Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-26

over Georgia. and we are bringing people
there from Germany and Switzerland. One
scheme is to organize a colony of Union
sold ers in the southern mart of the state.
Hundreds of thousands of acres have been
set apart for it, and am1toid about 1G,WO0
old soldiers from Indiana and Illinois are
going to settle upon these lands"
Better Keep Away From the Blacks.
How about the conditan Of these imtni-
grants when they get there? How do you
treat them? viii they be your equals So
cally and politically? Can they vote as
they please?'
Yes replied Secretary Smith. I'VE will
be gla to welcome them and to fraternze
with them. They can vote as they like, ard
no one will disturb them. AS to social
equality, any respectable man will he
treated we'll in Georgia, and the hospitality
of the south will be thrown OPEN to him.
OF course we draw the line on the negro.
If a man asks negroes to his house and to
his dinner table. and makes his friendships
entirely among them: if he visits the
houses of negroes and fraternizes with
them as his social equals, you can't eX-
pect this to be overlooked"
The Negro Problem
How about the negro problem, Mr.. Sec
retary?"
81 don't think there is any negro prob
lem replied the Secretary of the Interior
q
settled itself. and it would never have ex-
listed had it not been for the sectional utter
ances of the north. and for small party of
a certain class of withstand that not the
most respectable claSs-n the south. The
regroeS and the whites are perfectly har-
monious in the south. The white people
are willing and anxious to do all they can
TO better the moral and intellectual condi-
ton of the negro. and they are doing it.
The negro Is rapidly advancing. He is
irwin nd hn lyae,
Citizen
Does he show any inclination toward
emigration? Does he want to go back to
Africa?"
mo; he is doing well, end he is perfectly
satisfied
How about his political rights?"
HE votes with the best class of the
whites. They are his friends, and he knows
it. Cleveland'S first election showed him
that his rights were as safe under a demo-
cratic under republican administra-
ton. The result is the negro vote Is di-
vided between the parties, and he now
votes as he pleases.'
The Solid South.
How about the solid SOUTH Mr.. Secre-
tary? Will it always be solid? Is it al
ways to be an empire belonging to the
democratic party?''
LAS long as the differences between the
democratic and republican parties continue,
and these two parties remain the leading
ones of the United States, 1 do not see how
it can be otherwise. The interests of the
south against the policy and principles
Of the republican party; They lie in the
direction of low tariff. AS long as the
republican party represents protection the
south will b. solid"
The Future of the Negro.
Speaking again about the negro, Mr..
Secretary; what is to be his social future?'
TT will be along the lines of his own
race replied Mr.. Smith. Neither he nor
the white man wants to mix their blood.
They do not desire to come together on the
lines of social equality. There is a large
class of negroes. in fact, who want no So
cial or marital alliances with the whites.
They pride themselves upon their rure At
rican blood and the keeping it pure They
do not want the whites in their churches,
nor their schools, and. some of their
churches will not allow white preachers in
their pulpits. This Is the case with the
African Methodist Church. AS to white
teachers in the negro schools, when was
on the school board .of Atlanta I advo-
Gated that none but negro teachers be en-
ployed in negro schools. did not think
1t right that bright white girl should
&C mpete with the educated negro for such
places. 1 thought the chances were in favor
of the whites, and that it would be better
for the development of the negroes to nave
teachers of their own color. The result is
that we now have none but negroes teach
ing in the negro schools"
A Mahogany Race Undesirable.
But, Mr. Secretary, can you keep the
races apart? AS the colored people grow in
wealth and education, will they not come
together? Will there not be union Of the
races in the future, a grand mahogany of
the white and the black?"
"A debased mahogany.I should say" re-
piled the Secretary. mo, / do not think
that will ever come to pass. The races will
keep apart. 1t is better for both that they
should do So"
will there ever be a social equality?"
mo, think not I don't think it best for
either race"
You say they are now kept apart in the