Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-26
From Marvin.

reapers would be interested in hear
ing from former resident Of that
place, how the political parties stand
down in Georgia. Mr.. W. +. Robin
son, who has purchased and improved
the Ed. Olds claim, south of town,
left Georgia last November. In an
swer to question about the politics
OF the south, his reply summed up
was about as follows: The town Of
Demorest where we lived had about
800 inhabitants. There was one re-
publican voter and five democrats, the
rest being populists or prohibition
lists, The county was also third par
ty. The same argument IS used
down there US up here except that il
is changed to suit the circumstances.
The new party is accused of being a
republican organization to break up
the solid south. The republican par
ty was not IN it last fall. Many had
turned populists and others voted
that ticket in order to beat the demo
Gratis, while still others forgetting the
sores and quarrels of the past thirty
years declared against fusion in any
form for any purpose, and went over
to the democratic camp wonder il
they we're "stalwarts"0 But, contin-
ued Mr.. Robinson, there is an element
in politics down there that those in
the north know nothing about. There
is living in the thlckly populated cit
les and the back districts OF the coun-
try an ignorant, degraded population,
whose ballots are ever cast against
anything that means progress or ad.
vancement They live aud die in the
same way and manner that their
great-graudfathers did. They raise
their corn, sorghum and tobacco by
the same rude methods; they cook
and eat their corn.bread and hominy,
and they spin and weave the same
way, and make the same clothes as
was done a hundred years ago; hence
they vote the same way their great.
grandfathers did, irrespective OF the
issues, and thus make fit tools for the
political demagogues and politicians.
These are the voters that have made
the south solid" for thirty years.
1t was the CITY of Augusta with 35,-
QUO inhabitants and other large cities
with their ignorant voters that de-
feated Tom Watson. II was the city
Of Atlanta with over $4,000 popula.
ton and other large cities, aided by
the votes Of the back counties, and no
telling how many fraudulent ones,
that made the state 20 democratic
again, though by greatly reduced ma.
jorities. But things are, changing Of
late; northern capital and emigrants
are flowing in and developing indus
tries OF the country Schools and
churches are being established all
over the country, and the children of
these natives, black and white alike,
are receiving an education and asso-
ciating with the newcomers. They
are rapidly getting out Of the rut
that their ancestors have been in so
long, while on the other hand the old
voters are dying of, leaving their
places vacant. Reform can never be
accomplished by a federal election
law, but must be worked out by their
own people. The intelligent north.
ern voter. interested in the welfare of
the country and the perpetuation of
her free institutions, must meet the
intelligent southern voter, interested
the same, half way in new political
party, for neither side, because of for
mer sntagonlsm, would go over to the
other side. The intelligent voters
are Enthusiastically for free silver, not
wlthstsnding they are not interested
in any silver mines, and recent cleo.
lions have shown that they are for
silver first and Cleveland afterwards.
Mr.. Robinson lived close to Athens,
one of the places where Weaver was
egged. It was the hoodlLm element
hat stopped to such work, and the
lct was disapproved by the better
'Iass of all parties. Mr.. Weaver
made quite stir in chat campaign
asst fall and many permanent con.
'erts we're made. Mr.. Robinson
eemed surprised to know that the
anne argument had been used in
Kansas politics that was used by the
oodlums OF Georgia, thus proving
hat there is the same class in both
arties. REpoRTER.