Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-28
\ REPUBLICAN VIEW
OF CHANDLER'S LETTER.
from the Springfield Republican. !

he makes only goes to show how lit
tie can be hoped from the Republican
party for a modification Of that sys-
TEN. To denounce the Wilson bill,
with its average dutiable rate of over
40 per cent as free trade measure"
as most Republicans do, gives one an
idea of the kind of tariff revision"
to be expected from that party. 1t is
unfair to say that the first purpose
Of the Democratic party at the South
is to suppress the votes of two mil
lions of citizens entitled to suffrage
under the 18th amendment of the
constitution" The question of the
colored vote is primarily race ques-
tion rather than party ,one. It is
an impossible condition that the negro
race should dominate the white, and
the right Of universal suffrage granted
the former is now generally becoming
to be recognized as great mistake.
1t is n right that the Republican party
today refuses to grant the FIlipinos,
and the latter are certainly as n whole
better equipped for 1t than were the
newly emancipated slaves of 40 years
ago. The prejudice against the negro,
too, Is equally as strong, II not stron-
ger, In the North as In the South.
Can anyone conceive of any nothern
community that would sun,bit to
negro rule?
There is an article touching this very
question in the same issue Of the In.
dependent by Rebecca Harding Davis,
This writer says: with the univer-
stiles for colored men turning out
hundreds Of graduates yearly, it is
impossible to find position for one
of them in Il northern city higher
than waiter or valet. The north
erner Is as brutal in his injustice to
the educated negro today as the slave
holder was to the field hand. He can
not enter into any profession or bust
ness in the North without a struggle
more bitter than death. The unions
shut him out of the trades. His only
chance Of success is as "A mechani,
among his old masters In the South
1t Is therefore manifestly unjus
to lay the faults for this condition OF
affairs at the door of the Democrati,
party. The feeling against the negro
as Mr.. Chandler himself must know
is not confined to any party and Il
the Democratic party at the Soutl
has been made the instrument fo
his suppression it is simply becaus,
that party contains an overwhelmin,
majority of the white vote of tha
section.
Il But with all this II still remains
true that the Democratic party ha
lost the confidence of the country. II
the meantime, with the Republican
party in absolute control, the combi
nations of capital and the formation
of trusts go forward on a gigant
scale never before dreamed of. Wha
are the people to do? Can they lool
for help to Il party led by Hams
and that has built up our presen
monstrous protective system? Gar
they turn to the Democratic party
shattered and leaderless. or must the
plod on, slowly but surely troddcn III
der foot by this merciless monster o
greed and selfshness-th moder
trust? Surely there Is still manhoo
enough left In the breast of the Amer
can people to rise superior to thes
conditions? Surely the love of indt
! pendence-'the hatred of servltude-ir
herited from our forefathcrs has NO
yet died within us. He indeed woul
be faint-hearted believer in tn
stability Of American independence
who could think that the people of thi
! country would prove themselves s
) soulless and spritless as to long sui
: NIT to n condition Of affairs such n
: this prominent member of the Repul
lican party cries out against.