Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-05

tween the United States and the Ar
chipplga, with such limitations 10
sugar ana tobacco as SHAH prevent
Injury To the domestic interests on
those products. We can count on an
imprOYemcnt In business conditions In
the Philippines and the development
Of a mutually profitable trade be-
tween this country and the Island.
Meantime u government. in each de-
pendoncv rs upholding the traditions
Of civil liberty and Increasing popular
control which might be expected I'M
American auspices. The work
which we are doing there rebounds to
our credit as a nation
] look forward with hopes to in-
creasine the already good feeling be-
tween the south and the other sec
tons Of the country. MY chief pur-
pose Is not 10 effect q change In tho
electoral vote OF the southern states.
That - a secondary consideration.
What ! look forward to Is an increase
IN the tolerance Of political views Of
all kinds and their advocacy through
out the south. ana the existence Of a
respectable political opposition in ev-
cry state; even more than this, to an
increased feeling on the part Of all
the people Ia The south that this GOV
eminent Is their government. ana that
its officers in their states are their
Officers.
The consideration Of this question
cannot. however, be complete and full
without reference to the negro race.
rs progress and It's present condition
The thirteenth amendment secured
them freedom the fourteenth amend
n"nt due process OF law. protection Of
property and the pursuit Of happi-
nGlga DftI fB. fEft..x4t
attempted TO secure the negro against
any deprivation of the privilege to
vote, because he was q negro. Tho
thirteenth ana fourteenth have been
generally enforced ana have secured
The objects for which they We're in
tended. While the fifteenth amend
ment has not been generally observed.
and the tendency or Southern lcgisla-
ton today IL toward the enactment
OF electoral qualifications which shall
square with that Amendment. OF
course, the mere adoption Of a con
stitutlonal law is only one stop in the
right direction IT must be fairly
aud justly enforced as we'll In time
both VIII come. Hence IL Is clear to
all tnat the domination Of an ignor-
ant, irresponsible element can be pre-
vented by constitutional laws which
snail exclude from voting both ne
srots and whites not having education
or other qualifications thought TO be
necessary for a proper electorate. The
danger of the control OF an ignorant
electorate has therefore passed. with
this change. the interest which many
of tho Southern White citizens take in
The welfare Of the negroes has in
creased. The colorcd mon must base
their hops On tho results OF their own
industry, self-rcstraint. thrift and
success, AS well as upon the
aid and comfort and sympathy which
they may receive from their white
n%cighbors of the South. There was a
time when NOrthcrners who sympa-
thi2ed With the negro in his necessity
struggle for better conditions sought
10 give him the suffrage rs a prutcc-
ton and Ia enforce it's exercise
the prevailing sentiment Of.
The South Tho movement proved to
ne a failure. What remains is the
fifteenth amendment To the constitu-
ton aud the right 70 have statutes Of.
specifying qualifications for.
Electorate ability In all states
subjected to the tgst Of compliance
WITH that amendment This Is 4
great protection to the negro. 1t
neYcr Will be repealed. II It had not
pissed. n might be difflcun now
adopt Il but With 1t In our funda-
mental law the policy Of the south
lrn legislation must and VIII tend TO
obey II. and SO lang as the statutes Of
he states meet the test Of this
amendment ana are not otherwise ia
'onflict With the constitution ana
avs Of the United States. II H. not the
disposition or within the province OF
he federal government 10 interfere
with the regulation by Southern states
their domestic affairs. There is In
he south a stronger feeling than ever
lnlong the intelligent, well-to-doI
Influential element IN favor OF
he Industrial education of the negro
the announcement Of the race
. make themselves useful members
inc community. The progress
which the negro has made In the last
lfty years from slavery. when its
tatiStics are reviewed. is marvel
Ius. and furnishes every reason to
that In the next Twenty-Five
a still greater Improvement IN
Is condition ns a productive member
+ society, on the farm. and In the
hop, and in other occupations. may
The negroes are now Aineri-
ans Their ancestors came here
ears ago against their VIII. and this
their only country and their only
They have shown themselves
nxious to live for II and 70 die for
Encountering the race feeling
them, subjected 1T times to
injustice growing II of IL. they
wen have our profound sympa-
und aid In the struggle they are
We are charged with the
Icrod duty of making their path as
nooth and easy as We can. ANY rec ,
milton OF their distinguished men. !
~ appointment to office from |
their number is properly I
ken as an encouragement ana am 1
'prcctation of their progress. and +
Is just policy shah DE pursued. /
But it may wen admit of doubt !
neither, in ease of amy race. an APP e
'iutment Of one Of their number TO ]
local office In "a community I'm I
lich the race feeling Is SO wide 9
read and acute as to interfere with {
- casc and facility with which the +
'al government business can be r.
ne 10y the appointee Is OF sufficient a
nciit by "a or announcement 10 n
b race 10 outweigh the recurrence G.
4 increase of race feeling which Is
Ia an appointment is likely to en- o
1der Therefore. the executive. in
'ognizing the negro race by APP ST
.htments must exercise a careful IN
&c