The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-21
HOUSTON, SATURDAY, JULY II, 1900
TEN PAGES TODAY.
BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS.

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS.
Pretended or misguided friends of the
South, and residents Of the section dos
gnated by that point OF the compass
have come TO inveigh against solidarity |
and to urge independence in the exercise |
of their suffrage on the part of Southern |
voters. II is not surprising that repub
leans should proceed along these lines |
OF thought, but 1t is surprising that this
sort of chatter should be INDUCED in by
one or two Southern newspapers and a
few individuals who have heretofore stood
manfully TO the solid South in every po-
Htical battle
There have been many reasons in the
past why the South should have held to-
gether as compact whole Not one of
them has been destroyed. They, each and
every one OF them, exist today. The
south's development ard Industrial ex-
pansion have been accomplished by reason
of the unbroken bond of social, CONNER
cial aud political union which has held
its States in covenant with progress. We
have no quarrel with the North, nor have
we ever INDUCED any. but every Impair
tial and competent observer will admit
that the North, from whence has come
much OF the capital with which Southern
Industries have been developed, In the
interest Of Its own industries and dormant
resources. did. for many years following
rhe civil war and the era OF reconstruction,
ha Inf tnY, Of &c al lnt
the South The justice OF that course Is
not in argument. II may fairly be said
II need be. 10 have originated from, and
been maintained in, the economics OF self
preservation. To prevent Northern and
Eastern money coming South for invest
inent, bond brokers and trust fund COM
panies have held that government was not
recure in the South and that the laws
of the Southern States afforded no protec-
tion to foreign capital" Standing to-
gether with patience and courage the
Southern States have compelled the In
vestment in their mids, Of Northern
money and the sale of their securities
on every exchange and bourse of Europe.
In no other way could these things have
been brought about. The one great evil
which would have defeated these accom-
plishments has been the possibility of
negro dominance. That possibility has
been put aside, for the present, in the
solidarity OF the South in National po-
litical contests. II Il shall menace us
again. or II It menaces us now. the re-
publican party is responsible And every
newspaper In the South that shall adyo-
cate the political and economic disunion
of the South. as well as every individual
who shall plead for the Introduction OF
political independence In the South which
but means the introduction OF the Trojan
horse OF republcanism. invites that
menace or hastens It along.
Mr.. Hill warned the country from the
rostrum OF the National convention hall
at Kansas City. that four years more OF
republican administration meant the en-
actment OF Federal election law under
the operation OF which the republican
party would .perpetuate Its control OF gov
erninent. The South II It has not forgot
the past and grown silly in Its fanced Sc
curity, knows what is meant by a Fed
eral election law, such as the republican
party would put upon the statute books.
Commenting upon this probability. In con-
necton with the boasted preference OF
our republican adyerssries for Mckinley
and prosperity TO Bryan and dstrust and
depression the Baltimore Sun sounds
the alarm in words weighty With force and
portent;
II is more than likely, however, that II
the republican party Ia given tuil control
~ the government Tor the next four years
vNe paruean legislation with which II now
tnreatens the South will cause a period OF
considerable depression TO all who are
interested Ia Southern industries. A large
has been invested in the Southern States
in railroad enterprises. mining and manu-
features, This capital was thought to be
safes, Invested, because the Southern white
people are In full control and each STATE
la the South has an efficient governmsa I,
economically administered. There seems to
be no question, however, that the republic
can party Is determined 10 revive the race
Issue In the South. to cut down It's repre-
tentation In congress and to reduce Its elec
tofai vote In proportion. Senator Hoar Of
Massachusetts Is one Of thu champions Of
s u.o'smsnt. which Is cesignatsd TO give
negroes unrestricted Suffrage, or else TO pun
~ ths Sorth BY making II an insigntdcsn,
factor IN the National government.
y tns plan Is carried out according "a
w rs9n3lcAH proErampe, coTditisns would
s,,rs; Ssy ~. ths south which might serio-ss
shess sho have Invested their money IN y, "
'n'es'sse tn nsgro would again become ,