The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-04
SIMMONS MAKES REPLY
Pritchard Tells, of Sand Cure Being
Administered to a
Republican.
THIS IS SOMETHING NEW 70 Mr.. SIMMONS
Ne Anewers Prchard in Manner so Little 10
His Taste That the R publican Sena-
tor Finally Quits the
Chambsr.
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Washington. ID. c., May 2.-This was
North Carolina day in the Senate. Sena-
ifpine Civil Government Bill and his
speech was somewhat in the nature of
reply to Senator Simmons. He started
cut by saying that the majority of the
business Democrats of North Carolina
supported the Republican policy as to
the Philippine Islands. He read an ed-
torial from the Charlotte Observer of
recent date. complimenting Senator Sim
Inoas speech, but saying that that pa
Yer differed with him on the Philippine
ques ton.
Senator Simmons arose and asked the
speaker IL he did not know that the
Charlotte Observer opposed the last Dem
ocratc nominee for President, and
rritchard answered that he did. Senator
Simmons then asked him if he could name
another Democratic paper in North Car
alma which supported the Republican
Philippine policy and Pritchard could
name none
Senator Pritchard then went on to give
she stock Republican arguments in ia
vor of the retention of the Philippines
such as opening up new markets for
American products but he did not answer
Senator Simmons arguments and espec-
Tally the one in which Senator Simmons
showed that the retention of the islands
would raise up a dangerous competitor
with cheap Chinese labor for the cot
ton, sugar rice and tobacco farmers of
the South. He said that he was in IA
= til
nently. Senator Simmons asked him if
he favored the restrictions upon the suf-
frage providing for an educational or
property qualification for voting for the
islands and Senator Pritchard would not
give direct answer. He said that he
favored it as temporary expedient until
a census could be taken so that it could
be seen who had sufficient intelligence
to vote
Senator Pritchard then referred to the
paragraph in Senator Simmons speech
in which he called attention to the fact
that the Philippine bill taxed the people
of the islands without giving them rep
reSentation. Senator Pritchard then said
that the Democrats of North Carolina had
taken away from the people the right to
elect their magistrates and justices of
the peace and had given it to the Legs-
lature and that these magistrates levied
the county taxes.
HOT DEBATE BEGINS.
When the speaker said this Senator
Simmons arose and answered the charge
against our State. He showed that tho
reason of this was to give control of the
negro counties to the white people and
that this was not taxation without rep
Iesentation as the people themselves
elected the Legislature. This then
brought on a hot debate between the
two Senator's in which the negro, our
constitutional amendment and recent
elections in North Carolina were dis
cussed
Senator Pritchard charged that Demo
Gratis mad Joined with the negroes and
had elected negro county commission
er in Craven county. This. Senator Sim
mons denied in set terms. Pritchard had
much to say about the Red Shirts in the
last two campaigns. and said that they
had beaten Republican voters and other
wise mistreated them to keep them from
registering and voting
Senator Simmons in reply said that
Senator Pritchard's party controlled the
judiciary of the State and that no indict-
ItHtS Hdu IOltOWeu ellHtT VI Iutot CIV
tions Mr.. Simmons pictured the horrors
of negro government in our State and
said that he did not believe the negro
was fitted to vote and that he could not
be educated so that he was fitted to vote
that it was defect of heredity. His
defence of North Carolina Democrats was
complete and crushing to Senator Pritch-
ard who left the chamber while Senator
Simmons was concluding
HONORS OF NEGRO RULE.
The latter showed that there were a
thousand negro office holders in Eastern
North Carolina. He enumerated the num-
Der of negro magistrates and constableS
and showed that white men and white
women of the highest character had been
{ arrested by these negro constables and
dragged before these negro magistrates
for trial. He recited the fact that in
one county in 1888 all the Republican
nominees, except two, were negroes ant
that these two white men, the nomi-
nees for sheriff and clerk, promised the
convention which nominated them to ap-
point only negroes as deputies.
He referred also to Senator Pritchard's
sanctioning the appointment of twenty
seven negro postmasters and said tha'
there were not many of them in office
now, that five or six of them had beer
sent to prison for embezzlement of post
office funds and most of the others had
been removed from office by Senator
Pritchard's advice since the negro hat
lost his right to vote.
In this connection he alluded to the
recent negro convention in Raleigh anC
the resolutions passed by said conven
ton condemning Senator Pritehard fol