The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-22
MORE REPUBLICAN TESTIMONY
ABOUT THE ALLEGED "WHITE
LETTER.

The Republican managers continue
to send out d copy of letter which
they allege Hon. Francis ID. Winston
wrote to the negro George H. White.
The letter they are circulating is dated
"June" without any day of the month.
When first confronted with the
charge, Judge Winston demanded to be
shown the letter they claimed to have
from him stating that if he could see
it he would admit the authorship if he
had written it, or would denounce it
as a forgery if he had not written it.
From the day he made the demand
the Republicans dropped all reference
70 the matter and it is only recently
that they have again trotted out what
purports to be copy of the letter they
claim Mr.. Winston wrote.
Is there such a letter? If SO, does
any sane man believe that the Repub-
lican leaders would content them
selves with circulating the so-called
copy they are sending out? Does not
every voter in the State know that they
Unless they do this, every honest man
in North Carolina will denounce their
action as an unrighteous attempt to in
jure a good man by circulating what
they know is forged document.
One of the leading Republicans i'll
North Carolina, gentleman whose
truthfulress would not be questioned.
not long ago, speaking to Democratic
neighbour made the following state
ment:
1.-THE Republicans never had any
letter written by Winston to White.
About the time that Winston was or
eanizing the White Supremacy clubs,
the negro White told the Republican
leaders that he had at home letter
which Frank Winston had written
him when Winston wanted the Repub-
Iican nomination for Judge.
white was sent home to get the let
ter. He returned saying he could not
find the letter, but said: Il can re-
member everything i'm the letter except
one word And thereupon White
wrote out what lie said he rccO;lected
was i'm the letter. That letter. written
by White from memory eight years af-
ter he said il had been written, is the
one that has been circulated"
That is to say. the Republican COM
mittee has published as genuine Il let
ter which was known to have beer
written from memory by the negro
White and to which the negro White,
or some other fellow of like ilk forged
the name Francis d. Winston" And
according to the testimony Of ex-At
torney General Walser and the promi
nent Republican above mentioned, the
Republican Committee circulated the
letter knowing that the name Francis
u. Winston HAD BEEN FORGED,
nd circulated it 2s genuine when they
knew that il has merely an alleged
letter written by the negro White from
memory eight years after he claimed
to have received il. 1t is upon the un-
supported eight year old recollection
of an offensive and discredited negro
that the people are asked to vote
against Judge Francis D. Winston.
That evidence is as good as North
Carolina Radicals want. for they eject
ed White to Congress from his district
and the Radicals State Convention
elected him a delegate to the
National Republican Convection. The
Democrats drove White and Holton
and the whole push out of power. and
Francis ID. Winston was leader in the
fight that wrought their undOing. In
their malice and venom. the negro
White wrote out A letter he said ne re-
membered 20 nave received from Win
ston eight years previously. Unless
they can produce the letter. nobody
Will believe their forgery.
If the letter is not a forgery-as two
prominent Republicans testify-the
Republican Committee will produce
the original. Failure to do so Will JUS
ify the declaration that it is miser
able forgery, concocted by White and
his fellow conspirators against Good
Government in North Carolina.
The State Fair this year ruled out