The sun., 1907-08-28
TAFT ov TEE MACE QUESTION.

A southern DemOcraG TELLS the Secretary
That the scare OF Negro DOminatisn
ls Dead but the Issue or Federal
Usurpataeu ef Powers Very Much Alive.
To the EDITION or TINE sUN-Sir; In
attnbuting the solidarity Of the Southern
Democracy solely to the force OF inertia"
which he alleges keeps the Democratic
party son the race issue Secretary Taft. In
his Louisville speech OF August %, has
fallen into the error which pervades the
whols Of Northern Republican thought re-
Earding Southern political sentiment. IL is
q fashioa among those Of the Republican
persuasion to consider any deviation by their
Southern brethren from the policies OF the
Republican party ~ a conclusive symptom
OF paresis In some form. In the case Of the
Southern Democracy this subtle and sinister
disorder has taken the form Of lethargic
inertia accompanied with a morbid tendency
to see ghosts Of past distempers which absorb
the whole attention Of a sckly and hipped
political mind. Among the black brethren
of the Republican faith who II In well known
possess a most Enlightened comprehension OF
the nature OF ghosts. II 10 currently accepted
that only the bad and wicked ghosts ever
return to this mundane sphere. All will
doubtless admit that the apparitions Of the
wicked past are very disturbing to the en-
joyment OF the present, and NJ BanQuos
ghost appeared and would not down" only
to the perpetrators Of the crime which de-
pnved poor Banquo OF his life. IL is not to be
wondered at that the Republican party, TO
the execution OF whose policies past and
present may DC aWnuu.eo al Vi sno So,,v ~
Oh tne sou'h, shou.o sec .n,s enos. 9. sno
race question constantly rearing US non-
strous head.
In those States Of the South where the pre-
ponderanos OF the negro population had
under Republican party policies enabled the
negroes 20 acquire oontroi OF StAso omces'
Win wnae ure results 10 700 Wen knowh'
wmch inc snte oleieens weio ,oioeu W
oeem py methoos snschihs IN .neaI che,a
Yer OF the very oorIupeioh wnc" tns Den
hepuDncan party Oh .ne Soutn nao iese,i
practseo, the relhstaoeo whi'e poople
have many years Snoe: oy .the ,nost en-
nshtenea sysVem Oh c,ec.,on iaws oevisu ~
the worid' Nhere ouucauon sno prop{Isy
ownership are msoe .ne pss's "i 'ne e,ooy-
meht Oh tne eiecuVe henchise. c~s' vn 'no
shscles Oh ieA anu opptesSoh 1'u NV
stsna iree 70 yuose oi ponaes, nsuon~ A""
state. witn cisaI ano uhpiaseu nunus.
nis matter deserving comhen. INA. ho.-
wthstanding tns iorce OF inerna wn.en Is
smo oy mr' iut 70 ens. throusnoo' she
SCUM Wmoh mas asprVeo ns peop'e OF .
snare IN ths oouhcis oi 1ne nsaon OF tno
exercise OF "o iuhuence W Nhon they sfs
entitled ana wmcn tney oeny 70 themselves py
peng inSnteneo py mere ghost Oh tne past
ana not"ithssanuing thaS past. whose IN
nuenoes the south was so narasseo In ois-
pelhng py the hepuphcan party sIraternizing
wth the negroes ana oostIuOuhg py every
means IN ts power khe Aoop,ion OIL those
educauona ana properly auaiinoauon laws
Tor eleCuons Wmcn ineoe IL possible ior ths
South TO eradicate lts eVils. the South mas
nevertheless risen IKE young pn~mk from
It's own uusb the nioes progressive part OIL
n
IL Is enough 70 read IN such exhaustive
expoStons OF her wonderiui advancement
as mat IN Mr.. hchard II. Edmonoss Facts
ABOUT the Soutn, ana tne recent eaiuon OF
Hne Worio 3 WORK oeVoteu 10 oouthern
industries, 10 see that sne mas not peeh en-
ureiy stagnsted oy such inerua as the
Secretary imagines. and that those same
policies oil the republican party. the adoption
OF wmcn ne peneVes would restore tne SCUM
10 the paruupstion IN 9e couhais OF Ihe
nauon from wncn ne declares sne mas SO
long peen edciuoeu anu the enjoyment OF
tne innuence 10 wmch tney are enutieo.
are not alone essential 70 her weiare.
IL is not. however 70 De UNDERSTOOD that
by withstandng the aiiurements which the
secretary canoluale OF the PRESIDENCY so
cnarmngiy hoios out IN tne I'm OF Federsi
ps1ronsse; Caolnet omcss' &C., tne oo9,n 10
lnsensloie 70 tne loss OF its influence in deter
mining Une pohues oi tne nsuonsl uoVerh-
ment OF thuinere 20 participation IN the
nsuon oouncis. Mo no msner plhnples
govern the men OF tne Sou,n tney nao iohs
since ooNeu tnsir nsaus 70 Dam mere arc
certain prlhSpIes ol soNo,nmenV. however,
whon nave ueen seesoiassy a"nereu 70 Dy
ono ,, Delhoei SUI peiy. Noen anu oou,n.
inese arc Iounoeu ~ 'nse sieaeest phiIosopny
o, S, eoNeinsnS % Nn''n S aounu ,s Ss spoAes"Sn In
inones 'enereon. ihe oenevers IN these
uoc..ines nsNe come Ns ullsSs'neu 'nroush
Seai Ne Tnsan - - .uu '' .ne eApeet- p~
aIey y, "l. az ~ 20 S niVhs 'neee
pnnSipies arg tna' .'i,e ls nii'eu
oy 'ne poMeIs oohle,feu uy .ne Nons.uuuoh'
ahu INA. poweis ho' vonlei,eu uy .na1 IN
s.runehs were reee, Ncu 70 sne o.s.ee OF 70
.he peopie. ih1 DemocrS Sno parry ol tno
Sou.n Is opposeu .o Inc epupncah party
oeeauso ~ von '"a' '"e sea- Voyeo'
toward "hicn 'ne wno,e eneIsle' o' the re
puohcsn parry nase oeen pent nave oeen
Tue cen'IsnAaeion cen % a"o suehstnen9 0. .no
seuerH uoverh,he"' .ne enpense OF toe
otete ooverhheh's, 'he NresNns a"ay anu
eAerose py 'n.s eshsl anHeu po"eI ., .ne
preIoSsnse Ie'e''eu eAp'eS''S W VIC S's'e'
anu .ne p.vp ~ s.,., - A.. n
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