The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
In the Alabama franchise Case-KnoI
in q Qusnday-Rottenness
in Public Office.

| II universally approved on Nnu' j.
tnti0ual grounds, while some o. 10"
Northern Republican Members say
that no SLATE has a right TO DIS
franchise any class of lis citizens.
The decision is a victory for States
rights. 1t virtually says that any
State may do us it plcascs in u ,oy-
ereign matter of this character, and
the decision will tend to "lsgt, the
situation respecting negro suffrage
in all the States of the South. and
will probably put an end to other
test cases. If so, il is believed
here that it will have n far-Iparh.
ing effect for good in the who.r
country aud 20 far toward 'hc ."'-
tlcment Of the sO.called ur@'p
problem. 1t simply means that
the Southern people are the agency
through which the question Of the
uegrO's $ future can hc solved and
that the first step toward saj ~rar-
tory settlement If 10 be found IN
disfrnnchiscmcnt. II means that
the negro must first hc eliminated
from politics. That accomplished,
the white white people Of the Sou'h
can seek, by Industrial deyc op.
mcnt, the bcttcrmcnt OF the black
race. which shall not only rrdouud
to the advantage of the coIorcd
people, but the whites of the South
NJ well.
The written opinion OF Nj Jus
tlce Holmes contains discussion
of the question of how far II court
of equity ought TO go ~ attempt.
ing 10 redress political wrongs,
and it arrives ut the ronc.us on
that such II court property has no
such power-that for :hr court 10
undertake such Jurisdiction would
amount in the end 10 the admins.
tration of the government 10y the
court, and puts the who" Gu'-' on
up to Congress- SON" propIo
here believe that the dee ION " Il
be an InRcutvc for Crunpa.ce'
aud others of hIs ilk to get busy
again aud cndcavor to have their
pet measure put through reducing
the representation of the States Of
the South which have curta ed the
negro vote II they do, II wi,
prove n precious boon to the Dem
ocracy IN the next great battle OF
the ballots. The people of the
country simply wi! not stand
for it, Ms was evidenced by the
sweeping Democratic victories III
1874 and 1890 after the attempt to
put through the force bills. The
Republicans nrc not looking foI
thati kind of m issue
Whenever the trusts want any.
thing they begin working the othei
direction. They wanted the Elkln>
bill passed Mt the last session OF
Congress. and that is why they
sent those kilograms to the Senat,
asking that it he killed. The!
knew that wOuld do the trick
That is why they are giving ont tn,
impression that they do not wan
Roosevelt nominated or elected
They know the people will give
Them what they do not want
Watch the game.
X
| Attorney General Knox is in q
lquandary. He is like the fellow
lwho was drunk and hugging n
lamp-post If he let go he would
lfall, and if he held on he would
freeze. Mr.. Knox has shown that
la successful prosecution of tn,
trusts can be conducted, and he
doesn't want to injure the trusts
They are creatures of the Republi-
can party, and the party is their
creature. If the party is going to
turn against its friends there is
going to be trouble. If Mr.. Knox
does not go on the people will make
| life a burden for him, and if he
does not 60 on the trusts will
smash him. And that's what's S
the matter with Knox.
X n
1t was told a few days ago by the
highest possible authority that the
Investigation into the Coal Trus,
methods by the Interstate Com
merce Commission instituted by
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
! would 60 to the bottom of things