The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-15
LIVINGSTON AND THE HARDwICIS
HILL.

CouCrcssman Livingston does rot look
with favor upon tie Hardwlck bNl. which
provides Tor tho d.sfrane hisemcnt o. trr
negroes. His view 81 70 Ger Vol enough
alone There o. 10 doubt mot,msrt
among some o. the hot-head Republican,
go cue down the representation ~ he
SoutH o. Congress. Represeuutiye crum-
racktr introduced ban into che House at
the iast session OF Conrrer fo cat doen
the rrprcssututlon ~ those states which
have discf.m.nnted against negroes ia tae
matter 20 tho franchise
Az has boon pointed OFT many times
there ore ouIy two of these statss. viz.
I.oui ..1uh ana North Carolina The olu-
cation qualification prevails in Ni.iss.p-
ri an1 South Carolina. Dlt 90 arples alike
TO white ard baek Aueratcs TIE Hard
Niek blf. proposes . cons utuuonai mand-
msat similar 90 that adopted in LOUISE
ana ana NorH Carolina
There is very uttle probability that the
IIatdHlck hu wild receive favorable con-
sIderston. ID sot but one or Two votes
Zoo tae last legislature. ana there o. no
evidence that there has been o. great rev.
o.uaon OF pabIc sentiment SINCE then As
a matter Of fact the state s. getting along
tety well uudor thc primary epstein.
which eliminates the ncsro vote.
% would b good policy TO beg ihc ques-
ton 81 di.fnuchis.ng the negro rest
owhi.e-at least until b . seen what ae-
ton IS likely 20 be taken lu respcc, 20
she amendments which have been adopted
In North Carolina and Louisiana Ii IS
aimos, certain that tho cousutusonllity
of these amendments viii be- tested in the
courts IL D. well known that some OF the
ahiest lawyers Of both these states hoi
them 20 be Unconstitutional II would be
d mistake FOR this state TO adopt an
amendment similar 70 them while their
constluuouaAty ls in doubt col Llv-
inEston is a ievd-headed man even II
he made a mistake about New Jersey.
and the Legislature might DO worse than
20 follow bis advice Ga this matter
a thing that the South IS more concerned
in 40 this time than the question Of die
frinchising the negro is the proposition o.
Senator Scott OF West Vireinia-the SEN
ator scott who a. the Roosevelt dinner
ia New York, declared that he believed
trusts were good tnincs-to base reprcsen-
tation on the votes cast a. the presidential
election II seems that there are a great
many Republicans who favor this plan Of
liking representation 10 Congress. Why
they are De- well understood There was
very exciting campaign conducted In all
OF the Northern states. ana q very large
vote was cast In tho South the vote Ia
every one Of the states was small No
effort was made 10 get oHt a big vote.
There was no occasion for doing 80. be-
sides there was 10 great amount OF en-
thusiasm. Even IN Texas Mr. Bryan's
vote was COCO lees than IL was four Ccars
ago. and the Democratic candidate for
Governor ran ahead OF him 1890 votes.
The vote Of the South was not cast. and f.
would b. rank injustice to her to base
representation on the votes cast for Pres
ident al the last election. An apportion-
ment on such a basis would give her but
an Insignificant place in Congress and the
electoral college. sin IL Is beginning 10
look as 70 bill providing for that basis
Of representation would be- introduced and
supported hy some Of the most active Of
the Republican Leaders IL is not thought.
however. that the President would sign
IL IL it were sent to him