The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-25

They Haven't Given Up the Force Bill
It is evident that the Republican party
hasn't abandoned the force bill. If it should
succeed in retaining control Of the preSi-
dency and in getting control OF the next
congress. it would revive the force Dill
and mass il. In his speech before tue
national executive committee OF the he
publican party in Washington Monday, ad-
vocating Cincinnati as the place for holding
the national republican convention, Gov
elect Mckinley Of Ohio said that the Re
publican party had made mistake in not
having more attention 10 the republican
statesn of the south. He wanted the national
| convention held in Cincinnati, so that
those southern republican states" would
be put in touch with il. He declared that
the Republican party was united on "the
question of insisting that every citizen OF
the country should have the right 10 vote
and have his vote counted" THAT, he
he said, "was one Of the great cardinal
principles Of the Republican party that
should never be forgotten, and no repub-
lican speech should ever be made in any part
of the union that did not insist upon the
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suffrage in every section and corner of the
land" The hearty applause which greeted
Maj. McKinley's remarks shows that the
Republican party would bring forward
the force bill again if it should ever be in
a position to do so.
Mr.. Fassett, the republican candidate for
governor of New York, who was so over
xuka koI 49, NJ
a few days after the election that he ia
vored a law compelling every voter to cast
his ballot. Should the force bill be revived,
a provision would be inserted in 1t probably
that would enable the Republican party to
organize the blacks in all the southern
states aud coerce them into voting the re-
publican ticket.
When the force bill was defeated in the
last congress it was quite generally thought
to be dead beyond resurrection. The repub-
lican leaders, however, do not so regard it.
They believe they see in it the means Of
greatly strengthening their party. They are
as firmly welded to it as they are to the
doctrine of protection.
The southern people, therefore, cannot
ohoA0 W kAfc duJ encouragement W q LulI u
party. They must stand together in the
ranks Of the Democratic party. Unless
they do so they will open the way fora very
disastrous condition of affairs in the south.
The third party men in the south pretend
that there is no danger to the south in
third party. They either have not given
the matter the careful consideration to
which it is entitled, or else they are so eager
to advance their personal interests through
the third party movement that they don't
care whether the south would be injured by
such party or not But the south should
be warned By Maj. McKinley's Washington
speech. He is one Of the most prominent
Of the republican leaders, and he knows
their purposes. That the Republican party
would revive and pass the force bill if it
should ever get chance to do so there is
no doubt, and it would do so not because it
believes the blacks are not free to vote as they
please, but because they think they could
place several southern states in the repub-
hcan column by means Of the black vote.