The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-11
SOUTHERN POLITICS.
The Solid South and the RePub-
Iican Party's Mission
q WEST VIRGINIA EDITOR
,.,,.. the True situation to North
'' a.n papcr-A Practical View.
rnc situation In This State.
Prohibition Question, &c.
PORTLAND, MAINE, May lo.-The

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+ me Wheeling INTELMGEScER, th'
,,,,,t Republican paper OF West Wiz
s ,ioi, il in Maine examining the work
s ;n,.of the prohibition law preparator,
%,, I ,he campaign on a constitutions
,hibi,oy amendment which is com
i",on in his own State. Mr.. Hart il
w. ro of the leaders of his party in hi
S,a,. Sn He is also Commissioner of I'm
S s'i,r,tion for West Virginia, posi-
,ioowhich gives him an excellentknowl
sJre Of the needs and demands of the
SoStb, @ and Of the state of public senti
mspt in regard to political questions
NJ, Hart, in reply to a question in re
.,nIto the Presidential preferences Of
,Se I IRcpublicans OF West Virginia, said
SWell, YOU remember OF course, that
=, rSSi, up to the point of the nomina
iinn ~ n'Y% W., m West Virginia did as well for
w. "" Rlaiue rs YOU did in Maine. We
%nnt va, 10 Chicago with delegation
Vii Vii for him. Mr.. Blaine continues tc
20 so',% ,hr ,T preference Of very large majori-
;" ei the Republicans OF West Virginia,
and Of these a very large majority regret
That Mr.. Blaine was not employed al
something else when some evil genius
nut il into his head to write
THAT FLORENCE LETTER.
That letter mixes things, and give to
those who have other preferences such
nm opportunity as without it they never
could have had to divide the Blaine
forces forces i am entirely candid when l tell
v"n Tint can make no prediction that
will he OF any use to you with regard to
to the delegation from West Virginia
.L;s time. Mr.. Sherman has very active
and capable friends in West Virginia.
Indeed we are all friends OF him, though
he Is not the Presidential preference oil
i%o Republicans OF the State. You may
mt mt Il Ills way: After Mr.. Blaine is a
scattering field, and u good deal will Of
course depend upon the management.
Reiorc the letter think we should have
deserved no special credit for bringing
,oocther once more solid Blaine dele
s,stion. for that would have been simply
20 give expression to the sentiment Of
The party. To-day We are all very much
at % sea, though personally ! look for the
nom iuation OF Mr.. Blaine.
THE SOLID SOUTH.
In response to an inquiry in regard to
tbc political condition Of the South, with
reference especially to the effect there Of
the agitation of the negro question at
thc North, Mr.. Hart said:
"No candid Southern man Will deny
what exists MS to the suppression OF the
colored vote have recently had an
unusually good opportunity to feel the
Southern pulse on this question. a
week ago Friday left Hot Springs, N.
G., considerable resort in the noun.
tains Of Western North Carolina, where
| went as president OF the West Virginia
Board of immigration to take part in a
convention OF the eleven Southern
States east OF the Mississippi river,
called 10 devise some means to promote
immigration in those States. You Will
be interested to know that the call for
this convention was signed by the man.
ayers OF 81 railroads operating in the
South,-indeed | may say covering ali
the Southern railroad systems east OF
Mississippi. The governors OF the several
States appointed commissioner 70 repre-.
senttheirseveral Statesin the econvention
Imay say here, and itisa necessary part Of
the reply shall make to your general
inquiry, that it may be doubted II there
has been since the, war so thoroughly
representative gathering Of Southern
men. They represented, for example,
the oldest families, long influential in
the politics OF the South-Gov. Ftzhugh
Lee Of Virginia, whose name was never
mentioned without cheers; the Cover
nor Of Georgia, who has warm place in
the hearts Of all Southern men, and who
is referred to as the Knightly Gordon
Governor Richardson, OF South Caro-
lima, who represents the fourth genera
tiOn Of governors in his own family
His Eminencc, Cardinal Gibbons, Of
Baltimore, by birth Southern man
whose sympathies during the war also
were with the South, though he vel!
knew, as he said, that the South waged
an unequal war, and must lose In the
end. There were others of less note
but still representatives OF the old
regime, all men of influence and rs firm
IS cTer in their adherence to the Demo
cratic party OF to-day. Then there wat
another, and | think the preponderinG
element, composed Of younger BLOOD
mainly, though embracing middle aged
men and representing what is regardGi
as the New South. Though was from
a higher latitude, by birth Marylander
by education Northern man, and By
atliliation, rs they all knew, a
REpuBLIcAN OF THE sTRAIGHTEsT SECT,
We we're all there together us Southern
men, bent upon common mission.
The general proposition was how Il
induce immigration TO those clever
Southern States. The conversation
which | have had with men OF ever!
State OH this subject will, l think, brinl
out q satisfactory answer to your ques
tions.
ave considered-Rnd l speak more o
these informal talks than OF any forma
talks on the floor-the general resources
Of the South, and we had no trouble t
agree that they are great enough TO in
duce in five years such a tide Of immi
grafton NJ would increase fourfold tn,
present population; we agreed that thi
influx OF population is highly desirable
not only to swell the population, bu
that the newcomers may teach the na
ttVes how TO make the best use OF TIL
natural resources with which the Soutl
is endowed; we agreed that whenever
Northern man may settle in the Soutl
he will be well received, subject to Gel
tain conditions.
"HOu ask me what these condition
are. Let me answer you by recountip
briefly conversation with one very in
telligent man, whose view, assure YOU
is that OF all intelligent and progressiy
white men Of the South. This gentle
man said to me, In West Virginia yo
stand in much better position than an
0i the rest Of us 10 make a suceessil
effort to secure an early and large II
crease OF population, for
you HAVE 40 NEGRO QUESTION
to solve. This question is not Of so muC
Importance with us us it used to be, Il
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