The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-26

Democratic onslaught. Roosevelt and
Stand Pat" VIII be the party's slogan,
entire confidence prevailing that the
country viii favor the man and the is
sue in preference to anything the Demo
Gratis may offer.
AS for the train revislonists of the
middle West, they viii be silenced and
brought into line by the party lash. and
the good injunction that In the face Of
the enemy little personal differences Of
view must be forgotten and that "aIl
will be weir after the election is safely
Won Honeyed words may not seem
satisfying food for the sustenance Of the
revisionists. but then II they don't Ike
il what are they going to do about It?
An Irritating Plank.
Regardless Of what the Republicans
think about the platform adopted az
Chicago. there is no concealing the fact
that the Democrats look to one OF its
blanks as the sure means of reuniting
their party south OF Mason and DiNon's
line. and making the solid south again
dependable unit They look with in
terse interest on what they regard as a
sinister declaration ~ the Republican
platform for cutting down the Southern
representation in Congress in retaliation
for the practical elimination OF the negro
vote.
Southern Democrats consider this
plank adopted BY the Republicans as
the most aggravated case Of batting
which they have recently experienced
When they look back 30 McKinley's e.
forts to reunite the North and South and
blot out all sectional feeling they do
not feel this is helping them along that
course Consequently. they feel bitter
and say the plank means nothing more
rcr less than the waving Of the bloody
shirt" again in the coming campaign
Have Retentive Memory
The reduction Of representation plank
has caused the South 10 review some
Of the political incidents Of the past few
years. Since the formation Of she Mis-
sissippi constitution in 1890 and the va
rious other constitutions Of Southern
States which had a tendency to limit
the right to vote. there have been spas
modic attempts in Congress to cut Gown
the voting power Of the Southern States
In that body. The idea was preached TO
Mckinley. but he rejected it. and it
gained no formal party recognition Until
this time.
The arousing Of this sectional senu-
ment has led to the claim by the Dem
ocratic leaders that not only the en-
tire South. but Delaware and West Vir-
ginia as well, will be Democratic next
fall. no matter who is chosen to bear
the Democratic standard. They point
out that the Southerner views the race
question only in one way. and his at
titude is eternally unccmpromising. The
Republican convention at Chicago took
the other view. and there is no common
ground or which TO reconcile the differ
ences.
Bad for Lilly Whites"
Another incident at Chicago. which
has stirred up tho South was the ele-
walton IN the crowd of a little mulatto
boy with a flag to lead the cheering. A
little white girl had already been placed
on the platform. Immediately an en-
thusiastic delegate stood the two chill
dren together, and side by side the
safron-hued negro boy and the aaxen-
haired. blue-eyed Anglo-Saxon girl
waved a flag in order to accentuate the
idea Of harmony and equality.
While many delegates cheered the
scene the white Republicans present
from the South deeply regretted the oc-
currence. Their attempts to build UP a
white party in the South have had their
greatest obstacles in such incidents.
Its undoubted effect on the Southern
white man viii be 10 drive him into
the Democratic party. they say. and
those familiar with Southern customs
and prejudice realize they speak the
truth. Though a trivial incident Of the
great convention. they saw its underly-
| Ing significance. and its probable SIMS
ter influence on their future Efforts for
the Lily White" cause at home