The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK


WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Sentiment In the South.
To the Editor Of The Journal.
The shooting ofsM G. Gonzales, editor /
OF The State, In Columbia, has added an
other bloody page tosthe history Of fac /
| tlonal politics in South Carolina knew
[ Mr. Gonzales we'll. He was an able edi-
tor, cultured. polished gentlemen, and a /
type of man whose loss is always sadly |
felt in any community.
There We're times, perhaps when his !
pen was unnecessarily harsh and bitter in
dealing with an opponent but he was just
+ in his judgments, and treated high and
low with equal consideration and candor.
Since the death Of Mr.. Gonzales 1T has
been dollars to doughnuts" that Jim
Tillman would go "Scot free" but
through the recent refusal to let him out
| on bail the odds are somewhat less
favorable to him. FRS
However, I look for very light punish
ment for Mr., Tiliman. simply because it
! is almost impossible to secure white con-
victions for murder in this state.
The recklessness with which guns are
| handled in some portions OF the south,
remind one strongly. of frontier life in the
i early historys Of the west. 80. 5 81.
7 If the editors of South Carolina would
l write less about imperialism" and 'old
NIdIh I1dllld, ana more ABOUT IelAp anu
i electric chairs as punishmentS for shoot
ing citizens, they would soon create a
public sentiment thats1would1 do away with
this relic Of barbarisn and frontier civil
lization.
i The better class of people in South
Carolina-those who have made the in
dustrial conditions of Z the state almost
l phenomenal during the last tensyears--do
not carry guns, and it is high time that
their murder laws were made something
besides a trayesty on Justice =,
lam pleased to state, however, that the
tie state is slowly clearing, through the
recent elections of men infinitely above
their predecessors in ability land moral
standing. 7. -
| I had a, long chat the other day with
Il Governor, Hayward who was recently
8 elected to 4 succeed ex-governor Nc
>. Mr.. Hayward is a young man, OF, more
than ordinary ability and. couture, and
possesses a personality calculated to bring
him success in any walk of life. 81 s..
: If he does not make one of the cleanest
and most efficient officials South Caro-
lima has had in the governors chair for
many moons, lam greatly mistaken.
=. Mr.. Rooseveltss recent appointment Of
DR.. Crum to- be collector Of port in
Charleston, has stirred the bile of my
southern friends, to its. lowest3depths They
i; cannot understand that the president 8
attitude on this question simply means
that intellectual. and moral ailments
must be recognized irrespective of race or
: color, but seem to think that he is trying
$ to force the white people of the south to
accept political and social equality from
the negro race. go.
4 called on Dr.. Crum this afternoon
' and chatted with him for some time.
e | Like Booker Washington, DR.. Crum S
caucasian ancestry predominates: heavily
over that of the: African The thick lips
Z and wide nostrlls of the negro are not in
Y marked evidence, and the cast of, his fea-
p lures and general physique strongly sug-
, gests his German origin on the white side
In conversation and manners he mpresses
: one. favorably, and his. ease and fuency OF
S dlctlon indicate man of more than Or
: binary intellectual attainments.. He has
: very good practice among the colored
: race, and owns a, home, and office superior
to those owned by the average white ply
Z stefan. -Ef7E3'' ~F{* - :*7",a
I mention the hard fight put up against
: him by the citizens of Charleston, wher
" he quietly replied, yes, but Charleston
only constitutes a very small portion OF
u the United States. and IL do mot believe
= that the roof will leave the building wher
o become collector Of port
: This office only pays about ST 200 per
: year, and the, business amounts Ito Iess
: than $5,OOO,OO0 for the same length of
o time. A political plum that would not
= be sought eagerly under ordinary condi-
II tons. The race question is certainly one
it of great Nexation and bitterness to the
v people Of the south; a satisfactor solu-
- ton, Of which can sonly be obtained
= through time with it's inevitable transfer.
If nations. Personality see no cause fo1
IT apprehension, a.. '1-~.~4 - T.. ..t.
:, Two thousand years of civilization he's
~ clearly demonstrated that malgamatio1
Of the white and black races along ilega
lines will never occur, and that which is
r. continually taking place in the southern
: states usually emanates from the mos
debased elements Of both races; a state
II. Of affairs not calculated to produce
J. high grade Of character. Occasionally tn,
If Caucasian blood obliterates every visibl,
element of the negro excepting that O
~ color, hence the Washingtons and til,
ia Crums are the results. When this oc
RS ours, they possess: the sensitiveness ant
ambitions of their white ancestry, ant
n entitled to political and industrial
to achievements. -. ~
~, The vast majority of the negroes il
- the south are happy contented, ''go
IN lucky lot of people, possessing neithe
81 intelligence. nor ambition to %better thei
condition, and only those who live there
or have become familiar with the condi
80 lions through long association, can ap
40 preclate and understand what the south
Sc ern people fear and have: to contend with
at james H. Pottle.
no Charleston S. c., March 81 ~ -.
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