The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-02-24
nE SOUTH AND THE DEMOCRACY
DISCUSSED BY MuRAT HALSTEAD
HE Democracy of the South Committed Great
Mistake in Not Taking More Active
Part in Last Campaign

WASHINGTON Feb. 23.-There
-e,uga.ad be no more favorable time than
me present for the people of the United
Szzhes to study candidly the cause of
ssSlDe election of Theodore Roosevelt, by
:xtupendous ma jorities, and to deal
rrankly with all the facts and figures.
The democracy of the south COM
xnstted grand capital mistake in not
s1rnEing more strenuous part than they
ixSa. The southern error was one OF
retirement from the front The
'szsxxhern democracy concluded that the
v-svs1ce of the south was not wanted in
>cnrnmand of southern men to go to the
fire line, prepare the platform and
Ezane the candidates. In this they
zsere mistaken in the effective public
f;SSseiing and political sentiment, North
sssamd South
II happened that during the year of
ssxneral consideration of the public
SENSE of expediency and purpose of
Sn1thern states, in forming and form
eating the opinion of the most influ-
ennxaal persons and principles of the
: snxfion I visited. under conditions of
saamnpanionship and other favoring cir
''rcrnstances, the states of North and
Ssrxzth Carolina, the greater and the
western Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky
Mnd Missouri: and saw the issue raised
Es TO what the South proposed, be-
tween the governors of Southern and
Naxthern Carolina-this during the
ar3r of the president of the United
sSsSafes, to visit the Charleston EXPOSE
stkE- The scene to which I refer was
IN splendid representative mass, as
@7tmrnbled in Charleston, where honors
rvere rendered n gallant young soldier,
ssn of confederate general who fell
Ina the cause he espoused. The presi-
srsgnt of the United States presented the
Fgword of honor. They were comrades
n the Spanish war.
This was the most remarkable re-
Ssaatun since the war. the more signifi-
axzant and glorious that it was in his
saxSc South Carolina; and 1t was fol-
Suvscd by a banquet In which the gov
s@EDurs of the two Carolinas differed
.NsA DEFINED with courtesy their differ
e's1res.
The governor of South Carolina
his speech, saying impress
s.sstly ind pointing out the object les
wUnsof the occasion: There is nc
With. or South. no East. no West
11e saying has been often uttered with
: es1gfng emphasis. but the keynote OF
81 states, the nation and the age was
ztven when the governor of North Car
na, speaking for the living south
sa3a: -'There Is South a mighty
@S1suSh." and INDICATED the utterancs
W1GA the passionate eloquence that t.
HUvernor Aycock is SO natural. bril-.
INIT and f0rcible. Both governor.
? NDsant what they said. and that 1t wa,
r1an to say and well said: but 1t wa,
ssvOAde the music and has heard it's far
- echoes. He was right for his stat,
sVoDd right for his country. and 1t woul,
A3Se been the better for his party, too
td1-taR mighty South" had been Gale,
-s-uuen Tor It's might.
That which l found in many CONVEX
'saatarss was the year before action wa
taken THAT the South meant to cal
s~pnn New York to name the candidat
osr president In 1904 and frame hi
enatform. There is no idea that con
tycls more than a fraction not large, 1
0e North and West, Of getting alon
without the legitimate. constitutions
7uDd assured South. We have had on
~~sars and radical contentious. but tn
sSoofh ~is great factor and will b,
a There was glory enough in war an
YTospertty enough in peace to q
aIxound. with ample dividends Mort
md South. East and West. We war
uAe South in the army and navy. in II