Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-08
TWENTY PAGES.
SUNDAY. APRIL 5. 1900.
THE NEW REPUBLIcANISM IN
THE SOUTH.

The axiom that political party can
Y not be better than the average OF the
men who compose it, is receiving fresh
!. Justification in the history that the
I Republican party is making for itself
IN the South these days. -
For many years after the enfran-
chisement of the negro, the Republican
party in the South was. under the lead
ershlp mainly of carpet baggers," and
4 this Is still true in measure in some
3 States. Political leaders. even Carpet
Z bf SO 8. disk after awillssfeg. however,
and Southern Republlcanism is coming
Z oflook elsewhere for guidance. There
y are new Shepherds and much hungry
4 bieatlng for new pastures. It has been
confidently expected that when this
day should arrive the Republican party
i would make a new record. and one that
3 would win for It the confidence and re-
Hpect Of the Southern people. Let us
see how the matter stands.
28 In two Southern States, the Republl-
can party hss passed into nov bands
Gtn Kentucky and louisiana In neither
4 of these Is the old Carpet bag" leader
In the saddle. In Kentucky, as every
body knows. the controlling factor in
Y the Republican party, in the furious
= campaign of last fall and in the disas-
I trous and anarchlstic conditions that
have followed 1t, was the influence of
s the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
4 The nominations were controlled and
the campaign financed and directed by
the shrewd attorney-politician of that
corporation. And the end of the busI-
ness 1T notgyet.
80 In Louisiana the same thing has hap
pened only the Sugar Planters Asso-
citation must be substituted for the rail-
road. as the dominating factor in the
Republican party. Senator Caffery, a
former Democrat, but a protection con-
vert to Republicanism is the con-
trolling figure of the campaign. His
son is the candidate for Governor of
1.-The State. and the wealthy sugar
7 planters are supplying the slnews of
war. What has been the result?
"a campaign of unprecedented rancor
Il aud yituperation has followed Sena-
3 tor Caffery has characterized Governor
7 Foster. in a public speech, as a willful
! liar, and a duel has been averted only
8 by the Intervention of Governor Fos-
tiers friends. Meantime. the lesser Re-
R nblican lights have not been idle or
conservative. Speaking of a Republi-
Sscan NEE ting, the New Orleans States
says: "
al q RI a nd Tlnr, n lilo
4 these people held a meeting that, in the
ysferocIty OF its utterances, would have
done credit to a Partisan mob in the
4 Reign of Terror Henry Mccall and e.
3 iS. \ Pugh shrleked for revolution and
violence II the election officers of the
State dared ITO carry out their purpose
of enforcing the laws in relation to
election papers. Mr. sholars yelled to
tile people like an angry tiger to smash
the ballot boxes and burn the ballots
I at d he election on the 18th instant.
4 heir organ, the Item, now appears
daily In editorials, pronunciamentos
: and wild yells printed in flaming red,
IN Simitati ton no doubt of the coming era
'sof crime and revolution. threatening
the DeiEo cratic majority with blood
"a nd lance.
he meaning and the menace of the
Fgituationin Kentucky and in Louisiana,
not Il lone q those States, but to the
S,gtlole sssoltil, are too plain to need
Il, oin ting out IN more than a general
we 9s isss
a'iie r eppbI lean party in the South is
nsed ma inly OF negroes. The lead
Of he Old time CARPET bagger'
is sin g wa He was a cunning
Header III Is wa but he lacked
Icda lacked funds, beyond
oiiId gal from the public
III s sii Isl en-, biicen part is