The colored American., 1900-10-13
POLITICAL RETIEH Of TIE EEH

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that rEe s1ccess O tbE Republican par
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political rh-0at @ thai brilliant y0Uzg
Democrat q Brooklyn Bird : C0lsr.
vbo vas Z candidate for governor. and
dictated tLe nomination q middle
aged Democratic eZpz1siCllsC = L1e
person of John 3 S-EDcl1e1d q E
Mira EboSe views q tie question q
TIE Te-ecttC1 q TIE Philippines ara =
perfect harmony with th0se O tie Re
publican administration at Washington
E1d q eve-y American with z tblubIe-
n & trains and 81 ounce O patriot
mems friend.
Lakor's Lot In the south
Tie Democratic press 5 Just nov
ve-y much agiIzted and peTCUEbed
over The terrible condition O affairs
resulting from he strike of the c3aI
miners II Pennsylvania One @ these
journals Is shocked-u0rtided- learn
that these poor ue1 are obliged 70
work and I've On 800 z year and
makes much Of the discovery editorial
u slsI u lis news columns and yet
the negroes q tie south who work On
tse share system o. tie plantations o.
rlch Democrats and buy their stock
and groceries with orders On the stores
owned D. white men would never
think Of complaining i they gOu 800 e
year for their labor On the contrary,
they are systematically robbed and at
the end OF the year are hundreds Of
dollars il debt 20 the white uen who
get the benefit Of their labor and p0ck-
et the money which they ought IN hon
Or TO pay them. But II makes z differ
ence whose Ok is gored-
The Democrats and the Strike.
The strike Of the coal miners nay
prove 70 be boomerang and strike the
strikers a more terrible blow than they
viii be able 70 stand up under before
the strike is over. II looks as II this
movement was inspired by the crafty
political agents Of the Democratic par
q, which IS desperately anxious 70
make a case against General Prosperi-
=, who has been winning q great many
victories in the industrial field during z
the past four years. But II can IN no
way discredit the present administra-
ton, and IL viii not help Bryan 70 the
presidency. IL is a desperate and dar-
ing plot Of a bunch Of cOnspirators
both in the Democratic party and the
labor organizations, the chief men IN
which are known 10 be OF the Demo
cratic faith President Mitchell IS a
Democrat, and. while we would not
Ike 10 say that be might be susceptible
TO the Establishments Of the leaders Of
the Democratic party and has yielded
for a consideration 10 the anything 10
beat Mckinley" cry, the circumstances
look suspicious and might not with
stand too close scrutiny.
Why are the Democratic newspapers
SO greatly concerned in the strike?
Are they seeking 70 make political cap
ital for their party? OF course We all
believe that this strike was planned
and inspired by the Democratic board
Of strategy and that il figured On
bringing It about just az this time with
a view 10 arraying the common people
against the Republican party and de-
feating IL by this sort OF an appeal TO
their baser passions and their ig-
norance Of the real conditions. They
are relying upon the efficacy Of the
unspoken lie that the trusts are re-