New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-19
A MIGHTY IMPORTANT CONTEST.

| HOW THE MALONE MOVEMENT II RfGARDFD
THROUGHOUT THE sourH ~ iNDrrENpEN1
PARTY READY TO SPRING 1910 ENlsTrSCE IN
MANY STATES.
lBi TELEGRAPH To TnE 1EIB Sr.l
WASHINGTON. April Is" How did you leave
matters in Mississippii' asked q Tam ~ corrc-
spondent of Congressman Manning to-day.
Well our people were feeling pretty blue when
I left home last week. Tie winter had been unusu-
ally severe, and some of our people had a pretty
hard time. Then, about ten days ago there came
cold rain which ended in a freeze, aud there is
great fear that the prospect of crop OF apples,
peaches and other fruit * ruined
How the ooorc'l people getting aiong'"
"Oh the nicg,rs' are doing very we'll. They
would be all right if SOU all would let them alone
and not put foolish political notions into thcir
heads"
What about the independent movement IN your
Statei Has il any str,nrhf'
Not very much now. The leaders Of it are
mostly sorcacadS who left the Democratic party
because they couldn't get Office. am glad Of the
new movement IN one respect II sInplihc- the STU
alton The white independent, cdlcd thcn-.cl.c,
Grceubackers last year and wc had some troui.c IA
making the people understand that They were only
Republicans ia disguise Now the alliance between
them and the Republicans * an open 1ne and We
shall have no difficulty IN explaining It,"
"It corresponds to the Mahouc movement in Viz
ginia. thenp
Exactly II is another just such movement
"1hen you must be deeply interested III the result
Of the pending struggle in the senate" "
"Ccrtainly we are. The stake in that contest il
mighty one for the Democratic party Of Mississippi.
~ il is for the Democrats Of Virginia. II Nahonc
carries Virginia. the Independents will probably
carry Mississippi. They are watching tic struggle
with as much anxiety as his friends III Virginia are,
and if he succeeds they will INTO the canys0s de-
termincd TO win. II is 80 all over the south. II
Matt Gary had lived lac would have headed "a simi-
Tar movement in South Carolina. FELTON, Is ready TO
do il in Georgia. In almost every southern State
there is party ready to revolt. SO you sec this
struggle in the Senate is mighty important one to
u.s."
Are the Republican leaders in Mississippi taking
an interest in the mOyencntl"
"Ycs Alcorn will probably be- the candidate for
Governor. understand that General Mckee. for
mery Republican member Of Congress- respect
able man of considerable ability-is also Interested
The chairman of the Grccnback State Committee a
reckless fellow named Kimberly, is another OF the
leaders,"
"W az he not formerly a DcmOcrat"
"Wel, ycs but he is a reckless person, Of very
little ability. He has been mixed up III two or three
shooting scrapes."
DO YOU think the Republican voters will pretty
generally support the Independent ticket at the
polls 7"
"Yes, they probably will bat not what you call
the Republican voters. mean that all the colorcd
voters will not There are good many colorcd men
in Mississippi who vote with us You take n conn
ty, for example, where there are fewer colorcd
voters than there are white voters. In such u
county the colorcd men without leaders and II
don't take much buldOzing for us 10 get them 10
vote the Democratic ticket III that county
as il does To get votes in Ncw-Engiand.
OF course however, when n cOlored man has ac-
qured some education and thinks he il lit To hold
Office, he il q Republican. The colored men who
voted for me found to he men who cared less about
politics than they did about getting along comfort
ably with their employers and making money"
Another Mississippi Democrat, whose attention
was called to the fact that two sentences from Cen
eral Hanc0cks letter Of acceptance consi tuto the
platform Of the Anti-BourbOn party, was asked IL no
thought the Anti-BOurbOns could not win on that
issue
" How do they put II !" he asked.
" IL in only by u full vote, free ballot and fair
count that the people rule III fact as required by
the theory Of our Government. Take lllis ionnda,
ton away and the whole structure falls replied
the correspondent. 49,,
"Oh, that's all sentimental gush and political