New-York tribune., 1904-08-26
"OLIGARCHS" IN THE SOUTH
1sa Who Go to Congress 7eith
Only a Handful of Votes
. -. Editor OF TIE Trroune.

+hs EC1SOE OF Ire IrSUfle
cir At the 81. Louis Democratic National
c,nvention the States of the South which sun-
~,,sd delegates taking q prominent part v-ere
rr,vts Carolina and Mississippi Perbsns no wv,
eurthern States have furnished more bitter foes
!, the Republican party than came from these
ECO States. Let US take look at the politics
- south Carolina, dominated py an alleged
.ssr1ocracy. The entire de:eGat!on To the
congress Of 1907 was elected upon = combined
.ate Of 29,SA& The total vote cast Ccr all can
s,5atss w&s 32.let. The vote Cor the Demo
,rztsc Presidential ticket in 1860 was A. .23G.
;. is indeed interesting to note that, while
ne white voting population of South Carolina
!, 127 1896. 70 say nothing Of the colored voting
,c,,,latfon of I52,95o the delegation from that
safe breaks INTO Congress" upon n combined
,o,s Of but 29343. in the Xth Indiana Dis
.-ict represented BY Gfr. Crunpacker. we find
that the combined vote for ali candidates for
congress in 1902 was 4615S, or 1879 rnore
,o.ss than the entire number Of ballots cast n,
-. seven districts in South Carolina. The ITr6
sou,A Carolina District poIIed the largest num-
t.- Of votes in 1862. ., 140 ballots being cast.
The vote cast in the Indiana district is nine
.toss that number of ballots One voter IN
sou-, Carolina has equal voice IN the general
,overz.nent with nine voters in the State OF
Indiana
In the State OF Mississippi. from which we
have Williams and Vardaman. we find the dele
rstion 20 The Congress of 1902 backed I'D by
,ombined vote OF only 1865 John Sharp
Williams breaks into Congress" upon a vote OF
I4S3 The state Of Mississippi has q white vot-
ing population Of 145Sl5 and a colored voting
population OF 1864. The combined vote Of
his state for the electoral tickets Of three par
lies in 1900 was 80 los. The total voting popu-
lston Of the State is 344.462
one member Of Congress from Mississippi ac-
ouired seat in the election Of 1902 on LAG
laIlots.
Il is from Mississippi that yre hear so much OF
ibe alleged race issue" If there has been q
race issue affecting suffrage in Mississippi then
tbe negro appears 10 have been chased off the
voliticsl map. and the rank and file white voter
close second From democracy 10 cIigarchy
.s tie condition. Not alone are the votes Of
whites in Mississippi lacking but the premium
rut upon those voting, as compared with the
districts Of the North. is certainly startling II
sppears that there is more than a race issue
merely affecting coIored voters arising from
Mississippi. i reaches into the North. and puts
the stamp Of iaferiority upon the ballots of
free whites there. IN tha KIth Ohio District
represented By aIr. C;rosvenor. there were ~ 611
ballots cast fo- both Congress candidates, and
Just &4.9So votes more than were pOlted for the
whole Mississippi delegation TO Congl es5 IT
required 23 Ia ballots 10 elect Mr.. GrosVenor
and l. 433 70 elect Mr.. WillianS Nj. Cannon.
the Republican Speaker. received D. .94I ballots
sn 1862 while the Democratic candidate re-
eeTed l5254 ballots and the Prohibition candi-
cate 1666 votes. ~ the KVTTIth Illinois Dis
fTict II seems that the strength of the Prohi-
hilton candidate was greater in Mr.. CannOns
district than vas Mr. Williamss vote in the
Mississippi stronghold. Yet the Prohibitiorist
brother failed TO break into Congress"
The Democratic race issue is the political
"nigger" IN the moon TO which these cunning
TsTty leaders seek 70 attract the public eye OF
ihs North while the Southern political man
sssrs endeavor TO fasten their hold upon the
soTs-nnent OF this nation for the next four
yssrs The State Of Vardanan" and the
State q TIInan" have been established by the
strategy Of constitutional chicanery, and these
n7z1pioT,s Of the Southern -'democracy," hav-
HF tas1en from the negro every vesttge of every
p4tlcal right and having driven the great
white population Ito the woods now would
oorltnate the politics Of the country and over
foe fhe great North, Just as thew have usurped
and beaten down tie South The negro is prac-
tcs-y cleaned out in the South. and IT is UP 70
The North 10 determine whether or not free
fnen North VIII submit 70 such brazen Unequal
ity n representation upon the part Of the
Southern cligarchists and he 2 radically ruled
ana IS completely cleaned UP and cut
JOSEPH @ MANNING.
Alexander City, Ala, Aug % 1904.