The Washington times., 1904-11-27
SOUTH WILL SOLVE
NEGRO QUESTION
Ex- Minister Scruggs Tells
a Way to Do 1t.
TO BAR BLACK AND WHITE
Deprive All nliterates Of Ballot and
Two Strong Political Parties
Will Control Affairs.

LEI us have impartial. not uniyeF-
sal, suffrage ia the South. II the
negroes are 10 be -disfranchised, let
the illiIerate whites be barred. too.
Ihls is rot q popular doctrine, /
know. but IL would be just Even il
10 would reduce Southern representa-
tion il would be better 10 have eight
IaemhCrs OF Congress chosen By Two
political parties about equally strong,
than a dozen members chosen by
machine
There is a strong Republican sem
Tiuent among the business men or
The south, ard the race issue is the
only obstacle in the way OF its mani
tosJation. IL Is Veung question,
but IL viii be settled, and settled By
the South in its own way
TINS is t1e judgment OF Col William
l.. ScruEgs of Georgia. founder and edi-
Tor Il The first Republican daily paper
m the south. started I'm reconstruction
davs; then. for twenty-five years d not
able mem5tr OF the American diplomat
ir service. under the Presidents from
Grant to Harrison. and since then en-
gagged i'm International affairs. as a law
Yer Of distinction
Has Studied Negro Issues.
II was as editor OF the Atlanta New
Era, preaching Republican doctrines in
1866. when tie South was not In the
humor for advice from Northern car
petbaggers, that Colonel ScrusgS. born
iu Tennessee. tried 60 advise ui4 Georgia
neishbors through the columns of his
PAPER. Tie did so for 1--WE years. until
General Grant called him 90 the diplo-
matte service. Although absent much
fIom the South la later wears. he has
never ceased his personal efforts for
..... -.H
and thinks it viii be- found near at
home.
Fully appreciaung the prejudice
against equality of the TWO races. col
onel Scrugss thinks n-verthelesz. il is
used too much as scarecrow for Jimid
people. lie has never been imposed on
i'm this respect. ne says. because cot his
lIbeIal pOiuI OF view
Ia elaboration of these views. he
talked entertamingly in. hls room at "a
leading hotel last night lie said.
Republican Tendencies.
THE south Is ou the point of break
ing AWAY from the Democratic party.
Mckinley poilad near1y $1,000 Democratic
votes. iu Georgia. and Roosevelt gnl "a
GOOD vote there too Among the manu-
featuring element and the young voters
the negro is The only issue which Keeps
The Democratic party In the ascendcncy
today.
THE industrial South is Republican
al Eeart Why should IL not be- II
b. for tarim and expansion. Georgia is
the most prosperous State in the South
with lts cotton and iron. and Atlanta IS
"a phenomenon among cities in the mum
ber of It's small manufacturers. BuSi-
ness Is good. but wGuld be stimulated
even more. il there were two good po-
IiticaI parties iu the Sputh-ou- 20 watch
The otter.
Impartial Suffrage Urged.
"If there is objection 10 having me-
gro domination we'll and good. IL has
been the great bueabpo Of the South
but 1 have never thought it such an Ina
possible question. without any solution
Let uz have impartial, not universal
suffrage. Let not the fact that man
is "a negro bar him from voting. II the
negroes are 10 be dlsfraHchised. adopt
an educational or property qualification
and let the initerate whites be barred
too. That would cut of about II or /.
Ter cent or whites and So or 20 per cent
OF blacks. This is not a popular doc
trlne. ] know. but IL at least mas the
merit Of being just
Even if such uu arrangement would
reduce Southern representation, iJ
would De better Tor the South tO have
Ia a State eight members OF Congress
chosen by two political parties about
equally strong. tnan "a dozen members
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