Morris tribune., 1890-12-24

Such n Resolution to Be introduced In
Consress---opinion of Prominent Solons
on the Suhject---Senator Vance Opposed
to Ii.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 90. The Post pub
fishes the views of number of South
ern congressman on a proposition, which,
it SAYS, Senator Butler will bring for
ward in the senate before the debate on
the election bill closes for joint Iesolu-
ton depriving the negro of his right to
vote, and at the same time reducing
relatively Southern representation in
congress. Senator Butler is reported
as saying that he will dare Republican
senators to vote for such a measure,
which he declares would receive his
hearty support. Senator Pugh declares
emphatically that the South would not
hesitate one moment to give up any
representation based on the negro vote,
if by SO doing it could forever eliminate
the negro as a political entity. This, the
senator thinks, is the universal senti-
ment of the Southern people. and this he
thinks could be done by repeating the
Fifteenth amendment to the constitu-
tion and relegating the powers back to
the states again, as it was before the
adoption of that amendment. -
Senator Vance says, the South is
Working Out This Race Problem
to happy solution. A few years more
and it will be solved completely. As
the negro acquires property he becomes
a better citizen. HIS interest is identi-
cal with the white man and with this
community of interest he is quite as
desirous of good government as his white
neighbor is. Representative Stockdale,
of Mississippi, says that he would be
glad to see the negro question taken out
from politics in the South even if this
resulted in his losing his seat in con-
gress. Representative Catchings, of the
same state, said that to eliminate the
negro and accept the reduced represen-
tation would be a happy solution Of
vexing problem. He does not believe
that the Republicans will ever adopt
such resolution as Senator Butler pro-
poses to offer, because it would result
IN the
Political Ruin of Their Party.
Representative Oates, of Alabama,
says two-thirds Of the South are In favor
of reduced representation in congress
and the electoral college If, ON tbs other
hand, the negro population is taken out
of the apportionment calculation. He
denies the Republican claim to twenty
or twenty five districts from the South,
but is willing to concede them seven or
eight. He acknowledges that the DEM
ocratic legislatures in Alabama and
South Carolina gerrymandered the state
SO that all black counties were thrown
into one district in each state, but says
that gerrymandering is practiced by
both parties in the North without criti-
cism.
Doesn't Concern Mills.
Representative Mills, of Texas, says
that the question does not concern him
personally, as there are only 10000
negroes in his state, but.he says the Re
publican party will never consent to
disfranchise the negro, even though the
South representation was decreased
theI eby. If the colored vote was elm
mated, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and other states
would go Democratic for the simple
reason that the Republican majority in
those states is less than the colored vote.
Michigan, Connecticut and Massachu-
sets would also be doubtful Republican
states