Democratic secrets leak

Item Information

• Description
  Affidavit of Roscoe Mitchell ...("a red-hot Democrat"), signed by Geo. L. Tonnoffski, Deputy Clerk Superior Court Wake County, of an interview with Hon. Henry G. Williams, a former Democratic senator of Wilson County, about the scare tactics employed by the Democrats to work against the Fusionists to break "Negro domination" in Eastern counties, especially New Hanover and Richmond counties. When Mitchell asks if "the result be riot and bloodshed" if the Negro votes anyway, Williams replies "we would lay ourselves open to punishment" but "what we intend to do is bluff them away from the polls...". Mr. Pou, Geo. H. White, Atwater, and Chairman Simmons are also mentioned.

• Item ID
  bdsnc061815
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  North Carolina
  New Hanover County (N.C.)
  Richmond County (N.C.)
  Wake County (N.C.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Democratic secrets leak
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1898-11-01
• Folder
  NC6
• Type
  Text
  broadsides
• Subject
  Political campaigns
  Politics and government
  Elections
  African Americans--History
  Race relations
  Manners and customs

• Copyright & Usage
  None