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Primary Sources
Democratic Sources
May 12, 1898:
"Grand Democratic Rally."
The Democrats open the campaign.
October 21,
1898: "A White Man's Day."
South Carolina Senator Ben Tillman Speaks in Fayetteville.
November
1, 1898: Red Shirt Rally.
Thousands of "Red Shirts" Turn Out at a Rally in
Laurinburg.
November
3, 1898: The Election Nears.
Furnifold Simmons Sums Up the Case for the Democrats
July - November,
1898: News and Observer Editorial Cartoons
Democratic
Party Handbook.
The Official 1898 Platform for the Democratic Party (Digitized
by Documenting the American South.)
Republican Sources
July 20,
1898: The Republican Convention.
Congressman George White Addresses the Delegates.
September
12, 1898: "White on the Color Line."
Congressman George White Meets with President McKinley.
October
26, 1898: "Proclamation by the Governor."
Governor Daniel Russell Calls for a Peaceful Election.
Populist Sources
October
25, 1898: Progressive Farmer Editorial Cartoons
November
4, 1898: "Those Who Have the Property Must Rule."
The Populists Make Their Case Against the Democrats.
People's
Party Handbook.
The Official 1898 Platform for the Populist Party. (Digitized
by Documenting the American South.)
The Editorial that Shook the State
August 18, 1898:
The Editorial Appears.
August 24, 1898:
"Vile and Villainous."
The News and Observer Responds to the Daily
Record Editorial
October
15, 1898: "A Horrid Slander."
Democratic Papers Continue to Attack the Daily Record
Editorial
Statistics
North
Carolina Population by County, 1890 and 1900
The Assembly
of 1899-1900
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