The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-25

started and then turned back; and he took
a glorious part in the Santiago fight. SIN,
his cable to the department was sufficient
to shake confidence in his judgment. To
have permitted the escape Of the Span
iards would have been blunder and pos
sibly very costly one.
NORTH CAROLINA's RACE TROUBLE
The trouble between the races in North
Carolina Is very regrettable, but that
there should be trouble is not surprising.
The trend has been in that direction for
the past two years.
Who is responsible for the present con-
dition of affairs? There is no difficulty in
tracing the blame and placing it upon the
shoulders Of Republican and Populist poll
tcans-Gow Russell, Senator Pritchard,
Senator Butler and their co-workers. For
nearly twenty years the negroes had .ir-
tually ceased to be a factor in North Car
DINA politics The state was one of the
most solidly Democratic in the whole Solid
South. A Democratic nomination was
equivalent to an election. The represen-
tatives of the best interests of the state
governed. Honesty, efficiency and eeono-
my characterized the administrations.
Capital and immigration came into the
state. and remarkable strides were made
in manufacturing and other industries.
There was peace and prosperity under
Democratic domination, for the reason
that homefolks and strangers had faith
in and respect for the government. Nh
The advent of the Farmers Alliance
marked the beginning of the trouble in
North Carolina Skilful politicians made
use of that organization for their own
advancement, and when it died there
arose from its ashes the Populist party,
dominated by the same self-seekers that
had ruined the Alliance. These politi-
clans, bold, shrewd, INSCRIPTIONS, hesitated
at no means to achieve their ends. They
blew the breath of life into the quiescent
Republican party in North Carolina, form
ed an alliance with it. took the stump
with specious arguments against the DEM
ocrats, played upon prejudice, promised
offices to negroes who could and would
influence votes in behalf of the fusionists.
And with the aid of federal patronage,
the fusionists carried the state elected
Legislature, Governor, and two Senators.
Since that time incompetent, ignorant and
vicious black men have been placed in
several hundred offices in all parts of the
state. They have been placed over public
schools, over state asylums and other
charitable institutions, and in judicial and
clerical offices where it would be neces-
sary for white ladies to come in contact
with them. Irp short, North Carolina is
at present under negro domination. by
the grace of the Popplist and Republican
parties.
And not only have the blacks been folst
ed upon the whites in politics, but some of
the fusionist leaders in the present cam
paign have been trying to persuade the
blacks 10 claim and insist upon social
equality as well. The hight of infamy in
this line was reached a few days ago when,
according to the reports of the Whining
ton Messenger a fusionist politician and
stump speaker advised his negro hearers
to put their arms around" the young
white girl graduates whom they We're
called upon to serve as coachmen, buffers
or the like. Such agitation, such advice,
could possibly lead to nothing short of
intense prejudice and dangerous tension.
The white men of the state have gone
to work with a will to redeem North Car
DINA, and there is reason to believe they
will be successful. The cool-headed ele-
ment will endeavor to steer the movement
clear of violence and violations of the law.
Meantime, responsibility for the situation
should be placed where it belongs. Elk
cept for the hungry, bargaining, I'M
scrupulous Popuiist leaders, and their
white Republican allies the critical situa-
ton in North Carolina would not exist.