The Washington herald., 1906-12-01
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In the horrible time Immediately fol-
lowing our civil war, the reconstruction
era that is still a dread nightmare to
those OF US who went through il, the
constant appeal Of the South was 70 be
let alone. To be given a free hand IN the
management Of its local affairs. said
Judge Neville, the noted Mississippi juriet.
at the Raleigh.
We'll, eventually the North did Just
what we asked. Jet us alone. and. free
from outside domination, the South has
risen to high pitch Of power and pros
perity. At this splendid Juncture, when
everybody IN every State south Of the
Potomac is fourishing. and every inter
est is profitable certain men among the
South's political leaders seek 10 intro
duce a discordant note by appeals 10 the
passions and racial prejudices Of our pec-
pie. Without rhyme or reason. Senator
Tillman goes 70 Chicago 10 talk on the
race question. a question that the South
is fast settling or will settle. for itself.
His radical utterances certainly will not
gain us any friends. nor do they help in
| the solution of our troubles
tlt DtSt AtlAR tlellLE DA tllt 1dEldA
question is that Of Representative John
Sharp Williams. in his recent speeches
/ in Mississippi He talks like a statesman
and patriot. and certain others. by con-
| trast. seem ike demagOgues and pygmies.
/ Mr. Williams takes the view that any
/ agitation for the repeal Of the post bel
| lum amendments 20 the Constitution IS
futile and hurtful. The negro as a po-
litical quantity has already been elimi-
mated, and in this the people Of the
! North have acquiesced. What more can
| be asked? What more is 10 be gained
| by stirring up q subject that can be sat
isfactorily worked out only through in
/ finite patience and after an indefinite
| period of timer
There Is an old colored man in our
county, said Mr.. Howell Miller, Of Wash
/ lington, Va, at the Raleigh who. on the
! best authority, is said 10 be 112 years old.
There is no documentary evidence 20 sub
stantiate his claim TO this great longevity,
and yet plenty Of circumstantal proof is
al hand to show that the old fellow is
considerably over the century line.
His name is Elijah Jones, and he is a
/ fine type Of the old-fasbioned darky. Eli
jan. in his young days. was the slave Of
]
owned jamestown Island, and whose man.
sion there was burned by the British in
! 1872 after which Col. Amber moved 10
] Louisa Court House. The cOl0red cen
tenarian is still quite active and does con
/ siderable physical labor yet 1t is pro-
posed to send him 10 the jamestown EX-
position, where he would show TO advan-
/ tage as a historical relic on the site Of
the property his master once owned
/ Congressman r. l.. Henry. who comes
from the Waco Tex district, and who
is chairman Of the Democratic House
caucus, Is at the Riggs House. Mr.. Henry
had no competitor for the nomination
this time, nor did he have any opposition
at the polls. so that his election was
unanimous, a rather unusual occurrence,
even In a State as soIidly Democratic
as Texas.
MY belief" said he 70 a Herald re-
Ipcrter. 'is that Col Bryan is the log
IicaI candidate Of his party, and that ne
will be nominated in 1893. He has always
been strong with our people. and ! think
that the Texans are as enthusiastically
his friends as in 1895 and 1900. Unless all
Isigns fail the State viii give him a solid
delegation in the next national conven-
Ition."
Col r. c. Kerens. who ranks among the
foremost citizens Of St Louis. and is one
of the noted captains of industry in the
Southwest. was seen in the New Willard
lobby last evening He told Herald re-
porter that he had stopped over in Wash
inton. after visit TO Richmond 10 see
the dedication Of the new cathedral which
was the gift OF Mr. and Mrs Thomas F
Ryan. Accompanying him was Gen.
{ Powell Clayton, of Arkansas. Gen. Clay
ton had never been in the old capital Of
the Confederacy before. although he said
that he tried very hard TO get there more
than once in the SOS.
! Col. Kerens paid a visit last evening 70
his old friend and business associate, ex-
Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Viz
ginia.
Asked what he thought Of the recent
elections, Col. Kerens said:
"Tney demonstrated that the country
is satisfied with present conditions. and,
< considering il was an of year. the Re
. publicans have every reason 10 be salts
fed with the result As far as Missouri
/ is concerned. though the Democrats made
some gains the State is really Republican,
and in 1913 its electoral vote viii go 10 the
/ candidate Of that party.
DR. Lyman Abbott the noted preacher
and lecturer. accompanied by his wife, is
r n guest Of the New Willard He is on his
way South 10 speak before the under
5 graduates Of half a dozen or more col
Ieges in North Carolina and South Caro-
lima In 4 pleasant chat with a Herald
reporter. Dr. Abbott said:
7 believe the world is getting better all
the time. We have made tremendous
progress in the essential things of exist
ence since the generation 10 which I be
long first came on the stage of life. Men
are more humane and tolerant and take
a broader and wiser view than they did
; a few decades ago. At the same time in
taking this optimistic view, it is not well
/ TO shut our eyes to the evils that affiict
this age The great struggle of the fu-
tuTe is between labor and capital The
wealth Of the nation is prOdigicus. but its
! unequal distribution Is a source of COM
plaint. and the masses feel they are not