The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-09-21
WHAT GEORGIA DID
FOR THE NEGRO UNDER DEMOCRATIC
RULE.

RULE
A ColereG democratic Club Writes Lett
tor to Governor NOrthen, Asking Infer
matien~The Governor Answers, Civ
ias the Hills OILS Republicans Some
Figures to Digest--An ImPor-
tant Letter.
Governor Northen hiss just written an
able letter to the colored Democrats of
Illinois,
A few days ago he received from G.. r.
Walker, one of the officials in the Afro
American Democratic club of Chicago,
letter, asking him to tell them what
the DemOeratsin Georgia have done to
deserve the negro vote
TO this letter the Governor sent the
following reply;
C.P. Walker, AfrozAmerican Demo
cratic Cluh, Chicago, Ill:
Sir-I beg to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of August 10th instant, in
which you ask NE ''Mhat Democracy has
done to secure the colOred vote in this
State
In reply, may say that while the peo-
pie in this state have done nothing with
the direct view of securing the vote of
the cOlered people, they have done q
great deal which should go toward in
ducing the colored voters to array them
selves On the Democratic side i'm the coIr-
ing fight, both as between the Democrats
and the Third party, and between the
Democrats and Republicans. L. think
that the record we have made will haze
its effect in showing to the negro in thas
state, as in every state in the south, his
best friend is the white man of his sec
tion the man who knows him, best un-
derStands his needs, symPathizes most
with him, and feels for hum the truest
friendship in time of deep and uniyer-
sal distress OF &C urse, iR a short let
Ter, can only 6auch upQn the record:
but shall give you few facts from the
record OF the Democratic party as it has
conducted the affairs of the State since
1872.
First. With regard to education.
Under the Republican regime in this
STATE the negroes were given no facilities
ana no Opportunity for education. A
Iund Tor educational purposes had &C
Cunulated In The treasury, but this was
SeZeu by Repubhcans and used to pay
members OF the legislature their per
uems OF nine dollars a day, and the
schools did not set a cent.
Inc Democrats on getting back into
power, Immediately restored the fund.
anu have been steadily increasing it
every year, until 1891 1.-THE last wear for,
"hlCh we have complete fieuresl At
reached 81, 125,00Q This fsnd is raised
palIiy OY taxation, partly by fees for i'm
n npo'lon Oh fertilizers, rental of the state
a 90 etc, etc. A direct assessment
VI one and third mills is levied on all
p Iai, fer school purposes, which
Il 80 Inc eo White people OF the state own
,rnaooV0O OO worth of property the ne
s5oeS own Sl4,000,00O. The negroes paw
o ~eA lo[ school purposes in the amount of
G;rJ 9l9,VOO, while the whites pay ON the
tb 49, assessments $48l.00q. The rest of
S+o Auhu now being raised by rental.
r%> as l have said, would have to he
3 arte eu ny oliect taxation if these DROP.
N eyi ,ts anu lees OF the state were not in
N " t%@4C{ Soltdat it may be stated brief
nos ,,,''e -. .lle negroes pay for school pnr-
s. II 0eo s y, yearly and the whites nav
4wao,' " - Chls fund distributed as be-
stt etn whites and blacks? The school
40 en, auee among the negroes is about
art e0t cent as compared with the white
40 nor "l' Inc negroes receive about
O0i M Ten'- OF the entire fund of 81. 1885,
The o., ne whites having 60 per cent. Of
0l the fund ''0 "oouV ooper cent
for Sc g'ler words, the negroes paw taxes
and ' ranD! purpose in the sum of Sic. 600.
Stataa t tLaV Tor school purposes from yhe |
T6o 'ne sum Of $45O,0OO.
raro n' school facilities afforded both
Ference II 6a Exactly the same; the only diff
tcaiivvV y "elng that the white people prac- |
|& SecyonI9 Pport the schools for both.
ties for with regard to opportuni-
negroes occurring property. In 1878. the
Serty ~ owned IS, 124, S78 worth of nron- |
adminis... lliS state. Under democratic
givp rrI IN of affairs thew have haan
homes sn5 opportunities for acquiring |
pwn S1G t ooo o[ naa property that they now /
n tbirtaaoo'ooo, an increase of sc. 075. 125
Tyb'iiIIeen years. - Y0'0''' 40
fiatS in 49,; AS to politics. The Demo-
bagD, ar Onls state, in the present cam
given v ore making use of the figures inst
he negpo nv" "S showing the prosperity of |
pid faciGt;u UNDER this party, and the splen-
WHICH The party has given