Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-19
POLITICAL REVIEW Of 1HE' WEEK.

! YUlIllOhL NLVl[M Vi lNL IYLLR.
Signs and omcns: When the Demo-
! cratic party is reduced to the necessity
of hiring plug uglies and thugs to rot
ten egg, stone and otherwise insult the
most distinguished men in the Repub-
lican party who make speeches in be-
half of their party, it portcnds that the
Democratic party is in the highway to
defeat and that decomposition and
disintegration will shortly evcntuate.
When Governor Roosevelt was as
saulted and insultel in Colorado re-
Gently, it was sign that all the Demo-
Gratis in that particular section of Col
orado would soon be afflicted with
ORAL incoherencc and that there wasn't
anybody in that village who could
measure up to Colonel Roosevelt in
brains, ability or physical courage
that is, nobody Of the Democratic
faith.
When a Democratic hummer and
rowly threw cake Of ice ut Senator
Hanna, who was speaking in west
! ern city recently, it was an omen Of
evil to the New York ICE TRUST.
There are other signs too numerous
! to mention, among which is the To-
quacity of the emperor Of New York"
! Richard the First. When Richard
calculates overmuch at this stage of
a campaign, state or national 1t is an
unfaiIing sign that he doesn't know
! "where he is at" or, If he knows, is
not willing to tell.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff was
| the orator Of the day at the
| emancipation celebration at Bing-
! hamton. Sept 81. and delivered
an Grafton which is still being
applauded The lieutenant govern
or's familiarity with the history OF
the negro as Soldier, citizen, public
official professional man and indus
TRAN" opened the eyes Of his auditors,
and the Dinghamton Republican says
! that during the delivery of his ora
ton che was frequently interrupted by
thunders Of applause" He made
EEtil Ill l., anu III VIII NC liz W.
mand hereafter by colored organiza.
lions. The lieutenant governor is one
of the most graceful, eloquent and
pleasing platform speakers in the EN-
pire State.
One of the tricks of the white men
Of the south who are DESTROYS of Civ
ing Il black eye to negro suffrage In
that section Is to induce alleged "Well
: known business and professional men"
in that section to write to the New
York Sun and other northern Repub-
lican papers to say that they are quite
willing to support and vote for Mckin-
ley provided they can be assured that
the negro will be eliminated as /.
factor in tile politics Of the south, etc,
ad nausealn.
When these men--these traitors
were conspiring to shake the founda-
lions Of the republic and to trail the
stars and stripes in the dust of hu
initiation and defeat, to blot out the
constitution and to make human slav
cry the corner stone Of liberty, the ne
groes were the only real patriots and
honest defenders and protectors Of the
, nations honor and integrity in the
south. They gave aid and comfort to
the Yankee soldiers in camp and field;
they fed the half starved Federal
prisoners in rebel prisons and helped
thousands to escape the horrors of
these earthly hells; they acted as spies
and guides to the Union troops in the
"enemy's country" and there never
was found among them a traitor in a
black skin. In the still hours Of the
night and the early hours Of the morn
ing they were faithful and true friends
to the hated Yankee soldiers, and when
white winged peace o'ersprcad her
wings upon the ruins Of the Southern
Confederacy the faithful and loyal
negro stood by the Yankee until he had
made this nation and the union per-
petual And now the conquered white
men Of the south are seeking to obtain
by strategy and diplomacy, by hypoc-
risy and half hearted protestations Of
loyalty to a masnanimous foe, what
they could not obtain by treachery and
force Of arms. What monumental au-
dacity, what cold blooded effrontery,
to ask and expect the Republican party
to eliminate the negro from politics
when the negro was the bulwark Of
the party in the halcyon days Of it's
power in the south. Perish the
thought! JOHN E. BRUCE.