The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Baltimore Sun Oem) says: "There
is another point, and a most important
one, to which Southern Democrats should
give earnest attention, as it vitality af-
fects the political status of the South in
the future. A determined effort will be
made sooner or later to reduce the repre-
sentation of the South in the lower branch
of Congress. Several Southern states have
found it necessary, in order TO insure
good state government, to disfranchise
the negroes by imposing an educational
qualification. Republican politicians VIII
make use of the first opportunity to re
duce the representation of the South in
proportion to the number of negroes dis
franchised. II has been a pet scheme of
theirs for a number of years, but the
conditions have not been favorable. AS
they will control the Senate by substan-
stantial majority for several years to
come, they will be in a position to carry
out their plans in 1901 if they elect Re
publican President and majority of the
House of Representatives next year.
With reduced representation in the House
will follow a CORES onding decrease in the
electoral college. and the South will be
greatly weakened both as a factor in Con-
gress and N the election of Presidents.
With the probability of such an action by
the Republicans il would seem that the
devote their energies to reuniHng the party
on such a basis that it could at least con-
troll one branch of Congress When the
electoral vote of the South is reduced in
proportion 10 its representation in Con-
gTess, "a viii not continue 10 be as i'm
portant a factor in politics as it has been
heretofore. To retain its present strength
it is necessary that the South should have
the support of the Eastern Democracy,
and to secure the cooperation of the lat
ter to win there must be a return to JEFF
fersonian principles. The South would do
well 10 come back to its, old association.
it has tried the Western alliance and
found il a failure. Its leaders should now
exert their influence in favor of a re-
united national Democracy.
The Philadelphia Press Rep) says:
zone of the greatest needs of Cuba is
that Of assisting the small farmers with
implements and stock TO cultivate the
ground. Gen. J. II. Wilson is reported
to hold that work to be more important
than the building of roads. In that he is
right Roads viii not be of much benefit
without anything TO carry on them The
first great need is to put the people In a
way to earn their own living without as
sistance Help for the small farmers is
of greater importanc just now than
roads, though both are important"
The Nashville American Dem) says:
The fact Of the business is that a silver
man as President could make it pretty
lively for the sold standard, even though
the gold men We're in the majority in the
Senate. as they are now. For the Presi-
dent and his Secretary of the Treasury
would redeem at the option of the gov
eminent, paper presented at the treasury
in silver and not gold, since. under the
law silver IS standard money"
The Charleston Evening Post (Dem)
says: "Mutter,ngs and threats are heard
in Cuba now, and before long we may
have war on our hands in the western
hemisphere as We now have in the East
This colonial business is not all grants
and franchises"