The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-26
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Using The CoIored Brother.-Eyi-

Using The CoIored Brother.-Evi-
dences multiply daily showing that Mr..
Hanna ard his associate campaign man
ayers are preparing to make the best
possible use of their Afro-American CO.
horts in November. From nearly all of
the close States tber. come reports of a
sudden and wholly unexpected influx OF
negroes from the South. In only one
instance is there variation from this
rule, and that is in West Virginia In
that State the Hon. Stephen Benton
Eikins is drawing on the grand old Re-
publican State of PENNSYLVANIA for col
ored recruits. whom he is giving employ
ment in coal mines and other new enter
prises which he is developing. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that in Indiana ard
Illinois fully ten thousand negro votes
have located since the 1st of July. Only
the other day four thousand of these
voters were added to the population of
Chicago. They were carried to the WINDY
City by the Illinois Central Railroad.
and when enquiry was instituted concern
ing them the statement was made by both
the railroad people and the blacks that
they were fleeing from the mob craZed
city OF New Orleans. 1t has not yet been
learned who paid for their traEspo.tat on.
though ii is understood that the Demo-
cratic National Committee is now striv-
ing to obtain some definite information
upon this very interesting question. Ten
thousand blacks ''judiciously distributed
through Indiana can perhaps check the
threatened stampede to Bryan in that
State. and the same number similarly
handled in Illinois can probably accom-
plish the same result there. 1t is true
that the registration law of Illinois is
supposed to be particularly severe, but
the election machinery out there is en-
tirely in the hands of the Hannaites, and
as things go this Is worth several points
in the game. Positive identification or
black voters is difficult in the best regr-
lated communities. as so melodiously set
forth in q song of recent vogue. and 1t is
not considered probable that the Repub-
lican managers will brook much quiobling
over this in such a crisis as is now i'm
pending Refugees from New Orleans
are also showing up in divers and sundry
parts of Ohio, though for good and SUI
ficient reasons it is not believed many OF
them will seek safe harbor in the vicinity
of Akron. which is next door to Canton,
the seat of the amiable Mr.. Mckinley S
far-famed little frame cottage-''the only
home the President owns" declares Mr..
Hanna with exuberant pathcs. 1t is ridicu-
lous to claim that there is no guiding
hand in this sudden movement among the
blacks of the South. 1t is equally ridicu-
lous to claim that the late riots at New
Orleans are responsible for it. These dis
turbances might cause a few of the more
affiuert blacks to leave New Orleans for
a short time, but it cannot be true that
thousands of negroes who never before
had the price of a railroad ticket from
the mouth of the Mississippi to Lake
Michigan and other points not so far
North have come into possession of SO
much money at ence. Still, it is contend
ed that if TIE blacks are being coloniZzd
in the close States north of the Ohio
River fo- political purposes they will be
voted in November, no matter how much
the Democratic managers may protest
against IT