The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-02
GOQMAN'S CANDIDACY.

and his effort 10 enforce unity In the
Panama treaty ratification case were
tatical ~blunders, whatever one may
think Of the merits Of the questions
Involved.
II may be set down as a finality
that the South has nothing to gaiu
by a discussion Of the race question
ACCIDENTALLY. The whites Of the
South are a unit upon the questions
at issue aod the debate would be
before the people Of the North, where
the most incredible ignorance and the
most incredible tigotry of opinion
prevails. Everything in the sltua.
tion counsels a defensive policy in
this matter. There is nothing that
can be done about it by those who
oppose the measures by which the
Southern people have sought to pre-
serve civilization at the expense of
denial a fundamenta l,American theor-
y Nothing short Of a restoration Of the
carpet az governments in the South.
ern states could avail to restore suff.
rage to the DISTINGUISHED. The re-
publicans will never dare to attempt
such a thing, nor will they dare to
adopt what could only be regarded
everywhere as a merely punitive
measure, the reduction Of Southern
representation There is nothing
they can do, nothing they will dare
to do, except cultivate the rabies over
Southern outrages" aud make a
few offensive appointments. These
things the Southern people can we'll
afford to stand for what they gain by
the talk-much and do-nothiug policy
Of the republicans. If colored popu-
lation Of the same type and character
existed In the same relative numbers
In all the States of the union as ia
the offending Southern states, there
would be, in the first place, no race
question. Uniformity OF information
would bring aoout, as 10 the South,
uniformity Of opinion as to what is
necessary to be DINE. In such a case, s
II an issue could be drawn, it might {
be fought out before those who poss-
essed direct information and who
could be appealed to on the grounds )
of an enlightened self interest AS
matters now stand the democrats
have everything to gain and nothing
to lose by a defensive policy. Let
the republicans mouth all they want :
1t is their move, and they will
not dare. '
In the Panama Ease every moral :
consideration seems to enforce the :
position of the democratic majority :,
n the caucus, but the very fact the >
question is chiefly a moral n makes :
caucus action Objectionable. Though :
unwilling to profess it in words, the q
American people are favorable to a =
'areer of colonialism. They have q
made up their minds that thew :.
would rather rob inferior foreigners ;,
md remote islands than to tax them. =
elves. They want to believe and
fence they do believe that their :.
greement to purchase Frauces's nom
Transferable interest in the canal -
ave them the moral right to name :.
heir own terms with Colombia They ;,
want to believe and hence they do :.
elieve that it was the presidents
.uty to acknowledge a day old revolt. "
d state in the interest Of a "world =
n%terprise" which providence has =
Committed to them in trust for "clv- :.
.ization." aS
1t is useless and worse than useless ~
make questions like this party
sues. 1t is bound 10 prove unavail. 70
lg while we are in the first flush Of
lccess abroad. One of these DAYS no =
Jay have a bitter experience, and
nat will be the psychologist moment -
IT conversion and Cody sorrow. -
here are very few issues that have
ny proper place in party platforms
which should ever be submitted to
caucus. There are only a few es.
and eternal differences be.
the parties aud these difTerenc. Q
ale the only oneS that are the
subjects of platform declara-
On or caucus action, Every four
the parties make themselves th,
diculous by the publication Of a %,
mute, detailed programme which IN,
man accepts in its entirety and Rr
hich In a few years appear Ia parts roc
be utterly absurd Caucus rule in 60