The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-20
VARIED OPINIONS ABOUT LILY
 WHITES

The Republican State Committee will call convention in 1904 and will base the representation on the vote polled Tor the Republican candidate for Governor m 1902. and the great County of Macon, m which Professor Booker T. MashIng;;on ;n boiled twelve votes, will in all proba oiity be entitled to one delegate. One will only have to read the returns to know that Ihe same element in the party that controiied the last convention. will control the next. This is certainly not discouraging to our new movement "
 And along the same line The Huntsville Tribune declares:
 We will have a walk over in the selec- ton of delegates to the next National Convention, and we can patriotically cast our votes for the Presidential candidate who looks with favor upon the building great South. Since all the rubbish is away, the best men in our cities are looking Republicanwards, seeking relief and protection from the great business party. So let us be patriotic, high toned and keep cool heads.
 The Charleston Post. speaking of Sem ator Pritchard of North Carolina. and his efforts in behalf of white Republican party, argues that "the Republican move ment in Alabama and North Carolina is beyond the direction of the national ad- ministration now because 1t Is in the hands of men who are led by principle and not attracted by pap. The organiza- tions in those States assert and maintain as full degree of independence as is held by the organizations in Ohio or Indiana or Colorado or New York. And this is wholesome and promising"
 All of this indicates that those who organized the movement intend to fight it out. and 1t is now pretty evident that they will have to fight the present ad- ministration, from the President down. A member of the administration. Postmast- CT General Payne. recently declared:
 The position taken by the Republicans of Alabama at their recent State ConVen- tion. as understood by the Republicans of the North, is looked upon as a perver- sion of the fundamental principles Of the Repubylican party, and MT. Bingham is, in a measure. held responsible for that action; hence the change.
 If Mir. Payne does not represent the President, and speak for him, the con- trary has not been established. We have seen no disavowal from the President or from any one authorized to express his sentiments. but we have seen enough on the other side to satisfy any one that the President will oppose any movement to eliminate the negro from his party and will punish all who are active in such a IoA hio Press edited by Charles Emory Smith, the immediate predecessor of MT. Payne. had this paragraph. which accounts for the milk in the cocoa-nut:
 the Southern States, 1t would logically follow that their representation in the Republican National Convention would be reduced pro rata to their white vote, reduction to a mere shadow. The Re- publican party stands for the equality as we'll as the union of States and citizens. None are to be held right outside of the Union and none within the Union are to be without their full rights.
 That, in connection with MT. Paye's dic- tum. expresses the position of the ad- ministration and of the administration Republicans, especially in the North. This position may be to some extent founded on a desire to maintain what they con- slider the political rights of the negro but there Is an entirely different reas on in our estimation. The President is not out help from the South. There is very considerable dissatisfaction in his party throughout the Northern States, as he well knows. If he can control the South ern Republicans, get them to appoint del egates in proportion to their numbers. white and black, and get those negro foundation delegates all pledged to him he is sure of the nomination. On the other hand. if the delegates from Ala bama. for example, shall be apportioned at tfe late election, this State will lave a very small delegation and that not al all sure for Roosevelt
 It is plain that the President is opposed to the new movement and will i--ie his opposition felt in way that is usually effectual, and that is by decapitating ol otherwise punishing those who are prom iEent in 1t. In this he may to some ex- tent be governed by the alleged rights oi the negroes as members of the Republi. can party, but 1t is much more probable that his course is due to his fear that 8 lily white party in Alabama and else where will not support him in the na tional convention. And. inasmuch as VI
 
 pression from The Hartford (Conn) Cour ant, a very conservative Republican newspaper of the New England brand | and one which cannot be accused of hos tility to the negro. It says:
 We say again that the delegates wh | sit in Republican notwithstanding
 district, State, national-should represen
 actual, legally qualified Republican vot CTS. We say 1t is an intolerable thing tha | Republican conventions should be con
 trolled-or, if not controlled, invaded ant
 discredited-by delegates who represen
 practically nothing save their own van | ity or greed, lust for office or lust fo | cash. Everybody who is familiar witt
 Republican National Conventions know | the delegations that have been comin,
 up from certain Southern States to thos | great assemblies. quadrennium afte | quadrenium, and the scandals that hay, | gathered and clung like dirty fog abou | them. There has been great deal to' l much of that for the health of the party l There should be no more of it. In 190 | and thenceforward representation in Re publican conventions should be based | solidly and solely, upon the Republican | votes.
 The French courts are having a whol
 lot of trouble over q question of natura | f,, | |,