The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-23
A Southern han for President.
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washington June - - mere
are twin faIacies extant that have
operated &c the serious detriment
Of the south One relates 10 ex.
dipucy ana the other 10 section
ali-m. The argument Of irexpedi-
ency has suniced no9 for halt q
century 20 prevent even the sug
gestion OF southern mau for
president will make 10 appear
hereafter, for it is the Lord r
truth that the "exoediency' shoe
is not shifted to the other foot.
II will be fatal to the party longer
to reptess the south The young
er generations coming on are
disinclined to ally themselves with
a party that promises them moth
ing, aud is disinclined even to
insist upon them having the equal
privileges Of American citizens. !
am not ready Just now TO 90 into
that question until more facts ap-
pear, aud ask the render again
to postpone his decision until ! am
heard
The other argument has been
potent also in rsgressing even a
claim for the south's equal pro rata
participation IN government
affairs. Whenever any ,ue has
had the temerity 10 speak of the
manner in which the south is
almost totally excluded from the
benefits. emoluments aud honors
of official affairs, there are a
thousand voices raised 10 cry him
down for promoting sectional
bitterness. | am now presenting
in some detail the figures showing
the true state OF the case. and |
was quite sure, in advance, that
the other fellows wac are getting
it all will seek to make it abortive
by imputing to me wicked motive
10 stir ~ sectional strife. They
have succeeded until now, aud
they have made us keep our mouths
closed all these years. lest we rile
them. while they are fastening
their eternal hold on things
getting all the good things moved
north of Mason and DiIon's line,
filing all the Offices with then
men, aud fastening them in forever
with civil service rules. There are
possibly men yet at the south who
will deprecate mentioning these
things They prefer 10 give the
other fellows all the earth rather
than hurt their feelings by men
tioning il,
If it is a question of section. the
east has made it so by takinl
everything for that section. From
their view point it is not sectiona
greed to seize everything in sight
but it is the wlckedest kind o.
sectional prejudice to speak of it.
Ii is high time to have som,
common sense about this thing
The figures given are taken from
official sources aud # they make
case that can be contorted into
sectional meaning, the men whC
made the fglres did il. Tn,
mention of these things is no
conceived in mercenary motive
nor asserted complainipgly. Th,
men who would accuse the soutl
of sordid motive or selfshness il
the face of the enormous amour
of money she pays into funds from
which she derives benefit is tithel
ignorant or knave The govern
ment has paid in pensions sine,
1861 the almost incomprehensiv,
amount of S2.562, ,974,OlO |
Adam had set in to count that
and were still living, he would b,
at it still The amount disburse,
at the Knoxville agency, the only
one in the south, indicates that thu
south gets about 5 per cent, o
that returned to it. Even tha
goes largely to men who hav
moved in here from the north.
she had been paid in pensions il
proportion TO population, Ehe wOul,