The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-30

Democratic leaders in Washington are
becoming enthusiastic. Democracy
throughout the land is preparing for the
great struggle upon which the fate of the
Republic hangs.
| A tri-state political meeting will b. he'd
| at Morgan's Grove, rear Shepherdstown,
". W.. on September and 6. The speak
ers are to be Senator Wellington of Mary
| land. Senator Daniel of Virginia, Gen. j.
| W. St Clair of West Virginia, and other
notable orators Senator Wellington viii
en- that occasion open the campaign. which
| he expects to prosecute with all his vigor
! against the Trust Administration.
Up TO date the only persons who are re-
| ported to have said that Senator Yelling
toms personal following will BE- nil are
| Representatives Wachter and Mudd, OF
! Maryland, and Representative Grosvenor.
Mr. Crosvenor is the only one of the trio
who holds any rank in the Republican o.
ganizatior. but it is said of him that he
has so much partisan gall that he seldom
makes a conservative estimate on things
political.
The East Washington Democratic Club
will hold its second public meeting at Nc
Cauley's Hall. 209 Pennsylvania Avenue
| southeast, at p. M. tonight. Several
prominent speakers have signified their
willingness to address the meeting.
Hostile to Mckinley.
There is a curious story in circulation
| of negro hostility TO President Mckinley
on sectarian grounds. 1t is announced
| erting itself to bring about his defeat.
The most active enemy of the Admins
tration in that church is said to be
!! Bishop Grant, whose diocese comprises
Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin. Michigan,
| and Minnesota, but who was formerly
Bishop of the diocese comprising New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut. and other
Eastern States. Bishop Moore, of the
A. NJ. Z. Church. is reported TO be hostile
TO the President, and Bishop Derrick re-
jected Senator Hanna's proposition that
he serve on the advisory committee.
Bishop Arnett continues TO support the
President. but it is given out that this
is because the President has caused the
appointment to clerical positions of three
of the Bishops sons.
1t is charged that President Mckinley
has given undue preference to cololed
Baptists, and ii is pointed out that Henry
P. Cheatham, Recorder of Deeds for the
District of Columbia, and Judson W.
Lyons, Register of the Treasury, are
both members of the Baptist Church.
The President, it is declared by the
African Methodists. has been particularly
sensitive to Baptist influences, despite
the fact that the Bible upon which he
made his Inauguration oath was. it is
claimed, presented to him by the African
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Oliver f. Gray. colored politician OF
prominence. formerly of Cincinnati and
who four years ago did active campaign
work in the interest OF Mckinley and
Hobart. had a conference with leading
Democrats yesterday MIR. Gray said:
Il do not see how any eolored man wfo
has the least self-respect can utter a wCri
or cast a vote for either President Nc
Kinley CT Governor Roosevelt: or. for
that matter. even a candidate for Con-
gress who permits himself to be brought
forward by the party of trusts. So far as
the colored race is concerned, the present
Administration has been one of continued
sights and outrages upon it.
Reiegntcd to the Rear
THE young and intelligent men of oar
race have been relegated to the rear,
while the mediocres OF our race. and those
who are willing to suppress their opinions
and stifie their convictions. have been
given such offices as have been sparingly
doled out to negroes. Colored men have
been appointed in the South to positions
regardless of the sentiments of the South
ern white people, places which justice and
reason demand should have been filled
with white Republicans. while places N
Washington and foreign countries which
could creditably have been filed by in
telligent colored men and against which
there would be no protest from anyone
have been in many cases filled with for
eign born men.
CT think all this affects the sentiment
in the South toward my race. We must
take Things as we find them. and not as We
would like TO have them. No reputable
surgeon would rub a sore with sand
paper to cure Inflammation. No equitable
party which has the interests of the c1l-
ored race at heart would place its people
in positions where they are not wanted
| hold the Republican party mainly re-
sponsible for the Acknowledgement of ne
groes in several of the Southern States.
when Mr. Roosevelt asserts. in spite
of hundreds of testimonials to the con-
trary from eyewttnesses, that the whites
were brave, but the smoked Yankees had
to be forced to do their duty al the point
of his revolver. it is time for every negro
in the Republican party 10 ask himself
If he will submit to this insult, or wheth.
er he will resent It in the way in which
it will hurt.
THE Porto Rican tariff is another i'm
position which the negro will resent at the
polls in November. The census officials
cleverly class the people of Porto Rico as
whites. mixed breeds, and negroes. Now,
socially. and to all intents and purposes,
according TO American custom. a man who
is not white is a negro. Add the mixed
races and negroes together and you find
majority of the population of Porto Rico
70 be negroes. who are looted 20 swell the
hanna compaign fund OF corruption, in di-
rect defiance Of section OF the Constitu-
tion OF the United States
Il believe these causes. together with
the close friendship between the Admin-
istration and Mr. Taylor, of Kentucky
who declared himself In favor of the Jim
Crow car IN his state. and the co!d-blood-
ed murder of Brown in Maryland under
the direct sanction of Ex-Governor Lown-
des to clear the lily white Republicans of
that State Of the charge of fayoring So
called negro domination. Will do much
to roll up a handsome majority for Mr..
Bryan in November
Mr. Gray will probably go upon the
stump for the Democratic ticket.
Croker on Trusts.
Mr. Cookers expressions of hostility TO
trusts gave great satisfaction to the Demo-
Gratis at the headquarters OF the Congress
SIGNAL Committee yesterday. Mr.. Croker
Is reported TO have sail:
Where is this trust business going to
end? Can you imagine? Take the big
department stores in this city. for in