New-York tribune., 1882-04-20
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
BOURBON DISINTEGRATION.
THE SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI

ELECrING CONGREssMEN.
FRoS THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF rRrsUxI.I
| WASHINGTON, April 10.-In every State in ths
| South where there is an independent Democratic
movement. II has interesting Peculiarities growing
out of the local situation. The movement in Mis-
sssippi Is a case in point. There the revolt is
! organized though it has already succeeded In max
ing itself felt in marked degree in the politics Of
the State II IS simply quiet voting sentiment,
which has been fostered and led by one fearless
newspaper, The JicksJrg Hrdd II is made up Of
business in the large cities, planters ETC., who
have the sense to see what the professional poti-
clans too blind to perceive that the continuance
of policy of prescription, intolerance and violence
in politics will surely check the material develop
ment of the South. frighten away Northern capital
and even paralyzc home enterprise. This feeling,
which is strong among the business men of every
Southern State, is nowhere stronger MisssslppiaDs
say than in their State where the bulldozing policy
had its origin and where the people, and above all
the business men, have grown tired of turmoil. This
sentiment will it is believed increase the
sity for developing tho internal resources OF
the South presses and more upon the attention
of the State, and the people and
clearly the damaging effect of fraud and violence in
elections.
The election of Garfield aud of Republican
House of Representatives encouraged the coored
people greatly, and the result last year In
the actual success il is believed, of the Fusion
ticket which was counted out by the Bourbons.
The Fusion made up of three elements-the
Republicans, the Greenbackers and the Independent
Democrats. The Grecnbackers q small element,
having cast only 5,797 votes in the Presidential
election OF 1880, but they not without i'm
portance. They are said to have been drawn almost
entirely from the Democrats, and if they are still
| vip 4 hoIf fr he
cratic party rather than Greenbackers. The ex-
stence of the party is regarded therefore an adj
| dit0nal element of disturbance in the Democratic
party from which the Republican party can derive
| nothing but profit, inasmuch as Republicans arc
| not drawn into the organization. The number OK
| Independent Democrats cannot be estimated very
easily, owing to the fact that they without or
| ganzaton, and content themselves for the most
part with expressing their sentiments at the pOlls
but their number is larger than that OF the Green
| hackers, and is increasing instead Of diminishing.
The formation OF a regular organization cannot be
long delayed. 1t is expected that there will
be a hearty cooperation of these elements with the
Republicans this fall in the election of Congress-
men, These are the only election TO be held, mas
| much as there will re no election of members Of
the Legislature and local officers until next year.
and election OF State officers until 1888. Under
the new app0rtionment Mississippi will have seven
members of Congress, an increase of one. The re-
districting law which has been passed by the Leg
isature, gives the IVth or Vicksburg District
$4,000 colored majority, and the With or Jackson
District cOlored majority of 1000. All the other
districts have small white majorities, ranging from
400 to 100 With perfectly far election, there
| TORE the Bourbon Democrats W ould not he EURO
with the existing disaiecton in their party. Of
carry ing single district in the State. Republican
politicians from Mississippi, who here say they
are ready to concede to their allies three of tho
seven disricts in the State, reServing four for them
selves and they believe that with help from tho
party in the North and such jealous cooperation as
they feel sure they will get from the other inde-
pendent elements they will give a good account OF
| themselves in the next House of Representatives..
A conversation with one of the most intelligent
Republicans in Mississippi now here. brought out
some interesting facts with regard to the colored
vote which makes of course, the bulk Of the party
He was asked whether the Democrats were making
any converts among the blacks.
| $50 few" said he " that they may be said TO Do
| making none at all. We arc getting more white
men away from the Democrats than they are get
ting negroes from u.s. The employers have no IN
fluence over the negroes except in the cities lew
barbers dray1nen, porers and the Ike, are infiu-
enced by their employers but out in the country tho
| negroes are absolutely lndepcn nient. There tho
| only Il
Republican ticket to shoot him whip him, and
then youcan't make him vote the Democratic ticket.
His politics is like religion to him. One reason
that they are able to be pretty independent is that
most of them hold their own land on leases, some
having money and some paying share of the crop.
The PLANTER wants such to stay, and 1t Is among
| the planters that the demand for free elections
| and an end of these frauds ard outrages is the
| strongest
Are tic coIored people disprited by being
! counted out year after ycarT
| Not so much you would suppose. They do
| have feeling sometimes that 1t is better Tor them
not TO vote at all if the only result is to be to swell
the vote which the Democratic inspectors will turn
INTO votes for their party OF course. the bigger tho
vote the bigger the return the Democratic election
! officers can make for their own side. But they
wore greatly encouraged by Garields election and
whenever they think they are going to have any,
| thing like fair chance they are ready to come
| out"
| "What sort of voters do they make r
"They show a great deal OF judgment. You would
| hardly believe il, perhaps, but there Is large
| amount of scratching done by the negroes. Not
ON the State tickets or on Presidential electors or
| ANYTHING of that kind They vote the straight Re
nublican ticket on those to man. But IN voting
for oca officers they exercise their own Judgment
a. TO whom they think the best man. and
| scratch, right and left. Why, l coud take the
returns of the last election and show you counties
in which the Fusion State ticket had 1000 or 1900
majority. and the regular Republican local ticket
had cnly 200 or 800 maionty-caused by tho
scratching by the negroes
| .'How do they take to the idea of FusonP
"Well. they don't vote that ticket with the same
enthusiasm as they do the regular Republican tick
Of and # is little harder to get them out but they
will learn to feel differently about it'
..Uaye YOU any remedy to look forward to against