The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
NO LILY WHITE POLICY.
pesptte tire Clauner OF ssuthern Democrats
ara Northern SauEwumps All the Eieu,ents
II the Party strenEth Arc nclnr Considered.

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Des,ite tire Claraer or ssuthern Deuscrats
ana Nertheru muEwutnps All tho Elements
or the PARTY strength Arc BcIpE Considered.
A fair conclusion, after tho adjournment OF
the st, Louis Convention, was that the Afro
American Republicans would receive less con-
alteration under President Mckinley than I'M
der any OF his predecessors. The conclusion
was based upon the course OF the Republican poll
ticians of the Southern States. from the opening
OF the campaign in October, 1896, for delegates
to the 81. Louis Convention. to its close in May,
1897. as we'll as upon the incohspicuous part tho
Southern Afro-American delegates took in tho
st. Louis Convention. 1t was emphasized after
tho Inauguration Of President Mckinley by tho
policy he pursued in making Southern appoint
ments up to August Of the present year.
Washington has been overrun with Afro
American applicants for all sorts Of places
under tho Government. but only one Of their
number had received q Presidential appoint
ment, The Southern white leaders, beginning
with James A. Gary Of Maryland, who was
made Postmastor.G General. were taken in out OF
the rain ono by one, so that the South's quota
of diplomatic and consular places and places at
Washington became 80 large as to have
the appearance of being full. When tho
writer passed. through Washington in August
the Afro-American politicians without eE.
CcpbiOn "tTo bo uCopoAiuShs thoe ~ VINO ih'bo9oA
BILE to coax n smilc out Of one OF them. In pri-
vate conversation they expressed tho utmost
fear that the President and Chairman Hanna
had decided to give them nothing, that the fair
promises that had attached them to the fortunes
of the Canton man when he needed all the
friends he could get and had sustained them
against the Establishments OF all. corners were
empty. 1t was q very dark time for these men
who had helped Tho, party win, the victory, and
| I, tnrann nf tyyn Guhinpf rnamhRr N q n mo
wisdom of appointing ro.Americans 10 certain
places in the domestic and foreign service.
painful that tho victims wore writhing and
grooming. all over the national capital and NUT
f fiSn a q the soSni4y P HsS $ McK K fissrSB began Sss.
San hsR'i pain ti%' and S"i' dis"ppointl pSa,t" The Afro;
Americans were not to be ignored, and crowded
cans. and they were happy. And how very little
1t takes TO make an happy! Just
done. When he did begin to make Afro.Ameri,
can appointments President Mckinley made up
for H iSst 'i y! Ghs a ltsl ot q fe %es. Is c Cs tslISr Record.
er uf Deeds OF the District Of Columbia; Nathan
F F P po. E, P pt Nn% Is1.s at RMr 1n,.,n;r Pa Pasjs WiIl nnG
C~onsul:Gepsrsi in Mnytii MrS;y +, B H,n Post,
OF Rhode Island. Consul ut st. Thomas. u. W. L.:
Rufin. Consul at Asuncion. Paraguay: II. 4.
lanta. Ga; j. +: Ebert Of Indinan. Consul at
Bahia. Braz (declinet); the Postmistress ut
son Of Connecticut, Consul at Coenac, France;
". F. Anderson: chaplain in the army; Henry
iIettin. Postmaster at ,Hog"nsviIle., Ca; James
Hill. Register Of Land Office. Jackson. Miss;
ii. v. Cashin. Receiver of Public Money, Hunts.
vile, Ala; Joseph E Lee Collector Of Customs.
perintcndcnt Of stamp division at Washington;
J. c. Leftwich, Receiver Of Public Money. Mont
E B)sasfSSr:t. Al !. &: s. j. J; T! bJH aePssna P PSs1mss,sr at az
Darien.. Ga; Mihiin w. Gibbs Of Arkansas, Con:
There are Several other appointments of Post
Be.iSss ,S Rna i PTssi idss %hi sppa ! snnaot rs SSere
and unciassided civil service ali over the conn.
try. SO that II the whole list of A~fro-Americans
employed in the Government service could he
gathered 1t would make such II showing as could
Be made in no other country on the globe; and
10000, 900 Africans under her sccptre and slav-
cry was abolished in the british Empire sixty
three years nEo, while the United States have
but 100000 and slavery was abolished only
There is but one Afro-American in Congress-.
George II. White of North Carolina but since the
war there have been some fifteen in the House
OF the two Senators taking tho seat once occu-
pied by jefferson Davis for Mississippi. Scat
the West, and the South there are representa-
tives of the Afro American in the Legislatures
interest and enthusiasm With which The
fights OF ne citizens Sfp.t but a ,Rere .n has sN seen a OF cone one
siderable falling, or in the activity in, those
has been made SO complicated rs to confuse and
to defraud Afro-American voters. Where they
in discharsiing the duties Of eitisen TbiipI as pf nnv
other element OF the electorate.
Am epSie Tsp position sdtk a niSe%RE r yrfG ot M ME hfFS;
and expressed doubts rs to President Mckinley
) strcnssh W are T sIsd to to r ah1s slf ,bst tS Se the srI Psri Y
their views and to give the President and Chair
man Hanna credit for n fairness and broadness
In dealing with them equal to thnt Of any of
their predecessors MS heads of the Republican
party, Their course will tell to The substantial
advantage Of the Republican party in the State
and Congress elections next year. when the party
will need the vote OF every one of its members
70 hold the States in nc for the great battle of
1900 and, to insure a working majority in Con
gress during the remainder Of President McKin-
keen edge of tho discomfort among these Rcpub-
Leans which made itself felt in the recent elcc;
in the main by local disappointment which
r should have no place in Congress and Presi-
} The action of the Georgia Legislature in con-
demning the President for appointing Mr.. LOT
censurc the people of that place for attempting
!, to murder the Postmaster was n sanction OF
State such as hrs been given seldom in the
United States. The charge that the President
s s1iaFn np ST STRIFE mak nna the to hh PPnmiiiaee the ONLY MSii 'S
people of Hosansyille was intended TO
, aS,s5 ths President eSan ,boug from ibo making Mns D such h
white Republican in the place worthy and cana
BILE to discharge the duties of the office. The
fact that Loftin was good material out of which
to make a Postmaster is shown by his refusal,
after being shot, to leave HogansVille or TO re-.
sign. Surely the people Of the country must ad.
miro courage OF that sort, and white Republi-
cans should be proud of such II comrade.
There Is TO be no lily white policy under the
Administration OF President Mckinley. The
Republican party is to remain in the broadcast
sense the party OF the people. with malice to
; none, with charity to all, and at the end OF tho
present Administration be in position TO face
the Organized Democracy in 1900 with greater
harmony among all sections of the party than