirts, the badge of rev.
olution, and that, in such cities as Will
mington, all white men, not Office hold
ers, irrespective of party, joined in a
determined effort to rescue the city.
county and State from such degradation!
The election of November, 1898, was
primarily a social revolution, eliminating
in an unfortunate race conflict in VIII
mington, where political conditions were
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every reader of this paper.

every reader Of this paper.
Mr. Small said:
Young Ladies of the Graduating Class
/ have been delegated to present to
each of you copies of the Constitution
of the United States and of the State of
North Carolina. In one of these is en-
bodied the organic law of the State of
North Carolina and the other contains
the enumeration of the powers which
have been granted to the Government
represented by the Union of the several
States and not reserved by the States
themselves / am impressed not only
with the uniqueness of this ceremonial
but by it's appropriateness. 1t might be
asked what particular significance can
attach to the presentation Of these
charts of the body polite to class Of
young ladies who have completed their
college course and who are about to
leave their alma mater?
Not many years ago the few young Ia
dies who left their homes for attendance
upon some boarding school were the con-
spicuous exception, and by general con-
cession they were supposed to DO so
only for the purpose of finishing OF, As
it were; that is to say, to learn some
tnlnR OF music, 10 acquire Il SildLlcflnS
of painting and drawing and generally to
sip lightly at the Pierean spring. Their
course was generally confined to Gne
year, and if perchance it was lengthen-
ed to two sessions, ii was only for the
purpose of completing the finishing pro
cess deemed necessary to fit them for
the delectable ways of society. The no
BILE specimen of the animal called man
for generations exhibited peculiar de-
gree of selfishness regarding the educa
tion of women. With all their boosted
chivalry and reverence for the gentler
sex, in spite of all his mellifluous sound-
ing platitudes in their praise, he was
content to appropriate unto himself most
of the substantial blessings of educa-
tion. Whether he was aotuated in This
course by doubt as to their mental equip
ment or whether because in selfshness
he feared the entrance of rival in lies
active duties, is not apparent. He usu
ally took refuge behind the insincere
statement that the place for the wo-
man was at home under the benign guild
ance of her lord and master from whom
she could obtain all necessary knowledge,
and that it was not necessary that she
should possess a disciplined mind or an
acquaintance with the intellectual weap-
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LOCAL TAXATION
FOR SCHOOLS
Congressman Small Strongly
Advocates 1t.
NO BETTER INVESTMENT 7
He Thinks the Time Has Come For
Plain Speaking.
NO BETTER INVESTMENT T
THE LAWS HAVE NOT FAVORED SCHOOLS
Some Dissenting Opinions in This State That
Must Become the Law. Mr.. Aycock's
Position on The Question of
Public Education.
Public Education.

The speech of Congressman John II.
Small at Greensboro last week, delv-
ering copies Of the State Constitution
to the graduates of the State Normal
and Industrial College, has been much
complimented by those who heard it.
1t is. indeed. a model address. clear
exposition of the provisions Of the
Constitution in regard to education,
and is worthy Of the careful study of
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perhaps worse and the tension was great
est.
When the Legislature of 1899 convened
it was met by an irresistible demand,
coming up from all parts of the State and
from all classes of people, that some-
thing be done to render impossible the re-
currence of such conditions
1t was clear to all that the suffrage
must be so limited as to eliminate as far
as possible the dangerous elements.
How to do so in a just and legal way
was problem of no small difficulty.
The State of North Carolina has a more
homogeneous population than any of the
other American States; there are no
large cities of manufacturing centres,
the people being widely scattered through
rural districts; there have been, up to
recent years, fewer immigrants; and the
bulk of population is descended from the
original settlers, the men who founded
the State and who have always~taken an
interest in the conduct of public affairs
and who have ever been willing to fight
for the State whenever it's freedom
has been assailed, many of whom were
called at an early age to the defense of
their country on the hills of Virginia.
They returned after the great conflict
of arms with their property gone, to
take up, under most unfavorable cir
cumstances, the struggle for a livelihood,
and they have had little opportunity to
attend school themselves or to allow
their children to do so.
These people, having back of them
generations Of ancestors who have been
participating in the responsible conduct
of public affairs, are not ignorant of the
principles of free government; they may
be unlettered, but "they have inherited
the faculty of, and an aptitude for, self
government; have taken, and do take,
an intelligent interest in public affairs;
they have attended public discussions
of political questions; have been voting
freely and Independently for many years,
and are fully competent to express their
choice as to the conduct of the govern
ment.
1t is, we believe, the opinion of writ
ers on governmental science, that there
is no better means of educating a free
and Independent people, than by placing
the responsibility upon them of partici-
pating in the management of public
affairs, after hearing a full and free dis
cussion.
Public political discussions, however,
can be of no real value to any people
as a means of education who vote as a
mass under the dictation of a boss
Continued on second page.) !
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coin and Johnson. in 1864, never
since that election has my vote been
counted to elect a President of these
States. Why has this been so? Be-
cause the illiterate negro votes of the
South in the main have been east
against Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Blaine.
Harrison and Mckinley.
Here in North Carolina the white
Republicans have been disfranchised
for period of twenty years at a
time in State elections, on account OF
this negro trading vote. Here in the
town of Murphy, my home, | have no
more voice in saying who shall be
mayor or town councilmen than a man
living in Currituck county. Why is
that so? Because the negroes hold the
balance of power and vote for the
Democratic ticket. Here in the old
Republican county of Cherokee. forty
three of them voted here in Murphy
against the regular Republican nomi-
nee for an important county office,
and he was defeated in the county by
thirty-seyen votes.
o, but some of the white Republi-
cans say the Amendment was pro-
posed by Democratic Legislature,
therefore / am afraid of it. | am
afraid there is some evil design in dis
guise and [ have no confidence in any
thing the Democrats do or say, / will
ask all such Republicans if, when
Christ was, crucilied on the cross by
the Roman soldiers, they think those
who put him to death did it through
good or evil motives; and did not
his death bring salvation to the world :
And now because he was put to death
by bad men, through evil designs, are
you going to go down TO hell through
all eternity? Now the Democratic
party has offered you an opportunity
TO say by your vote: The negro is
rot our social or political equal. Are
you going to say by your vote he is?
III you do you will live to see the day
you will be ashamed of it, and never
boast of your vote TO your wife, son
or daughter. / have no laud-
able commentator for the Demo
cratic party. State or National,
but | do say I feel grateful
to them here in North Carolina for
affording me the opportunity of leav-
ing as a heritage to my family, name
and posteritv. that / stood in the ap-
preaching election on the side of my
own race and skin and for principle
regardless of any selfish agrandize.
ment to be elevated to any position
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-20
NEWS IN BRIEF
Death Of senator Gear o, Iowa.

John II. Gear 70, United States senator
from Iowa, died Saturday in Washington.
Mr.. Gear was a native of Ithaca, n. Y,
but went West at an early age, and was
merchant in Burlington, Ia, when Chicago
was a struggling village. He began his
political career in 1868, when be was elect
ed mayor of Burlington He was a mem
Der of the state legislature from 1872 to
1875, serving two terms as speaker. From
the legislature he passed to the governors
chair, where he served four years and did
much to strengthen the power of the Re
publican party in the state. After two
years as a private citizen he was elected 20
Congress in 1886, and reelected in 1888
He was a member of the ways aud means
committee which framed the Mckinley bill.
He was defeated in the Congressional cleo
ton in 1890. He was assistant secretary.
of the treasury under President Harrison's
administration for a few months, and was
returned to Congress again in 1892. He
was elected to the United States Senate in
1894, and reelected last January. He was
chairman of the Senate committee on
Pacific railways, and it was through his
efforts that the government was successful
in realizing $117, 900, 600 from them instead
of the $50, 900, 900 offered.
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Fine Collection OF Birds.

E. o. Damon of Northampton has sold
his very handsome collection of birds to
the science museum of Springfield, to be
brought to the city next September. Mr..
Damon is one of the best known ornithol-
ogsts and taxidermists in the country. In
all his 400 specimens there is not a feather
out of place nor bird that is in an I'M
natural pose. He was over 80 years in
collecting and has killed all the birds him
self, getting the major part of them on the
meadows and in the woods about North
ampton. 1t was he who made the collec-
tion which is in the possession of Smith
college, and which is so widely known.
In the collection is every variety of hawk
that has ever been seen in the valley, and
the gem of them all is the gyr-facon.
Among them is the snowy heron, which is
very hard to find, and one of the most
beautiful birds in the case is the great
American aigret, which furnishes the
head-gear among the women, and which is
almost exterminated, even in the South,
because of this fact. About in the middle
OF the case is bald headed eagle that was
killed near Northampton, and is beauti-
full specimen.
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The MeKInI,y PLATFORM.
From the New York SUM-

1t is now complete and clear, thanks to
him rather than to the resolution writers
at Philadelphia.
l. No free coinage of silver at sixteen to
one. No debasement of the currency or re-
pudiation Of the nations promises to its
creditors. No relaxation of vigilance in
defence of the gold standard.
III: No return to tariff which brings to
the government deficiencies in its revenue
and to the people the destruction of their
prosperity.
III. No policy of scuttle in the Phillip
pines. No evasion of the duties which are
ours in that quarter of the globe. No re-
treat of the flag that means civilization,
justice and liberty for all whom it covers.
~. No wavering, no turning aside, no
retreat, in the fulfllment of our national or
international obligations in China or else
where. No surrender of the prestige this
republic has won during the past three
years in the eyes of the world.
V. The Republican party can be trusted
by the American people.
Thus is the issue defined with perfect
clearness Row. All of the several PROPOSE
tions of dshonor or surrender or shame to
which the Bryanite platform and pro-
gram say Yes, Mr.. Mckinley rejects with
an emphatic No.
Let the American people, confronted a
second time with Organism, see to it that
the Noes have 1t again.