The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-23
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Onr Ocn Correspondent.

| WAsHlSGr0N, d. c., Oct. 81, 1901.
interest in the attitude of President
Roosevelt towards tho South was in
creased this week by his inviting Book
or Washington to dinner with him at
the WHITE House, receiving him lust
exactly rs he would have received any
o1ner guest. This fact has, of course,
caused something OF n sensation among
southern men here. who assert that
the President cannot realize the harm
lie has done by his action nor the effect
tilitt lt VIII have on the negroes of the
Sonth. Asa matter of fact, however.
tnerc Is really no reason for surprise at
Mr. Rooscvclt's action, Professor
Washington not being the first negro
by amy means, whom he has entertain
ell. During his term Of Governor of
New York, he took Il young colorcd
singer, who had been refused accom-
mediation by all the Albany hotels, to
ms house and lodged him there
throughout his stay i'll the city.
There is good deal of. talk of the
selection OF some decent Republican
Qf such can be found available) or of
some gold Democrat from the South.
for post in President Rooseyelt,s
Cabinet, which is certain TO bc rc.
modelled to some extent sooner or later
-probably this winter. There may or
may not be anything in this, but such
n selection would be in consequence
with Mr.. Rcosevelt's declaration that
he did not intend to be sectional in his
management of the government. Ger
tainly, no President can claim to be
free from sectionnlism who follows the
example of all his Republican predc
cessors and excludes the vast area of
the Southern States from all place il his
Cabinet. Probably Mr.. Roosevelt has
not yet taken up this matter seriously
and will not do so until the need arises.
meanwhile his selection of Governor
Jones, OF Alabama, for federal judge
ship shows that he intends to follow
President Mckinley sprogram of build
ing up decent Republican party and
turningdown the old disrcputable party
organization there. 1t is certain that
he will not favor any plan to cut down
the representation of the South on ac-
count OF the suppression of the negro
vote. Indeed, there is reason to be-
lieve that his ideas or this subject arc
not Ear removed from those of Senator
Morgan. of Alabama, who said recent
iyi "The negro Is already sick of vot-
ing. There are 10 per c.;::;tt of oof tic rue.
who can vote intelligently. The rest
are for the most part ON the market;
their votes can often be had for q dol
lar or q drink. They have alrendy
been thrown over by the people. We
are living under the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Constitu-
tion, but e tthh0so amendments could i
be proposed now to n Congress thew
would not command the support of |
one-sixth of 20 Senate and the House.
That is an indication of popular senti-
ment."
Indications continue to multiply that |
the Filipinos are not resigned TO Amer |
lean rule any more thhn the Beers are
to British dominion; they have ceased
fighting because they realize that it is
useless for them to continue; that is
all. This is shown by the sudden out
break in Samar and by other smaller
and lnss succ1sSful upfisings in other
islands When the news of these first
came, it :,as insisted by the War De-
partment land by General Otis, fact
which alone might well have made us
distrustfuD that the rising was cn!y
sporadic and would not interfere in the
least with the proposed reduction s.:
the number of our troops to be main
tained i'll the islands. Now, however.
General Chaffec has eabled that he
thinks 1T unwiso to withdraw any of
the $4,000 men still there. Consc-
Quently President Roosevelt has de-
cideu that the 10000 whose terms of
enlistment soon expire shall be replaced
by new men and that the present force
shall be kept up indefinitely. Nor will
the 1000 men now in Cubn be with
drawn until next spring somo time, SO
that about half the total available force
Of tho United States will remain over
seas. for nearly a year longer ut tho
least. Meanwhile, leaving aside the
great expense that this foreign service
entails, the home garrisOns arc suffer-
ing severely for want of proper attcn
tion. Scarcely one has n full regiment
and even the largest have not enough
men for the ordinary field manoeuvres.
President Roosevelt, it is learned,
will follow the example of his prede-
cessor a.a coii;iTionG iiie building up of
our shipping in general terms without
committing himself on the subsidy
Ho does this on the [
ground that he has not studied the sub
lect sufficient to be able to advise upon
lt-an access of modesty almost in
comprehensive on the part OF the cock
sure ''itO1gh Rider" The fact is.