The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-17
The Sort Of Stuff Hoar Fesds On.

| IL Is dl1cult 10 understand the
malignity of those who willfully
misrepresent the condition Of affairs in the
south so far as the black voters are can
cerued- In Mondays New York Tribune
there are letters from different parts Of the
south in which it is alleged that the blacks
are not permitted to vote freely; that they
ere iRt.midatei, and that in these localities
in which they succeed in voting their votes
are not counted. One Of t5ese letters,
signed r H, and dated Savannah, Ga,
Dec. IL, is as follows:
To the Editor Of the Tribune:
SRI arrived here in Savannah on Sept.
and have sincs had ample opportunity TO
study how things are managed down here
politically l had been democrat up to
the time that the tariff reduction bill was
put before the House, but that drove me
out OF the democratic ranks Since / am
in the south have turned full-hedged re-
publican, as it goes against my convictions
as an upright man to sec the shameful
abuss, oppression and Intimidation the col
ored republican voter has 10 suffer from the
hands of his white democratic opprssors.
On election day the colored republicans
who show any inclination to vote for their
party are kept at their work and not al
lowed to go to the polls except to vote the
in fact, all along, they are impressed by
their employers with the idea that to vote
the republican ticket means instant dismiss
SAL and of course one can Imagine how this
intimidation affects the vote. Ii the negroes
do manage to vote for their party their
votes are invariably counted out. Much as
the colored population would like to be rep
resented III the House, all their efforts are
IN vain. Only an honest count Of the votes
and liberty OF the colored man to vote with
out fear or intimidation from any part, will
enable the republican party to break up the
solid south, but this can only be done by
giving the republican voter a protection
which he sadly needs. protection at the
hands of the federal government.
1t is very much to be doubted whether
any one residing in Savannah wrote the
foregoing letter. 1t il not improbable that
it was written by some one sent to the south
by the Tribune to manufacture material
with which to influence the Senate on the
force bill.
There isn't respectable colored man in
Savannah who will not say that he was as
free as any white man to vote for whom he
pleased at the November election, or at the
state election in October Among the
judges Of election were colored republicans,
and at all times on election day there were
many more blacks than whites about the
polls. Not republican, black or white,
has complained that the congressional
election was not absolutely fair in every
respect. and not one has stated, so far as
known, that there was any intimidation or
bulldozing That the count was fair there
can be no doubt. The colored republican
judges were present, and if a single republi-
can vote had not been counted, the fact
would have been made public. And it can
be stated that there is no truth in the
charge that white employers threatened to
discharge their black empl Dyes if they
voted the republican ticket
X the writer of the foregoing letter
should try for a week he could not get
half dozen respectable colorsd people to sign
statement that the elections in this county
last fall were not impartial in every partic-
ular. In one county in this congressional
district the republican candidate received a
majority Of the votes.
It is strange that the leading republican
paper of the country would print a letter 30
misleading aud so well calculated to do the
south harm. The party of which it ia the
chief organ must indeed be in shaky con-
dition when 1t has to resort to such disrepu-
table means to achieve its objects And it
pretty safe to say that there is about as
little truth in the other letters in the Irib-
une, relative to political matters, as there
is In that from Savannah.
Does Senator Hoar hope to get tho force
bill through the Senate by misrepresentinp
the condition of affairs in the south 2 Is he
so low and base as to be willing that the
public mind shall be poisoned by false in-
formation in order that he may achieve a
political success Think OF great news
paper printing letters which it must know
are not true, with the view of influencing
the public mind. There is little virtue In
the party whose chief organ can he prosti-
tuted for such purpose.