The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-26
NO PATIENCE WITH
SECTIONALISM
M'KlNLEY REPUBLICANS
AGAINST THE SUFFRAGE PLANK IN
CHICAGO PLATFORM.

the Negro Vote in the Doubtful
states-The Proposition TO Revive
ScctionaIfsIn Obnoxious to the Nc
kinIey school FoIIowers-Asita-
ton of Race Issue Calculated 20
Create Bitterness With No GOOD
Results TO Roosevelt.
BY R. NJ. Larner.
Washington, June 25.-Repuhhcans
here OF the Mckinley school. have no
patience with the proposition 10 re-
vive the issue q sectionalisTll. which is
clearly the intention - the CrUm-
packer plank in the Chicago platform.
OF course legislation VII b neces-
sary % pat sas C-urpa oSs- idea into
e1ect il IS doubtful, Z Suc1 meas
ure could pass The House unless anus
u2l methods a~e 3cvoSea- There IS
no p-oo4eal5sv .. ire Senate submit
tins % anything Il tes k-16- 50 long
as tie sxzS1--y -1lsS - ;has body are
eSee;svs-
Evs-y s2-s vrs-s,- Understands what
Ne u,s8-s er se.s s1@-aSs plank inject
81 into .sz Esv-e-5,2- platform II
Is ia.erzs,z - hare rs s@=c- upon The
negro vccs-S In Nsw Yes Illinois.
Ohio. Indiana. and W-sst Virginia and
Marylaz5 7. : The B2cS Gate OF
Promise 10 se opened u 10 the negro
voters in the Doubtful states until after
they have deposited their votes in the
ballot box
To have been consistent. the plat
form should have made some provision
for suffrage in the District OF Column
bia, so persisterJly urged by the dis
trict delegates 10 the convention.
Don't Want Ii.
The decent Republicans in Washing
ton city do not want the right of suf-
frage restored to them. They have had
bitter experience in that line, for it
came very near causing them TO lose
this city as the permanent seat of the
national capital.
Nay, nay" says the substantial, tax
paying citizen of Washington. NO
suffrage needed here. so long as the
majority of the votes cast would prac-
tically be controlled by the irresponsi-
BILE negro population"
If the right of suffrage was confer
red upon the people of this district the
majority Of the votes cast would prob
ably come from the continually in
creasing negro population. There are
several thousand white men employed
in the various government depart
ments, who retain their citizenship in
the states from which they were ap-
pointed to Office. 1t is to their per-
privilege outside of the District of
Columbia.
Old residents here recall the riots
and outrageous performances of the
negro politicians during the brief period
or suffrage in Washington. The Even
ing Star, owned and controlled by
Republicans, and the recognized or
gan of the administration is the most
vigorous and effective opponent of suf-
frage in the district
No Reduction 1 Representation.
While it is not probable that there
will be any reduction in the South
ern representation either in Congress
or IN the Electoral College, the agita-
ton OF the race issue is calculated TO
create bitterness in the coming cam
paign and produce results which will
not be Of material benefit to the record
OF President Roosevelt, as it was so
infinitely itemized by Mr. Root. After
reading Mr.. Roots estimate of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. the average Christian
statesman Is prompted to suggest the
singing of that dear old family hymn,
Want to Be An Angel"
Now, there is nothing angelic in re-
viving the sectional issue.
II was my privilege TO be present at
an interview between the late Presi-
dent Mckinley and distinguished cit
izen from Georgia. During the discus
sion OF the race problem in the South
/ remember well President MCKINLEY
saying to his visitor:
Colonel, l am honestly endeavoring
10 wipe out all traces of sectionalism
and II do not accomplish any more
tnan that during my administration |
snall feel that my administration has
been q success"
This remark was suggested during
the discussion of the kindly feeling of
the Southern people toward President
Mckinley because of his generous rec
IGNITION OF Southern men during the
Spanish War
Long Sought Scheme.
Every year while Mckinley was in
the White House he was appealed TO
by small minority Of Republican par
usans, headed by Representative
Crumpacker. to recommend in his an
nual messages to Congress the adop-
tion of some legislation along the line
OF the Crumpacker idea. He refused 10
DO so. because he, was sincere in his
desire to remove all traces of sec
tionalism so far as his administration
was concerned.
II is fair to assume that the white
people of Georgia do not approve nil
the "Motherland' gush by the senti-
mental postmaster of Macon. in his
academic recitation in seconding the
nomination of President Roosevelt In
view of the Crumpacker plank in the
national platform