The colored American., 1900-10-13
POLITICAL REVIEW Of TIE MEEK

NJ -L-CE- O5W2-lS --E ALLEGED FACT
that the success O the Republican par
= in the state and the nation would
be menace 70 ILe ambition of young
Uen in politics and boass that he Is
tie friend q !0C1z uel- Altar deliv-
eri1g himself Of this saplzcr opinion
b drew lis carving knife and cut tie
political -h-ea- Of thai brilliant young
Democrat Of Brooklyn Bird s Coler.
who wss candidate for g0Te-uor. and
dictated tEs Nomination Of e middle
aged Democratic exps1sfouiSr IN the
person Of John 3 StaccdfeId of Il
mira whose TieEs O. the question Of
tie retention Of the Philippines ara in
perfect harmony with those o. the Re
publican administrator at Washington
and of eTe-! American with z tbluble-
ful q trains and an ounce Of patriot
ts-n- Oh yes NJ. Croker Is the young
nen's friend,
Lahor's Lot In the South.
TIE Democratic press Is jCsI now
very much agitared and perurbed |
over the terrible condition Of affairs /
resulting from the strike Of the coal |
miners in Pennsylvania One Of these
journals is Ebocked-uorttded- learn /
that these poor uga are obliged TO /
work and I've On $50 a year and /
makes much Of the discovery editorial
u AMI il its news columns And yet |
the Negroes Of tie south who work On
cse share system oa the plantations Of
rich Democrats and buy their stock
and groceries with orders On the stores
owned By white men would never
think Of complaining If they got 800 q
year for their labor. On the contrary.
they are systematically robbed and ar
the end Of the year are hundreds Of
dollars in debt 70 the white men who
get the benefit Of their labor and pock-
ct the money which they ought in hon.
Or TO pay them But it makes a differ.
ence whose OK is gored-
The Democrats and the Strike.
The strike Of the coal miners may
prove 70 be boomerang and strike the
strikers more terrible blow than they
viii be able TO stand up under before
the strike is over. 1t looks as If this
movement was inspired by the crafty
political agents of the Democratic par
y, which Is desperately anxious TO
make case against General Prosperi- i
T., who has been winning great many
victories in the industrial field during
the past four years. But it can in no
way discredit the present administra-
ton, and it will not help Bryan to the L
1t is desperate and dar- L
ing plot Of a bunch OF conspfrators
Doth Ii the Democratic party and the =
labor organizations, the chief men in q
which are known TO be Of the Demo 9
cratic faith President Mitchell is a
Democrat and. while we would not g
like TO say that he might be susceptible IL
to the establishments Of the leaders Of L
the Democratic party and has yielded
for consideration to the ANYTHING to
beat Mckinley" cry, the circumstances y y
ook suspicious and might not with
stand too close scrutiny. -.
Why are the Democratic newspaDers -
20 greatly concerned in the strike? -
Are they seeking to make political CAP -
tai for their party? OF course we all -.
believe that this strike was planned 81
md inspired by the Democratic board
II strategy and that it figured on :,
ringing it about just at this time with -
view to arraying the common people
gainst the Republican party and de- 70,
eating it by this sort of an appeal to =.
heir baser passions and their fg-
orance Of the real conditions. They 'h'
re relying upon the efficacy Of the OF