The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
Ole Messenger.
M,KINLEY,s CONDUCT AS TO THE
SOUTH.

for president. His character is there
fore under review very properly, his
acts are most carefully scrutinized, his
failures, his usurpations, his contra
-dictions of himself, his most wonderful
Inconsistencies are all examined care
fully, and the result is that no politi-
cian ever presented a more vulnerable,
q more detestable, a more dangerous
record. The white people Of North
Carolina are interested, or should be
interested in all the sayings, acts.
promises and outrages perpetrated by
this man who has been in the presiden-
tial chair since 4th March 1897. The
Messenger has occasionally tried to
throw some light on this bad record
of a northern time-server and dema-
gogue. 1t has quoted sometimes from
able republicans who a v critically
studied the acts of Mckinley. The
speech of Hon. Carl Schurz is a most
complete, irrefutable review Of his for
eeign policy. Other able men have con-
sfdered some of his plumbers. Here we
wish t. call attention to a Washington
letter in the Baltimore Sun, written by
one of the ablest veteran correspon-
dents, Louis Q. Washington. He is re-
viewing the negro policy of
ministration." He assures the people
of the south that there is trouble ahead
for them If Mckinley goes in. So has
the Messenger affirmed months ago.
Between a republican congress and a
republican executive and republican
supreme court, the south may find it
self between the neither and p
milIstones. 1t is not an idle warning
that Mr.. Washington gives to the peo-
pie in the south-the people who make
and build and give tone and character
to the country.
Mr.. Washington finds matter in re-
publican speeches relative to 1.-The sup
preston of the negro vote" to give
warrant to his warning for coming
trouble. He gives his interesting par
agraph of what Mckinley has done.
Read and consider and see if you de-
sire any more of McKinleyism:
In the closing hours of the last ses-
sion of congress-, when the republicans
were making speeches for use in the
presidential campaign, General Gros-
venor, of Ohio, who is the recognized
1meuthpiece of the president, delivered
a speech designed to show that Mr..
Mckinley a mad a larger number of
negro appointments to high office than
any of his predecessors. The facts he
cited, and his negro witnesses amply
fortified his assertion The speech is
printed in the Congressional Record of
Jun IL, 1900. The GOODNESS and audac-
ity with which General Grosvenor an
nounces h presidents policy abso-
1utely defy description. According to
his statement, Mr.. Mckinley had p
pointed some 264 negro officers for the
United States army. He said: Some
of these men were colonies at $500
per annum, Observation-Disclosures at So, 900
majors at $500, captains (mounted) at
$4,000, captains (not mounted) at $1,000,
first lieutenants (mounted) at 1900,
first lie%utenants (not mounted) at ST.
500,' etc"
After digesting that clear account of
what Mckinley and his cabinet have
. done, then read this farther contribu-
< ton 10 the political history of our
times. Says Mr.. Washington:
1T is further stated that President
Mckinley sent to the senate 233 col
Z. ored' nominations, divided as follows:
, Commissions of the army, 1S6; collec-
; tors of internal revenue, 2; consuls, y,
receivers of public money 4; register OF
lands, 1; surveyOr-general, l; naval OIL
hcer, 1; collectors of customs, y; post
masters, Is: ministers to foreign coun-
tries, 2; recorder of deeds, /; superVl-
-sors of census, 2; secretary OF legation,
I. and the Register of the treasury
Department. The last official furnishes
these statistics. He says that as to the
original appointments these are one
4o Thnrn q ~ y HI
negroes on the government pay roll IN
the District of Columbia, and 7,5OO IN
the branches of the service outside OF
Washington. 1t is proclaimed also tnat
Their. had been an unprecedented num-
Der Of promotions of colored employees
and hat under the presidents order OF
May %, 1897, a number of colored men
dismissed during the preceding demo-
cratic administration have been rein
stated"
Then consider further that not one OF
the nice, fat places is not found in the
north but in the south. You see Nc
Kinley was afraid to appoint response
BILE. good paying offices to his negro
friends in the cities of his w rich
section. but he gives such places to ne
groes to hold office in the south. do
you see? Mr.. Washington states:
~.Au the important Ones, however,
are gocated in the south. In the north,
where there are many thousand ne
groeS. they and their fathers. free Tor
generations and much better educated
than their race in the sealth. no negro
appointments are made. Not one of
Them gets a high office in that section
from Mr.. Mckinley. Probably the
idea is hat to appoint the northern
negro to office, then, would be deem
ed an insult to the white race, but that
anybody, whether negro or a depraVeo
white, is good enough to rule over the
southern whites. Whatever the motive,
the practice conforms strictly to tnat
q theory"
Is not that just like the fellow who
.raved over a Force bill for n south
ern whites and voted for it every time
he got a chance to do so? Would you
have more of McKinleyism? Ii he
should be elected you will get it in full