The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-05

in the distribution Of Office unier
The next administration as to split ihe
so!id South in two. He said to me
the other day "IIarrison needn,.
waste his time on any plan Tor break
ing up the solid South by the dis,ribu.
ton of patronage, especially by giving
ito prominent Democrats He can |
get prominent Democrats 10 take Office,
Of course bat thst is all he will get.
Every man Of that sort would add only
one vote to the Republicans, and ne /
might take ssn away. .s1.saa.. .a,szy *.
,s TIE nAcs Q QUESTION. 4
alt might just as well be understood |
now that the solid South viii remain
solid until the race question is settled.
The Republicans have moth ing to hope
for in;ihe Sopih. I oihing bpt spashy
gave them their increase ia Congress-
men this time. Al the next 6Ongres.
'sional election the South witt returD
solid ->Deinocratic delegations. They
will vote them 10, too; There will be
no reason for tsmpering with the bal
lot boxes or changing the election re-
turns. The majori,ies will be too over.
wheIming. - -irf
xr FoREWARNED'I Is FoREARIED. 4
ssThe South is certainly stirred up
by the Democratic defeat. II was u
genuine surprise. They will try to see
that it does not occur~Again.-z con-
sequence Harrison will find himself
| confronted by5 g. Dsmocratic House
during stheSlast,wo years Of his term. :.
Nothing he can do with the offices in
the South will prevent this. I had
William II. Hunt made Attorney
General of Louisiana, Judge of the
Omitted States Court Of Cloims, Secre-
tary Of the Navy and Minister TO Rus.
STA, yet he did no. change five votes
He could not induce even his brother
in-law to vote the Republican ticket.
although he, WAS 500 independent to
suit the Democratic -snansgers. The
whites viii stand together. That's ali
there is To- that. = %.
VIEWS OF coI4oREp'PEopLE. e
| "Now, there ia another aide to this
matter. The coiored people have
something to say about il. They are
no, talking publicly about it any more
than Southern w bite Repubiicans. for
/
appointments. But l, who want no
4 Office, eau tell you that all the colored
4 leaders are Watching to see just what
Harrison will do in this matter with
great interest. The, co}ored vote elect
ed Harrison II It had gone, against
him generally 10 the doubtful States he
would have been defeated. Now they
voted for him simply from force OF
I hsntN RI S,v.
land has shaken their allegiance 10 the
Republican party Jli 4 I 4. = 49,
NOT so BAD, AFTER ALL. -,.-.
"They have come to think that the
| Democrats are not 80 black as they
were panied. They haven't been sold
into slavery. They haven't lost any
Of their rights and privileges. They
have gone right on getting education
and making money. Some colored
men have been appointed to ONCE.
The consequences Is that the average
colored man Ia beginning to- be more
independent In politics. II Harrison
don't do more for him than Cleveland
did fear the old traditions will not
hold him four years from now. II
Harrison gives the Southern offices 10
white Democrats he will aHenate the
coiored Republicans at once. They
feel, and feel rightly, that they elected
Harrison, and that they are entitled To
unusual consideration. Yes, it would
be we'll to put Southern Republican
In the Cabinet; but it would not brock
the solid South. 1t isn't tho ALL fmpor-
tant thing some people seem to think.
| ITDEpENDs ON rHEAlsE1.vEs.
| "This was the only election I ever
bet on,'' continued Kellogg. "I won,
OF course. Somehow 1 thought liar
risnn would be elected. There was SO
much discomfort and apathy among the
Democrats, and l knew the coloreG
brethren were going to give the Re.
publican one chance more. 1t all de-
ponds on the Republicans themselves
whether they have another. They'll
have to fight from now till 1872 for it.
This talk about Il new twenty-five
years. lease of power is all rot. The
Republican party is on probation, and
| this ,iino for the first time on probation
by coIored men, who hold the balance
of power in New York, Indiana and
California, to mention no other Of the
Northern States which they controi.n
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