The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-31

President Harrison, in distributing the
great offices under his administration, has
overlooked the south. He has given two
| little foreign missions-the Venezuelan and
Corean-to her, and that is about all she
is likely to got. He has virtually ignored
the south so far as his cabinet and the for
egn missions are concerned.
The Republican leaders pretend that the
reason their party has no organized follow
ing the south is that there is not here Tree
bail t ard a fair count They blame the
democrats for the failure Of the republicans
to vote, and charge against the south all
I sorts Of political crimes. 1t does not seem
10 occur to them that they are doing moth
| ing to build up their party in the south.
| They blame the southern democrats for the
disorganized condition of the southern re-
publicans when, as matter OF fact, they
themselves are responsible for it.
They know that if there is any Repub-
| lican pa " in the south ii is largely com
posed OF colored people, who care very little
about national politics, and who will not
vote unless some i1ducement is held out to
| them. The few white republicans will not
take any more trouble to organize their
party than is necessary to make themselves
sufficiently prominent to claim the offices
in their respective localities whom their
party is in control of the government. The
consequence is that the southern republican
vote is not brought out. It will never be
brought out as long as the republican lead
ers ignore their party in the south.
They may make bloody-shirt speeches
and hold up the south as the section Of
political outrages, but they will not succeed
by such means in organizing a southern
Republican party. In the last presidential
campaign did they send men to the south
ern states TO organize their partyl Did
they spend any part OF the vast sums they
collected in getting out the republican vote
In the southi The truth Ia. they gave no
assistance 20 their party In the south what
ever. Il seemed 70 DO part of their plan
to keep 1t disorganissd 10 order that they
might point 70 it az proof that republicans
could not get fair treatment In the south.
Under Mr.. Clevelands administration the
south was represented In the cabinet and
important foreign missions were given to
southern men. II is true that the south
gave Mr.. Cleveland very hearty support
and, therefore, had claims upon him. The
southern republicans have no claims upon
President Harrison, but if be wants TO build
a Republican party in the south does he
think he is pursuing a course that will
accomplish that objectl 1t looks very
much as if he wanted to keep the southern
republicans disorganized in order to make
the north solidly republican.
Thus far President Harrison has shown
himself TO be a sectional President. He has
only northern men in his cabinet, and has
chosen only northern men. with two single
exceptions, to represent the nation abroad.
Re has ignored tie black element of his
party completely. Perhaps he will recog-
nize that element when he begins to ap-
point janitors for the public buildings
In the future, when senators Sherman an d
Hoar attack the south on the ground that
the blacks are not given a fair chance at
the ballot box, let them remember that they
and their psrty associates are responsible
for the light republican vote in the south,
and not the southern people. If they were
to give the southern branch Of their party
q little assistance, or even show that they
recognize its existence, it might show a
great deal moro strength and vigor.