The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-11
Mr.. Bryan AMI Disfranch chiSement

MIR. Bryan AMI DisfranchiSement
Washington Star.
In the stars special correspondence
from Chicago, printed Monday, appear
rd this paragraph:
Mr.. Bryan Is being Importuned BY
number Oi democratic leaders, partic-
uu rly those whose states are i'll some
degree OF doubt, ana who might be ben
ehtsd by u change in the negro vote,
TO put himself OH record on the race
at "stlOn. 4 he democratic party has
50 frequently been taunted that 1T hat
right TO assume the highest motives
~ dealing with the question of the
FllIpInos' welfare, wuen it disfran-
chIscd and lynched indiscriminately
The negroes OF the South, that it seem
I'd To devOlve upon them to say some
thing. lhey want Bryan to say it.
J hey want HIM To condemn the dis
francmSement of the negro and to ex-
press hIs horror OF lyncnlng5. Senator
Jones himself has so advised the presi-
dentIaI candidate. 80 has Ex-Governor
Stone, Uf Missouri, Tom Iaggart, OF
Indiana, and others. IL Is SAID that he
Is now about to accede to their wishes
and make tue statement that he is to
save the day. he OCCASION will be the
Emancipation day celebration in Chi
ago, september %. he is to address
y Dudy OF democratic negroes then. 80
- the vice presidential candidate, Ad-
laI stevenson. Great results are ex-
prCteu from IL
Al iirst blush this suggestion seems
to be risky. But is II would mr..
Bryan take any risk i'll following il :
"a A.,
merItrd ridIcule. But that is another
matter. tie Is out Tor votes, anu If lie
ean gain them Ill quarters where ht
needs them he can stand n good deal oi
ridiCulr
They do this sort OF thing readily
rnougn in New York. Richard croker
Augustus Van Wyck ana John +. Car
roll, whose pockets At one time were
stuffed with loe Trust stock, We're al
the recent sara, oga convention shap
tuK matters for democratic success II
that state this year. An upstate del
gate offered resolution Condemnins
lur Ice trust, anu MT. Croker aud hl
friends felt themselves Obliged To ac
'ept the substance OF IL. They appea
Al their own platform as cUndenuin,
themselves. viii their action brin;
their party any votes In November
That Was the object Of il. viii IL COS
the party any woes! Not one. lam
many viii sIniIe when IL thinks abOu
the resolution, and under Mr.. Croker
direction support the ticket. It's a
III the play.
Nhy, therefore, for effect in one par
ol the country, may not Mr.. Brya
with safety pronounce against mea:
ures which bring HIM in so muIh |
another part uI the country! VIII!
with his pockets stuffed with electUr,
votes Ob. aimed by the suppression
the COlUred vote III the lower souJher
states, may he not appear as the ster
condemner 0t such proceedings wheI
laey are the subject OF criticlsm' WI
should lie not take a leaf cut of N
CrOker'S book and condemn himsel
Would such action win him any vOt
IN the states where the negroes are pc
united To voter IL would have In
object. Would 1T cost him any vOt
IN the states where the polls are nc
closed to the negroes? Probably but
very few. If he decides upon 1t he W
have 20 yut his deIiverance in dIpl
matte IOrn. The southern people q
extremely sensitive TO criticism b
there Is nobody else Ior them To vC
Tor, ana 50 MIR Bryan will get the
votes whatever may betlde.
Ol course IT Will all be 10 the pla
but there Is something absolutely
teresJIng In the proposition that \
Bryan make himself The champion
manhood suffrage in the United stat
10 Is lar anu away the broadcast pI'
al humOr OF the campaign.