The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-03

HIack Politicians Of the south.
Hanna Wiu go Out Win Mckinley
aud ui- Methods WIN go Win
nim-Thc BASIS of Representation
In the uouse
Washington. Nov 2-The publication OF
tho census figures for tho whole country
has revived the agitation for the reduc-
tion of tho representation from the south
ern states in the same ratio that those
states are alleged 20 have suppressed ths
vote of the negro
4 few leaders of tho. Republican party
are Engaged in this agitation. but the
more prominent ones are not giving t
much encouragement The agitators. be-
ing blessed with greater luug power than
those who ore saying nothing. pretend to
believe that the question OF apportionment
vii b. taken up ard settled az the coming
short session of Congress and that the
proposed reduction viii be made that
IN the Fifty-cighth Congress. the South
crn states viii have comparatively few
representative. riot D. the proper word
20 describe the quality of this talk
Tine present administration. even II Mo
klnley is reelected. VIII have ntuc 81
80 interest in politics hereafter and will
have neither anything 20 gain nor 20 lose
by busying Itself on the subject Of repre-
sentation from any state When Mckinley
retires from the presidency. Hanna will
also so out Of public ONCE
The successors Of the present managers
-
pearsd IN the public eye. although. tho
Younger set. like Perry s. Heath. Henry
q. Payne Of Wisconsin. Charles Grant
Dawes ~ Illinois. and Charles Dick of
ohio. has an idea that d viii succeed to
the control nov exercised by tho junior
senator from Ohio For that reason these
ls no force behind the agitation ~ there
we're anything to bee gainod by making an
effort to reduce the representation. the ef-
fort 90 be- made this winter might b8
worth watching
All HepubIieans Not FavorabIe.
While II is suppo~cd that al Repubu-
cans arc interested tn cutting down the
political power of the Democratic South.
such la not the case II che rcnrescnta-
tlou we're cut as much as such radicals
as Crumpacker of Indiana proposes. ths
Republican majority IN the House Of Rep
reaentativea would boz unwieldly most Of
che time large majority g. more of
thorn ln the side ~ che party leader than
one c0nsl sting OF about dozen members.
when the majority is large the demand
for honors - the hands of the leader
Of the House BE- much greater chan or
diuariiy The Leaders Of Congress cam
not comply with all the requests for Chair-
manshIa etr.. and the result 81 that
an opposition within the ruling party be-
comes as fully organized as che opposi-
tiou represented hY the Democracy. That
was the experience Of the Republican
leaders tn the Fifty-four Congress.
elected iu iSai. and also the one elected
two years ntcr For their own selfish
purposes they prefer z preponderance
equal 10 the one In the Fifiy-sixth Con-
Ereas
For that reason 70 may b. said without
fear Of more than perfunctory contradic-
tlon that the real leaders of The Rspubli-
can party have no sympathy for ihe howl
that o. raised in behalf ~ the lllierate
blacks OF the South. and by reason OF
that iilteracy and general unhfness 10
boar the burdens OF citizenship are de-
barred from the exercise Of "a franchise.
A source of Trouble.
Tho Southern negroes make moro
trouble FOR the Republican leaders than
all the rest Of che party combined. There
is never q national convention but what
there b. horde of them clamorinE AZ tho
DOOR of the leaders rooms dcma ndinx
pay for their votes. IN addition - The
payment Of their hotel bills lf this were
an. there might boz some symr athy for
the colored brother who De- bowling most
about the denial 81 MS political rights.
but IL b. not n d. notorious that most
Frrf.frf.fIssaua Il
20 agree upon delegations co the national
conventions and for a week before the
convention the national committee ls CON-
PEELED To hold daily sessions from twelve
20 nftcen hours long eudeavoring 10 settle
the so-called disputes of the colofcd
brother. which disputes are raised solely
for the purpose OF abstracting money
from the pockets OF the various candi-
dates.
There is not a man wno has ever fervel
on the National Committee who knows
that the contest concocted by the South
ern negroes are farce and therefore are
an unmixed evil
An JnmitiRated Nuisance.
n the Republican leaders could get rid
OF the whole crowd of loud -mouihed rap
gcalilons claiming 10 represent Republican
sentiment iu the South. without offending
the Northern negro. ~ would De done ia
the twinkiing OF an eye Nearly every
leader of national experience. in private
eonyersailon admits that the Southern
negro politician j. the worst nuisance who
has ever found his way into public life
ana his disappearance would tftord no re-
gret Whatsoever. but. on the other hand,
only the greatest rchcf
These leaders FOR policys sake are COM
PEELED to make believe that they sympo-
thize with the Southern nuisance. ana that
n they had the power. they would cut
down the representation. but ii is oniy
very shallow pretense ANY southern
white man who has ever been In wash
ington for six months az a time. and has
had any opportunity whatsoever Of be-
coming acquainted with Republican lead
ers. knows that TO Re a fact. He also
must be aware Of the more important fact
that the Northern white man, when he
comes TO Washington. discovers that while
the colorcd brother IN the abstract IL all
right. in the concrete Il were far better
If notions of political equality had never
been put into his head
Every Northern Republican who ever
comes here departs with the notion that
the Southern white man does exactly right
in his EFFORT to correct the greatest blum
der ever made-that OF conferrinE the
right 10 vote upon the smancipated slaves.
sIsAnvr ara huuHrnta and fhrWaanaa ~ man