The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-15
In Bad Taste.

The Chicago Inter Ocean is not only one
Of the most radical Of the republican
organs, but it has less respect for truth
than any other one Of them. In an article
commenting upon Mr. Cleveland's speech
at the banquet OF the Young Me4's Demo
cratic Club Of Philadelphia last week. after
asserting that he gave the tariff q rest"
and devoted his attention TO the force bill. it
says: "Mr. Cleveland has been President,
and wants 70 be President again. He knows
that he could not have been elected Presi-
dent rad full vote been cast, OF perhaps
even fair count made of the vote actually
cast in at least four of the states of the
union. He knows that there are whole
states in which a republican organization is
not so much as allowed to exist. He
knows that there is open boasting in
Georgia. Mississippi, Louisiana and South
Carolina that the negro shall not be allowed
to vote freely, and he knows that three Of
these states are more surely republican upon
full vote than New Jersey IS democratic.
He knows, also, that in Virginia the white
vote is so near to equal division between the
two great parties that federal supervision
insuring a fair count of the colored vote
would lead to republican victory Mr.
Cleveland's speech was, in the main, plea
for fraud, of which he once has been, and
of which he again expects to be, the
beneficiary
1t is in extreme bad taste for a republican
paper to charge that Mr.. Cleveland was the
beneficiary of fraud and expects to be again.
There has been only one fraudulent Presi-
dent of this country. He was republican,
and his name was Hayes. II the republi-
can papers would always remember Hayes
they would not be so free in charging the
democrats with fraudulent practices.
There was never a fairer election, so far
as the democrats were concerned, than the
one at which Mr.. Cleveland was chosen Pres
ident, and If he should be nominated again,
he would be fairly elected, IL elected at all.
This talk about there not being
a free ballot and fair count in the south
republican politicians. So far as Georgia
is concerned there is no state in the union
in which the elections are fairer and freer.
Why doesn't the Inter Ocean send an un-
prejudiced and truthful correspondent
through the south to inquire of the black
voters-not the black politicians-whether
they are permitted to vote or nota Send
him to Savannah and let him seek informa-
tion from the first hundred blacks he meets
upon the streets. He would find that
ninety nino of them would say that they
are free to vote as they please and that
their votes are counted.
At every election in this county the
blacks swarm about the polls. At tho re-
cent county election there were ten blacks
to at least one white man in the vicinity Of
the polling places all day long. The same
was the case at the congressional election.
The blacks voted without hindrauce and
there was no charge Of unfairness. 1t is
safe to say that there is more said by the
Inter Ocean about unfair elections in the
south than by the blacks in all the south
ern states. And that same hypocritical
paper never utters word in condemnation
Of employers in the north who bulldoze
their employees into voting the republican
ticket