Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-04
WILL TnERE BE A CLASH
Between the Raees?-SOuthern Negroes
Have Exaggerated Ideas OF the Effect
of a Force Bin.

Betyeen the Raees?-SOuthern Negroes
Have Exaggerated Ideas OF the Effect
of Force Bill.
New YORK, July 3.-The following is
published in local paper:
I'VE in the South are very sorry TO
see that the Force bill seems destined TO
play an important part in the coming
campaign" said State Senator W. ii.
King, of Georgia, to me to-day at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. "Those who live
in the North and West do not know
what even the agitation of such meas
ure means to the South. The leaders
of the Republican party in the South
are almost always men OF no principle
and who for the advantage their
position gives them do not scruple to
make any kind of wild statement.
They play upon the easily excited feel
ings of the negroes and do not care
what the danger is.
Even now the talk among the ne
Groes is that if Harrison is reelected
they will all be appointed to Office, and
be the mayors, judges and police OF the
towns, and that no white man will ever
again hold office. OF course it is foolish
for those here In the North who have
the benefit of education, but IL is all
gospel truth to the negroes. II this
talk goes on it means clash between
the two races, and the negroes are
bound to suffer. The white people will
never again suffer the negro to rule.
With the Force bill every white man
will work and vote the Democratic tick
ct. The tariff, free coinage or any 9TH
er economic question sinks into insig-
nificance. II is now only question Of
elf-preservation."
Massachusetts, in the opinion OF
some of her shrewdeSt sons, will cast
her vote this fall for Cleveland and
Stevenson" said K. II. Rice, of Boston,
a member of the upper house OF the
Massachusetts Legislature, as we'll as
a Delegate to the Democratic Conven-
tiou recently held at Chicago. There
never has been in the history of our
State such a favorable time for the
Democracy as there is now, and while
we have never yet carried it in Nation
al con test we feel pretty confident this
year.
THE Mckinley bill is the most un-
popular piece of legislation that has
ever been given the people Of MaSSachu-
setts. They do not like it and are ready
to say so at the polls. Strange as 1t
may seem to you, on the issue OF pro-
lection, the Democrats gained almost
double their usual number OF Congress
men at the last election. Our people do
not want the Mckinley bill and will
fight the Republican party to the end.
Then the Force bill is with us con-
demned by the better class OF RepubIi-
cans, as we'll as Democrats, and many OF
them will vote the Democratic ticket.
Organized labor is against the Re-
publican ticket, and HarrisOn'S at
titude on the silver question, as
shown by his signing of the present
Silver law is heartily disliked, as
well as feared, with US.
"How does Texas feel?" was the
pleasant answer of General B. a. Watt,
a prominent Democrat at San Antonio,
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. why we
are feeling pretty good considering that
our delegation was overwhelmingly in
favor of Mr.. Cleveland. Everybody
down my way wants Cleveland, and 1t
looks like we can carry the State with
out courtesying to the Alliance. The
Alliance cuts somewhat of a figure with
us, as Governor Hogg is the Alliance
candidate for denomination, but he will
never get il. The way our people look
at 1t is that all the Alliance is fit tor is
TO array the farmers against the mer-
chants, lawyers and business men gen.
orally. That is all wrong, and you will
see the Alliance men vote the Demo
cratic ticket, especially considering the
question of the Force bill. "