The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-03

and, as the judgment will be effective
until overruled on appeal, it is the eX-
pectation of the conspirators that the
election will be held under the law as
thus declared If registrars refuse to
recognize and act upon this decision,
mandamuses will be issued by the thou
sands, to be followed if necessary to
carry out the conspiracy, by Federal
Court bench warrants.
''The negro, who is always ready to
obey the orders of his party leaders, is
to be kept quiet, but secretly organized
and kept in readiness to rush to the polls
when the time is ripe and the way is
clear. 1t is the calculation of the con-
spirators that with one hundred and
twenty thousand negro votes, added to
the Republican and dissatisfied Demo
cratic vote, they will be able at least to
carry enough counties to control the
Legislature.
"The conspirators have thoroughly dis
cussed in connection with this scheme
the election law passed by the last Leg
islature and are greatly encouraged and
comforted in their enterprise by its fair
ness and the large representation it
gives to the opposition party. They
expect, before their designs upon the
amendment are discovered, that the
county boards, regist RS, judges of
election, ETC., will have been appointed
and organized, and that they will have
secured on these boards all the repre-
sentation necessary to protect their
voters and to carry out their con-
spiracy.
This is the Republican scheme to cap
| ture the State, and it is the basis of all
| the predictions we have heard recently
of the reelection of the present Repub-
| lican Senator. 1t is not a scheme merely
| in contemplation but one which has been
discussed matured and agreed upon. In
asserting this, 1 speak not from con-
| lecture, but from positive and reliable
| information.
"Of course, the success of this scheme
required the utmost secrecy, and for this
reason but few have been taken into the
inner circle. The lieutenants have been
given to understand that the party
chiefs have big card up their sleeves,
which it is expected at the right time
will be played and sweep the deck. But
so far the scheme is secret to all ex-
| ceDJ IIIS DlS ledubTS. Iue SuCCtSS VI LHlS
scheme requires also the prostitution OF
the judiciary for purely partisan pur-
poses, but Republican officialdom in
North Carolina is a close corporation
and this part of the program presents
no practical difficulties.
| 81 have felt it my duty to expose this
conspiracy to take snap judgment
| against the white people of the State
and bring them again under the yoke of
negro domination. Never did the old
maxim, "forewarned, fore-armed,' apply
+, with greater force. In the name of the
white people of North Carolina I tell
| these conspirators that never again, un-
| der any circumstances, will negro rule
! be permitted to exist in North Carolina
White supremacy is not only written in
| the constitution, but it is written in the
| hearts of the white people of the State
If the Republican party hopes again to
come into power in North Carolina, it
must look elsewhere than to the negro
vote. All hopes of political success
| based upon that vote is doomed to dis
appointment. They must either accept
the amendment in good faith or openly
repudiate. They will not be permitted
to invoke its benificent and liberalizine
provisions while secretly plotting it's as
| sassination.'