Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
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Philadelphia Record.
WAsHNGroE, Dec. 2S William
Pitt Kellogg, Of Louisiuna, Cover
nor, Representative and Uniled
State Senator, in my Judgment the
most sagacious of Southern Republic
cans, takes very little stock in the
current projects for converting the
wicked Southern Democrats into
good Southern Republicans. He
has watched with amusement the
efforts Of certain Republicans North
and South to work up q plan for 50
Recognizing" prominent Democrats
in the South in the distribution of
Office under the next administration
as to split the solid South in two.
He said to me the other day: "Har-
rison needn't waste his time on any
plan for breaking up the solid South
by the distribution Of patronage,
especially by giving it to prominent
Democrats. He can get prominent
Democrats to take office, of course:
but that is all he win get. Every
man of that sort would add only one
vote to the Republicans, and he
might take ten away.
THE RACE QUESTION.
sit might just as well be under
stood now that the solid South will
remain solid until the race question
is settled. The Republicans have
nothing to hope for in the South.
Nothing but apathy gave them their
increase in c ngressmen this time.
At the next Congressional election
the South will rsturn solid Demo-
cratic delegations. They will vote
them in, too. There will be no Tea-
son for tampering with the ballot
boxes or changing the election
returns The majorIties will be too
overwhelming.
FoREWARNED IS PROGRAMMED.
1.-The South is certainly stirred up
by the Democratic defeat. 1t was a
genuine surprise. They will try to
see that it does not occur again In
consequence Harrison will find him
self confronted by a Democratic
House during the last two years OF
his term. Nothing he can do with
the offices in the South will prevent
this. ! had William H. Hunt made
Attorney General of Louisiana,
Judge of the United States Court OF
Claims, Secretary of the Navy and
Minister to Russia, yet he did not
change five votes. He could not
induce even his brother-in-law to vote
the Republican ticket. although he
was too in 'ependent to suit the
Democratic managers. The whites
will stand together. That's all
there is TO that.
VIEWS OF THE COLoRED PEOPLE.
"Now, there is another side of the
matter. The colored people have
something to say about it. They
are not talking publicly about it any
more than the Southern white Re-
publicans, for most of their leaders
are aspirants for appointments
But 1, who want no office, can tell
you that all the colored leaders are
watching to see just what Harrison
will do in this matter with great
interest. The colored vote elected
Harrison. If it had gone against
him generally in the doubtful States
he would have been defea'e ed. Now
they voted for him simply from force
of habit. The administration OF
Cleveland has shaken their allegiance
to the Republican party.
NOT so BAD, AFTER ALL.
"They have come to think that
the Democrats are not SO black as
they were painted. They haven't
been sold into slavery. They
haven It lost any OF their rights and
privileges. They have gone right on
getting education and making
money. Some colored men have
been appointed to office. The con.
sequence is that the average colored
man is beginning to be more inde-
pendent in politics. If Harrison
don't do more for him than Cleve-
land did l fear the old traditions
will not hold him four years from
now. II Harrison gives the Southern
offices to white Democrats lie will
ALLEVIATE the colored people at once.
They feel, and feel rightly, that
they elected Harrison, and that they
are entitled to unusual consideration
Yes. it wonld be well to put a
Southern Republican in the Cabinet