New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-19
WHAT SOUTHERN BUSINESS MEN THINK.
THEIR MINDS INTERPRETED BY ONE WHO Is
FAMILIAR WITH THEM

THEIR MINDS INTERPRETED BY ONE WHO Is
FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In my personal and social Intercourse with the
people Of New-YOrk find many OF them under mis-
apprehensions upon several questions
l. They do not understand that In many OF the
more advanced OF the fifteen Southern States the ma
jority OF the voters Republican ana OF THESE 'he
career OF large percentage are the enterprisihg'
stirring and controlling business whites. nor nave
they as yet realized that the Southern BOURBON
Democracy, by fraud or otherwise, so formulate the
laws and tho officials OF the States that we substantially
have no elections and that not less than 2'ooo"o
OF Republican voters in these States are pracucahy
dsfranchised. They do not understand mat these
Alliance and Peoples party" movements IN 'he
South are simply expedlens on the part OF southern
patrotic Democrats instead Of boldly declaring them
selves Republicans and dscardng the Bourbon partisan
machine whereby political power shall, directly In
stead OF indirectly be snatched from the frauoueht
Southern partisan combine. Thus under new party
name the prostraon Of the partisan commune oi inc
South Is sought to be accomplished " all the same
II has always required and does still require OF HE"
In the South to be heroes to be- Republicans "e vi
black and this Is what We wish for-honest' square
men OF the Southern Democrats to be like us and Of
u.s. who have stood. worked ana hoped OH uie'o i'e'
for over twenty-five years.
We arc citizens Of our several States but we South
ern people are also Americans and II our congress
will give us a National law with National omchis 10
guarantee our rights as voters for the Government vi
the Republic we will be content to settle the question
OF state elections under the laws and officials OF the
States.
This Is the meaning OF the Election Laws" pro-
posed by the Republican party and defeated by Demo
49, and tben ottempted to be branded the Force
BILL
Uence II Is OF the highest political interest 10 Amer
can citizens OF the South and denand OF Justice from
the American voters OF the North that this Oppressive
dominant pa, tisan power Of the South shall be so ar
c,nnlcd as to be powerless In preventing Congress
from passing an Election Law such as was con-
templaed by the trainers Of the National Constitution
whom Congress was vested With the power to DO this
very thing.
Q MANY patriotc and business Democrats 90 not
nroperly appreciate the force OF our protective ta
sysem,' As opinions have row formulated the mug
v1mp voters OF several Western States have detehheu
to support the Republican Administration by the re-
election OF President Harrison upon the business
principle "Tbat 1t Is not best to exchange horses IL,
mnidstrramr Independent non-partlsan voters recos
nize that the Nation IN al that cfeavrS
bemocratc senator's or leaders, such as Carlisle ana
others may say. they cannot deny that they 90 Kay
In sef the onss Ma K ISsF b that the business result
the people Of the Republic Is that the n SsG"rHd
cos, ~ living can live at 4.75 per cent less than
PRIOR to 1890 This means when eapltallzed wen,,
gain Of s37O 100000 annually. That II means gam
o. 80 per Of increased imports and expos ssS
National credit In the balance OF trade vi ~
045, 900, prosperity and growing sohdy "nons '"e
people. ., r, ,,or,a vas NOT
made IN n dav II has taken the race 5000 years 70
reach It's present Of advancement ana we Amer
can people are not smart enough win all vi our
varied and complicated farming, mechanical I3iIi-
mercia and Industrial interests to compass eVerytnS
Al once but under Iudlcous revision Of our IA
svstom and reciprocity all discrepancies can Do au-
lscd and corrected. These, in brief assume are
Inc views upon these issues OF the more ag'anoeu
hu,fne4s men Of the Southern states. ~ ~
Baltimore Md, Sept. o, 1892