"The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900

"The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900

In this cartoon, Norman Jennett illustrated the arrest of a Democratic registrar from Winston, North Carolina, who Democrats claimed was charged after he refused to register several African Americans who were too young to vote. A federal marshal, who is wearing a button that says “NEGRO RULE” grabs the startled registrar by the collar while a short African-American figure, whose height suggests he is still a child, looks on. The caption at the bottom blames the arrest on Republican Chairman A.E. Holton and his followers, an accusation that aligns them with African Americans rather than members of their own race and suggests that Republicans were willing to resort to electoral fraud in order to win.

Norman Ethre Jennett

Norman Ethre Jennett, "The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Libraries. Microfilm.

1900-07-13

Glant, Erin

Document

Winston (now Winston-Salem), North Carolina

Wake County, North Carolina

Forsyth County, North Carolina

Cartoon

The Winston Situation

Holton & Co., has a Democratic Registrar arrested by a Federal Deputy Marshal because he will not register negro boys.