NO OTHER COPY LOCATED (RECONSTRUCTION POLITICS.) SIMMONS, FURNIFOLD. Resolutions Adopted by Eight thousand Voters at the Great White Men's Convention, in Goldsboro, N.C., October, 28. Large, letterpress double-sided broadside, 18x12 inches; paper evenly toned, faint creases where folded. Raleigh, 1898
rare "open letter" to the hon. Jeter C. Pritchard. Pritchard (1857-1921), lawyer and Republican politician from North Carolina, was the only Republican U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1895 and 1903 and was the only Republican to represent a southern state in the U.S. Senate during that time. Though Pritchard was not up for re-election in 1898, he still made news during the campaign. His argument that the few African-American officeholders in the state hardly justified the accusations of "negro domination" prompted this long public letter from Democrat Furnifold Simmons in which Simmons listed many instances of African-Americans in public office and insisted that Pritchard answer each claim. In late October, with the election about a week away, Pritchard further riled the Democrats when he asked the federal government to send troops to North Carolina in order to ensure a peaceful voting process. OCLC locates no copies at all.
