The Washington times., 1901-10-02
POLITICAL COMMENT.

There will be no further Interference
or attempted Interference with the rights
of the South. 1t will be left to work out
its own salvation as part of the Federal
Union according to it's own ideas and by
its own methods. The North has long
since realized that the scheme of recon-
struction was one of the most complete
failures on record; that the intelligence
and property interests of the South was
an utter absurdity under our form of gov
ernment and that the Southern States can
never be prevented by the Federal power
from conducting their domestic affairs
in their own way.-Atlanta Journal.
If Josiah Quincy should be nominated
for Governor of Massachusetts and should
show striking evidences of popularity at
the election he might be considered in the
lists of those eligible for the Democratic
Presidential nomination. He was a col
lege mate of Roosevelt at Yale and they
are great friends. IT would be interesting
to see them together in the race of 1904
Quincy was Assistant Secretary of State
under Walter q. Gresham during Cleve-
lands second term and was repeatedly
elected Mayor OF Boston.-Chicago Chron-
icle. r.. 4fa-
Why not Southern man in the Cabi
net, President Roosevelt? At your first
opportunity will you not in this way rec
the common country? The Cabinet Will
not remain as it is for the rest of your
term. There will be changes. AT the first
change let a Southern man be nominated
not in the spirit of sectionalism but be-
cause the South is vital and important
part of this great country and should
have a voice in its Cabinet councils
Nashville American.
Perhaps it never occurred to the incor-
porators that a secret. oathbound so
ciety" for the purpose of stamping out
anarchy is also contrary to the spirit of
our insI.i .iItions.-Chicago News.
We car make the island prosperous and
remove a considerable burden from the
back of the American consumer by max
ing tariff concessions on Cuban sugar
imported into this country. 1t may be
doubted whether without such conces-
sions on her sugar and tobacco, the IN
dustries of the island will be easily or
soon rebuilt-New York Times.
To free this town from the clutches of
the political brigauds who have been loot
ing it will be no child's play. Hard work
and hard hits are needed, and plenty Of
both Tammany cannot be beaten with
mild speech and kid glove methods. The
ugly truth must be told about bad men,
and ii must be told bluntly to be effec-
tive.-New York Tribune.
1t viii probably require authorizing leg
islatiun before the Postmaster General
will deem himself legally empowered to
deny the use of the mails for the dissent
nation of anarchistic literature. The de-
STABILITY OF such action is hardly open
to doubt: but the method of accomplishing
it without infringing upon the liberty of
the press is not so clearly obvious. 1t
has been found practicable to prevent the
circulation of lottery advertisements and
obscene publications in the mails. 1t is
more difficult, however. to draw the line
between what may be allowable and what
should be brought under the ban of CEN
sOrship in dealing with the anarchists
Philadelphia Record.
The only way to prevent the enforce
ment of voluntary contributions to
service laws in spirit as well as in letter.
and the only way to do this is to elect
officials who are heartily in sympathy
works both ways Il follows that place
holders who wish to keep their jobs will
come forward with their voluntary con-
tributions promptly and as cheerfuily as
possible. ri iilaGclphia Ledger.
\ Tennessee paper is trying to prove
that Andrew Jackson had royal blood in
his veins. We do net care whether he
had or not There are some events in
the career OF the Tennessee statesman
which do not meet our approval. but.
take him all in all. he was forceful man.
no did a great deal Tor ms country, ana
We doubt If any OF mis- good deeds can be
t-acad back TO ancestry. What We Ike
about Jackson's career is the fact that II
Was so largely original and NOT at all like
that of his imputed ancestors.-Philadei-
phia Inquirer.