The Washington times., 1901-10-15
GIVING OFFICE TO WHITES.
President RooseveIf Creating Better
Feeling In the south


NEW YORK. Oct H-Col. ]. H. EstilI.
of Savannah. prominently mentioned in
the Democratic party as the next candi-
date for Governor of Georgia in CONVEX
sation with a reporter today, gave 1t as
his belief that President Roosevelt's ap-
| pointment of Southern white men to Office
would not have the effect of building up
the Republican party in the South, but
would, he was sure. result in better social
md political conditions.
1T is not agreeable. 10 put IL mildly"
aid he. Ito associate with those who
-Eink 1t right to put colored men in office.
Straight Democrats will not seek office
at the hands of Republican Presidents.
though some have accepted office when
offered to them. The appointment OF col
ored men to Federal offices in the South
when there are white Republicans ready
ana anxious to hold them is an insult to
our people. This policy does the negro
race much harm, and is OF no good to the
country.
Mr. Roosevelt from his past record.
appears to have a mind of his own. He
has certainly shown in every position in
which he has been placed that he believed
in putting the best-qualified man in office.
Heretofore, we have had, excepting Mr.
Cleveland, Presidents of the Republican
party and not of the United States.
las regards the action of certain States
in trying to lessen the danger from the
coloreu -cte by enacting what have been
called disfranchising laws, / would say
these measures are not intended to In
jure the colored man. but rather to pro-
tect him from himself. He has been, and
is, the blindest of blind follower of the
worst members of his race and the mean
est white men. AS a voter he is danger
to the State, for with his many good
qualities as a citizen he Is far behind
the poor specimen of the whites. Pos
sibly in years to come he may make a
good citizen, but at this period in his his
tory it is best for him and the Republic
that he should be kept from doing him
self and others political injury. In Georgia
we have system of Democratic primaries
at which only white men vote, and as that
party has a large majority in the State
the primary election decides the result.
There is no hostility :" the negro in
Georgia As an individual We like him.
He is our trusted servant and we his
trusted friends. He is represented in every
profession and trade, and in course of
time he will have his opportunity. We
are educating the colored people by the
ful many of them come to you and remain
with you. But many of them return to
US When misfortune befalls them they
say there is no one to befriend them The
whites in the South are always ready to
befriend the negro in his time of need.
But notwithstanding this. the colored
brother votes against US, because he says
he must stand by his color
The Southern States in amending the
franchise laws are doing not half as bad
If bad it is, as the Republicans outside of
this great city, aided by so-called REFORM
ers, to eliminate its Democratic majority
its hands in horror at the Southern States
when they are trying to protect them
selves from danger that threatens to de-
stroy American civilization and replace
1t with that of Haiti or Venezuela.
THE Southern States are prosperous
now. Millions of dollars in Northern cap
ital are invested in their railroads and
Industrial enterprises. If the whites of
these States do not stand solidly together |
and resist every measure which may tend |
those Investments may become valueieSS.
Look at Haiti and San Domingo and see |
what negro domination leads to, or rath- |
er where it ends. The Central and South |
American States, with revolution upon |
revolution, show us what a mixture of |
Spanish negro and Indian blood VIII &C. |
complish.
''1ihe Southern States have forgiven and |
are trying to forget the outrages perpe- |
trated upon them by the Republican |
party; but We do not love that party. We |
loved President Mckinley because we saw
In him good man, and one in whom |
there was much to admire. We are led |
to hope for great deal at the hands of /
President Roosevelt: no favors, only JUS |
uce. 1t is in his power to complete the /
good work Of the lamented dead. We do |
not want him to make the white mans |
burden heavier than it is, but, if he can,
make lighter"