The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-11-03

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Tn lfss tsa.r- nj th~ First IudlriAl
us~sa Ies at Sussh IArolIna.
have h~s@n notified uf my nossai-
nastoa Ia the high and hunurxlsle
sffaew of solicitor % your Judicial
Di-srsct ~ sIss essnvTntina uf the
H%ssubsscsa party. h@sd II Bell
haven. y. C.. "a the 18Th iay Of
September, 1904. In s-rsgslng The
nomination ! ds>sn II only ns,s-~4ry
- make shs. following -sateas-ssf:
In isss | ls-usd az address. EsTofn-
t~lsg That II ny yssar sutfra9s- ! va~
sssssrtsst ss-aIiciIor oE your District
would administer the ono. With
our fs-~r ~ favor, performing it.
duise- faithfully. Yua eissrss~i me
:. b. very. large snajority, ard me
obisgs iissn- that | assumed theo
discharged upon The highest plane.
No official corruption stained the
administration oC my Office. The
poor acre not oppressed aud no in.
Justice done. ~ TAR a. | xm awAre
of IT, any Of our citizens. Tue rich
IA we'll as tir y -or alike received
the sane Treatment ~ In. fsar Of
Justice. am again before YOU Tor
your suffra.e aud ask OF you the
seine consideration that you gave
me in 1894 aud promise In return
10 faithfully discharge my duty to
Ithe state and Ia the people, remem-
boring that public Office is & public
trust. and he who fills IL il only .
servant of the people, and when In
office | have at all times acted upon
the practical idea that the first duty
OF an official is the public; anil /
have carried this idea out in the ad
ministration Of the duties Of this
Office; and in every other Office that
have had the honor to hold; aud
while in the performance Of the
duties belonging to the office Of So
licitor, with single exception
(Spring Term 1898 of the Superior
Court OF Hyde County, 1 personally
prosecuted the Criminal Docket and
looked after the interest of the
people. / did not allow the duties
of my office TO go unattended 10;
and il l am entrusted by you again
to Mi this Office / will bring the
same degree of falthfulness to the
discharge Of every duty.
In an address issued by me ON
November 4th, 1898, / said: "In
the District | have formed great
, many friends and pleasant relations.
1 shall always remember them and
the kindness Of the people to me,
for they have been kind; aud have
at all times endeavored to repay
them by being accessible and re-
} spending to their demands when
made and during the entire period
l of four years, no one called in vain
for advice or other aid officially
without receiving a prompt re-
. sponse." Since that time the negro
has been eliminated from the right
!. of suffrage; and hence the fight is
now ON between Whitemen, and in
it's wake must naturally follow po-
, liticai emancipation and fair and
honest elections, so that every man
can now 60 to the polls and express
his political convictions without the
I fear of being censured or Ostracised.
s This is as it should be and is indeed
when practised political freedom
So that / trust our people feel that
i they have reached the time that
Governor Aycock referred to In the
: campaign of 1900, when he stated,
!, with SO much eloquence and force
(asI now recall that part of his
/, SPECIFY, 81 will be glad when the
T! time shall come that white man
can walk up to the ballot box and
I vote his honest convictions without
fear OF ostracism on account OF the
i negro" This sounded all right in
r 1900, and as the negro has been
$ eliminated from all political power
= and influence there seems to be nc
a reason in this year of grace 1894.
s why it should not be observed oy
levery citizen of the State now quail
q flied to vote, and as one of our su-
: perior Court Judges said recently,
Il "If there was once an excuse, there
q is now no excuse to do otherwise"
g l am running for an Office that ca lis
d for the enforcement Of the laws and
not their enactment and therefore
r believe the incumbent of this Office
r in his acts, should De nOn-politr al
9 in the ense of partisanship. Upon
t this idea of the due and proper ed
g ministration of the Office | star d
i and do and shall ask for your sup
{ port and suffrages for my election
y thereto. With best wishes anC
g good will to all and malice TO none
e l am, Yours Respectfully,
WILLIAM ]. LEARY, SR.