El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-22
THE SOLID SOUTH
Advised 10 Strengthen Its Organ
lied Opposition To korIhei n In
fluenC-s


Macon, Georgia, Telegraph has called
forth widespread comment from the
press OF the whole country. The eX-
IRENE opposing view is voiced by the
New York Sun. which affects To- see in
the editorial a dangerous revival of the
old secession spirit. On the other
hand the Richmond Times strongly
commends the article. on the ground
that the movement advised is one of
political emancipation and indepen-
dence. The editorial is pregnant with
sugSestiveness. II follows:
The generally accepted verdict is
that MIR. Bryan is completely discredit-
ed leader. The fatal error of
committing Il party To a dogma of fl
nance diScredited by all civilized peo-
pies was followed up by booting out
men like Bayard. Carlisle. Wilson. Oh
Stone, Altgeld, Weaver and Croker-a
motley aggregation of incompetents
and moral idiots. II is painful to con-
Tess that these things. but il is time
that the manhood of the South should
rise and repudiate them. and il We can
not shake them of we would secede
from them. We have been urged to
be patient and good and stand yet a
while longer. waiting, watching and
following the bidding OF these incom-
petent northern bretheren.
Ever since the civil war. southern
democrats in congress and in our nat
ional conventions have been given back
seats-our northern friends furnishing
teh platforms and the candidates. and
we of the south the votes. Eight
times (since reconstruction we have
gone up TO the electoral college and
cast practically a solid vote for a nor
thern democrat for president. Except
on two occasion twhen Cleveland was
elected in 1884 and 1922 our electors
met there practically a solid north
against a solid south. This year again
we go up to vote for northern man
who would not vote for Crisp for
speaker. because he Crisp was an eX-
confederate. and we find again. as we
found four years ago. our own columns
(but broken) arrayed against a solid
north.
Is il not time for southern manhood
to cut loose from the body of his
death?
Southern democrats furnish the
votes. why not furnish the candidates?
Morgan of Alabama. or Daniel of
Virginia or Turner of Georgia. could
of the three could have reclaimed
Maryland. Delaware and West Vir-
ginia and made Kentucky sure. Hasn't
the tail been wagging the dog long
enough?
The DAYS We're when Toombs and
Cobb and Stevens and Yancey and
Benton and Jackson and Clay and Cal
houn and jefferson and Washington
and long list of southern statesmen
81 FOR IN
ellis of the nation. not to say in the
councils of their own political parties.
Where are we today? Our southern
leaders are cropping about in darkness.
They have been following blind lead
ers of the blind-trailing first after an
eastern democrat and then a western
populiSt. 10 here. 10 there. 10 in the
ditch.
Sometimes we very seriously doubt
whether we really have any southern
leaders worthy of the name. Think of
Toombs following an Altgeld. of a
Stevens playing second fiddle to a Gro
ker: think of a Yancey or a Cobb
drinking down the election forecasts
of a Jim Jones and learning political
wisdom at the feet of Weaver,
But there is manhood in the south:
there is ability here We don not
lack courage thousand fields and
forums have demonstrated these facts.
Surely the rich red blood of our sires
has not paled and CONCEALED in the
veins of their sons. From a race of
giants we have fallen to a race of pig
mics.
Unless we get out of the rut We have
fallen into. the south. which as been an
empire in itself. will continue to wane
until our national power will be snuff
ed out. The stupendous blunder of
1896 followed up by the almost deiib-
crate suicide in 1900, is more than like