The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-27
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The republican papers are trying to be-
little the force bill issue. They see that II
is having, aud will continue to have, dam
lican success. They do not dare TO take a
bold stand in favor Of it. They know very
well that very large portion Of the repub-
| Iicans believe with the republican senator,
! Teller, that 1t is the most infamous measure
| ever introduced into congress, and they are
therefore afraid TO take a decided stand in
favor OF it. Their purpose, therefore, Is to
make light OF 1t with the hope Of keeping
IL in the background during the campaign.
IL is well understood that it is not a
measure to secure honest elections. II it
were the democrats would have no objection
TO it. The purpose Of II is to keep the Re-
publican party in power by means that
would stir up strife and endanger the
liberties Of the people.
The third party in some parts Of the south
does not seem to appreciate the importance
of this force bill issue. 1t appears TO regard
It pretty much as the Republican party does,
and the republican papers are quick to quote
what their leaders say with regard to 1t.
The Philadelphia Press, the leading re-
publican paper Of Pennsylvania, published
day or two ago. for instance. an extract
from an address issued by the third party
Of Amelia county, Virginia, TO show that
the force bill issue is not considered in the
south to be Of any consequences. The ex-
tract which the Press quoted from the ad-
dress is as follows "Let US not be troubled
more by threats Of force bills and negro
supremacy Let us only remember now
that here in Virginia we have force bilp
to enable midnight fraud TO be successfully
practiced in the Anderson Mccormick cleo
ton law, worse than the threatened one;
and let US always bear In mind that the cries
of splitting the party negro supremacy
and force bills are COLLINS got up as SCARE
crows by the plutocrats of both parties to
scare the ignorant southerner-Keep the
people divided over a phantom while rob-
bling goes merrily on" The Press also
states that at Hanover, Va. the other day,
one OF the speakers at the Peoples party
meeting said: THE great question is not
the bugbear force bill. We care nothing
for the force bill"
The MORNING News said some time ago
that a very large portion OF the third party
had no objection TO the force bill, and the
statement was met by an angry denial by
a third party paper. The MORNING NEWS
referred to those members of the third
party who had been republicans. 1t had
no idea then thatin any part of tue south
the third party vas Indifferent to the force
bill But the ghoulish glee with which re-
publican papers quote what the third party
in portions OF the south says relative 10 the
force bill shows that that party is not con-
corning itself much about the force bill issue.
Southern men who were democrats, aud
who have Joined the third party or are
thinking Of doing 80, should think about
thls matter carefully. No greater misfort-
une could befall the south than the fasten-
ing upon the country a law such as the force
bill provides for. IL would block the
wheels of progress and undo much that has
been done since the days Of carpet bag rule.
The Republican party has Avowed its pur-
pose TO make the force bill law If it gets
the power. Every southern man should
assist in preventing ID from getting the
power. The only effective way they can
assist Is by supporting the Democratic
party-the party that is the foe to force bill
legislation.