The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-31
AND THAT PAPER AGAIN
ATTEMPTS TO REPLY.

yolr wrath. ny Oaner testeT Va
not intended 10 arouse IL. I wro,s
in q proper If misguided spirit.
Your calling my views wild trying
TO ridicnle me aud miconceiving
my meaning, cannot affect the facts.
| did not make Mr.. Rollins chair
man nor Mr.. Duncan national CON-
mitteeman. | am In no way re-
sponsible for either or the acts CT
either. / never spoke TO Mr.. Butler
but once nor talked with him 1--WE
minutes. have no personal acquain-
lance with Mr.. Holton, but l know
the eminent Republicans whom you
boast as your friends have worked
long under his leadership. sm not
the partizan or heller OF any man nor
pledged TO support any mans Idea
or plan. tried 10 look at condi-
tions as they exist. / state and the
census returns show, that 800. oG0
white voters lived In North Caro-
lima In 1900 and there are 10 or 20
thousand more now. At least $780,.
900 white men voted In 1896, piob-
ably more than that. With O gain
Of $4,000 by 1904 only zoe, 900 vo-
ted. Gov. Russell received $4,000
white votes or thereabout In 1896.
That is a creditable gain, in fact
nearly twice as many white votes as
the party ever received under the
noble leadership Of the past of which
you boast. You must know there
were more than $1,000 Populist vo
tiers In the State in 1896. Are you
angry because come of them voted
for Russell? DON'T you know a
ballot box stuffing Democrat will not
turn Republican And that we
don't want him If he would? Who
and where are the 100, 900 that didn't
vote iD 1904? They were moi in
Mr.. Blackbu-n's district. They are
Populists, who compose almost the
entire farming population of the
eastern half of North Carolina.
Some of them have voted since 1900
but a great many refuse. Up to 1900
there were not exceeding fifteen
white Republicans in my county.
In 1904 40 voted. We are to have
our gains from the ex-Populists. l..
l.. Polk and Marion Butler are the
only leaders who ever interested
them.
1 pray you, my dear sir, TO con-
slider political questions on broader
lines than your reply to me indi
Gates, What has the Greensboro or
Goldsboro postmas,ership to do with
party management or party policy ?
Is it possible that you will join the
Democratic howl against Marion
Butler for appearing in suit against
the State? 1 can give you the names
Of fifty respectable eminent lawyers
who have done that. That he was
quick and active enough to organize
a paper quicker than some one else,
.hould be feather in his cap, that
he favors and works for one man In
preference to another for an Office
you cannot condemn, for you do
that. The fact remains that the in
active Populist vote, which Marion
Bltler can with active efforts inter
est in the campaign on our side will
with $4,000 overcome the Demo
cratic party. If you are bound to
denounce some one for suing the
State, turn your batteries on Sim
mons, Pou and Ward & Co, who,
while practically the autocrats Of the
State, members of the legislature
and what not, turned upon its treas
ury with those thousands of dollars
Of oyster costs claims. Plenty Of
others have favored others than your
favorites for postmaster. Plenty of
Others have started newspapers and
got ahead of others in doing SO.
Take a shot at the legislature for
paying lawyers to defend ballot box
Democratic leaders all know
Marion Butler can add nearly if not
quite $4,000 votes TO the Republican
column. Hence they abuse and de-
nounce him for doing things that
any politician would do. Surely
you will no longer follow their ex-
ample.
/ obtained the impression from
reading the Judges charge and news
paper reports of the Blackburn,
Samuels and N. Glen Williams trial
that the Tar Heel ard Mr.. Black
burn were In sympathy with Sam
uels though 1t was perfectly apps-
rent that he was guilty Of uDprece-
dented rascslity; That N. Glenn
Viii ANS, q Democrat, was aiding
Mr., Blackburn all through his trial
and did him more good than Rynpm,
Brooks and Bradshaw that the wit |
nesses in the Black burn case had I'M
doubtedly made different statements
off the stand from those made
on the stand. and the idea took pos
session of me against my will that
the whiskey folks were very much
interested in our friend Blackburn.
I was not against him, i wish him
well / am glad that he was ac-
quilted but that's no reason why
- l. Il