Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-11-29
WHAT REPUBLICANS SEE.

GuclT uellBuCcu eyes, DuG Ike MOse
we feel sure they will be permitted tt
behold it only frUm afar, then die be
fore they step upon its green pastures
or lie down 10y its pleasant brooks
They are drawing mental pictures o
how they Will control all the Southern
States so soon as the negro is eliminat
ed. 1t is strange that such wisdom al
urrounded Lincoln, and took up biz
mantel when he laid it down, should
have placed such barrier to the sue
cess of the Republican party in the
South as negro suffrage. They who
do all things wisely and well, should
have seen further into the future and
counted the results with more accura-
cy. After nearly two decades of a
solid negro voting for their party, they
have never been able to carry single
one of the solid Southern States, nor
steal single one, save and except in
the Hayes-Tilden campaign. When,
under present conditions, bribery and
corruption and thievery in elections
must be practiced in order to succeed,
they have shifted the field of operations
to Ohio, Indiana. West Virginia and
other States more easily corrupted,
and have done their work nicely and
effectually there.
Ohio and Indiana received an emf
grafton largely from the South as well
as from States where everything was
safe just prior to the last two presi-
Dental elections, which, together with
purchase of election officers, helped
pile up vote, according to the re-
turns, the like of which, will never be
seen again in those States before the
end of the century. AS to West Vir
ginia, she was and is Republican pie.
The holes in the ground out there were
actually stuffed with negroes, not one
of whom was refused the right to
vote. 1t is said that fully 10000 were
imported just prior to the last election
and in some quarters so many alleged
miners were sent, that the mines would
not hold them, and they sat waiting
election day with their heads out of
the mouth of the mines like squirrels
ooking out of hole in tree.
The new constitutions which the
Southern States are making will, so
say the Republicans, practically elm
mate the negro vote, and then the
white men will fly from the Democratic
party into the sweet environment of
Republication. and be at rest. How
strange, if this much to be desired end
is in view, if this beatific condition is
almost upon them, that it should have
been brought about by Democratic
laundering, and should be the means
of removing most disastrous bit of
Republican political folly, to-wit: the
enfranchisement of the negro But
will they accept those Democrats whom
they find begging for admittance and
who have come to their doors over the
PROSTATE bodies of the beloved negro Fl
Will they not, if what they have said
OF the white Democrats of the South
be trae, be harboring den of thieves
Will these not knock the purity plumb
out of their own party, will they not
be eternally and forever ruined by
taking to thir sosoms such people as
the kuklux, shot gun, bloody shirt, |
long haired, negro killers, and lynch
ers, whom they have denounced so
roundly for more than thirty years, or
is it possible that they will admit that |
there are more decent men than ward |
heelers, and cross road politicians and |
ba Hot box suffers In the South, and |
that thes will all flee to the Republi-
can party, land leave the criminal class
es in the ranks of Democracy, and
that these honest men will hold power
in those Southern States to the exclu-
sion from office of the criminals Can
such thing be possible?
There was once very rabid Repub
lican who said that be did not assert
that all Democrats were horse thieves,
but he did assert that every horse thief
was a Democrat.
When the enquiry was changed to
bank cashiers and star route robbers,
be was forced to admit that just then
in that line the Republicans seemed to
have the majority.
At this time we do not assert that
all bribery and corruption in elections
is carried on by Republicans, but we
10 assert that the most gigantic work
Of that character ever practiced began
with Hayes and has not yet ended.
If, therefore, something can be done
in the South to correct Republican
plumbers, such as getting rid of the
negro, then we may enjoy that heay
,nly rest which we are told all do enjoy
who become members of that party,
Ind all States enjoy which live under
is control. We, however, are satisfied
With tn eoutlook, and Notwithstanding
our Republican members of the State
have thrice denied that {
hey are in favor of mixed schools and ]
mixed dinners, we fear that their de- I
hal is about as true as that of Peter. I
The anti-saloon people have not :
made much Roadway so far as the con.
convention is conc erned
They have really cause for alarm. If,
he constitution should exclude cities
rom its provisions, they have lost a
0int OR two. ME trnth Is that IL IL u