The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

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city last week on a short furlough.
/ Maj. Lynch is stationed at Atlanta,
Ga. He is one of the few paymasterS
appointed during the Spanlsh-Ameri-
can war, who have been retained in
the service. In mastering out officers
In the pay department, the admins
tration has retained those whose work
has been best 1t is therefore, a very
great compliment 10 Maj. Lynch that
his services have won for him reten-
ton in the army under the new reor-
ganization bill of March 1899
While in the city Maj, Lynch took
occasion to say some things of interest
to the representative of the BEE who
called at his office in the Capital Saw
lngs Bank. When the subject of ma
tional administration and its success
in affairs generally was broaChed,
Maj. Lynch said, president McKin.
ley will succeed himself In fact |
don't think he will have any opposition
for denomination, and his election is
an assured fact. We see every day
evidences of restored confidence and
returned prosperity. We can hardly
pick up newspaper in which we do
not see that the rates of laborerS
North, East and West are being in
creased Even the South is Begin
ming to feel the beneficial effects of
the republican policy; but 1t is less
marked In that section than in others,
! for the reason that raw cotton which
is the principal product of the South
will necessarily be one of the last pro-
ducts that will be affected by TIE
change. The increase of wages n
the cotton factories is an indication
that there is an increased demand for
manufactured cotton goods which
means that there will be an increased
demand for raw cotton. This condi-
ton will enhance the value of raw
cotton unless the southern planters
make the mistake of increasing the
supply out of proportion to the natural
growth and demand. | think it is
safe TO assume that southern planters
will soon enjoy the same degree of
prosperity that IS now being enjoyed
by the western farmers"
Mai. Lynch was asked what effect
he thought the war would have on
President Mckinley before the peo-
pie two years from now and whether
he thought the Presidents southern
tour had done him any harm political
ly. "AS a war President" said Majo
Lynch, "Nr. Mckinley is pro-
nounced success. The country is sat-
iShed that in such an emergency the
right man was in the right place. His
policy all during the war was and now
is wise, iudicious and humane. AS it
grows in age it will grow In strength
and popularity"
II he colored people can safely fol-
low where such a man leads. He has
ALWAYS been a consistent republican
and an earnest advocate of the rights
of the colored man lit is true he is In
favor of blotting out the unpleasant
memories engendered by the war OF
the Rebellion, in other words in favor
of sectional pacihcation. Why should
; any colored man object to this / he
difference between President Mckin-
lev and the southern democrat on this
subject Is very marked. he southern
democrat wants sectional paCllCatlOn
with the cOlured man left out. PreSl-
dent ,lCkinley wants 1t with the col
ored man left in. This fact was clear
lv demonstrated in his trip through
the South last winter. He made a
visit to Prof Booker I. Washington S
institution at TuSkegee, Ala, and de-
livered an address. He excused him.
self from the reception that was ten
dered him by the Governor and other
state officers and legislat RS at Mont
gomery long enough TO accept an in
vitation TO deliver an address to the
colored people from the pulpit OF a
colored church. When at Savannah,
Ga, he excused himself from the
great crowd of admiring democrats at
the DE Soto Hotel long enough to
visit Prof. r. r. Wright's institution,
the Colored State Normal School OF
Georgia, where he delivered a magnif-
icent speech in which he euloglZed the
heroism and bravery displayed by the
colored soldiers in the fight up San
Tuan Hill. These visits were not In
tended merely as compliments to
those who extended the invitations.
They were intended to impress the
country with the fact that it is his de-
termination and the policy OF his
administration that no scheme OF
sectional pacIfication will have his
sanction that does not include the col
ored man as political equal.
Mai. Lynch was further questioned
by the representative of the BEE as TO
the suggestion made recently that col
ored men in the South should vote the
democratic ticket In reply he said,
"Yes | have seen that some such sug
! gestion is reported to have emipated
from influential quarters. If 1t be
possible, which | very much doubt,
for colored man to be a democrat
from choice, from principle and con
viction, then it is not only his privllge,
but his duty to give expression to his
conviction at the ballot box. provided
he is permitted by his party associates
to do so. But suggestion that col
ored men vote contrary TO their non
est convictions and against what they
honestly believe to be their own IN
terests and the best interest OF their
country, that they kiss the rod that
smites them; that they surrender tnelr
opinion and manhood upon the altar
of expediency with a vain hope that
their oppression will thereby be in
duced to show them a little more
mercy and consideration is too cow
ardly and sycophantic to deserved
serious consideration. No sensible
and intelligent man will not only
spurn such a suggestion, but they will
NOT look with federation upon the per-