Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-20

man come along n day an y
Boy, yo am on color, an yo'r ha,r
kinks. Big feet an a black face don't
go around we're. Better move on.s
tGroans.) De black man had got his
cucumbers to CROWN, and his SUM
flowers was comm up. but he JEST
went down into his butes and departs
ed into. another land. (Agitation.y
He didn't want no row wild white
folks. He talked 1t ober wild de ola
woman, an dey hitehed up de mewl an
driv OF. He'd jest got things started
again in his new home when deere was
a knock IN de cabin doah an de white
man appeared. (Yells.) He didn't
wait two minits befo' he said to dat
black man: Boy, / amt gwine to
break my back wild hard work when I
kin git it dun fur nuthin. Yo' coma
long home wild me an go To diggin',
(Yells of indignation). II dat blaca
man had stood up fur his rights. he'd
hey come out chen up in de row, bus
he didn't stand. He Jest bowed his
head al went long, an since dat time
de white man has had de bulge on
him. (Groans.)
Now bout dis political bizness.
I'ze bin talkin wild black men bout ID
cherry day fur vars and vars to find
out jest what dey wants. Dey don't
want but mighty leetle, an deir amt
no pushin and jammin bout it. / rec
kons dat a hundred small offices scat
tered round would make us all feel
good. Enthusiastic cheers) II de
number was 200, we'd feel a heap bet
ter. More cheering.) It's jest like
de case Of two hunters lookin at de
same coon up a tree. Both want his
pelt an his meat, but dey want Il fur
nuthin. De coo knows dat one or de
other am bound to git de best offer he
kin. wild %applause.) We am ia
coon up de tree. We am bound to
come down, but we must git de best
terms we kin. GIVE willl") II yo'
go to a white man an say yo' want to
be rewarded fur yo'r political work,
he will look at yo' in establishment an
reply: Boy, what yo' mean2 Hain't
yo' dun got yo'r freedom7 Can't yo'
ride in de street kyars longside OF
white folks?' WAL, de white nan
has had his freedom a mighty long
time, but dat hasn't prevented him
from goblin up all de Offices. (Tre4
mendous yells.) I'd willinly glib up
ridin in de street kyars fur an office
paying $500 a var, an l reckon OATS
de case wild mosl of yo'. eyes.
yesl")
"Tze fur dis possum party first an last
an all de time. but I amt gwine 10 git too
excited nor to expect too much. We neb-
Der had nuthin' like Il befo'. He's giving
TO come round wild his hat on his ear an
yell at as: 'Yere, now, 70 black folksi
Fall into line an git dem torchlights out
an do some yellin'r Nobody's gwine to
say a word back. an purity soon he'll
scratch his head an say 10 sisseif. Unit
What's de matter yere7 Pears like desc
sons of Ham am gwine 70 upset. dc apple
cart prolonged applause) OATS our
aim an objick-to glib de white man a
surprise party an set him 20 wonderin'
II he hadn't better divide up-an' don't yo'
be afraid we won't come out all right.
owe know we willH) Up dar hangs go
emblem. De coon knows all de best corn
fields. but de possum amt takin' no back
seat fur slyness. fApplause) He may
hev to wait a long time fur what he wantf
but IL comes 10 him AZ last Don't try
to astonish dc world by big words. an
don't waste ye' money on brass bands.
Nobody am afraid Of noise. Yo' jest lay
low an bring back all de black men into
dis Possum party, an yo9l hnd de whita
folks doln' all de worryin'. We amt say
IN dat do United States wouldn't keep
right along II we was all dead. but 20 let
100000 black votes drap out Of a polit-
teal campaign, an somebody am g%inS
to Kit weak in de knees. Ny frien's. keep
quiet. saw wood an hang 70 de root. an
II 20 don't come out all right well froHf
away our ~dreambooks IN no longer be-
Heve in ghosts"
The orator was enthusiastically APP
plauded at the end Of his speech. and
such was tho general confidence he had
melted that during the next half hour ha
disposed OF q bottles Of bis chlblain ours
al a quarter a bottle. II vas undergtoot
that he would return % his State az ones
and begin organizing. and between nia
cure and his oratory there IS no donos
that he viii achieve a grand success.