The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-06

voted for Mckinley last year because
:hey believed that in 50 doing they could
give expression to their convictions on
the currency question without suojecdng
their s-ate to any danger Of negro dom
ination, and It goes almost without say
ing that 1t has given the movement for
the formation Of white mans Republi-
can party in Georgia a backsst from
which i. cannot recover in years. This
movement, had lis inception In the cam
paign which resulted in Mr.. McKinley's
election, and IL was within his power
to have given il an impetus which might
have eventuated in the political enanci-
patton Of the south from party and rae
ial solidity.
Blu. the president has chosen otherwise.
and not only by the Rucker appointment
but by every other appointment he has
made in the state. has shown his will
ingness 10 le: the Republican party here
remain mare machine FOR the controll-
ing of convention delegates and the mar
keting OF patronage
Outside OF politics, the placing OF the
administration OF the revenue laws in
more serious and far-reachiag effect. l.
Is only in recent years that public SEN
timent in the mountainous districts o;
North Georgia has given is approval 10
the enforcement OF the laws against the
unlicensed manufacture OF liquor. Until
then the general sentiment Of the people
even OF those who did not dis;ill, was
that man had right 70 make the corn
which he raised into whisky II he chose,
and that the government. not the moon
sinner" was in the wrong when an lille
IL still was broken up. So long as that
sentiment prevailed, the execution OF
the internal revenue laws was Difficult.
and dangerous. Illicit distnlIng and re-
failing was rife. raids by armed bands
Of deputy marshals were the order. and
bloody battles between them and .he
mountaineers were frequent
OF late. however. all this has changed.
The feeling OF hostility against the fed
eral officials has largely disappeared
from even the remote mountain pre-
cincts. The better thought OF that sec
ton of the state has given its approval
to the law as executed. Raids are IL
frequent and bloodiess. Dstilling with
Out license has become less common,
and a healthy respect for the federal
authority has been included among the
hardy mountaineers. This state OF af-
fairs is due mainly TO the improvement
i'll the personnel OF the United States
deputy nlarshals. who. 10 the moonshin-
ers, represent the government. Since
the first administration Of Mr.. Cleveland
the work Of enforcing the revenue regu-
lations has been in the hands OF bet
ter class of men than before. They
have known better how 10 manage the
mountain people. and have inspired in
them proper respect for the law.
The effect on the class Of people whom
| the laws chiefly affect OF having them
administered by negroes can easily be
| imagined by any one in the slightest
| degree acquainted with the conditions
| that prevail in the south. Between the
| Georgia cracker and the Georgia
darkey there IS implacable hatred. The
white peasant has no use for the negro,
| and the black man has a sovereign con-
| tempt for poor white trash" How
these elements can be brought to work
| tremendously under the administration
| OF Barber Rucker remains 20 be seen.
| There are those who predict that it will