The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-23
THE NEGRO AS A CITIZEN.
WILL TIE SOUTH BE WILLING TO
GIVE HIM UP.

Views Of southern Senators and Repre-
sentatIves In Congress ON This fmpor-
tant subiect-Congrssslona Representa-
ton on Negro Votes.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. 22.-The Post te-
morrow will publish the views OF number
OF southern Congressman on propositioh'
which il says Senator Butler VIII BRING
forward n the Senate before the debate on
the Force bill closes. for a joint resolution de-
| priving the nsgro Of his right 10 vote. and at
the same time reducing relatively southern
representation in Congress. senator bnd'r
Is reported as saying that he will dare Re
publican Senators 10 vote for such measure
which he declares would receive his hearty
support.
SENATOR PUcH's viEYs.
Senator pugh declares emphatcally hat
| the south would not hesitate one moment 10
/ give up any representation based on the ne
/ gro vote n by SO doing II could forever elim-
| lnate the negro As political entity. MS
| the Senator thinks, Is The unlYersal sentl-
mert OF the southern people; and this, ne
/ thinks. could be done by repeating NE
/ Fifteenth amendment TO the CONSULTATION
and reegating the powers back 10 the states
again as il was before the adoption OF that
amendment
Senator Vance. North Carolina, Is not 80
/ favorable 10 the proposition. lie says ihAt
/ the whites are numerically the stronger IN
| the Old north state; thst the races are ilTing
/ pc acefuliy together, aud th1t the whites
! have nothing 10 -aln 10y abridg'ng the ne
/ grOcS right Of suffrage. As an abstract
! propOsit on. be Is opposed 10 II. me result
! would be 10 inject IN our body polulc
/ large class OF citizens VINO can neither Noteof
/ be voted for. They would constitute an ele-
memt OF political as Wen ~ social pariahs they
would be an incubus upon our material pros
| perity. Iney would have nothing 10 appeal Ia
their better stincts. ihey would lose lheir
manhood: they would be without responsi-
/ bility, and. as such. a dangerous element Ia
/ the community. The sou h, senator Vance
says. is gradually norking out this race prob
! len to a happy solution. A few years more
and it viii be solved completely.
As the negro requires propeuy he
/ becomes a better citizen. His interest n
! Identical with the white man, ana WIN tns
! community OF interest he is quile as deslt-
Gus OF good government rs his white neigh
/ Dor Is.
MISSISSIPPI REPREsENTArIyEs
| REPRESENTATIVE Stockdale. OF Mississippi,
says he would be glad 10 see the negro ques-
! tiOn taken out flOm politics IN the Sculn,
even II this resulted IN his losing MS seat IN
Representative Catchings OF the same
state says that to eliminate the negro, ana
accept the reduced representation would De
| a happy solution Of a yexlng problem. fuD-
| lic sentiment in Mississippi, so far AZ he was
acquainted With it. was in ayor OF thls
! solution. Ne pointed out, however,
/ th1t the Republican idea was 60 retain
/ for the negro the right To vote, and yet re-
duce the southern representation, which
would be unfair to the South. lie does not
| believe that the Republicans Will sver adopt
| such "A resolution as senator Butler proposes
TO offer, because Il would result In the pohti-
| cal ruin OF their party.
Representative Oates. OF Alabama, says
! two thirds OF the South are in favor OF Re
duced representation IN Congress and the
| electoral college If, on the Otner hand, the
negro population Ia taken out cl me
| appOrtiOnment calculations He denies
the Republican claim 10 twenty or twenty
| i've districts from the South; but 10
| willing to cOncede them some seven or eight
| He acknOw edges that the Democratic Legs
laturea Of Alabama and South Carolina gerry
| wandered the states 50 that all the black
counties were thrown into one district in each
state, but says that gerrymanoering Is prac-
/ tlced by both parties In the North Wlthoet
/ criticism.
MR. MILLS, OF TEXAS.
Mr. Mills. OF Texas. says that the question
does not concern him personally, as there
are only 20 900 negroes In his slate, but ne
SAYS tnat the Republican party VIII never
consent 10 disfranchise the negro, even
though the southern representation was de-
creased thereby. II the eolOred vote ~as
eliminated, New York, Pennsylyania, ohio,
| Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, and other states
| would be democratic for the simple reason
that the Republican majority IN those states
| is less than The dolored vOte. Michigan,
! Connecticut, and Mass lchusetts would also
be doubtful states.