Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-14
DOUGLASS
Outlines His Policy.
Calls CoIone' Bryan a
donkey
And Maj. Mckinley a
Clap-Trap Speaker.
Selected Judge Grant For His
Attorney General.
Former Akron Hod Carrier Wants to
be President.

JOuI u. DOuglaSS, Oh tnlS city, is q
candidate for the Prohibition nomi.
nation for President, Of the United
States, says the New Castle (Pa.)
News. That he will be nominated
aud elected he has no doubt. He has
been called, even as Moses was called.
The ticket will be Douglass and st.
Jchn--"The Two Johns" as the fu-
ture President expresses 1t.
Douglass is known to nearly every
body In New Castle. He is II colored
man Of great forensic ability, and is
a hod carrier by occupation. He be-
lieves that II he is nominated by the
Prohibitionists he will sweep tho
country. The Carolinas, the Virgin
las, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Florida, Georgia, and all states where
the colored vote is large will swing
into lire for the Prohibition ticket,
which, with the support of the best
people of the entire nation, will be
triumphantly elected.
The fact of a certain election being
established, Mr.. Douglass is now de-
voting his attention to matters of pol
Icy. To News reporter, who talked
to him ON Wednesday afternoon, he
announced his cabinet, which is as
follows:
Secretary Of State, Wilbur s. jack
man, a native of PENNSYLVANIA and
row a member of the: faculty of the
Cook county dll.) normal school.
Secretary Of. the Treasury, Harry
h. Hackney, o native of Pennsylva-
mia, and now cashier Of the First Ma
tional bank of Atchison, Kas.
Secretary of War, Rev, r. Il. Miller,
formerly of Uniontown.
Secretary Of the Navy, Miss Lenorn
H. Phillips, of New York city. The
lady is now married but the next
President not knowing the name Of
her husband, refers to her by her
maiden name.
Postmaster General, o. j.. Sturgis,
editor of the News.Standard, Union
town, Pa.
Attorney General, Judge G. r. Grant,
of Akron.
Secretary of the .Interior Aionzo F.
Bowie, NJ. D., OF Uniontown.
Secretary Of Agriculture, Prof.
jackson, of Wyandotte, Kan. who will
be the only colored member of the
cabinet.
Asked what he would do If the Sen.
ate refused to confirm his nomination
of woman for Secretary of the Navy
he replied that he would appoint her
husband, giving that gentleman to
understand that he was to act only
under instructions from his wife, who
should attend all cabinet meetings.
"whom will you appoint as post
master Of New CASTER" asked the re.
porter.
"The appointee viii be Robert
Jones, now mail carrier said the
next President. "Some time ago,
learned that Mr.. Jones was we'll in
formed as to the lives Of the Presi'
dents, and, with my faculty Of seeing
right through man and knowing
him for what he is, knew that he
would make fine postmaster"
When Mr.. Douglass becomes Presi
dent Douglass. no will deliver nc
inaugural address, Neither will he
send n message to Congress. "Al
rotv' he exclaimed. IF the Represen
tatives Of the people who come dowr
to Washington do not know what &c
do, they can go back home and con
fess. 7 will never tell them.
81 propose wiping on; intemperancs
at once" he continued; 81 shall al
once order all saloons In the District
Of Columbia closed. If there is oppo
sition, I viii call cut the army and
navy and suppress the traffic. II col
ored men are lynched in the South
will, If necessary, put the State In
which such a crime is committed un
der military law and shoot every
lyncher.
II propose doing away with ali
White House ceremony. The place
win no longer be national boarding
house. My wife and ! will do away
with nonsense. The girl who fries
our chops win rat with the President
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