Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-03-05

work ito bring about the earl compile
Ition OF this the greatest constr tive
enterp rises Of mod rn Sttimes. sIs
sL@2 Fres5 3 Win philippinss 81
4 Ss The government OF our dependent
cies 81 Porto Rico and the Philip pines
are progressin az faYorably as could
Be- desired The prosperity of Porto
4 Rico ontinues una ba tied The bust
ness cond itions iii the Philippi ines ARE
mot all that could wish them to ba,
but With the passage of the new tariff
bin permitting free trade between the
United States and the arc ipelago,
with such 3Iimitat lions III sugar and
tobacco as shall prevent Injury to- the
domestic interests on those prod ducts
we can count on IAN Improvement ID:
business condi Ions In the philippines
and the deYelo pment Of "a mutually!
profitable trade between this country
and the islands. Meantim our gov
eminent IS each depend ency IS uphold
ing the tradi tions civil liberty and
increasing popula control, viii h might
be expected under American auspices
The work which we are doing there
rebounds to our credi Il as q matt Ton H
Words Of Friendships FOR the South. y
I look forward with hope to increas-
ing the already good feeling between
the south and the other sections Of. the
country. /. MY chief purpose is not to
effect a change In the electoral vote Of
the southern states. That Is a second
airy conside lion. 81 What Il look for.
ward to liz an increase In the tolerance
Of political Views OF all kinds and
their advocacy throngh the south
and the existence Of q respectable POI
ntieal opposition In every state even
more than than this, to an increased
feeling on the part Of all the people In
theisouth that this GOV eminent is their
government Il and that i Its officers In
their states are their officers. 81 ii
.:5 The Negro Question. $3$ d d
The consid Grafton OF this question
cannot however, be complete and full
without reference to the negro race,
it's progress and its present condition.
The ~ thirteenth amendment secured
them freedom, the fourte amend
| ment due process. Of law, protection
Of property and the. pursuit Of happi-
| ness, and the fifteenth amendment at
tempted to secure the negro against
any deprivation OF the privilege to
vote because he was negro. The
thirteenth and fourteenth amend
ments have been generally enforced
and have secured the objects for which
they were intended. I. While the fif-
teenths amendment has not been gener-
| ally observed in the past, 1t ought to
be observed and the tendency y Of
southern Iegislat ton today Is. toward
the enactment OF electoral qualiica-
lions which shall square with that
amendment. i 5s; n. a5fs $;a
No Repeal ofs Fifteenth Amendment.
OF course the mere adoption Of / a
consh tutional law. is only one step in
the right direction. It must be fairly
land JUST enforced as well. In time
| both viii come. Hence 1t Is clear to
Ia1l that the dominatio Of an ignorant,
irrespo nsible element can be prevent
ed by constitutional laws which shall
Exclude from voting both negroes and:
whites not having educate ion or other
qualifi cations 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 Whic many Of the south:
ern white citizens take In the welfare
Of the negroes has incre ased The coll
ored men must. base their hope on the
results of their own industry, self re,
straint, thrift and business success as
well as upon the4aid and comfort and
sympathy which they rmay receive
from their white peighbors of the
south. There was a time when north-
erners who sy mpat hized with the ne
gro in his necessary struggle for bet-
ter conditions sought to give to him
the suffrage as protection and to en-
force its exercise against the prevail
Ing sentiment of the south. The move
ment proved to be- a failure. d What re
mains is the fifteenth amendment to-
the constitution and the right to have
/ statutes Of states specifying qualifica-
tions for electors SUBJ ected to the test
| OF compliance with that amendment.
ThisHis q great protection to the negro
II never viii be repealed, and it never
ought to be repealed. It \ It, had not
been passed It might be dif1cult now
to adopt 1T but with It IN our funda-
mental law the policy Of southern leg
islation must and WIN tend to obey IT..
land so long as the statutes of the
l states meet the test OF this amend
ment and are not otherwise ii, con
lfict with the consti tuition and laws of
the United States it Ii not the disposi-
tion Or thin the province of the fed
leral government to interfere with tho
Regulation BY southern states 5of their
domestic FAIRS.
esro ID Now "A merle
There is IL the south a stronger feel
4 ms than ever Il mong the Intelligent,
well to- do and infuent ial element irl
favor of the Industrial 3 education 81
! the negro and 4 the encoura cement of
4 the race to make Themselves useful
members Of the community The
EDroereSS which fIia II espr No ma Il e Z,