The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-14

IT is more than thirty years since the
, right of suffrage was conferred upon
the colored folks There is no northern
state in which there are not negroes of
. ability and education, yet in all these
wears and in all these states only one
negro has held a high elective office
. McCabe of Kansas, who was twice au-
ditor of the Sunfower State. He is the
exception which proves the rule Of ex-
| clusion of the negro from prominent
political office in the northern states
Occasionally one is elected to the leg
islature - Peter Clark of Cincinnati,
for instance. In all this third of a CEN
fury no colored man has been sent to
either branch of congress by north
ern constituency, and it requires no
great powers of vaticinatiOn to predict
that none ever will be sent Now, l
submit that if a negro is good enough
to represent a southern constituency he
is good enough to represent northern
constituency. If the negro were dis
franchised everywhere, the Republic
ans could not carry Kansas, Iowa, IL
| lfnois. Ohio West Virginia, Indiana.
| Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware or
| New York. Without the negro vote
! the Republicans would have no earth
! ly show in Virginia, Kentucky Mis-
souri, or Tennessee-and they haven't
much of a show as it is. Consequently
the negro holds the whip hand in the
Republican party, if he chooses to use
it. United and aggressive. they can
compel the Republicans to make a fair
| division of the loaves and fishes both
north and south. Indeed, if they are
courageous and persistent they can
gobble the lions share, for without
them the Republicans would be in
a hopeless minority and would soon be
compelled to go out of business. A
thorough organization among the ne
groes would force one Of their race on
the next Republican presidential ticket
as the vice presidential candidate, and
in the event of success would land at
least one negro in the cabinet. 1t would
also secure to them fair division of
the spOils generally. In addition to all
this, they could force colored repre-
Sentation in the congressional delega-
tons from Republican states and
partitioning of state officers from gov
ernor down in the Republican states.
Be it clearly understood that am not
advising them to do this. l am simply
specializing on what might happen-On
what may happen. 1t is plain that the
Republican party is at the mercy or
the negro voters. Why the negroes
themselves do not recognize the fact
and act upon it is one of the mysteries
Of the times i'll which we live. 1t sure
ly must be that the northern negroes
have as keen an appetite for pie as
their southern brethren. Why, then,
are they not as clamorous for it? The
only reason must be that they fully re-
alize the hopelessness of the quest.
What they need to drive white Repub-
leans into an equitable division Of the
SPOTS is reSolute and capable leader.
Perhaps Rev. William McGinn is the
man; perhaps he is not. AS the French
say, Nous verrOns." One thing may
be stated with absolute certainty, and
| that is that if he is bold and insistent
| he will cause Republican congressman
to have Il creepy feeling in the region
of the spinal column. 1t is not very
lucrative position to which he aspireS,
but it is 81 most honorable one. He is
in situation to say to the Republican
party, Stand and deliver"
Election Ridden Ohio.
de gustibus non disputandum' is
! great truth. TO the mere locker on in
! Vienna it would appear that an election
every year is too much of good thing
| in any well regulated community and
! that Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and other
more or less magnificent common
wealths which now indulge in that sort
of Superfiuous thing would hasten to
"efOrm themselves, but the locker on i'll
Vienna would be much mistaken II he
came to any such conclusion. Au con-
traire, they seem to like it. For in
stance, General Charles Dick Of Ohio
has been spending the holidays in
laying pipe and pulling wires for the
! gubernatorial nomination. to which
Hon. Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland
also lays claims. He is also laying
pipe and pulling wires. These two am
bilious statesmen are assiduously court
ing Uncle Mark" who is supposed to
be the dispenser Of all political bless
ings in Buckeyedom except such as
Tom Johnson reserves for himself and
his followers. They will probably make
Uncle Marks" life miserable.
If they did not have this odd year
subcrna torial election in Ohio, all con-
cerned could eat their Christmas tur-
keys in peace. AS it is, they are all
likely to contract bad case of indiges-
! ton.
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