Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-18
REPUBLICAN PARTY
RAPIDLY GROWING
EFFORT WILL M MADE TO
SWING GEORGIA IN NEXT
GENERAL ELECTION
Dy n. T. Jones, Staff Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. d. G.. Feb. IT,
What II the future Of the Republican
party In the SOUTH
This question In now engaging nttcn.
ton OF the chiefs In the Republican Ma.
uonai committee aud the leaders Of tho
dominant party In Congress.
In the November elections the Rcpub.
leans broke into the solid South" by
carrying Tennessee. a state that nearly
always has bocn Democratic and which
the Republicans had not believed they
could capture prior TO the election
Tho victory In Tennessee hns caused
tho republican leaders TO believe that
II Is perhaps possible In the next pres.
idcntia! election To not only hold Ten.
nossee IN the republican camp hut 10
hiring into the fold other stntos NJ tho
South that have always been demo.
{ cratic AZ any rate In the next prcRl.
Dental campaign, In 1924. the republic.
cans viii make tremendous efforts 10
gnin Othor states In the South. II IL
said that Georgia h slated for one II
these efforts. The time Tor making
republican effort In Gcorgin Is faid to
De DroIdtiong because the democratic
party In that state " badly split. and a
large number ~ the independent voters
ara willing Ia go into the republican
rankes provided the republican PARTY
IN that state, " victorious n not dom.
limited by the black and tan" wing IL
The republicans. negro. Henry Lin.
coin Johnson. Is now republican nation.
al committeeman In Georgia. This does
not ut well on either the white ropub.
lioans ~ the democrats, for Georgia In
strictly white mans state"
IL IN believed by large number ~
conRrosmen that many states In the
Soath would he solidly Republican wcro
u not for the negro question. Many
states Of the South. where there are
grent manufacturing interests. want
protective tariff for their products and
not a tariff for revenue only. Tho
first kind Of tariff has always been
q republican policy and tariff for
revenue only has nearly always been
democratic policy. Then. too many
81 the southern farmers want a high
tariff for prptcctlon for THEN agricul.
ture products. and this they cannot ob.
tain without a republican congress aud
president pledged TO the protective tar.
~ principle.
To anybody who has lived In thu
South and understands the southern
ola I'M I'LL - L..
crnors II a protective republican tariff
in well known. The protective tariff
principle would cause some southern
states 10 become republican. hut for
one thIng-fcar Of the domination ~
the negroes IN political affairs,
The black man always votes On
masses Tor republican tickets II hc
was allowed the ballot ~ freely as the
white man IN the southern states there
In little doubt that h. would bc able /
"a carry many OF the states of that
section into the republican column bc.
cause he II numerically strong In tho
South and In some congressional dis.
tric,s numbers more thnn the white /
population. lie IN numerous enough
10 practically turn most Of the South
I,opublan--if allowed 60 vote.
The souihcrncrs viii never stand for p
n political status of any kind where the
negro In a great factor in politics. ar
where the black man can exercise any
proportion of control In elective govern.
mental affairs. The SOuthcrncr much
prefers the Democratic party aud
low tariff thar does not protect his
farm or his factory. "a Republican
high tariff which docs protect hut which I
accompanies state or local government
ar partial government by the negro
race. Therefore. while politically in /
sympathy with many nj the policies OF
the Republicans. he prefers to remain
n democrat and keep the black man
from participating In southern govern
nlcnt.
There II the one big stumbling block !
In the way ~ a republican South The
republican machine politicians. n1tur.
ally. will never agree Ia continued dis
reimbursement Of the black man in the
South because ns long as the negro IL
not allowed to vote the ballot In tho
South there IL no hone of the South he.
Ing republican. II would he the negro F.
votes which woul tern the South re- 7
publican IN not the white votes. he'
cause large majority of the white /
votes would remain democratic despite
the fact that thousands on account of
economic advantages 90 hc gained from
protective tariff would turn republic
an--if the negro was not allowed to /
participate largely In political affairs. I
The conclusion. followed u survey ~ /
the situation. is that the republican I
party. because OF the negro In the
South. viii never hc able tn make much /
impressions In this democratic strong .
hold There vii oc isolated victories .
like that In Tennessee. from time "a I
time. but t. capture - large portion OF
the South for the republican party I
seems To y an impossible task