Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-20
BELIEF OUTSPOKEN
SCME PLAIN REASONS WHY A GEORGIA RE-
PUBLICAN FLOPPED.
Col. A. L. Harris Declares There Are No Georgia
Republicans Save Negroes and Few
Whites, All Republicans for
Revenue Only.

ATLANTA, GA, March 19.-Col. A. l..
Harris, who has been one of the most
prominent Republicans Georgia has
ever had, comes to the front with a SELL
sation. He organized the Georgia House
OF Representative during the famous
2O-day fight over organization under the
reconstruction act and during those days
was a leader. A newspaper announce
ment that he had turned Democrat calls
out the following card:
Il will state my objections to the Re
publican party in Georgia, In the first
place there is no Republican party in
Georgia. There is small, close cOrpor-
alton of a few negroes and white men
who keep up just enough organization
to send themselves as delegates to Re
publican national conventions, and to
keep themselves in Office. They want
no accesSions to their number; they do
not desire any success at the polls OF the
Republican party in Georgia; all under
heaven they want are the Offices in the
gift of the national Republican admins
tration, and they get them. This is the
Republican party Of Georgia.
"NeXt this party is wholly domina-
ted by negroes: not such learned, broad
minded men as Bishop Turner, Grandi-
son and others of their kind, but by a
class of negroes who, were they white
men, could have no standing in any
party or community, and these negroes,
controlling the party machinery
throughout the State, appoint them
selves and the few white men who act
with them (you can count them on your
| tingerS). chairmen and members OF
State, district and county committees Of
the Republican party. In order to get
an appointment TO Office in Georgia from
the administration, il is absolutely
necessary to have the Endorsement Of
these committees, and they are entirely
dominated by the class of negroes de-
scribed above. What Office would COM
penSate for such association?
Then the negro committeeman are
not satisfied to put their white associ-
ate into all of the offices, but pick out
nice, ripe plums for themselves, and the
administration at Washington promptly
makes appointments as recommended
by this sweet-Scentcd gang. Isn't it a
fine party. for self-respecting man to
| train with?
Regarding my interview with the
genial Col Buck; | did call upon him
and requested him to indorse IA party for
postmaster in town in this
Congressional district. He said he would
like to do so, and that my friend would
undoubtedly make the better postmaster
of those mentioned, but the negro
named WimbiSh was chairman OF the
district committee. and he (Col, Buck
could not indorSc the application unless
WimbiSh would acquicSce. | mention
this to show the negro domination
of the party in Georgia. VIM
biSh is now Surveyor Of the Port
of Atamta. There are thousands OF men
i'm Georgia who vote the Democratic
ticket who are strong prOtectionists,
and who would vote with protectiOnists
were the negro eliminated from politics
or domination Of the Republican party
in Georgia, and firmly believe were the
negro. as much, dropped by the Repub-
lican party and such canvass made in
Georgia as is made in New York and
Indiana. she would be as much doubt
full State as either of these.
Let me repeat here some sensible
words which prominent Southern gen.
tleman has used in your columns. They
were; Never, under my circumstance,
put negro, an Indian, a Chinaman, or
any other than a CaucasiOn over white
men in any part of the United States.
Truly,
"A. l.. HARRIS"