The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-13
THE BALLOT REFORM.
Ex-President Cleveland AdvO-
Gates the Secret Ballot.
GRADY ON THE RACE PROBLEM.
Boston Mereh2nts' Banquet - Eminent
Men Present-Andrew Carnegie szyss
Pleasant Thing for Cleveland.

chants Association. Around the
table in the center sat Hon. jonathan
A. Lane. president Of the association.
az his right we're ex-Presieent Cleveland,
81. w. Grady. ". l. Patnam. p. A.
Collins. John Lowell. W. E. Russell and
Leopold Morse. while on the left were
seated Governor Oliver Ames, An
drew Carnegie, General Clinton B. Fiske
aad Collector salton Hall
After reading q letter Of regret from
James Rasselg Lowell. President Lane pro-
ceeded In & brief speech 70 introduce Gov
ernor Ames, who welcomed the guests OF
the occasion. The president then intro
dnced ex-President Cleveland. who was
greeted with long continued applause,
shouts and cheers.
He dweit on the injustice Of fostering
certain branches of trade at the ex-
pense Of others by means OF protective
tariff, with the companying evils OF in
t4midaiion Of iabor by aggregated capital
from this be turned 70 the question OF
dangers which threatea the nation from
naturalization and corruption Of the vote.
On this subject he said
We need not stlhe our scorn ard contempt for
TIE wretch who bssely sells his vote, and who
Tor bibe betfays his tFsst OF citizenship. and yet
the thought viii intrude itse that be eai iol'
lows ia 4 loud and vulgar fashion the example
OF those who proceed upoo the Theory that po-
itical scsioE may be turned 10 private gain.
Bat " know that when poliTiesi seifishness is
des royed oar dangers VIII disappear ana
though the way 10 ifs stronghold msy be long
and weary, We will follow IL, follow IL fighting
as we 20. There viii be no surrender, nor VIII
there be desert;ous from our ranks This hope
rises IlGe star in the east agd has hxed the
81. ILL .FrsFEss and
every here IN our busy msrfs OF trade on
our farms ia our ci'l snd ia the homes OF the
70 Z In cur universities, and ia oar workshops,
tn cur banking houses and in ranks Of inexOr.
able toll they greet with enthusiastic acclaim
the advent OF ballot reform.
remember she Inauguration OF another re-
form. aad have seen IL grow and extend until IL
lies become firmly established In our isw aud
practice. II is today our greatest safesusrd
sgaiust the complete and disgraeefui de grada-
tiun of our puhsic service. Il bss rs enemies.
sua al % them are not sfienced BIT the vic
1ory cane wrought by the force OF an eplighs-
tnee public sen inent, and upon It's trial every
objection which had been urged against IL was
com pietsly aixcressitei. As il has been with
civil service rafQs5n. 80 viii 81 be with ballot
fcform. except that the coming victory viii be
more speedily achieved aud more eompletc.
Following Cleveland. Mr.. Henry W.
Grady, Of Georgia, was introduced and
Warmly received.
GRADY on THE RACE PROBLEM.
Mr.. Grady said he was invited to discuss
fhe race problem. He said the south. tue
sasrest and richest domain on earth, Is 50
scantily peopled that bat Is per cent of its
lands are cultivated. The sons OF
New England seek with troubled
eve some new Egdoraao. get. since 1850,
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south has Teen decreasing because OF the
race problem. Soatherners are so beset
with this problem that their very
existence depends On lis right soln-
ton. Replying TO the impntation
that the south treated tee NEGROES
unIastiy, the speaker said this year the
South raised Z ,500,0ao bales ofcoitan, which
enormous crops could not have come from
the hands Of Disconnected labor. The
negroes Of Georgia. who twenty-five years
ESQ we're slaves, now possess S20eo1.0W
worth 81 property For every American
agitation stirring up strife be eould show
a thousand negroes happy IN their
Cabin homes and with children in
school. II Is admitted that there IS dis
order and violence. but it Is mlsjndged.
Lawi ssness in Iowa - accepted as an ac-
eident, " bale that IN the South - ascribe
to race causes. The black viii cast free
ballot when ignorance anywhere Is
nos dominated by the vii of
intelligent whites, who are band
sd u0s Ia prejudice but in
Of necessity, the negro vote remains an
ignorant and ereauious fact, the prey Of
unserupulousnsss OF both parties, and
plays a part in the campaign in which
every interest Of society IS leopardiEed, and
every approach 20 the ballot box debauched.
Against such cam paigns As this the South.
era whites are banded, IS Massachusetts
whites would be in similar circumstances
In reply 10 the ehallenre s. 10 the a.
legged smailness Of the Southern vote, Mr..
Grady said the sixteen Southern states in
tssS east g. per cent of their total vote.
the New England states IS per eeat. Of
theirs. EThe negro has learned that the
ballot box, With promised him most,
has yielded him least, and 81 last
has realized that his best friends
are his nejehhors. with whose prosperity
{ his oNn is bound up. Is would BE sci for
Northern pArglsaas II they wousd under-
stand thar the negro voters can never
again control The soath, II there be any
human force which cannot he wishstood
is that OF banded intelligence and re-
sponsibsIty az fsee community. Upoa
thai the South relies, NOS upon the cos-
aFtalv menace Of a mask or shotgun. Force
b{,< wiII rot avail. The North nav sur.
ren,tsr is liberties 70 the Federal election
iaw. bul uevey sga:a VIII . single state.
Nasta OF SoatA, Re delivered to the
eonsrag Of an ignorant aud tnferIor people.
Time alone can tell how the problem pre-
sente1 wi ns solved TIE speaker be-
n~vea II w0ad be salye1 hy the people
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