The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-13

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elf and to Give His Crowd Pat
ronage Prestige But His Methods
Are Denounced by the White Vot-
.rs Of the County-Harris Meth
DDS VIII Create Race Prejudice.
Mr.. Editor:-I see from the pa
,.-s that j. G. l.. Harris and his
federal pie brigade were nominated
-. voting 220 negroes in the prt-
rrsrv in Wake County, making his
r,storitv over T. NJ. Franks 179
,o,es Take 22O negro votes away
from J. c. l.. Harris and T. NJ.
ranks would have been nominated
hy forty-one votes. j. e. l.. Harris
t,s his hand on the negro voters
and he can still fool them, but he
can't fool the white Republicans OF
Wake County; we know him too
veil | went into the primary and |
aid not asE a single negro to go. We
cast Al white Republican votes In
my township. J. G.. l.. Harris received
,hree. to-wit, his brother-in-law and
bireIing and one Federal office-holder
as one of the Executive Committee
OF the Republican party in Wake
County. | want to say that ] con-
denim any of my neutrality-suspicious.
who would try to insist or persuade
the negro voters to be active in poll
tics in North Carolina. Any white
Republican that is guilty OF the act
ought to be condemned by every
white Republican in the county Of
Wake and denounced as a traitor to
the growth and future welfare of the
Dartv. If the white Republican will
let the negro run his own politics 1t
viii be far better for the party in
North Carolina. If J. G. l.. Harris
and his crowd wants to inject the
negro back into politics in North
Carolina, why don't they be consist
ent and nominate one for office. If
was going to ask him to help me
] certainly would be willing to help
him Consistency, oh, consistency,
thou art a jewel"
Voters, watch J. c. l.. Harris and
the Federal pie crowd that loves
power better than they do the sue
cess of the party in Wake County. If
they want to control the white Re-
pubIcans of the county why don't
they act upon the square and be
consistent? l realize that the negro
is an American citizen as we'll as
myself | did not vote to disfran-
chise them, because | believed the
act TO be unconstitutional; | have
stood for equal rights at the ballot
box for all American citizens that are
eligible to vote under the Constitu-
ton of this State and Constitution
of America; but | cannot, | will not,
and | shall not insist on the negro
being active in politics in this county
or in this State. If he wants to vote
the Republican ticket he has the
same right that | have to do so; If he
wants to vote the Democratic ticket
he can do so; but | am not the man
to solicit his suffrage in order that
might get a Federal job. | am sat
isfed now that J. c. l.. Harris and
some of his crowd wanted to give
to fight the Republican with, and
do not think | would be loyal to the
party and the State organization If
| did not condemn such methods,
knowing it to be against the best in
terests of the Republican party in
this county and State. l am what
am, straight Roosevelt Republi-
can. and l feel that I ought to be
condemned myself by every white
Republican in North Carolina and go
down in political history as an incu-
bus upon the party in this county
and State If l, as a liberty-loving
Republican, Endorsed or stood for
that will try to inject the negro back
into politics in Wake County or
North Carolina, does not deserve the
support and confidence of any true
Republican in North Carolina. II
as Republican have to hold my
prestige with the party in the county,
State or Nation by insisting or per-
Suading the negro voters to become
active and pernicious in politics,
want to say to my friends in the
county and State that / will not do
IT, believing it will cause hatred be-
tween the two races and against the
best interest of the party.
EVERETT T. BANKS.
Wake County, N. C.