The progress., 1900-01-26
OMAHA, NEBRASKA. JAN. 26, 1900.

Gus; where there will be nothing TO |
hide and nothing explain. 1t is an
easy matter, requiring little thought,
generosity or craftsmanship to push a |
weak man down when he is struggling |
to get up. Any one can do that.
Greatness, generosity, craftsmanship |
are shown in stimulating, encouraging |
every individual in the body polite to
make of himself the most useful, in |
telIigent and patriotic citizen possible.
Take from the Negro all incentive to
make himself and children useful
property-hOlding citizens and can any
one blame him for becoming a beast |
capable of committing any crime'
REPRESSION WILL FAIL.
81 have the greatest sympathy with
the South in its efforts to find a way
out of present difficulties, but L do not |
want to see the South tie itself to a |
body of deat th. No form of repression |
will help matters. Spain tried that |
for 400 years and was the loser. Teere |
is one, and but one way out Of our |
present difficulties and that is the |
right way. ALI else but right will
fail. We must face the fact that the
tendency of the world is forward, and
not backward; that all civilized coun-
tries are growing in the direction OF
giving liberty to their citizens, not
withholding it. Slavery ceased be-
cause it was opposed to the progress
| both races and so all forms of repres-
sion will fail-must fail-in the long
run. Whenever change is thought
necessary to be made in the tunda-
mental law of states, as Gov Gambler
says in his recent message: The man
who is virtuOus and intelligent, how
ever poor or humble; or of whatever
race or color, may be safely intrusted
with the ballot And as the recent
industrial convention ut Huntsville,
Ala, composed of the best brains of
the white South, puts it: TO move the
race problem from the domain of poll
tics, where it has so long and seriously
vexed the industrial progress OF the
South, we recommend to the several
e ~ M a
intelligent standard Of citizenship that
wiH equally apply to black and Whtte
alike We must depend upon the
mental industrial and moral elevation
of all the people to bring relief. The
history of the world proves that there
is no other safe cure We may find a
way to stop the Negro from selling his
vote, but what about the conscience of
the man who buys his vote? We must
90 the bottom of the evil.
SHOULD BE EQUALITY OF TREATMENT.
= "Our southern states cannot afford
s to have suspicion Of evil intention
e resting upon them. 1t not only Will
hurt them morally, but financially. In
h conclusion let me add that the south
= ern states owe it to themselves not to
pass unfair election laws because it is
against the constitution OF the United
f. States and each state is under SOL
It emn obligation that every citizen, re
Y pardless of color, shall be given the
n full protection of the laws. No state
It can make law that can be so inter
o preted to mean one thing when appllet
70 In the black man and another Whel
"a applied to white man, without dis
% regarding the constitution OF tn
- TTnited States. In the second place
~ unfair election laws in the long run
Il repeat, will injure the white MAJ
70 more than the Negro, such laws WI
,t not only disfranchise the Negro, Du
. tho white man as well. The hiStOr
~ Of the country shows that in thos
40 states where the election laws are Illus
: lust, there you will fnG the mos
p. wealth, the most intelligence and tn
to smallest percentage of crime. III
st best element of white people in tn
to South are not in favor of oppressln
he the Negro, they want to help him vi
or but they are sometimes mistaken
ba m the best method of doing thl
or While have spoken very plainly,
"a do not believe that any one will mi
on interpret my motives. L am not
so politics per Sc, nor do L intend to b
no neither would 1 encourage my peop
a 70 become mere politicians, but Il
ito question havt been discussing strik
pce at the very fundamental principles
er- citizenship. ATLANTA Constitution