Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-08-02
The Negro In The Future Of
Mississippi Politics

The role of the Negro voter in Mississippi and
southern politics has been growing in Importance since
the first Negro voters Mississippi and in other states
in the south following the historic decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the Texas case in 1916 cast
their votes for the first time in the Souhs Democratic
primary elections While the developing Negro votes in
the South generally becoming of increasing Importance
regarding future developments in Southern politics The
primary here is with the impact Of the states
Negro voter upon the future developments in Mssissp
pi politics.
The impact of the Negro voter in the state on fu-
ture developments of MissiSSpp politics becomes mat
ter Of increasingly important consideration a result of
developments following the Southern and Northern fore
when the convention resulting from the controversy
civil rights and the Negro and the obvious comprO
misses worked out in the convention favorng the South
point of view including the nomination of Congress
John Sparkman of Alabama the Democratic
nominee for vice president the daily press
ports that certain sections of the Democratic party lead
ershp in the state still flirting with the idea and giving
vent to hopes of Republican victory in the November
election.
Looking backward at the history of Mississippi
politics such sentiments may we'll be due to the fact that
in the past Republican victory brought about little
change in the distribution of patronage and little
change in the family of federal office holdings
Such condition is not likely to prevail, according
to most we'll informed observers following Republican
victory in the November election According these ob
servers Republican victory in November will place the
Republican party machinery in the hands of younger,
more liberal and progressive group, whose first
will be towards the development of real Republican par
ty organizations in Mississippi we'll as in the other
states in the south.
In the effort to develop Republican party in Mis-
sisspp the new leaders who will be called upon to head
the organization in order to increase their voting strength
are bound to make their first appeal to the traditional
Republican sentiments of Negro voters in the state In
such those Democrats who seek Republican vic
tory in November may find themselves losing the bene-
TIT OF the patronage which changed very little in the past
with Republican victory but in the future we'll
lind themselves losing control of the state.
1t is well known fact that the Democratic party
leadership in Mississippi has given encouragement to
the Negro voters of the state whose present sentiments
predominately favor the Democratic party
In looking towards the future of the Negro voter
and his impact the future of Mississippi politics. the
alternative to Republican victory in the November
election is for the Democratic party leadership of the
state to give leadership and encouragement to the Negro
voters work for increase in their number as means
of quarantine the future power of the Democratic party
of the state p''