The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-12-22
me New Administration and the South.

ne New Administration and the South
The policy which the incoming ad- f
viii adopt in correcting L
political amal-practiee7 in the South
continues TO be much agitated. we /
have assumed that the course favored
by Senator Quay and his cOterie who
managed the campaign, would be at
tempted. This plan eOntemplates the
unseating OF Democrats in the negro
districts. While we are still inclined
to think that this win be forced upon
the caucus, we can but perceive, from
the Republican standpoint, its serious
difficulties. These are being urged
with great force by many Republican
Journals and speakers of prominence
The following letter to the New York
Evening Post presents the anti Quay
theory. Its plausibility is apparent
and the policy outlined is certainly |
favored by the Southern white Repub-
licans:
To the Editor Of the Evening Post;
Sir: What is called nowadays the
Southern question is simply this: Can
the Republican party use its power
in the Federal Government to bring
out the colored vote in the Southern
States. and to have it freely cast and
fairly counted? AT first glance, there
being sixteen Southern States, the
! question looks much more important
than il really is. The returns of the
poll taken ON the 9th of November
show that in the eight States of Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Nlr-
ginia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Caro-
lima. and Tennessee. the Republicans,
I, white and black, can well take care OF
themselves. There are sixty-tive Con-
pressional districts in these States, o.
> which seventeen have returned RepuD
lican Representatives. The plurality
for Cleveland over Harrison in all thu
immense stretch of country is abou
|. 1O4. 600. or an average of 1900 for eacl
7 district. That does not look very "sol
i'd
There are two other States, Texa
n and Arkansas, in which the maJorit
- of the Democrats over white Repuol
cans and all negroes together is
great that there is very little moti'
for silenoing or counting out the latte
II Is not done 10 any great extent al
the prevention ofthe occasional wroh
q. committed in this or any other coun
could not help the Republicans in II
ow tional party.
CIV This reduces the question practical
ao to the six cotton States of South "
p'o olina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, NJ
sississippl, and Louisiana, with Tn
forty districts and iifty-two electo
IS To the Republican politician who
proaches the task Of establishing"a !
t0i vote and fair count In these six Sta
three considerations will occur:
Ier' Q.) Can the necessary Legislation
carried through Congressf
nm (2.) viii it, looked at from the N
w. partisan standpoint, do any goods
liable (s.) Will it pay all round !,
5. The republican majotity in the i
.ial. er house is very narrow. 1t comp
es eighteen Southern members
o in seyeteen mentioned already and
Coleman Of New Orleans. All
three of them are elected by cons'
flea. encies made in the main ofwhites,
and would endangcr their reelection Dy
ly31 ting for any sort ola "force
- Without sounding oil Of them, II W.
A hardly be worth while to launch
upon tho "new crusade"
j Tho third and last consideratio
,ker Will a pelicy against the cotton 81
pay, in partisan sense! sup
.on ISonth Carolina, Florida, Mississ
=. oV" ~ and louisiana can be redeemed
y ,erv W thirty electors suppose that in !
n his four States and in Georgia and al
kinds ma. twenty members of Congress
ring be gained through negro vote,
snort much will be lost elsewhere Is
orrs Ti~ easier and cheaper to "buy' Ind
and the two Virginias than to stal
- the hazardous enterprise OF upse
!. BY force tho governments of six ;
49,. o,l with their seven millions OF pee
''' " Moreover, is. not bird in the
voters worth two in bush9 The white re
.aaS Mss q lican districts in Maryland, West
ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, ana
- souri, arc irretrievably lost as SO
IVA ! Ma the sectional and race issues are
he said pencd-with the single exception
W such haps, oil liOuchs uiseii.' -
Ill ever ressee. Moreover tho election ol
-, man in New Orleans shows that
siser ak q we'll alone promises good results
rshall jr -, ,bo Gulf State.
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