Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-03

the most radical policies that ever proposed,
or even discussed, by the Republican party.
Neither Thad Stephens, Ben Wade nor Oliver P.
Norton ever advocated any measure Of insult or Op
preston for the the south that did not receive the
cOrdial cOmmendatiOn Of this 'iOuTnal of civliza-
ton
Il was in hearty accord with the Thad Stevens
plan Of putting the under rail top in the south
In the course Of time Harper's Weekly changed
its views very decidedly on some of the main ques-
Ons that were involved inthe reconstruction scheme.
The Weekly went far under its former ownership,
which was the one that established it and made it
iamohs, toward taking a position in regard to the
wisdom and justice Of negro suffrage directly in con-
ict with that which it held during the reconstruct
ion era
Under its present management Harper's Weekly
has become more pronounced in It's recantatiOn
Of theory for which 1t once contended furiOusly.
In a recent editorial it makes the following frank
admission that the south was right in opposing
negro eDfranchisment:
''TO an American citizen, having the negro in
mind it s inevitable that such opinion should at
once be read in the light Of our post bellum legsla
tiOn incorporated in and based on the war amend
ments, and so does Mr.. Bryce. What is his verdict
That the negroes were not ft for suffrage when It
as given them, and that dispassiOnate Americans
ludying the facts now admit that the granting of
suffrage to them was a mistake. OF course this is
what the southern white man has always said, and
what the northern press and politicians are reluct
antly admitting. And yet with the sad record Of
unwise haste in comforting manhood suffrage upon
the negro in the south and upon the Hawaiians in
Hawaii, which our country already has in it's deal
ing with this tcklish problem of controlling unlike
races by democratic forms of government there
have been men Of repute as scholars and statesmen
In this country during the past four years who
would have had as repeat the method and score an
other hlunder Some day It viii be seen by the dis
passi0nate historian Of the future as be comes to
write Oithe beginnings OF 9 new epoch Of American
history that of the greatests qualities displayed
by the American people and their responsible Off
cials during the period Of legislation following the
Spanish American war was the lesson derived from
experience in the south with the negro. In Porto
Rico an executive and council deriving their place
not from the voters, but ffOm without, stand be-
tween the representative body and the possible ex-
cesses Of the latter. Had the southern states had
similar bulwark during the reconstruction period
how different the history OF those cOmmOnWealths
would have been. In the Philippines, by the ad
v1ceOf the civil commission, democratic govern
mentis to be growth, not deposit; trianing in
suffrage is to begin in the lower forms Of political
structure"
Opinions like these are coming with increasing
frequency and force and the VindicatiOn Of the at
titude Of the south on the subject of negro suffrage
becomes every day surer Of full and final vindica-
tion.
An interesting story is being told Of "Jim''
Younger, says the LansOs City Journal It is said
that when the bandit was sick in the Minnesota pen
ttentiary daughter of one OF the deputy Wardens
prepared delicacies for him. ''Jim" fell in love
with her, and when he was parOed secured her con-
sent to marry him. Her parents at first object
ed, but finally yielded. When "Jim" went to get
license however, the official to whom he applied
told him that in the eyes OF the law he was dead
man, and that he couldn't issue license to a corpse
slim" Investigated and found Il is said that the
officials construction of the laws of Minnesota is
correct. BE can legally be restored to life by par
dOn and past experience teaches him that that this
is very difficult thing to get. It looks, therefore,
Is though he and his sweetheart viii have to forego
the felicities Of matrimOny. A Southern Missouri
paper inquiries what would be done with q man who
should kill Younger. In the eyes Of the law he is
Dead it reasons. tsIt would be absurd to try
man for killing another man who Is already dead. "
Perhaps the murderer would be technically ghOul
and would be prosecuted for grave robbery. The
fne logic Of the law leads to strange conclusions
some times.
The report comes from Paris that the Academy
Of Medicine has examined the discovery claimed to
have been made by DR.. BaudOin, who has succeeded
in cOndensing barrel Of wine into the compass Of
four gallons. When the water is added in proper
proportions it is said, the most precious Of wines
recover al Of their subtle aroma So the time may
come when fishing party viii be able to carry ts
liquid supplys In less obstructive manner than It
Il now obliged to carry il in, and, what may aD-
peal to sOme in larger quantities. The calm, quiet
innocent recreation Of angling is not unlikely to be-
come more popular than ever.
The oldest musical organization il the country is
what the Old StOughtOn Musical Society calls ITSELF
It held ts seventh annual reunion ct Highland pari
Ap0n Tuesday, and ID, 900 people we're present &C.
cOrding TO estimate. It's centennial was celebrated
In StoughtOn June 6, 1886. On this last occasion
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