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x - = =s^^Ht^gßSsr^^E®^!®!<a y6 (;^^ ^ iT: =7- X ’V'Oj VOL. XXVI. NO. / . RACIAL HATE 18 FANNED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT —Senator A. P. Gorman Negro Problem Revived by President for Partisan Purposes. M’KINLEY MADE PEACE; ROOSEVELT MAKES HATE In Strong Speech Maryland Senator Warns Roosevelt That Whites Intend To Dominate United States—Predicts Defeat of Republicans. Baltimore. October 30-—At a democratic mass meeting held tonight at the close of the campaign, .speeches were made by Edwin \\ .1 iib ld, the candidate for gov ernor. and a number of leading demo crats. including United Stab's Senator A. I’. Gorman. An immense crowd was pres ent and tile speaking was preceded fry stereopticon views illustrating the asso ciation of white and negro delegates at the l i e republican convention. The im portant address of th ft evening was that of Senator Gorman, who in addition to his d\ ".-.icy of the state ticket and his excoriation of the republicans, referred to President Roosevelt and the race issue as follows; Gorman on Roosevelt. "I have a great respect for the presi dent. He ought not to ba lightly or un justly criticised. But lovers of liberty must enter the r earnest protest when ever :gh officers of the government ex ei powers or eonuutt nets which tend to r< rriet the right* of the people or unduly interfere in matters of state con cern. "President Roosevelt Is a man of tine a: ■ ainments end of honest convictions He Is young in years. Impulsive, ambi tious, is a partisan and believes in bls party. In his anxiety for its success, he Is liable to make mistakes, and, in my judgment, 1 • has committed a most grievous error in forcing to the front an is- .ie which must be di plored by all the consei varive men of th. country du very country wl. c the race issue has risen it has always carried in its wake l.im ntable results and has been attended by evil consequences. 1 trust his earnestness and impetuosity may be : ’■drained and that he may be pre vailed upon to a.: opt wiser counsel In bls treatment of the negro problem. “From the day a cargo of Africans was landed and sold as sieves until this hour, the bur den of the white men of this country has greater than that borne by any poop; known to history. It was one of •the causes which led to a most gigantic war, which drenched the country in blond, destroying fair homes and impov erishing a gallant people. '*l mmedia leiy after the close of the war came th, adoption of tile fourtenth and lift, < : Hi am, ndments. which enfranch s ed the blacks for party purposes alone, and th is injected into tile body politic a peqh unpr-pared and unfitted for self go, ern rm nt. White Race Will Dominate. "The Anglo-Saxon has never, and will never, tolerate the social equal ity or the political domination of the negro race. The south has passed through scenes of turbulence and dis order . I rape and riot. By amend ments to state constitutions and by legislation the whites have secured control, for time being, of their own local governments, and the col ored race is no longer a political fac tor in any state south of the Potomac. "For more than thirty years this question has aroused sectional feel- PORT RECEIPTS CONTEST: FIGURES ARE COMPARED Ti HE report of Secretary Henry G. | ■ ‘’(the N™ Orb ans cotton ' etch t ng*. for the current week, show* a msid<Tahle catching up wih th.- ! figures of torn;, r ytrs, a.nd Indicates I ah« avt marketing of <■< tton to bring i about tiiis r. - :It. Thr.-ugh Friday. October 30. the port I r -f'fi.s have bee.n 1,961.745 bales, as I r. 1.9 18.266 | bales y.-iit before last. 2.085.974 bales In . 1900. To mal - the ompa i easier the ; port r-.--ipts this y,-a r .are 246.730 bales i . 43.- j 479 b.ces mor.- than year before last, I and 124,129 bales short of 1900. For tie exact full period of the SIO,OOO I port receipts con' st, that Is, from Sep- j temt-.-r I. through the 12th day of the I folio wing January last war there were ! 6,315.879 bales, year before last 5.279,- i 507 bait n 1900 4.846,741 bales, as I given out by Secretary Hester In his nth al statement of sta’i,sties upon which i the present contest Is based. The ’ .tai receipts of cotton, that Is. the amount brought into sight this season from al: sources, do not bear out the comparls -n of the port receipts figures fiven in Mr. Hester s report for the week. To date there has been received this y :>r 2.607,688 bah s, as against 3,145,- 707 -I- - ; ■ ‘ ar, a falling off of 538.- I 019 -. • tie amount brought into | t -1.1 port re .-ipts show but - 246.730 •!■ nt of last year Year ' ight into sight to this d wi- 2.780.830 bal- s. r 173.- 142 bale- more than have been r* ceived this year from all sources, but this year’s port receipts show 43.479 bales more than the port receipts to the same date year , ing and divided parties. It has threatened the peace of the states, put in jeopardy homes and paralyzed industrial efforts. All thoughtful men realize that this canker upon the body politic must be eliminated and the supremacy of white govern ment assured. "In 1896 William McKinley was elected ■ president of the United States. During I his service in congress he had favored the most drastic legislation proposed by his party in their efforts to enforce the ■ constitutional provisions. As president of the United States he realized the re sponsibilities of his exalted position, lie began ills term when the country was emerging from the throes of a great commercial panic. All the business in- ' terests of the north were depressed tic I wheels of industry were scari-elj, revolv ! ing. The south was struggling with its i negro problem; its fields but half eultiva : I -ted; Its manufactures at the lowest ebb; , I Its mines and forests undeveloped. These conditions were principally du ■ to the great pall that hung over that section • ’ and made development and progress im- . possible. "While President McKinley kept his party obligations as fully as any man, he ceased making partisan war upon the people of the south. But ' that people removed, at least tempo ; rarily, the incubus that oppressed ; them. The action of the states was > sustained by the courts and confi dence was restored. The old and 1 young men of the south took on new life. Development and progress re- ; suited both north and south, until ; the stream of prosperity and enter- I prise was flowing from one end of I the land to the other. McKinley Killed Sectionalism. ■'ln the Interest of humanity, the gov- | ernment of the United Statis determined tn fmo Cuba War w.«s declared, and ■ In response to the pre.-ident’s ‘all t men of the south and the north and the <ast and the west volunteer' d. Sec tionalism and party were obliterated. Our [ army was organized and General ‘Miles. i of Massachusetts; General Tx'e. of Vir- l ginia; Generals Si.after and Joe Wh-Her , I wore given important commands. Every i section Os the country was brought to : get her in the interest of the union no ! north no south, no oust, row« >t. i , A little more than two years have t elapsed since that deplorable tragedy at ! • Buffalo which deprived the nation of a great president. Mr Roosevelt suceecd .j ed t-» the presidency. In his anxiety to . I be ( >nstantly doing something Tie has j , made mistakes. 1 believe of him. as I l have believed of all presidents, that he is • | sincere and patriotic. But. every man in . public position is liable to mistake -. None . could Ik* more serious than the on** made . , by him in his attempt to force again to the front the q.i« sti«»n of ( quality. s-><*'al » • and political, of the negro race. , • ‘ Thoughtful citizens both north and ( south regret such an issue. They dread , ; aid will evade, it. if possible. But if th«- ■ pif>id nt ami I.is party drive the issue, . t it must be met, and the responsibility I must rest upon them. Why Roosevelt Coddles Blacks. “The presi.b nt is th,? loi-.ib of Ills i party now ami will be next year. The • , polllleians of bis part? may aa\.s, him ; that the solid negro vote (for in voting • they are indivi-abl, i, holds : . b.ilanco I <>f power in the gn at central : tales of the union, an 1 that In the .-t it. -of N, w York. New Jersey, < v.iniMi’ at. Ohio, in ? diaiia and Illinois, and Is . s ■ntial to hi.- 1 su< . In Marjliuid wh< r< the negro vote constitutes two-thirds of tin i republican party, It i.s an absolute nc | ossitj. for without It the state is hope ’ lessly lost to the re; tibfi'an party. 1 "Unless I mistake the temper of the people of this country, there will be the same revolution in public sen timent and the same protest that was recorded in 1892 by the white people ; of the entire union against the ad ministration of President Harrison | before last. In 1900 the number of bales : brought into sight to this date were 2,- 959.737 bales, being 352.049 bales more i than this year, and the port receipts for : that, year show 124,129 bales more than I this year. | To prevent a bewilderment of figures. : It seems that the port receipts this year ■ appear to take up a Laregr percentage of j the total amount brought Into sight than ; in any former year. The SIO,OOO cash offer upon ‘his sub i .feet, advertisement of which will be found I elsewhere, includes besides $7,000 in fixed j prizes, and $2,000 in two grand consola- I tion offers, a special S2OO November i prize. November forms the fourth period I of the contest, its special offer is to give i to the best estimate received during No- I vember s€oo cash. This is tn addition j to whatever other prize the lust esti : mate may take, or it will be given to the I best November estimate if it does not. I take any other prize. j Only sixty days remain for the port receipts contest, estimates are c rning in rapidly, and it Is time your estimate was being considered. Yotj are as familiar now with the conditions of the cotton market and the outcome of the cotton crop as you may be later. The figures that, have been produced show as full comparisons as one could ask. The terms i of the contest are perfectly plain, and i you must get in your estimates and not j fall behind the procession. You have I alr< idy Jost your opportunity on th. extra prizes of the first, three periods, do not let this one go by you. Send all orders, estimates and subscrip tions in the same envelope, addressed plainly to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1903. for his attempt to force negro domi nation upon the south, and thus de stroy that section and paralyze ths industries of the whole United States. "Our opponents in this state tell us we an? in no danger of being dominated by negroes; that the whites outnumber the blacks. In one sense Ulis is true, but in another it Is a mere dodge.” MEN ARE SHOT TO DEATH IN STREETS OF BILBAO FIERCE RIOTING OCCURS IN SPANISH CITY. Foreign Consuls Demand Protection for the Ships in Port—Troops Guarding the Banks. Bilbao, Spain, October 28. During the fighting which took place in the street her. this afternoon, five strikers were killed and a large number were wounded Th, troops are guarding the banks ami public buildings ami are using .Ir.atcnie positions, through the city in order to prevent the massing of strikers. As a result of the menacing situation the foreign consuls early in the day de manded from the military authorities protection for the ships of their national ities now in port. Serious lighting occurred between troops and strikers nt intervals during the morning. Mttny persons, in 'lading a captain, were wounded In ycstei'day s rioting a woman was killed and a score of people w, re wounded. Troops Ready for Mob. Madrid. October 23. General Velasco, the military commandant at Bilbao, tele graphs the government that at daybreak this morning the garrison occupied all strati'bgic. positions with the view of pre teeting the banks, public buildings, fac tories and markets and especially the Jesuit and other religious bouses which the rioters s< em determined to attack. General Velasco reports that the cav alry repeatedly charged the rioters In the old part of the city. Some of the rioters were killed and many wounded. Revolvers and stones and other missiles, General \- la.- o adds, wet, used by the rioters in their struggle with the sol diers. Th. principal railways are under the protection of the troops. Trains con tinue to run though witli extreme cau tion All other tiaflie in and outside of Bilba., lias be n stopped. A number of min is came in today and joined the st rikers. Tin military forces are considered suf ficient to cheek incendiarism and at tacks on property, but both the garrison and police ar. kept constantly on the alert to prevent flesh outrages. It is belli v, <i here that the movement in :,i.d around Bilbao is assuming the ;.reports of a social revolution, long planned by socialists and anarchlists as Was done in Bareelona two years ago. I’remior \ illavi rdo has d< t<rmined to establish order at any cost. POINT SCORED FOR THE CANAL. Colombian Congress Kill Resolution To Demand $20,000,000. Baris, October 26. Cable advices re ceived here today from Bogota, Colom bia, announce that the committee of ex amination of the Colombian c< ngress has reported adversely the bill declaring in valid the extension of time granted the 'Panama Canal Company. This eonimittee also killed the r.•solution to demand from lie- I'liited St.i ■ i 520.000.000 and from tin- Panama ('anal i.'uinpiiny 510.000.000 additional. A resolution I is been -ii.i. ted provid ing for the adjournment of the Colom biun eoiiure s on November 14. There is a possibility that a resolution of sotno kind will pass coimress regarding the aeiion to I, taken by tlio Colombian governmi nt in eana! matters, but the situation is complicated by th* presi dential eli" ti ’ii. which occurs in Decem ber. and the aspirations of the senatorial candidates. Filibusters in Colombia. Washington, October 26. The slate de partment today reeiived a cablegram dated Pinania today, s i.'.iag that seventy men supposi’d to be from Ni* aragua land ed mi the Atlantic cast a few miles from Colon y* sterday. The government had sent troops io capture them. This is the Ollie information of official character that has been received thus far at the depart ment eoncerning tile latest uprising re ported from Colombia. Day of Grace Long Passed. Washingn n, Oetob r 28.—Advices re ceived at the state department from un oflieial sources indicate that there again has been a change in the sentiment of the Colombian senate respecting the Pan ama canal, and that there is a consider able increase of the strength of the ele ment which is willing to make terms with the United States. The agents of the state department, have found it difficult to make ydain the fact, even to tile Colombians, that the Hay llerran canal treaty is absolutely and finally dead, and that no action of the Colomliiim s' ".ate *au resurrect it. if there Is to be anything done in the dl l', eion of a Panama, canal under United States control, it, therefore, must be the result of entirely m w negotiations, and none such have been Instituted. MORGAN IS REACHING FOR SEABOARD SYSTEM Norfolk, Vi., October 28.—(Special.)—A. B. Xndrews. vice president of flic South ern Railwax Company, and James N. Barr vice president, and general manager of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, had a long private conference at the Monticello hotel, and various are the surmises as to what Is In the wind. It Is believed that the conference was in regard to the possi ble acquisition of the control of the Sea board system by the Southern or by in terests allied with the house of J. P. Mor gan & Co. It has been reported within the past day or so that the committee who are en deavoring to adjust the financial difficul ties of Me-srs. John 1.. Williams A- Sons, of Richmond, and J. W. Middemiorf, of Baltimore, have received two or more iliti r, sis' offers for the Seaboard stock held by these firms, and it is conjectured that the Morgan interests may In- of these. While it is impossible to obtain any thing authentic, it is reported that Mor gan has set out to secure control of the Seaboard. HEATH AND PAYNE ARE FORCED TO GET OUT. Postal Scandal Will Cause Changes in Republican Committeemen HEATH MUST RESIGN PLACE AS committee SECRETARY l i Hanna Will Also Probably Resign. i Cliairnianship Over Roosevelt’s Protest —Payne Barred from Chairmanship by Roosevelt. i By Jos: Ohl. Washington, D. C., October 29.—(Spe i dal.) -The resignation of Hon. Perry l Heath as secretary of the republican na tional committee will, in all probability, be presented to the committee when it meets in this city early in December. It. Is possible, thought not certain, that Scn- I ator Hanna will sever his active chair manship at the same time. i it is certain as anything can be that Senator Hanna will not condu t the next presidential campaign for his party. Pres ident R'losevclt would very much like to iiav. him serve ..; the a. two campaign manager and has so * xpressed himself, for 'he has the highest respect for his ability in that direction; but the Ohioan has been through two ca (ipa gns and I that is enough for any man. I hiring the session of congress last wln- I ter Senator Ilnnta made it positive in his t ill; with friends that* he would not consent to act as national chairman again. At that time there were reports of his Intention of resigning from the com mittee at an early date. 11. denied this phase of tin? talk, showing that as there , is nothing for a chairman to do between elections it would b* the natural thing for him to hold on until his successor was i-Xoscn in the retular order of things; hut he did mak, it Main that no matter how badly he might be wanted, he would : not go through , 'her campaign. Payne Now Impossible. It was after this that Postmaster General Payne loomed up in the eyes of the politicians as the natural successor to Hanna as chairman. That was before the postal scandals had developed. Payne, who Is vice chairman of the na tional committee, had been taken into the cal’inel solely because of his supposed polltie,ii ability. From the time he first became a member of the president s offi cial household everybody understood that he was ask'd into the cabinet to become ,111 c administration politician fn-ehiet. and it was fully expected that when Hanna went out. Payne would step into the na tion..! committee leadership. . And so he would had notithe postal scandals left a slimy trull upon his ad mini -• i n lion of his department. Had Bayne gone into the investigation busi wlth i his heart when Mu rotten iic.es first developed had lie put up the. l ime bluff that others have, instead of attempting to throw cold water upon the idea of an investigation he would still have I available for the committee chairmanship; but Pi sidcnl Roosevelt his mad.- ii plain to his friends that now it would under no circumstances do to lei the h.i 'd of the postofliee depart ment hold the responsible position which Chairman Hanna will vacate. Line Drawn at. Heath. Even more strongly has the president drawn the line against Secretary Ferry Heath, who "must go.” The statute of limitations may serve as ft convenient hiding place to give Mr. Heath protection i from prosecution for alleged particlpa- I tion in the rascalities which became ram- ■ pant under his administration of that portion of the department over which he presided, but President Roosevelt is decidedly of the opinion that it will never do for Ills party to go into a campaign under the active I" idershlp of a. man who behind that Statute. While it often may can be charged with having to seek refuge unj . t i ie fact is that a plea for pro tection under the statute of limitations— especially on the part of a public official— is regarded as little Better than a plea of “guilli," and for the republican campaign to be conducted under the supervision of Mr. Ibath as secretary would, in Frest ! dent Roosevelt's opinion, be fatal. Hs has accordingly decided that Heath ■ I must get down and out. If the latter ■ does not submit Ids resignation at the first meeting of the national committee, ■ means will in all probability be found ' to force him out. Certainly he will not, under any circumstances, be permitted to si-rve in' this or any other responsible • capacity through the campaign of next The slime of this postoffice scandal is spread too deeply over this administra tion to admit of the presence in active political rnanapromeDt of Meath or J.ijnt. Crane or Lodge. One of two men will In all probability be chosen chairman, both of them very close to President Roosevelt. It is the universal custom to leave the ' chalramn to lie named by the presiden tial candidate, and Roosevelt will ask • either former Governor Murray Crane, of 1 Miissachusetts. or Si nator Dodge, of the same state, to serve in that capacity. ■ He would prefer laodge, but the senator may not consent. Crane is very close to both Roosevelt and Lodge, belongs to their political school, is a man of wealth and of political aoumen and is generally regarded here as the most available man In sight for the national chairmanship. If he Is chosen, some western man will be selected as vice chairman, and head- ■ quarters will be opened in both New- York and Chicago to please both the e-i.-t'in and western wings of the party. With either ('rune or Lodge as ehair- I man the most probable secretary would lie Louis A. i’oolidge, one of the most promiiient newspaper correspondents here in Washington, a man who has had a close acquaintance with political condi ? tions and practical politics )n both New- York and New England. 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A p'lmicc tlic above synopsis must convince you Ol lx literary likes li<i\e been cared for. You have assurance that the future attractions will be even brighter than the current ones. Yon have the additional inducement of a free subscription to January x, 1904, if you sub scribe for the paper now. at 50c for one year from January 1. 1904. Io all such subscribers the paper will be sent ERTLE to the beginning of the new year and the 50' Mill I.airt it through all of next year, thus making a fourteen months offer for only 501. In addition to this every subscriber at 50c has a chance FREE at the SIO,OOO Cotton Contest, detailed elsewhere. The Sunny South for 50c, to January Ist, 1905, by mail to any address. THE SUNNY SOUTH PUBLISHING CO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA PRICE: FIVE CENTS.