Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27

Any one who has watched the course
Of the TINES during the last few years,
read its editorials teeming with indig-
nation over dishonest elections and
pondered over it's Sunday editorial
discourses on the Bible would conclude
that it had either changed ownership
or editors, or both.
Il violates the golden rule and epun-
ciates the doetrine of something for
nothing. Its effrontery in the first in
stance was startling enough but it goes
further and says more. It remarks:
II he Negroes want to vote the Dem.
ocratic ticket-and the wisest thing in
the world that they could do, politiea'-
~ speaking, woult be to split up aud
divide their vote between the two par
ties-.here is no objection to tneir do
ing so. But the Democratic party
must not hold out to the Negro the
hope that il he votes the Democratic
ticket he will get more tfices under q
Democratic administration than he has
enjoyed under Republican admins
trAtion.
And again:
III the Negro vote is TO come TO the
emoerstic party it must be without
consideration. The time has not come
FOR the Negro to hold off 70 in the
South. Whenever he is put into an
office that places him over the white
men there is gong to be trouble. We
are not arguing the why's and where
fore. We are stating fact. 1t will
not do and the representatives OF the
National Democratic party should not
even intimate to the Negroes that il
they hep 10 elect Democratic Presi-
dent they will get their share OF the
Offices.
The above is plain talk aud must be
very embarrassing to the men who are
in the doubtful states canning for
votes. But then it has been evident
all along that it has not been desi1 o 1s
OF seeing Mr., BRYAN elected, and a
pull on his coa,-:sils just as he appears
to be going under the wire first in the
race must be Q source OF qualification
to the TIMES.
But the most absurd declaration of
this journal is the following announce
ment:
We think that Mr.. BRYAN was also
unfortunate in going out OF his way to
give assurance 10 his colored friends
that IL he should be elected President
be would see to it that the Negro got
his rights. We do not know what Mr..
Bryan m can't by that.
Every person, Democrat as we'll as
Republican who takes the oath OF Of
dee is sworn to do exactly what Mr.
BRYAN has promi,ed ,bst he will do.
The Constitution and the laws leave
no discretion ia the matter to a coz
seientious man.
BE pledged to see to it that every
citizen gets his rights, aud the Negro
is ctiz n.
1t says:
I've cannot believe that he meant
that he would interfere with the suf-
frsge laws OF the Southern State.
where the Negro is largely rxcluded
from the polls. But the Negro might
fairly interpret his language to mean
constitutional right to vote aud that
in North Carolina, South Carolina,
Louisiana and Mississippi he has been
deprived of that right by constitution
al amendment"
To what extent can MIR. BRYAN in
terfere as President, any more than
Mr.. MCKINLEY has iuterfered. It
seems TO US that it consoles our
point that the President has the power
to protect citizens in their tights.
within the confines Of the United
States,
We are not only excluded from the
polls in the southern states; but even
as Democrats we are excluded from
the primaries Of the party. 1t cor :
cludes as follows:
ave say that this ia a dangerous
question for the Democrats party to
NEEDLE with, and Mt. Bryan and Mr..
Jones and all the rest of them will be
wise 60 let it severely alone. The
Democratic party will never strengthen
itself by catering to the Negro VOTE"
There you have it. This will serve
the Republicans q good service in
New York, Indiana and Illinois, and
will not be without effect in Nebraska.
Never before in the history Of the
country have colored men shown such
q disposition to act Independently in q
presidential contest. The TINES has
spoken. Can Chairman JONES secure q
muzzle or will he apply the usual med
icinal narcotics. Our friend is in bad
way and we advise that immediate
steps be taken to cure its ailments or
to keep the evidences OF it's sufferings
from the public.