The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-20

Tor states rights. 1t virtually says that
any state may DO as it pleases in q SOW
ereign matter OF this character. and the
decision will tend To clarity the situa-
tion respecting negro suffrage in all
the states Of the South, and probably
will put an end to other test cases. II
30, 1T is believed here that it will have
far-reachiDg effect for good in the
whole country and go far toward the
settlement OF the so called negro prob
lem. 1t simply means that the South
crn people are. the agency through
t',1n Wnlcn the question Of the negro's fn-
ture can be solved. and that the first
step toward satisfactory settlement is
found in disfranchisement. 1t means
that the negro must first be eliminated
from politics. That ACCOMPLISHED. the
white people Of he South can seek, by
industrial development. the bctterment
OF the black race. which shall not only
rebound to the advantage of the color
ed people, but the whites of the South
as we'll
The written opinion of Mr.. Justice
Holmes contains q discussion of the
question how far court of equity
ought to go in attempting to redress
P"iitIcal wrongs. and it arrives at tho
conclusion that such n court properly
has no such power-that for the court
to undertake. such jurisdiction would
amount IN the end to the administra-
tlon OF the government by the court,
ana puts the whole question I'D to the
Congress, Some people here believe
that this decision will be- an incentive
Tor Crumpacker and others of his ilik
to get busy again and cndeavOr to have
their pet measure put through reduc-
ing the representation of the states of
the South which have curtaled the ne
gro vote. IT they do it will prove n
fA Ia II A.
next great battle of the ballots. The
people OF the country simply will not
stand for il, rs was evidenced by the
sweeping democratic victories Of 1874
and 1880 after tho attempt to put
through the force bills. The republi-
cans ale not looking for that kind of
an issue.
Attorney. General Knox is in guam
diary: He is like the fellow who was
drunk and was hugging the lamp post.
II ne let go he would fall, and If he
held on he would freeze. Mr.. Knox
has shown that successful prosecu-
ton OF the trusts can be conducted,
and he doesn't want to injure the trusts.
Ihey are creatures of the republican
party, and the party is their creatures.
II the party is going to turn against it's
1t Mr.. Knox does not go OF the people
will make life burden for him, and il
he does go on the trusts will smash
him. And that's what's the matter
with Knox.
One effect that the rottenness in pnb-
lie office under republican administra-
ton is. going to have. is that it will re-
vive the necessity for q democratic
platform next year modelled after that
OF 1876, on which Samuel j. Tilden was
nominated and elected. That plat
fOr..l called for reform in almost every
paragraph. There is au much neces-
sity for reform now as there was then.
and it seems to be the consensus of
democratic opinion here that t. . cry of
reform will be one of tho issues in the
next campaign. If the honest men of
the nation. regardless of politics, could
be made to understand the conditions
here in many of the departments, they
would sweep the republican party out
OF Office on the cry of reform alone and
with no other issue in the campaign
Charles A. Edwards.