The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-31
ROOSEVELT TO BLAME
 FOR THE RACE ISSUE
Senator German ASSailS the President for Forcing the Question to the Front in the
 Present Campaign.

Baltimore, Oct. 30.--At . Democratic mass meeting held tonight at the close of of the campaign. speeches were made by Edwin warfield, the candidate for Gov ernor. and number of leading Demo- crats. including United States Senator A. F. German. An immense crowd was present and the speaking was preceded by stereoptican views Illustrating the asso- citation of white and. negro delegates at the late Republican State convention. The important address of the evening was that of Senator German. During the course of his remarks he referred to the President and the race issue as follows:
 Speech of German.
 "Ordinarily. the result of . State cleo ton concerns the people of the State alone. Its only bearing upon National politics Is the fact that the Legislature to be elected will elect a Senator to rep resent this State in the Senate of the United States.
 But circumstances and occurrences which have been forced upon us, make the result this year of moro than local importance. Tho extraordinary, unusual and. think you will agree with me, unfortunate activity and interest displayed by the President of the United States in partici- pating In his party's counsels, by calling to WdSfuu8ton tffS pEOtfiiuSuL ftcpuDuCduS of this State, is such an uncalled for in- terference in our domestic affairs that 1t must be met with no uncertain protest by our people.
 Respects the President. 'T have a great respect for the Presi- dent., He ought not to be lightly or un- justly criticized. But lovers of liberty must enter their earnest protest when ever high officers of the government ex- ercise powers or commit acts which tend to restrict the rights of the people or un- duly interfere in matters of State con- cern. %
 President Roosevelt Is a man of fine attainments and of honest convictions. He is young in years, impulsive, ambi- | tious, is a partisan and believes in his party. In his anxiety for It's success, he is liable to make mistakes, and, in my Judgment, he has committed a most grevious error in forcing to the front an issue which must be depiored by all the | conservative men of the country. Should Restrain Impetuosnty. | "Tn every country where the race issue has arisen. 1t has always carried in It's
 wake lamentable results and has been attended by evil consequences. trust
 that his earnestness and impetuosity may
 be restrained and that he may be pre-
 vailed upon to accept wiser counsel in his l treatment of the negro problem. From the day a cargo of Africans wal
 landed and sold as slaves until this hour | the burden of the white men of this country has been greater than that borne by any ne0piea a1snswuet to hiataogs It was
 one of the causes which led to most gigantic war, which drenched the countr,
 in blood. destroying fair homes and i'm, poverfshing gallant people.
 Immediately after the close of the wal l came the adoption of the fourteenth and
 fifteenth amendments, which enfranchis. ed the blacks for party purposes alone and thus injected into the body polite g people unprepared and unfitted for self. government.
 | Social Equality Impossible.
 '"The Angio-Saxon has never and will never tolerate the social equality or the political domination of the negro race. The South has passed through scenes of | turbulence and disorder and rape and riot. By amendments to State Constitu- tons and by legislation. the whites have secured control, for the time being, of their own local governments and the colored race is no longer political factor in any State south of the Potomac. For more than thirty years this dues- tion has aroused sectional feeling and | dvilded parties. It has threatened the
 peace of the States. put in Jeopardy homes, and paralyzed industrial efforts.
 Although few men realize that this canker upon the body polite, it must be eliminated and the supremacy of white government assured.