The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-04
MR. GARRIS IN WASHINGTON.
Chairman of the State Railroad Com
mission States Southern Views OF
the Political Situation.

c. w. Garris, chairman of the South
Carolina railroad commission and for
many years a prominent Democratic poll
tician in that State, has been IN Washing
ton on business He said to Star re-
porter that he was here strictly on busl-
ness and not to talk politics. He had been
40 busy attending to his official duties
that he had little time for fully gathering
the opinions of his constituents as to
prospects next year, but the opinion as
expressed in the papers of the State and
by the people with whom he had talked
was not favorable to MIR. Cleveland for
the Democratic nomination next year.
Even a blind man could see that" said
Mr. Garris. "Cleyeland is not acceptable
to the South Carolina Democracy for two
reasons: First, South Carolinians do not
believe he was true to party principles
during his last term, and second, they do
not believe that any man should have a
| third term as president of the United
States, regardless of whether the terms
are consecutive or scattered over a period
of wears. However, / do not undertake
to say specifically what Democrat would
suit my State, but I do say that South
Carolina would 60 a long way along the
line of concessions to bring the federal
government back to Democratic admins
tration. Many of our people regard Sena-
tor German, of Maryland, qualified in
every way to lead the Democratic party
next wear. Others are partial to Judge
Parker, of New York. feel safe in say
ing that our people are willing to 60 again
to the east for Democratic leader if it is
necessary. 1t begins to look as If the old.
time allowance between the South and
East with conseqent victory, is coming
around. With the solid vote of the South
and some of the Eastern and Western
States the Democratic nominee would be
elected. Our people feel that there is 8
chance for success next year and will &c
all they can to assist in making that sue
cess certain.
The South is unalterably opposed tt
negro office holders and is willing to make
more than a reasonable concession tt
have its feelings respected in this particu
lar. The present Republican administers
ton has done more in the name OF bun
combe to precipitate positive southern
feeling in this direction than all OF 1t:
predecessors. However, want it under
stood that the white people of the Soutt
have not any feeling of prejudice agalns
the negro as a citizen. They are still
willing and ready to, and do, as matte
of fact, give him justice in the courts ane
in business transactions, but they DO 90
Iiect, and will for all time, to such socia
and political prominence as would inur'
to him out of the Rooseveltian idea o
what ought to be done with the negro
This about sums up, from this one stand
point, the concessions that our southern
people would make to relieve themselve:
from the threatened Republican idea o
negro domination of the South.
"Of course the Republican tariff policy
is not any more satisfactory to southern
Democracy than it is to the northern
Democracy, and the South may be counted
on at any time to combat this one-sldec
system. Our southern people will moi
combat a sound monetary system. They
are fairly prosperous now, but they art
wholly opposed to trust control of manu-
featuring, transportation and productive
industry as they were in the last two
! presidential elections" Washington Star