Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 2, 100
the puRclMo PROCESS.

THE PuRciNo PROCESS.
To the persons who would observe
and follow the political drift in the
country there is at this time nothing
quite as interesting as the attitude of
the. plutocrats towards the Bourbon
politicalringsters of the southern states,
who have managed to maintain them
selves in absolute control by simply
taking advantage of existing race pre-
JUDGES.
So strong is the sentiment in the
south against anything and every
thing that savors of negro domination
that no person who has had any re-
gard for his future would dare to
speak of it.
The republican party has become
the negro party in the eyes of the
most of the whites, and for that reason.
and in many cases for that reason
alone, the dominance of the demo
cratic party has been supreme. The
long continued political security Of
one party has naturally bred corrup-
ton in many places and close polit-
ical rings exist whose dictum is law.
Owing to this prejudice the republican
party has never been able to even
effect an organization worthy of the
name in several of the states. Reform
movements by the peoples party have
however been partially successful, no
doubt because there was not so much
old party prejudice to overcome. But
the south is by tradition demo-
cratic and it is owing to the strange
spell of old party names that the STU
alton becomes so interesting.
Signs have not been wanting, since
the national democratic party was
captured by such leaders as Altgeld
and Bryan, who infused new spirit
into the same, that the old ringsters
in control in many localities in the
south have watched with interest and
approved of to a great extent the new
methods and aims of the republican
party. The new foreign policy which
| permits contract slavery in Hawaii
and tolerates slavery in the Sulu
islands, as we'll as denies the right of
citizenship to the people who are forced
to swear allegiance to the flag in the
distant islands, is looked upon kindly
by many of the southern leaders.
They are not bound to old ideas OF
Americanism, which have given
new birth to the democratic party, ex.
cept simply by the party name; but the
course of the republican party hitherto
in recognizing negro politicians has
prevented them from making any
move in that direction.
On the other hand organized wealth,
which at present absolutely controls
the affa airs of the nation, does not feel
at all secure when it contemplates the
narrow ma jorities with which it was
returned to power in many northern
states. The political instincts of the
ca bal tells it's members that when in the
course of time it wishes to turn down
the screws of oppression stillfarthert that
| it's domination would be in imminent
danger in many northern states. Ever
since the plutocratic domination was
thrown off from the democratic party
and success for regaining the same
became questionable, these schemers
have looked with longing eyes to the
solid south, where the dominant party
is able, apparently without effort, to
roll up it's usual majorities. They
have felt that the security of their
power lay in securing control over
some of these states. There are signs
which suggest that overtures are
being made to secure the support OF
the corrupt bourbon politicians of the
south. A correspondent to the New
York Press, a hide bound republican
paper, in writing from Georgia, says;
""Wherever l go men are discussing
the new white mans party in the South.
It is the settled belief that all the neg
roes are to be turned out of Office next
March, and that their places are to
be given to respectable white Republi-
cans. The whole south is alive with
good citizens who will jointhe republi-
can party as soon as the disfranchise-
ment of the negro is completed This
is no idle theory; it is condition. = 4
The New Orleans Times. Democrat
says, editorial1y: s. 81 .". 1. ..
5''slt is strange, indeed. that this has
not been suggested before, for the re-
publicans have long recognized that
they have no chance of success in the
South, could organize no#party here,
as long as they forced negro officials
on the Southern people. Mr.. McKln-
ley has had conside experience
on this point. When he first went into
office he showed s weakness for negro
of1ic ials in the south. It will be re-
membered that these negro applicants
almost without exceptio caused
trouble.
During his SECOND term q ~ Me-
[Kinley Wi 4 free from an
ations to appoint neg roes: IIiis nomi-
nation Was asslrel onths "a advance,
and The negr con lld not
secure sn ~ BIN q 81 Hsl,aa,