The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-15

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oo,,ra ,,,a,,,,;,,, ,.b;.o ,,,,, ia tho
counts 80 Coor,,;a ,.id ths ,ro,ortv n,
tho decreased white man for herself and
chi,dron oc,i,e+ al, co,rcrs HE estote
,v,s v,Iuod ~ COCO ooo or s9oo ooo Our
courts and ipries win do ustce by the
coIorcd uon As rule ,he NEGROES
own farm in the country or home in the
goes. Not ono in ten Of them own their
o" n farm nj the country or homo IN the
city or town. They have not the ele-
inent OF acquisitivencse. # they
make much it goes. If they make
nothing at all they live on it and
what they can pick mp around.
IL would be much better for the ne
FRO II he were not factor in the poll
tics OF the south. II would be much
better Tor the politics OF the south II the
negro were eliminated There are
many sterllnR' honest intelligent ne
groes in the south who are not for sale
on e'ecuon Day Inc white man
Knows how he can vote the negro. The
negro is very much like the Indian in
thls respect, he VIII go his fun length
Tor whisky. do not mean all OF
them; for some OF the bravest and
trueSt prohibltlonlSts and anu-Hqnor
spirits IN the south are among the col
ored people. The politicians and ward
heelers and saloonAeepere have used
.he negro at the polls TO elect their can
didates and to carry ont their schemes
OF 'nfamy "A man who will buy vote
or sell n vote ourbt TO he ,iiefr,rcbisoa
and if all such wcre disfrouchivod in
the south we would haven vcr,. resnec,.
able constituency to ,lect nn,. ,.e,,tIo.
man to office. But fine negroes are NOT
the only people who sell tbeir votes
Thousands of white men ann ,oll j.,
sections both north and south nut
them up in blocks @. five. etc I'm ovnrv
national ms well ms stotc coda i, or,rh,
TO be declared an olTense opoinst tho
government. the ncp,ltv Of which
ought to be permanent disfroncbi,e.
mcnt 10 buy or sell n vote There ia
not n lepislatnre in nuv sor+her, s,,t.
today thatcould not settle this troDlcl,.
ing in votes by samta,-v laws on TINT
subject. Every southern state esnc.
cially should have the Australian hol.
lot A solid democratic south rot
along well they thourht under the nres-
ent election laws hut the ponulist
party was orranizcd and the white ,eo-
ple split. Now comes ,hc tug of ,y.r
which can only bc settled hv ,,holo-
some election laws. Mississin-; lends
off first with n constitutional Inv, ,h,t
proyidrs thot no ono ;s eliriblc To
vote unless he can read anv section Of
thc constitution of his state or undor.
stand it IL IT is rend to him They have
had less trouble in Mississinni since tho
odontiop Of the now .constitution ,hor
almost any of the southern states As
LONG MS there ore upscr,nu,ous ro,iti-
clans and MS lony ns the creed of Office
oynrlnns evarvtbino eIsc tho MORO win
hc n ,ncnoce 70 tho r,,rity NJ tho ho,,ot
box of tho south Trbousapds of o,r