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 THE NEGRO SMITH SCORES 
 POPULIST JOHNSON. 
 
 • When the bill to amend the Election Law was before the House Jane 13th, Mr. Johnson • ^P? 1 "^ 
 from Sanson, sent forward some proposed amendments and made a speech, from which :he follow- 
 
 '"?• [ am^olZreto defend the negro race. I believe in all candor that they ought never J. have 
 been «™en he right to vote. Being ignorant and just freed from bondage 'bey were unfi t «o«e»- 
 cte the r fc l.t of fuffrage. I believe also that the white man has inherited he qualifications , £at 
 Tako him fi for and Capable of self-rule. Many of those who shouldered th "' ^ro^a^S 
 in the late war for home and country-many of the best people to-day in Non Vr ™1? *r^£ 
 read and wHte Thev have ruled, and they will rule under all circumstances, and I hope to see the 
 day when the Anglo-Saxon race will be supreme over all the earth. 
 
 £»ow^ 
 
 to ask Mr. Johnson (Populist), of Sampson, a uuesuon. 
 
 ISAAC SMITH AND JOHNSON. 
 
 "Do you represent the hie. of the Populist party when you say the negro has no right to vote? 
 
 Democratic side. ._,i„_f ann 1 Bn ae and hand-clapping that lasted several seconds. 
 
 ■S^SSSS ±i?£SStiS Lffi*K** and answer, . 
 
 ingratitude. ' ,vrtinr<ite and warms his seat now by ro;e* from my race. 
 
 "The gentleman trom Sampson ho ds a «rtihcate ana war B ^ ., , here b n<sro 
 
 anas asfsSS £«£&£ 
 
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 owed to vote, any how. 
 
 ALL WHITE FOLKS NOT ALIKE. 
 
 .. m y s„ (a* Maybe m ,.u, Btlll do you a littl, good. Be.U-r no, ,„ro « 
 
 old horie that hMfaitl.foUy«wvrf yon. Qti |0 lhj 
 
 Amen whan somebody else abuw us. 
 
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 SMITH WANTS FAIR DIVISION OF PIE ! 
 
 1 
 
 DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATURE ON THE ELECTION LAW. 
 
 to C.H Johnson, Populist Leader-" That's tfa way you Populists have dou, elected 
 
 •: Governor, and now you turn and tell us we ouglil n< « i to h ' to vote, auynow.