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Aax~ retiase.a to Al1e1sd further S'aGl-
e-use~ off the De1netrl1Bc party Ana "
hare V,ermaDtal1lE nhsnt'a Alllrs'-la WIN
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neanaxaA1 He t2IaHins THAI he a09s A
Senator grnes 1la1 he ARG s5aaa away 4
/ drean The x.aDkinss.s because De -fsAlt'a lAAl
L the 1aca that Ais E5esWs t'a moss sub
,4~qs wsse All rasIance Nllh zht'ss 81
apaAea Issapwrzlse StdsaIEG'ss and agreed
with zhQ,ss s,g ibe Essgguhait;aris> might
st.uu,s,e iilges- In Q'ihtr WsiEds-
Ss1rarpr AaeIaAllr,Iu baz-li1s thai he = q
asegntlltan in all liuI larne- tsa5 ei4lss
40 the sa1ae oa Democrat bt'caGse -
8ahaDatsn il wsnl6 De giving ND III hope
IL rt,sats1S0n 1p zht snA1e Two years
htnc,e when his lssan i al An end
These facts are wei KNOWN hut what
, 4 / l.o1 so well understood Is that aflele
are M leAs1 q score 0t southern Rs,IiTt-
>stsn4a1svt.s III the Egnse as well AZ
.se.rsa,al SOu1hsa1 Senators who are loeh-
mr. for tshHnce IL follow Mr. Mcl-aurln
iulo the Republican party Heretofore
! there have been DO real national politics
: n the S0u1h- all having been negro alaa
au1i-neg1-o Mglh the suppression Of tbs
; negro vote II -four States ana AZ ellni-
: iua1lsl. f.re1n J,1aiilIs, these men think that
: n hns be,ro1ne pgissitie fo1 them 10 al
2 roca1e The Eselicles = which they reali!
] seliere They are n9t ready Just as YET
g 10 cali themselves Republicans but This
WI come IN time
Jasl now they are gleatl! concerned
lUver the policy 0f Tie President IN re
gard 10 appointing legroes 10 oilice III
/. he South, and IL regard to his attitude
a On the subject of disfranchisement
: There are thousands Of honest and i'll
:. teliigen1 Democrats II the South, says
e 3ne q these gentlemen, who will JoI
}. the RepuhlleAD party AS soon as tht
n negro question j. dropped. You may cal
u i a prejudice. you may say that il il
3 unjust and iliit,eral, and condemn II IA
" much az soD please, and in theory man!
n II your best people viii commend you
views, but il practice no white man il
the South waits TO see q negro poiiti
eian recognized by the Federal admin
s1ration with tie gift Of an appointment
10 Office because of the mischief that fol
lows.
Sooner OF later the negro viii be eli
minated from politics, allowing the whit
population to divide on political ISSUES
If that division took place today ther
would be very little difference III til
strength Of the two parties in som
southern States. The Southern State
,.an now disirauchise their negroes. bu
they cannot prevent their being appoiii
~ 10 office. There are plenty Of Dem,
rats In the south whose views on pun
lie questions, Oh finance, On the con
mlereial and foreign policy Of the govern
i, inent. coincide almost exactly with tho
Of the Republicans, although they col
tinue to vote the Democratic ticket b
cause they prefer the association of thu
party. IL the President were to mai
known that no more negroes would
appointed 10 office there would be
strong, vigorous and progressive Repu
lican organization of white men in Il
-~- 18Th within \ lsss .r4--y. however. as
matter of fact, has not appointed
many cOlored postmasters in the Sou
growing prejudice of the people in th
section, and because of the policy
has adopted OF permitting the Represe
lay ransye A ,beir dis,ricts +, tte -. i.
say o,ha- M ~, Ipanah ,ae ~ - ~ on ,,E,; ne, snu
however lie has given places TO a mu
larger number than Grant, Hayes, Ga
field mi ar III f..l l't.valar,
Some time ago the Hon. Juds1n
Lyons, Register Of the Treasury, and
few other colorcd men undertook to 3
tain exact information on this subje'
and their inquiry was so thorough til
'rh' the results are approximately accura
A. They show that President Mckinley
'ea- appointed colored men to the followi
WI important offices: Collectors Of q
" =, toms, 8; naval officers, 2; ministers pie
an pDteDtiaIy, 3; secretary Of legation,
aFe commissioner Paris Exposition, !; reg
-" tiers and receivers Of public lands, 8; cC
u suls, 8; register Of the treasury, /; star
ueh agent, Il presidential postmasters,
am collectors Of internal revenue, s. pa
10y ~, masters III the army, 2; army chaplain
he 81 army surgeons, 5; pension examin
~ /; suryeyor-general, /; recorders Of dee
i.a 2. The officials of highest rank a
lne salary Of colored birth are W. +. Powt
ieAt minister 10 Haiti $4,000; o. J..
~ Smith, minister to Liberia $4,000; J.
the Lyons, register Of the treasury (s4,0O
oi II. Il. Cheatham, recorder Of dee
q $4,000. Other appointments bring {
total Of negro ofiiceholders UP to abe
are 1000 drawing total salaries Of about :
ere' 100000. Marriott
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