The age-herald., 1902-03-21
Crumpacker Starts the Greatest Political Fight Since 1884

powerful position as head of our govern ment for the purely and privately politi- cal purpose of forcing Henderson, Payne, Dalzcn and others of that gang of free booters in Congress to grant Cuba what? Twenty per cent of relief, or two ffths of what Cuba urgently needs in sugar tariff concession to save It's people from starvation. With every avenue of independent and adequate trade barred against them by American battleships how the Cubans must bitterly sigh for the lost reign of the King of Spaini
 Roosevelt readily employs his vast power of plunder in the name of patron age to help Cuba to a beggarly extent for reasons O. practical politics, while for identical reasons he countenances the at- tempted degradation and dishonor or more than one-third of the people who peacefully, toilsomely and loyalty live un- der and sustain the American flag within the United States!
 Nay! there are clear outward indica- tions that Roosevelt is pulling his relgns of patronage to drive the same leaders of his party in Congress whom he drove as sheep for twenty per cent for Cuba, to join forces with that wretched Crum- packerism in the effort to degrade the South It is all as plain as the dome Of the Capitol
 Perceive? Henderson, Payne, Dalzell, the feeble driveler Grosvenor. and all the Republican majority were openly against concessions to Cuba. Under orders from Roosevelt the men named, together with a majority of the majority, completely re- versed themselves and agreed to grant pitlful relief to Cuba, instead of denying the island everything as they had vowed to do.
 2 Perceive more? Henderson, Payne, Dal- zsll, the feeble driveler Grosvenor, to- gethcr with a large majority of the Re- publican majority, openly avowed, as late as three weeks ago, that they were op- posed to Crumpackerism in it's outrag- eous insult and wrong to the South. They now turn face and are openly and avow- ediy in favor of Crumpackerism and its purpose of Investigating" the South's political affairs. Why this sudden change? Roosevelt joins in the crusade or knaves against the South? Most assuredly 1t looks that way. Most assuredly. 1t IS plain that Rooseveltism has joined Crum- packcrism. Why, the report against the South is being held until Grosvenor can return from bis electioneering dash home, in order that he, who was but the other day openly opposed to Crumpackerism, may make the report and nominally lead the fight for the South's degradation!
 Let not the people of the South be de- ceived-let them not slumber.
 Plans are already formed for the most powerful, the most dastardly, the most outrageous attack upon their manhood, their honor and their liberty ever yet attempted since northern bayonets placed the South under the rule of the Negroes and the camp-followers and the hangers-on of the Yankee armies.
 Within two weeks the South may be facing the gravest political situation it has faced since Southern white men overcame the Negro and the professional white thieves of the North in Southern misgovernment.
 The Democrats in the House, 1t goes without saying will fight Crumpakerism as embodied in the resolution Hender- son and his gang have agreed upon, and will employ every resource, subterfuge and rick possible under our parliament ary rules. Thus the Democrats may be able to render able legislation impossible and keep Congress in session until next December; and we shall witness the bit- terest and stormiest session ever yet held.
 It will be war to the knife and knife to the hilt" now if ever.
 Meanwhile there are the gravest fore- bodings as to Southern manhood and iib- erty. As early as last December there was submitted in the correspondence forecast of the exact situation as 1t pre- sents itself today. The underlying facts were then obtained from men of emi- hence and information, but were forgot ten by those of no information or thought fitness at all.
 For days, weeks, months when the last fore bill was pending in the Senate, Senator German led the fight of all the Dem ocratic senators-led a fight which for ability, courage. audacity skill and tireless energy stands unexampled in the history of any legislative body of the world. But the immediate struggle for the South is in the House. and there is no German there on our side MT. German will become a senator March f. 1903
 And. by the way. the gossip recently sent out from Washington that MT. Cor man was likely to be made chairman of the Democratic Congressional committee was utter nonsense. His friends have not only not urged him to accept the chairmanship,' but they would not suf- fer him to receive it. -dr. German is the only man seriously considered in Wash ington for the Democratic Presidential nomination, and he Is a candidate. Even the most thoughtless might see the utter impossibility of the governor being chair man of any campaign committee. "I have served my time at that" he said to a friend today. To say that he will be chairman is magpie chatter.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER. MORGAN AND THE HEPBURN BILL