Show THE SOUTH DIVIDING there Is a disposition among southerners to renounce and this turning from the populism of the nebraskan and his school 0 economists has become so pronounced that senators are gaining courage enough to defy the to make a test of strength in several southern states mclaurin of south carolina la confident he can down ben tallman and the confidence has come as the result of southern sentiment which Is turning from the bard times stories of a hlll man to give ear to the songs of hope and view the signs of prosperity which the republicans of the north and the west have so long enjoyed an eastern paper taking note of what has lately occurred in the south says generals fitzhugh lee and joe wheeler were more prominent in the spanish american war than any other ex confederate officers they and other ex confederate have approved the expansion policy of the government they believe thoroughly in the measures taken to suppress the rebellion in the philippines they approve the government policy in cuba they were in favor of the reorganization of the regular army and of increasing its strength they represent the modern war democrats they have been identified with the war party since the opening of the spanish american war an attempt has been made by men like mr bryan and mr tallman to read out of the democratic party euch men as wheeler and lee an attempt has been made also to prejudice the southern people against them but at memphis on tuesday the ex confederate veterans gave to wheeler and lee most enthusiastic welcome of all the old comrades present no one was in greater favor than these soldiers of the spanish american war whatever heir soldier service in cuba and the philippines may have done for them it certainly has not killed the enthusiasm of their old comrades it is probable that these two wheeler and lee represent the majority sentiment among the rank and file of the old confederate army differ as the southern democrats may from republicans and democrats of the north on many questions there is no doubt that they are on tradition impulse and principle expansionists and in favor of holding territory that came to us as the result of victory in war while tillman in south carolina Is striving to arouse feeling against this class of southern war democrats and charac terl zing them as renegades rene gades and traitors the real fighting men of the south are giving them enthusiastic welcome all signs indicate that the solid south is breaking up and common sense rather than sectional prejudice la to hereafter play a more important part in the political affairs of that section of our common country |