The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-27
FRIENDS OF THE NEGRO.
WHAT TIE DEMOCRACY HAS DONE
FOR TIE RACE.

Gov. Northen Answers Colored
Clubs Query Asking What Claims
the Democrats Have on the Negro
Vote-Flgures Showing the Pros
perity of the Negroes of Georgia IN
der Democratic Hule.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 26.-Gov. Northen
has written letter TO the Afro-American
Democratic Club of Chicago on an inquiry
from that club asking what the Democratic
party Of Georgia has done 10 deserve the
votes Of the negro. In his letter, which Is
an interesting statistical paper, the gov
ernor says;
While the people of this state have done moth
ing with the direct view Of securing the vote OF
the colored people they nave done great deal
which should 90 toward inducing the colored
voters to array themselves on the democratic
side in the coming fl yht, both as between the
democrats and the third party and between the
democrats and the republicans l think that
the record we have made will have It's effect in
showing 70 the negro that in this state, as IN
every other state in the south, his best friend is
eh9 white man of bis own section. the man
who best knows him, best understands his
needs, sympathizes most deeply with him and
feels for him the truest friendship In
a time of deep and universal
distress Under the republican regime in this
state the negroes we're given no facilities and
no opportunities for education. A fuld for
educational purposes had accumulated in the
treasury but this was seized upon by the repub-
licans and used to pay members Of the legisls-
tnre their per diem Of 80 a day and the schools
did not get cent. The democrats on getting
back into power Immediately restored the fund
and have been steadily increasing it every year
until in 1891 (the last year for
which we have complete hgures)
it reached S1,l25.OO0. The white people
of the state own S445. 1000 Of property; the
negroes own Si4,2OO,OOO 1t may be stated
briefly that the negroes pay for school purposes
10 the state treasury $4,000, while the whites
pay 81. O62, 900. The school attendance among
the negroes Is about 40 per cent. as compared
with the white attendance The negroes re-
ceive about 40 per cent of the entire fund of
S1,125,OOO The whites. having 80 per cent. of
the attendance, receive go per cent. OF
the funds In other words the
negroes pay taxes for school purposes in
the sum OF $4,000 and receive for school pur-
poses from the state the sum OF $4,000. The
school facilities offered both races are exactly
the same the only difference being that the
white people practically support the schools for
both. In 1873 the negroes owned S5,124 ,s7s Of
property 10 the state. Under the democratic
administration OF affairs they have been given
such opportunities for acquiring homes and
other property that they now own $4,000 900,
an increase Of S9,o75, 1875 in thirteen years. The
democrats in this state in the present campaign
are making use Of the figures just given you
as showing the prosperity of tbs negro under
this party, These are but a few of the things
we have done and hope to do. 1 hope that what
have given you will be sufficient to show you
that we have done a great deal and that we
have very strong claim upon the negro vote
Of Georgia.