The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

| monaghan to work out an imperfect
civilization of his own. the negro to re-
sumo the Wild life of the jungle or the
, swamp.
steps across the stage of history is the
negro. Africa was his, Europe was
seemingly his, and his, too, were the
, far off isles of the Pacific. Earliest
| courier of the human race. he is to-day
Waif in civilized countries, a savage
wherever he has been left entirely to
himself. Why? The inference is I'M
avoidabie that there is no inherent po-
| tentiality for civilization in the negro
The author of the .Aryan Race" notes
the fact that no pure negro civilization
| has ever yet appeared and that 10
traveller or historian records savage
tribe of the caucasian race. He says:
The Aryan race are driving the wedges
of invasion deep into the domain of
| monaghan and negroid life, until the
caucasians of to-day number one-third
of mankind, and bid fair ere many CEN
t tll to reduce the other races to mere
fragments like the Basques or North
american Indians of the present day."
This is a sound prediction, for the eau
| casian race 200 years ago numbered
only one-tenth Of the worlds popula-
ton. 1t is said by those who have
studied the negro as world-nation
that wherever civilization has come he
has fled, and it is hard to avoid the con-
clusion that the coarseness of his fiber,
being unsuited to the refining process,
has doomed him to gradual disappear
ance all over the world.
Record of Thirty Years.
But to come from generalities to the
particular branch Of the race whit
whom we are acquainted. The negroes
of the South have enjoyed 30 years OF
freedom; what advance have they made
nf nc aio n1,o ,+~.,
improvement? Socially they have lost
ground. for the new issue" negroes
are not treated with the same conf
dence and consideration shown to The
family servants of the old days. Mi
grating as they do from house to house
they form no lasting ties of friendship
with the whites whom they serve to-
day and leave tomorrow. In matters
of religion the negroes have made no
Roadway against the superstition which
undermlnes all their worship; they are
to-day where they We're a half century
ago.
In politics the negro has made no APP
preciable progress His sole idea in
such matters is to vote according to
the dictates of a narrow self-interest.
1t is not surprising that his vote is for
sale when he does not understand my
or the questions of the day which are
focused at the polls. The tariff is as
a Greek puzzle to him; the surplus as
an unfathomable sea; the civil service
reform has no more meaning than the
Chinese letters on a tea caddy. He
generally votes the republican ticket
because he is told that the republicans
are his best friends, or that protection
will give him higher wages.
Public schools are provided for them.
but they have very little ambition along
this path. After the novelty wears off
they are very willing to leave the
school room. Some, of course, stick,
and the more intelligent of these be-
come very we'll educated, but these are
not in the majority by any means. A
genuine and widespread desire for ed
ucation would be the lifeline of the
race, for education means so much be-
sides the ability to comprehend books.
In the domain of labor the negro is
every year becoming a restless element
He seems to be almost incapable of
steady application. and he may work at
dozen different things during the
year and for as many employers. Civ
ing up a place does not always mean
dissatisfaction with his employer, it
quite as often means that he is tired
and wants a change 1t is the restless
ness of the roHing stone, and verify
they gather no moss. The time is fast
coming when the young white men of