The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-22
CLEVELAND TALKS
ON RACE PROBLEM
Directs Attention to Diff
cult Position OF South
in the Matter

New York Tuesday night on the ne
gro question is attracting more atten-
ton north and south than has any
deliverance Of similar character
which has been uttered by any man
since the civil war If the comments
of the press can be taken as any indi-
cation it is safe to say tnat the form
er president handled the question to
the satisfaction Of the most enlighten-
ed people of both sections. There has
been a lot Of foolishness spouted of
recent years. by many would be phi
lanthropisfs of New England and the
north who know nothing whatever of
the negro problem by such stuff. OF
course what the politicians have said
has not been satisfactorily considered.
Mr. Cleveland by reason of his
great eminence which always eE1bles
him to obtain the attention of thought
full people everywhere, his great com
mon sense which commands public
confidence in his judgment to an ex-
traordinary degree. and his broad
craftsmanship which has outgrown
the narrow bounds of partisanship and
sectionalism. according to all accounts.
rendered a great and far reaching pub
lie service He has probably direc ed
northern thought into useful channels
so far as the negro is concerned and
has called to the attention of the ma
tion the difficult position of the south
in the treatment of what is now uni
yersally regarded as a great problem
For several years past southern
newspapers, as a rule. have had very
little to say of Mr. Cleveland of a
complimentary nature. This time
there is not a discordant voice rails
ed against him few editorial ex.
pressions will illustrate how kindly
Tuesdays speech was received:
atlanta Constitution: at was an ex-
cellent speech and the best presenta-
ton of the negro question that | have
heard in some time II the northern
people will take the advice Mr. Cleve-
land gives and act upon it that will do
more TO solve the negro problem than
anything else that might be done in a
hundred years
we of the south are the people in
terested and know more Of the condi-
Iions than any one living in anoher
section can possibly know Let those
who know meet conditions as they find
them and they will work out a solu.
ton that will be satisfactory
Mr. Cleveland has proved himself
both friend of the negro and a friend
OF the south
Mobile Register: Mr. Cleveland
address upon the negro problem, while
&c can not offend the most sensitive
man Of the north, voices precisely. yet
fully. the southern view The calm
ness of his judgment is founded upon
patient study Of the facts. He has
been honest with the facts"
He suggests that racial instinct and
not prejudices influence the southern
whites in their attitude toward the
negroes Prejudice is judgment
formed without due examination OF the
facts The southern people have ex
amined the fact. They know the facts
by thousand experiences.
How can they be ignoran or pref
udiced in their judgment Of the proper
relations with the negroes? Mr.
Cleveland strikes the very note and
coming from northern man has a
welcome sound
Norfolk Landmark. Former Pres
ident Cleyelands countrymen know
him well enough to expect nothing
but satesmanlil1e utterance from
MIN on any subject he undertakes tC
discuss, His remarks in New Yorl
az the meeting Of the Tuskegee insti
tute show the size of the man
He spoke as a friend Of the negro
bul he made il very clear at The sam,
time that he spoke also aa a friend o.
the southern white man. whose feeling
with regard to the race question he re
spected and appreciated, and whos'
paramount rights he recognized.
The proper and useful educa' ioI
Of the eolored race is sincerely desire,
by the white people of the south
Booker Washington's school Is doini
admirative work along this line ThI
harmful education Of the negro, whicl
politicians and fanatics have been an,
are giving him. is what the white pso
pie Of the south wish TO stop
1T is true that the whites of tn,
south are the negroes best friends
and Mr. Cleveland makes a stronl
soint when he calls this kindly feeling
remarkable in view Of all the soutl
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