Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-25


think IL was . position that should not
have been taken, while others com-
mend the action and advocate similar
declarations to be made by the state
committee and other counties in the
state.
We can see no occasion for all the
talk. It is purely thecarryiug forward
of e position always maintained by the
Democratic party of the South, when
its machinery hes not fallen into the
hands of a few schemers who hap
pen to desire to control the nomt-
nations and were willing to call
upon the negroes to assist them and to
pay them for assistance. Those u
ties which haYe had experiences of this
nature in Mississippi, If we can CLEAN
their feelings from the whispering birds
of knowledge, don't want any more Of
it. It cost more than It anne to, &C.
cording to the universal expression,
Why should the Democrats not declare
for a white primary II would natOy-
ally suggest itself as unnecessary to
make any such a declaration, and it
would be unnecessary except for the
few deviations from the patn Of self
respect made by the politicians re-
ferred to.
The Democratic party Of the South is
a white mans party. Not a member
of the entire household believes in
negroes voting, and why should they
not determine to hold only white
primaries? Simply, as suggested,
because the party has been dis
graced in the past by aspirants
for office and she negro lugged
Ia to carry . point for q single day,
The day for this sort Of fOOlishness
has passed away. The Democrat who
would today accept the Roosevelt
idea Of social and political equality
would be ready to leave his party and
Join the colored bosses Of the South to
pack q delegation for the re.nOmina
ton Of Teddy.
And why not reach this conclusiJnf
The South is q white mans country no
matter hsw many negroes may remain
here. The demonstration manifest in
the so-called reconstruction days were
ample evidence of the colOred mans in
ability to take charge Of the affairs of
government. The constitutions have
been 90 constructed in most of the
Southern states rs to render the exper-
fences Of those days absolutely impossi-
BILE Of repetition. Cranky presidents
may take to their bOsoms " many OF
the colOred race as he deems proper,
the tony darkies Of Washington may be
stood up in rows at the white house re-
ceptions and the whites pushed back,
ana It will cut no figure with the South
nor with any other self respecting
American who comprehends his OWL
superiority yer any other race Of peO.
pie on the face of the earth. This great
country will never be nearer sOcia
equality than it is today. The NOR,
experiments the people make with th'
problem the more they recede from th'
proposition. Even the negroes them
selves, who are possessed Of ordinar!
intelligence, resent the idea. Thos
who have been most competent to par
ticipate In franchise have cared less 70
it than have perhaps the less informed
The best informed colOred lei Of th
nation today, who really have the wei
fare Of their rae at heart, discounte
} nance the attitude Of Roosevelt and hi
kind, and admohish their own peOpl
that 1t is not social and political equali
: ty they want but knowledge Of how !
/. best protect themselves from the raw
{ ages Of poverty. In other words tbs
education along industrial lines, whic
: will qualify the rising generations {
/. the colored race to build Tor them
selves regulations for efficient Worl
8 from which they may build homes an
8 lay aside a little something for 3 rain
day, is paramount to the negro to "a
d official knowledge OF station that
can possible attain. Sensible Demo
+ Gratis are not averse TO this mode
advancement for the colOred race. r
+ pubIIcans could not offer them more.
q There is no aso on earth why Il
e negroes should be invited or permitt'
to participate in the primaries Of Mi
d sissippi. They are net Democrats, al
If permitted to vote in a primary Won
naturally be unsafe judges for the con
It mon good.
t Why not dispense with any futh
discussion Of the question: The who
.e South has already decided it. The 4
gro Is no longer q political factor.
i can never become n again. Let hi
d rest In peace.
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