The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-19
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yietxs of P~toih,neht! Politicians @poh the
Administration Tow. I'd the sButh.

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We've of ptothipsht. Politicians kpoh the
Administration Tow. I'd the sbuth,
WAsnINGToN, August l5.-HThe Of
feet of the. pust five months ofE Demo-
cratic Administration upon th$ South
ia attracting attention." said q 1South-
erin politicians today. "Mr. tClevc,
lands attitude toward the South has
not been such as to please a vcrN large
element of the Southern Democracy,
but il has been such as will bestadyance
the interests of that section and finally
strengthen the party throughout the
country. The party workers who
were waiting to swoop down upon the
offices and get as much rs they could
in the scramble, are disappointed and
out of humor. In some cases, remark
ably that of Louisiana, the minority
faction of tho party has been recog-
nieed TO fhe utter exclusion of the
great body of the practical politicians
who have been peddling ballots at the
polls. But the offices, it is said, have
gone as q general thing to men against
whom no objection could be urged,
and the hand of the Administration
has been extended to strengthen the
conservative Democrats who arc seek
ing to purify politics throughout the
South. In most cases the local Fed
eral offices have been turned ovcr to
the Democrats, but not to the crafts
men, to be used as political tools.
The result has been to give the people
i'm that section confidence in the Adj
min%istration. This is particularly the
case with the colorcd people, who find,
instead of the bulldozcrs they expected
that the men they respect are being put
in power"
Another gentleman in Iii: ell ssing
the same subject, said: "Thc disatfcct-
ed will not revolt at once and throw
the Government back into the hands
of the Republicans, as, however, dis
satisfied they arc with the Democratic
Administration, they prefer it to the
Republican. They will, however, as
soon as the Demacracy's pcrinancncy
in power seems assured, begin Il fight
for supremacy in the party. The
South will then divide upon economic
questions, and sectionalism will he
lost forever. The South will! no longer
be found presenting a solid front for
the Democracy. The fundamental
party principles will remain The same,
but there will be many questions to
divide them" The colorcd people, he
thought, would divide upon economic
questions and color would fade out of
politics. The causes which led to the
loss OF the Southern Statcsto the party
would bring over to them Eastern or
Northern States of greater strength,
and thus the conservative Democratic
party would gain by Cleveland's pol
icy.
He looked to Louisiana for the first
break, and said he expected to see that
State 90 Republican next election. lie
thought it was politically the most COR
rupt State in the Union, and the best
element in the party there was always
kept in the minority. The majority
faction, who are now dcnouncing
Cleveland for ignoring them and re-
cognizing only the Gibson faction,
represented an element that il was the
policy of the Administration to oppose
and Jonas and the other men appointed
to office were c%ngagcdin trying to
purge the party of bad influences.
Under these circumstances he did mt
think it would be surprising if the
State went against the few conservative
men the President had selected ms his
representatives. Asto the appointments
throughout the South, many more had
been made than it was generally sup
posed would be, and the Offices we're
in the hands of the best Democrats
who could be found to fill them.