The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-07-16
WHY NOT 4 SOUTHERN MANI

Inc snkksri0n. coming "fihihaht
from northern democrats. that th.
party should nominal. a southern
man for the presidency In 1905 ia
being most seriously discussed both
north aud south. While the section
lately under the civil war ban Is
neither insistent nor aggressive in
the matter Il ear veil be imagined
that II would appreciate such an
honor and would furnish a lis, ~
'eligibles from which could easily bo
selected uan who would measure
zap To every possible requirement es-
acted by the northern wing OF the
party. and AZ the same time pos
sess other qualifications which would
easily be most commentators and
which might possibly noe be found
Iln a candidate from the section from
which all oar candidates have been
taken slnce the days Of James X
Polk. Taylor WAS southern man
out was nominated by the wings tn
itS4S and died In the early part Of
bis term. la 1852 the party nominal
90 Franklin Pierce Of New Hamp-
shire. in 1856. Buchanan Of peunsyl-
yauia. in SO. Douglass Of Illinois;
| in '64. Mcclellan Of New Jersey. in
los. Seymour Of New York: IN -,
Greeley Of New York: in 'T6. Tilden
Of New York: In so. Hancock Of
Pennsylvania; In 81. Cleveland Of
New York. in &c. Bryan of Nehras-
ka; In 1900, Bryan and in 1904,
Parker OF New York. So IL can be
seen that II was many years before
the civil war that the party named
its last southern man as a presiden-
tial candidate.
More than forty-two years have |
passed since peace was restored by |
the surrender at Appomattox. and |
even the once emhittered north has |
now been won over to the belief in
the honesty. patriotism and sinceri-
.v of the south, says the Kansas City
Post The north would, with its
knowledge of the high character and
qualities of the south
on. readily admit that in case a
nan from that section was elected
president there would be no scandal |
and no breath of dishonor would at
.ach to any department presided
over by any man bred and born
south of Mason and Dixon's line.
That has been their history and !
with them honor is more than HE.
Less than ten years ago an Indiana
contractor tried to bride the then
governor of Mississippi to permit
him to see the competitive bids upon
/ the proposed new capitol building OF
THAT state, and the offender found
himself denounced and jailed in ten
minutes after he had made the prop
| osition He afterwards forfeited a
is, goo bail bond and remarked that
! he he had gone too far south to do
business" and has given that state
la wide berth ever since.
i 1t has been sixty-three years since
a southern man has been nominated
by the democratic party for the pres
.idency. The great grandchildren of
linen who lived in the days of Polk
land Dallas wonder why no southern
Imam has been so honOred in all these
Years. and wonder still why the par
tv always goes north for its candi-
idates and why it permits delegates
from hopelessly republican states,
Estates from which it could not hope
Ito receive an electoral vote, to die
tate its policies and name its candi-
dates. Pennsylvania forced Parker
upon the convention in 1904 and
ithen the democrats OF that great
state refused to support him at the
polls. the plurality against him be
ing 5o5,j19.
II is yet too early 10 forecast re
f suits OF even tentatively agree upor
S candidates. Many are under SCRUTINY
10 and the measure of availability 81
70 being taken Of each. but no crystali
& zatiou ~ sentiment nor working or
"a aauizatiou is attempted iu behalf o
a Iauy man iu ,hn party ranks SURELY
q s.ztg..hr,s years D. long enough ID
r. keep fr. south from even getting
% .d,uo.raI. presidential nominee uu,