Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-30
THE POLITICS OF TODAY.
What Has Been Accomplished 'h"er
u Republican Regime.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch'
Hardly a day passes that his fellow
countrymen are not made to thrill ana
Jingle with pride and Joy In Senator
Marcus A. Hanna, OF Ohio. now of Lon
don. England.
While in his native land his high sense
of public and private honor. his tehdef
solicitude for the working-mah' hlS
ecrunulous nicely in avoiding pontlcal
corruption and scandal his warm deVo-
ton to high and statesman-llAe lded'S'
have made his elevation to the senator
shin one OF the principal beautudes
and have set him down as one oil inc
finest specimens Of the up~ ard-polnuhe
exemplars. When Mr.. Hanna went aDrodu'
therefore. to cure the trouble III MS
legs his fearful countrymen were pre-
nared 10 follow with sympathy ana snare
with nride in the distinguished social and
DIPLOMATIC triumphs that were bound 10
come to him; to lift their eountehah0eS
tor d few rays Oh borrowed hshI' "
exult in the consciousness that d. la9'
Europe was 10 gaze upon tSpe VI -
American citizen and Statesman thdI
critic His countrymen have not peen
nermitted 10 wait long for the truitioh ol
tnetr fondest hopes. Mr.. Hanna was
t.len 10 the House OF Commons IL
trembled beneath his ponderouS tio"u
Nr Hanna beamed down peIlshS
the staring and abashed Statesman
, Lesser breed" below. a debate on an
lnportant bill was in progress. MI.
Hanna listened with troubled ana Intent
brow TO the opening speeches -.,,,.s
AT last we have shown the puilpuou2
! countrymen Of Chesterfield ana M VIA
| America can 90 in the way Oh Jams
up the statesman ana gentleman -
three hundred and nifty pounds OF hesn'
| 49,. and ioUl. Let US all be happy
for il was he who raised thirty lhltllOH'
| of dollars and defeated the VIII OF li'o
neople. William Jennings Bryan anu no
! Thicago platform received one HilI.loH
| more white votes than did Nlihdm MI
| ktnley and the 81. Louis plalioiH"
This is a white mans government anu
| the Constitution designed IL loI ..I1e
mans government. Mr.. Hanna mas sno" . = =
MS that such was not the CaSS' ~ ~
/ mat the white people kho" ho'nlne -
unance nor the science OF soNel nii.''' -
/ thus We have negro Cover H''en' -. -,
/ form as distasteful and as provocative ol
r,s"ntn.nt as II Dahomey hlmsei Wa
~ M chair. When our foreiatheIs De
/ .',.,tbed IN us the best form OF govern
/ ment vet devised by man tney d. nc
- time bound upon our shoulders ono
| ~ the heaviest burdens ever gwen ~ q
/ natton 10 carry-the race pIouiei,i,'
Auetrfa-Hungary, by way OF Hhusta'
/ 80, A. Won please. has four or hNe i"eSs
" 80, many provinces TO harmonlze' dhu
ma nave practically only TWO put Hei
/ 49, are of a civilized origin ana De.
/ ioDe, "a the Indo-European family, "hi.'
49, ono alien race is OF savage descent.
/ "a long as slavery existed IL "aS g.
sn,stitute for a monarchical govern
Mt ordering the negros lie III iiii'
! mt for the greater part, kindly' ne
slavery passed away In the hae'o-',''
catclysm IL consigned its helplvsS 80
to INSCRIPTIONS politicians. ~
given the rights Of white peoPie -
National Government as II II hau 49, 49,
and could make voters. Ihey o''', -
ike the toad, tabled in superS,ie, 49, 20,
contain a priceless jewel IN us heau 49,
the sake OF which II was Destroyer.
The freedom which the ballot symbol
ICES is 10 the negro a fatal gltt; 10 eii'
master race il IS life, TO tho helot IL Il
| death No patriotic American oil "nde
o,.ar section. for the last hfty years n"'
/ 4.
rolled aside the curtain OF futurlty WIN
out the most gloomy forebodings, I l,'
vision of Mira which passed oeiore u
eyes was strewn all along with the e, ",or
az races. with the brutal acts OF passi ,,,
and OF frenzied revenge. lie saw ii'I -,
| nobs rush unbidden into that d".S
nresence which overtakes at lNst d.
men. the intermingling of the races DE, De.
ing greatly more pernIcious TO the s1 ns.
rior than uplifting to the inferior, IT, n -
presence OF this race has well-nish ue
stroyed a democratic government. aho
] fastened upon this country ho'u,
r,,,ndersrs under assumed guises. But
| tho tnexorable logic OF nature has oe
creed for this nation. trow' pe.'e'
destiny. Man dhe northern people, nav
ing contravened the decree OF the 'reS
tor who set peoples Of the earth 10 DIVER we,
apart. and having mingled TWO Mho"'
irreooncilable races on this So"'i'S"'