The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-31
McKinlev,s ,Record.

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 sTn 1ss6, William Mckinley was elected President of the United States. During his service in Congress he had favored the most drastic legislation proposed by his party in it's efforts to enforce the con stitutional provfsions: as President of the
 United States he realized the responsibii- tiles of his exalted position. He began
 his term when the country was emerging
 from the throes of . great commercial
 panic.
 "An the business interests of the North
 were depressed, the wheels of industry were scarcely revolving. The South was
 struggling with its negro problem. it's fields but half cultivated, It's manufac- lures at the lowest ebb, it's mines and
 forests undeveloped. These conditions were principally due to the great pail
 that hung over that section and made de- velopment and progress impossible.
 While President Mckinley kept his party obligations as fully as any man.
 he ceased making partisan war upon the people of the South. But that people re- moved. at least temporarily. the incubus that oppressed them. The action of the States was sustained by the courts. and confidence was restored. The old and young men of the South took on new life. Development and progress resulted both North and South, until the stream of prosperity and enterprises was flowing
 from one end of the land to the other. The Freeing of Cuba
 'In the interest of humanity the Gov ernment of the United States determined
 to free Cuba. War was declared, and in
 response to the Presidents call, the men of the South and the North. and the East and the West. volunteered. Sectionalisn
 and party were obliterated. Our army
 was organized and General Miles of Mas sachusetts General Lee of Virginia, Gen. erals shafter and Joseph Wheeler. were given important commands. All sections of the country were brought together in the interest of the Union--no North, no South. no East. no West.
 "A little more than two years have elapsed since that deplorabie tragedy at Buffalo, which deprived the nation of . great President. Mir. Roosevelt succeed ed to the Presidency. Tn his anxiety to
 be constantly doing something, he has made mistakes. I believe of him. as have believed of all Presidents. that he is sincere and patriotic.
 His Great Mistake. "But every man in public position is | liable to mistakes. None could be more serious than the one made by him in his | attempt to force again to the front tht question of equality. social and political Of the negro race.
 "citixens. both North and South. regre' such an issue. They dread and will evad, 1t. if possible, But if the President ana his party force the insue. iG mpst he me
 and the responsibility must rest upcl | them 5
 '"rhe President is the leader of hi | party now and will be next year. Tn
 politicians of his party may advise hin
 that the solid negro vote (for fin vctini | they are indivisible) holds the balance O. | power fin the great Central States of tn, | Union and that in the States of New
 York, New Jersey, Connecticut. Ohio, In
 diana and Illinois, it Is essential to hi. | party's success.
 The Negro in Maryland. "In Maryland, where the negro vote | constituted two-thirds of the Republican / Party, 1t Is an absolute necessity, foI | without 1t the State is hopelessly lost to
 the Republican Party.
 "bnless I mistake the temper of the | people of this country, there will be the | same revolution in public sentiment and | the same protest that was recorded in 1902 by the white people of the entire
 ident Harrison for his attempt to force
 negro domination upon the South, and
 thus destroy that section and paralyze the industries of the whole United States. "Our opponents in this State tell us we are in no danger of being dominated by
 negroes; that the whites outnumber the blacks. Tn one sense this Is true, but in another 1t is a mere dodge"