Evening star., 1898-12-01
NEGR0I DOMINATION
Representative Long Talks Of Recent
Eventsjin North Carolina.
INSPIRED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES
A Review of the Situation in the
Entine South.
q AVE POSSIBILITIES

Judge John q. Long. member of the ma
tlonai republican committee for Florida, a
man who has t zen prominent in the affairs
OF the republican party in the south for over
quarter Of a century, and should be inti-
mately acquainted with conditions in that
section. is in Washington. He is a guest at
the Hamilton and was conversing there
last night with party of gentlemen on the
subject OF the recent troubles in North Car
DINA Judge Long was asked If the out
preak against so-called negro domination
would have any effect outside of the old
North state
without any question: he responded.
The result of the successful consumma-
ton or that outrage in North Carolina will
nave far reaching effects in political
sense. 1t was subterfuge inspired by dem
ocratic desperation. Very good care was
taken by the North Carolinaus to confine
their attention to the local negro officials.
The colored postmaster and other colored
federal office holders were not troubled.
Of course, the cry of negro domination was
mere bosh. The entire social fabric of the
south makes such a thing impossible and
the men who raised the cry are as aware
of this as every ether intelligent citizen is.
The Outlook is Ominous.
Il said the outbreak would have far
reaching effects" continued Judge Long.
land it will. The success of it will unques-
tionably lead to its spread all over the
south. 1t will extend into Georgia and then
onward ard outward. Today the republ-
can party in the south is virtually at
standstill. 1t can only look ahead to con-
slant occurrences of this same description
of democratic policy whenever those who
direct in the south regard it as timely. 1t
will retard and put back the progress of
Independent thought and it's accompanying
benefits to the south at large. And it may
go still further than the south The people
of New Hampshire, for instance, could as
justly raise the cry of French Cana dian
domination as the people of North Carolina
that of negro domination, and in other
states where racial differences exist the
same argument can be as forcibly utilized
by politicians who seek their ends by my
means obtainabe.
Effect in Pivotal States.
But there is another feature of the ques-
tion which may prove boomerang to the
democratic party" said Judge Long, in
conclusion. The corored vote in New York,
in Ohio and in :one or two other states that
are generally regarded as pivotal in poll
ties is the balance of power in elections
where there is anything like narrow div
sion like for instance. there was in the re-
cent election in New York. If the negroes
in these states thoroughly understand,
the recent events in the south go to prove
that the whites are set against them, as
the democratic party Is strenuous,y
striving to prove, they will become a unit
for the party that gave them their freedom
and gave them their equality citizens,
and in this way the outrages upon them
in North Carolina may be in great meas
ure avenged
Negro Domination Ridic ulOus.
NO he continued. negro supremacy
in 10 ri1trutors 10 n
democrat who apbrehends- or fears any such
possibility. The agitation Of the question
for political effect and advantage by the
democrats is unwise and unfortunate for
the industrial development and growth of
that section of the country. The south has
suffered enough through the free trade ten
denotes of her people, and is just beginning
to realize the splendid possibilities of the
future. in which she will need the negro.
Since 1894 she has favored a policy of free
trade; and yet, of all the sections of this
richly endowed and widely diversified cOun-
try the south has been most susceptible and
needful of the stimulating and fostering in
ftuenceS of our great republican and Amer
lean system of protection. With unlim-
ited mineral wealth, a climate eXcelled by
none, a soil of great fertility and valuable
raw materials required in every depart
ment Of manufacture, which she possesses
in such abundance and avai' ability as to
draw the capital of the world for many
years to come, It would seem as If the sub
stantial business interests, if nothing else
would hold the political desperadoes in
check.
Grave Possibilities.
There is no labor that can ever be SUBJ
stituted for that of the coiored man in the
production Of cotton, sugar and rice, and
as these constitute the leading industries
of the south anything that would tend to
drive him away or disturb existing labor
conditions would be deplorable. But he is
a free man living in free country and
cannot be expected 10 submit to a denial
of the dearest right of American citizenship
And when the administration of justice fails
to protect him in the full enjoyment of all
his legal rights he will probably seek them
seWhere."