The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-04

Ing ~ tlils work on The plans when
bate been adopted and 70 stand behind
the men who are doing faithful hard
work s. brine about tie early compie-
lion 81 This Re greatest constructive
enterprise y modern times.
Free Trade VIII Philippines.
The governments of ON dependen.
.cies h Porto Rico ana lie philipnines
me progres ing Is farorabiy Is could
Be desired Tlie prosperity 81 Porto
Rico continues uuabated. Tie buss.
ness conditions il he Philippines are
moi slll thai We could wish them Is lie,
hui with the passage 81 the new taris
blu permitting free trade between I Is.
United states ana the afehIneiaeo
with snch limitations ii snear ana
tobacco Is sliilll prevent ififFirt ~ / Is
domestic Interests On those products.
We csn count on IN Improvement ii
business conditions n the PhiiIppiies:
ana the development * i mutually
profitable trade between his e0tintfy
and the Islands Meantime our row.
ernment In each a dependency Ii uphold.
ing tie traditions Of ciyiI liberty and
incfeas sing popular control; giiie il raic lif
be expected under American auspices.
he work wliIel We are doing there
rebounds 70 our credit asa nation
Words Of Friendship For The South.
/ look forward With hope 10 inereas.
lIfffs flsa 1,..,s, 49, i II sss4f,.4s
the south and the other sections &c the
country nv chief purpose q not ID
elfect 4 change In The electoral vote Of
the southern states That IS a second,
airy consfd eration. What j lools for.
ward to Isl an fncfease in he tolerance
OF political views &C i'll kinds and
Their advocacy throughout fine south
and the existence OF d respectable po.
litieal opposition IN every state even
more than chan this to an increased
feeling on the part % All the people in
the south that tliis government Is their
government and that Its officers In
their states are their officers.
The Negro Question.
The consideration Of this question
cannot however, be complete and fun
without reference TO the negro race,
its progress and its present condition:
The thirteenth amendment secured
them freedom, the fourteenth amend-
ment due process Of Law. protection
Of property and the pursuit OF happi-
ness and the fifteenth amendment ut.
tempted to secure the negro against
any deprivation OF the privilege to
vote because he was negro. The
thirteenth aud fourteenth amend
ments have been generally enforced
and have secured the objects for which
they were intended. While the If
teenth amendment has not. been gener-
ally observed in the past, 1t ought to
be observed, and the tendency Of
southern legislation today. Is toward
the enactment OF electoral qualifica-
lions which shall square with that
amendment.
No Repeal Of Fifteenth Amendment.
OF course the mere adoption OF a
constitutional law IS only one step. in
the right direction. 1t must be fairly
and justly enforced as wen. In time
both will come Hence II Is clear 10
all that tile dominat ion ot IN Ignorant
irresponsible element can be prevent
ed by constitutional laws which shall.
exclude from voting both negroes and
whites not having education or other
qualifications thought to be necessary
for proper electorate The danger
Of the control Of an ignorant electorate
has therefore passed. With this change
the Interest which many of tho south.
ern white citizens take In the welfare
Of the negroes has, increased. The col.
ored men must base their hope on the
results OF Their. own industry. self re-.
straint,. thrift and business success as
well as upon the aid and comfort and
sympathy which they may receive,
from their white nelghbors OF tile
south. There was q time when north
erners who sympathized with the ne.
gro in his necessary struggle for bet.
ter conditions sought to give to him
the suffrage us appreciation and to en-
force Its exercise against the prevail.
ing sentiment of the south. The move.
nent proved to be a failure. What re.
mains is the fifteenth amendment to
the constitution and the right to have
statutes Of states specifying quallfca-
lions for electors subjected to the test
of compliance; with that amendment.
This is a great protection to the negro.
1t never will be repealed, ana It NEVER
ought TO be repealed. If it had not
been passed II might be difficult now
to adopt II, but with it In our. funda.
mental law the policy Of southern leg.
islation must and will tend TO obey It,
and so long as the statutes OF the
states meet the test Of this amend
ment and ere not otherwise In con-
ifiict with the constitution and laws of
the United States 1t is not the dispose
l,tion or within the province of the fed.
eral government. to interfere with the
regulation by southern states Of their.
domestic affairs.
@Nesro Is Now American"