The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-15
Facts for Reed & Co.

The federal election bill is having the
/ effect of making the blacks aggressive and
unruly They do no not know exactly what
/ the bill is, but they know that it is r.
publican measure, and from what they hear
of it they have got the impression that it is
intended to enlarge their privileges. They
are, therefore, in some localities assuming
an attitude of hostility. Their conduct Is,
of course. largely due to ignorance, and is,
therefore, all the more likely to lead to
trouble
The Washington ID. c. Critic says that
already it is as much as policeman's life
is worth TO venture into one of those local
titles in that city in which the blacks
congregate. 1t seems that they will
not willingly consent to have one Of their
race arrested, even though they know that
he is guilty of some offense against the law.
At Asbury park, a summer resort on the
New Jersey coast, there is trouble between
the whites and the blacks The blacks have
become so aggressive that the whites do not
find it as pleasant there now formerly.
The blacks insist upon privileges which
greatly interfere with the pleasures of the
in their demands that the whites are
crowded off the beach and out OF the pleas
ure grounds. The chief owner Of Asbury
Park is a republican, and has been inclined
TO allow the blacks a great deal of freedom.
He is finding out, however, that unless he
puts some restraint upon the blacks no
whites will visit the park. The other day
he set apart portion of the beach for the
exclusive use of the blacks. They resented
this effort to exclude them from the places
intended for the whites and have arranged
to hold an indignation meeting to protest
against what they call discrimination
against their race. They don't like being
forced to battle apart from the whites
In this city rec emily policemen have met
with resistance where they have requested
crowds of blacks, who were obstructing the
sidewalks, TO move ON. In one instance an
officer was assaulted. Doubtless in every
southern city in which there is large black |
population there is noticeable the same
aggressive spirit among the blacks that
exists here.
1t must not be understood, of course that |
all the blacks are making themselves often |
sive by their conduct. AS |
yet, the number that is doing |
so is comparatively small, and is
confined to the worst elements. If the fed
eral election bill is passed, however, and the |
republican agents are put to work among
the blacks, how long will it be before the !
greater part Of the blacks, acting upon the
mistaken belief that the Republican party |
will sustain them in whatever they may do !
and thinking that the thing for them to do
is to antagonize the whites in every way
they can, will become so aggressive and
overbearing that it will be impossible to get
along with them peaceably2
Reed & Co. either do not know the effect
such legislation as the federal election bill
has upon the blacks. or they are Indifferent
whether trouble results from it or not. The
is that they are Indifferent
They don't care whether the south will be
injured or not by the partisan legislation
which they propose. All they care about
is the success of their party. 1t is to be
that the men who control the
Republican party cannot rise above party.
The country would be infinitely better off if
some of them were statesmen big enough to
what is best for the whole peo-
nile