Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-14
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THROWING DOWN THE XE6R0
VOTERS.


Is the Republican party ii the Sorrh
and Wea preparing 70 throa ire ne
gro overboard2 Ist getting ready 70
let Cuny drop out Of sight a. goiig-
icaI assetg Has ii reached the con
elualon that The time has At last
come when rs own political future
will BE- better assured. better protect
ed, better promoted. ~ cutting adrifI
from the coIored vote and letting #
take care Of ftself2 Has II almost
reached the conclusion Of the south
ern states, that this IS. - . number Of
the public men Of this section have
declared, q white mans countrs. fn
which only white men should be given
the franchise
Certain indications would seem 10
unmisrakaBly point 10 an Increasing
desire on the part Of the Republican
party 10 divorce itself from she negro.
It has always claimed that the indus
trial development Of the South would
mean an accession to Republican
strength in this section. and eventual
ly great break fn the ranks Of the
old Solid South. But the break has
not come. and it is realized that the
determination to maintain a white
mans government everywhere in this
section is the dominant and absolutely
controlling political principle before
which all other issues are bowled
down Ike tenpina. Efforts Of the
Republican leaders to Girt with tho
South and seduce fl from the path q
Democratic virtue # is seen can bring
forth no fruitage as long as the negro
remains a political factor in either 10
cal. state or national elections. Ad-
ded - this apparent strong desire TO
build up a white Republican party in
this section has been the friction in
Republican ranks north caused by
the great increase in the negro vote
Il some Of the states, and the neces-
sity that has arisen Of catering to it.
a catering that is doubtless as repug-
nant to Republican leaders Is it would
be to Democratic leaders. conceal the
feeling though they may
Negro leaders themselves are aware
Of the coldness TO them that has come
into existence in the Republican parg
during the past two years, and more
especially since the Brownsville Incl
dent and the political developments f,
produced Assistant State Attorney
Barnett. Of Chicago, the leading col
cred lawyer Of Illinois, IN an interview
complains that of late the United
States Supreme Court has sustained
every law discriminating against the
negro.
President Roosevelt only a few days
ago, assured the South that it need
fear no reduction Of its congressional
representation because Of it's laws that
take the ballot from the hands Of
hundreds Of thousands Of ignorant ne
gro voters. Referring 70 this. Sena-
tor Daniel. of Virginia says it was
really a message Of good viii to the
South, the official announcement OF
the close Of the war that opened at
Sumter. It bespoke" said he, "a deep
and permanent change Of sentiments
between the sections Other public
men are found taking a similar view
of it. and the feeling has tremendous
" strengthened that the day Of the
negro in politics is nearing its end,
that not only the ignorant and corrupt
and vicious, but those Of intelligence
and character viii eventually find
themselves outside Of the breastworks
of either party and the question Of
party control and of political victory
will be left entirely to the settlement
of white voters.
The negro voters who stood to the
Republican party for forty years
without wavering are apparently in a
position to be discarded and thrown
aside if the leaders of that party fnd
that such an act viii bring to them a
sufficient measure of additional white
support to make it profitable The
negro vote has been exploited from
expendiency, not from principle, and
the fact is being more and more de-
monstrated. The next four years may
bring a revolution as to the position
of the negro as a voter throushout the
country.