Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-03-16

nIoI eeror, VINO is ar present i'm this
country studying IT'S political and 500
cial conditions. stated to- the writer
not long since that TO the Germans
! Che race question appears absolute
I ly Go overshadow every other polite
ical question i'm this country"
He continues:
"One curious fact connected with
Che matter is that. contrary 60 the
usual rules of evidence. a mans
views ON this subject are considered
rothcr am inverse ratio go his OPP
portunitics for acquaintance with it,
hitherto we have had the singular
spectacle of Southern men. VINO tcs-
titled from their intimate acuuaiu-
lance with Dc at FIRST haud. being dis
credited almost universally. while
tle views of those from the outside.
who may have had only the most
imperfect opportunities for 0hscrva-
ton and have not had The least OBJ
Iortuuity of seeing DO in it's most
vital forms. are Immediately accept
This can readily bc accounted for.
in that those Southcrners rs a rule
VINO essayed to speak were radical
and in their blind exhibition of race
prejudice attempted 90 undermine
The fundamental truths of history.
As a result, they were discredited
at the start and not believed at tho
finish. Men on the order of Senator
B. r. Tiuman. Gov. James X. Var
uaman. Gov. JeH Davis have done
more TO make friends for ms than
men of our own persuasion.
They Disguised the conservative
elements OF the North. and TO this
element IS due our advancement ne
long educational lines. Even the
bourbon element of the south do
sired IN q measure to win their good
sraces and the conservative erou,orts
emphasized the fact that by educat-
lns the Negro. They were ready and
willing Go evangelize them in orso~
mat they might take their places M
mong the wealth producing citizens
of this happy" land.
Men of Nr. Thomas Nelson p,oo.s
stripe by their conservative attitude
and apparently fair-minded aseor-
lions are more dangerous to our VIZ
TAI interests than are those of tbo
radical type.
Nor'herners viii listen TO them
and after listening are disnose5 80
believe The cause of this is tbst
'ne Negro cannot state his side of
The question through the same cbop-
mel that this distinguished rentle-
man uses. Occasionally DR.. Booker
y. Washington is heard i'm the land
and his utteranccs carry mucb
weight Suu there are other bril-
Hant Negroes who were they able to
play upon the keys" could give
forth euphonious notes that would
not only revolutionize some notions
but make "a favorably impression
upon the nations of the world DIR
Washington has been diplomatic
however and his utterances as a rule
have "rung true"
DR.. Page says:
one fortunate manifestation ar
pFesent-and it, is almost the onIy
new phase of the matter-is tbat
there appears 10 be greater desire
on the part of the North TO he &C.
curateiy informed upon the subiect
RMS IS undoubtedly very epcourae-
ins-lor one of the chief dificuIties
II not the chief difficulty. thar has
heretofore existed in the way of SET
Ing s,lus 'nls question, has been the Diff
lerent manner in which the two So
lions have regarded it,
1t is this very fact that makes il
highly essential that the Negroes
side Of the controversy should be
presented TO the conservative ele-
ments Of the North. AS the matter
now stands the case is being indeed