The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-30
A Sample Jersey Republican.

James A Bradley, pooullrly known as
Founder Bradley, of Asbury Park, is
one OF the institutions of New Jersey.
He runs the most moral summer resort
on earth. At his place no dria1 Stronger
than soda water is allowed to be drunk,
no game more exhilarIting than humble
peg is allowed to be- playeI NJ dln1o
more lively than "puss wants corn sr" is
allowed to be danced, AMI the un1erpin-
ming Of every animate thing must BE-
draped from the ground up. Bradley
controls the bathing privileges of the
watering place, but no bather is per
mitted in the water who is uOs costumod
zen traine." Bradley is so good ana
modest that he would not entertain the
naked truth.
Besides his Anthony Comstock-like fads.
Founder Bradley doesn't like the negro.
except for business purposes. Last sum
mer he found that the coloreI bro her
and sister were hurting the patronage Of
his Asbury Park pavilions They would
settle down in the pavlions in thu morn
ing and spend the day and evening there,
to the exclusion of Founder Bradley's
white guests; therefore the founder
tackled up notices on the pavilions warning
the negroes to keep out. And he other
wise gave the blacks to understand that
they were not wanted in the neighbor-
hood of the great moral watering pla,e.
Now. however, Founder Bradley is
sorry he did not permit the blacks to
mOnopolize the pavilions, or did
not, at least, temporize with them.
For he wishes to be elected to
the New Jersey state senate. He is
republican, and as the black vote
is about all there is of the Republican
party in the district, he is sorely troubled
lest the voters remember against him the
pavilion episode of last summer In the
hope of cOunteracting any feeling of re
sentiment against him that may lInger
with the blacks, Bradley has instituted a
characteristic campaign, the purpose of
which is to prove that he is the negro's
ardent lover and friend and therefore
ought to be sent to the senate. His first
meeting was held at Red Bank the other
day. On the stage with him Bradley in
troduced two little Philippians in knicker-
bockers as eminent examples of negroes
he had been kind to. Placing his hands
upon their heads, after the manner that
the country circus ventriloquist manipu-
lates his dummies, he asked them if they
were afraid of him. And they admitted
that they were not.
Following this conclusive evidence of
his observation-disclosures and Christian char
ity, Bradley called out to another prop
ertyn negro in the audience: George
Morrow, is that your 1t was, and George
owned up. George" said Bradley, his
voice husky with suppressed emotion,
did ever call you nigger3" mo,
sab, F." was the prompt response. George"
again called out the founder, with his
voice leaking tears, "if you will get up
here and tell the audience that / ever
called you a niger I'll give you 500. "
Then Bradley told how he had made
prof Jacob Parker" the colored man
who weighs people at the park, rich and
independent by providing him with pair
of scales and magnanimously taking OILY
so per cent, of the receipts.
While these mighty truths were bear
ing upon the brains of his auditors, Brad
ley skipped across the pavilion incident
and closed the meeting. But he won t
skip into the Senate.