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The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

''Some years ago | learned the ac-
robatic art, and | am Of the opinion
that there is not another man in the
entire state that can wheel in and
out Of parties more rapidly than l.
| am for the man and the party that
can and will show me the free silver
in the largest chunks. Now you see
and now you do not | have made
some great turns during the present
year, but | have almost run my race,
and | feel certain that / have done
my race, but what is that to me. just
so | get the mon,
I'D. w. GRIFFIN"
Il am a Democrat because Harry
Wilson made me so. He promised
me a job and then refused to give it
10 me on account Of my color, and
from that time on | have been a
Democratic worker. Perhaps it is
not for the best interest Of the race,
but ! want to teach Harry Wilson
and his brother, John L. Wilson,
that they cannot do me and get off
with it. JOHN Fl. RYAN"
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Heretofore during national cam
paign it has been very difficult to
give with any degree Of certainty a
forecast Of election, because Of the
division Of the people on the differ
ent issues involved, but now it is
different, and the shrewd politician
can with a degree Of certainty fore
cast the results Of the coming elec-
ton. because the lines are drawn so
closely that there is no middle ground
for the voter to stand on, and he is
either for Mckinley or Bryan-the
gold standard or 16 to /, national
honor or national dishonor, expan-
sion or anti-eXpansion, law and order
or disorder and mob violence. free
speech and honest ballots or intimi-
dation and tissue ballots. These are
the great issues that are agitat-
! ing the attention of the people of
the nation, as they have not been
engaged since the days Of Lincoln,
and all over the country men who
have been strong party workers are
/ shifting their positions and chang
ing their allegiance from one party
to the other as the issues involved
meet their approval Not only is
this true among the white voters,
but many Negroes in different parts
Of the country have left the party
that gave them freedom, the ballot
and protection to join The party that
practices ballot box stuffing, the dis
franchising Of the Negroes Of the
South and permits mobs and the
burning of innocent Negroes at the
stakes
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26
RoslYn. WASHINGTON.

To The Republican:
There are about 300 colored vot-
ers in this city and community, and
they viii vote the Republican ticket,
or that is my opinion, and | base my
opinion on the theory that / have
not heard any Of them speak to the
contrary. The miners here have en-
jOyed an abundance Of prosperity
during the four years Of the McKin-
ley administration, and they seem
perfectly willing to let well enough
alone. J.L. CHISHOLM
Mr.. Chisholm has been a resident
OF Roslyn for the past thirteen years
or more, and has always taken an
active part in the political affairs Of
that city and county He was the
first cOl0red man in the state to re-
ceive an appointment at the hands
OF the legislature Of this state, and
ne was the only colored man in the
entire Northwest that was counted
among the census enumerators with
in the past summer. If any man in
Roslyn will give a fair and impartial
account Of how matters stand poIiti-
cally that man is jim Chisholm.
Newcastle, Washington.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Il may not be voter in this state
and for that reason I am a Democrat
and for Bryan. | can get the free
silver just the same as if | was 9
voter, and that's all | want. I chase
from first one place to another in
this world and manage to live on my
wits, and that's exactly what | am
doing i'll Washington state at pres
ent. | use the ministry as a cloak
to accomplish my designs, and | find
it splendid cloak to operate under
I care nothing about the welfare Of
the colored folk, just so I get the
money.
"B. j. PRINCE. D. D., NJ. D., L.
/. D."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

''In my opinion 80 per cent. of the
colored voters Of this city will stand
for the Republican ticket at the polls
the 9th Of November next. | can
not conceive how a colored man
could do other than vote the Re
publican ticket, knowing as he does
that all that is done against the po-
litical rights Of his race is done by
the Democratic party That party
is the lifelong enemy of the colored
man. Let those coIored men who
declare they are going to vote for
Bryan and the Democratic party
consider well this fact before doing
so foolish a thing.
JOHN T. CRAGWELI.."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The third fatality seems almost
sure to follow in an early wake, and
to cap the climax, ere the day had
closed, runaway team in Seattle
swept down Second avenue about 5
o'clock and at an hour when the
streets were crowded with men,
women and children, and in the ex-
citement three women were run over
anw two Of them trampled to death
and the third badly injured.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Mr.. J, E. Shepperson has been in
strumental in more colored miners
going to live in Roslyn than any
other man in the Northwest. In
fact, it was he that first paved the
way to induce the Roslyn mine oper-
.ators to use colored miners on their
works Mr.. Shepperson has never
lost a political fight in that camp,
and he is thoroughly IN touch with
the situation at present
Roslyn, Washington.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

What do YOU think Of The Repub-
LEANS Is to l picture? It certainly
i splendid representation Of that
issue brought into existence by a
political ass, who now hangs his
head in shame because he did do 50.
If you are going to scratch your
ticket on election day, be careful to
place a mark after every man that
you want to vote for. Take nothing
for granted, but mark the names Of
the candidates you wish to vote for
in q business-like way.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Il have no patience whatever with
colored men who pretend to want to
vote for the Democratic party and
such Windy Moses as Bryan and
Stevenson, the latter Of whom shot
Union soldiers in the back while
they were fighting for the freedom of
the Negro. If any Negro can show
me wherein the Democratic party is
any more friendly to the Negro now
than it always has been, then | will
consider the matter Of voting for
the nominees Of that party. Let the
Negro show the Democrats that he
is against them, their free silver to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
''W. H. HENDERSON,"
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Hon. Frederick R. Burch, candi-
date for the legislature from the
Forty-second district, is one Of the
we'll and favorably known young at
torneys Of this city. No man in the
city Of Seattle i more generally
liked than Mr.. Burch, and certainly
no man in the city would fill the
office which he is seeking at the
hands Of the voters more acceptably
than he, should they see fit to elect
him. He will make an able and con
.scientious representative and he will
be elected, for the fiat from the
voters has 50 gone out.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The first reported on that fatal day
was a desperate and deadly con
tllct between Eben Lucas and John
Rogers The men quarreled over
money matters and Rogers left the
tent (they were West Seattle fisher
men and all living together), threat
enlng dire vengeance owing to his
wishes having been opposed BY Lucas.
lie returned later in the night and
attacked Lucas with knife, but the
latter apprehended his attacks and
emptied the entire contents Of the
six chambers Of his revolver into
Rogers body and he fell dead on the
spot. Lucas is now in the county
jail, but he will doubtless prove a
clear case Of self-defense. Every
load in the revolver took effect.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Il trust every colored friend and
acquaintance of mine will make but
one cross on their ticket the 9th of
next November, and that cross to
be opposite Republican Ticket on
the ballot Cut no one and then
you will be safe in having registered
another vote against Democratic per-
fdy and sympathetic disfranchisers
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

'There may be some reason in col
ored men splitting up in local poll
tics, but the colored man that goes
against the Republican party on ma
tional questions is simply cutting off
his nose to spite his face. The Ne
groes of Seattle, for the most part,
will not do that, but will vote the
Republican ticket next November.
"GEORGE H. GROSE."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Of the allied forces Of the fusion
managers can break their ranks, al
though it has been tried more than
once by the fusion forces. The few
colored men in this city who were
identified with the Peoples party
four years ago have returned to the
ranks Of the grand old party, and
are enthusiastic in their support Of
Mckinley and protection
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

4 am for the Republican party
from top to bottom, simply because
the Republican party is for the black
man. No party has stood for the
rights Of the black man as has the
Republican party, and it is but right
and proper that the black man stand
for the Republican party.
''B. J. ANGELLE."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The reports Of colored men in diff
ferent parts Of the country joining
the Democratic party and the or
ganization of Bryan clubs in Seattle,
Spokane and Newcastle have not
shaken the colored voters of Tacoma,
who are not easily led astray bv
honeyed words and pretended friend
ship Of this modern Absalom.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Just word to the voters. The
ticket at the next election will be
over six feet long, and it will puzzle
a Philadelphia lawyer to fix up a
ticket to vote properly Two years
ago and James Hamilton Lewis lost
his vote by marking it improperly.
Owing to the complications of the
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

of black men. If the Negro ever
intends showing himself man
this is the time We know exactly
what the Democratic party will do if
it gets an opportunity, for it has
demonstrated that fact within the
past few months by its actions in
North Carolina. Vote against your
hereditary enemy, because your he
reditary enemy continues doing its
dirty work against you.
y. E. HAWKINS"
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The colored voters Of Tacoma are
taking more interest in politics this
campaign than they usually do, and
they stand as a unit for the Repub-
lican principles. 1t is not hard for
them to decide between the men and
the principles they represent which
party to support, and no amount Of
argument and persuasion on the part
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

To The Republican:
Say for me that Roslyn will 60 fol
the Republican ticket like a flash
Many words and much discussion are
all unnecessary, for Roslyn knows
her duty and is going to do it. The
colored voters are for the ticket
Perhaps the Republican party will
lose one Negro vote, and then, per
haps, it will not, and | am free tc
confess that in my opinion it will
not lose a single colored vote Re
publican success is in the very all
this year.
J. E. SHEPPERSON.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

"a round-trip ticket to some Of
the Southern states to those leading
colored men who are advocating De-
mocracy might prove very good cam
paign literature for the Republican
party. They would return doubly
dyed Republicans.
81. P. BALL, Jr."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

present ballot you may do the same
thing. Avoid any danger on that
point and mark your ballot opposite
'Republican Ticket" and that vote:
for every Republican on the ticket
and avoids any trouble or danger to
the voter in the way of having his
ticket thrown out.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

McConnaughey, the popular Re
publican candidate for county treas
urer, is the only nominee on the Re
publican county ticket that is prac-
tically without opposition, Nc. will
beat his opponent at least two to
one.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

It i currently reported that
should Ed Cudihee be elected sheriff
Of this county he would make ex-
Sheriff VIM. H. Meyer his chief dep
uty. It strikes the Pie-maker that
King county has had all Of Mover
as sheriff that she needs. But WHY
waste time on the matter? Cudihee
will never be elected to appoint any
kind Of a deputy.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Capt. Lamping, the daring an(
brave young soldier just back from
the Philippine war, is public lido
and will receive every Republican
vote that is cast at the next election
He has no enemies and will there
fore sweep the field. No man has
aught to say against Capt, Lamping
and he will prove an ideal candidate
In another column hereof the pic
ture Of the young soldier may be
seen.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Grant it that the Republican
party has not done all it might have
done for the Negro, albeit there is
no denying the fact that it has done
and is doing more for him than the
Democratic party. The former en-
franchises the Negro while the latter
disfranchises him.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26
"JOHN T. GAYTON.'

''Show me the color of the black
mans hair that's going to vote the
Democratic ticket. If there be such
a man | believe he is hairless. Its
the same as voting away your own
citizenship.
"JOSEPH RENNET"
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

q believe that l can say without
fear Of successful contradiction that
all of my colored friends and associ-
ates will vote the straight Repub-
lican ticket the 9th of next Novem-
ber. | have met many Of them, and
| have not heard one word to the
contrary from them. The colored
man that will vote Democratic
ticket should hide his face in shame
forever more.
"JOHN r. GAYTON."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

About the middle Of the dav the
report came over the wires that
Great Northern train had been
wrecked near Edmonds and two men
instantly killed, while three other
persons were seriously, if not fatally.
injured. Twelve freight cars and
the engine pulling the same are i
total wreck This road has had a
number Of fatal accidents Of late.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

On this fatal day both James
Hamilton Lewis and jim Hill ar
rived in Seattle, just a. though Sc
attle's cup Of sorrow was not already
bitter enough for one day. Had it
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The Democrats have most sig
nalIy failed in their attempt to kick
up a row among the King county
Republican workers. King county is
going to give $500 Republican
majority.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The P.-I. has had the opposition
on the defensive to such an extent
for the past ten days that it looks
now as if Senator Frink would even
get more votes in the state than Nc
kinley. It is very certain that he
will run ahead Of the national ticket
in King county.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26
The Seattle Republican:

IV NtdIIIU HtPUUIICdII.
While the national election draws
near and the different political boss
es are marshaling their forces to-
gether for the great battle Of bal
lots, the shrewd politicians are scan
ming the political horizon to get a
glimpse of the outcome Of the great
conflict.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The fight has practically let up on
Billy White, and it looks now as if
he will not only poll his party vote,
but for other reasons run ahead Of
his ticket. Little Bill is going to
prove just as popular at the polls as
he was at the convention.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Eve are for the Republican ticket
from one end to the other, and we
do not care how far those ends are
apart. We are against any party that
makes no bones of doing everything
in its power to abrogate our citizen
ship in this country.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

The Republican has received let
ters from some Of the leading col
ored men of this state, which NAV Be
seen'in another column. Read them
and judge for yourself where the col
Ored vote stands.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

in King county for the past eight
years. Mr.. Jones makes no prten-
ton Of handling the vote Of Frank
lin, but he does make the pretention
of knowing about how it is going
after he has thoroughly canvassed it,
and that he has done in this instance
Roslyn, Washington.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

No weekly paper is % generally
read as The Seattle Republican, and
an advertisement in it will always
reach the people. Telephone Main
5o5 if you desire to do business with
it.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26
To The Seattle Republican:

Permit me to say that the cOlOred
voters of this city and community
intend to cast their vote at the next
election for the straight Republican
ticket. We have club here with a
membership Of 200 voters, all of
whom believe that the success Of the
race to which they belong, as well
as the success Of the nation at this
time, is dependent on the reelection
Of Major Mckinley, which is always
certain when Republican supremacy
Is assured. The Republican party
believes in freedom Of speech, the
right Of suffrage to all citizens with
out fear of intimidation or molesta-
ton at the polls on account of race.
color or previous conditions, and for
an honest count Of the votes honestly
cast, and the colored voters Of Spo-
kane are for that party. All the
right9 as citizens of this country that
the Afro-Americans are now eniov-
ing are the outgrowth Of Republican
legislation, and whatever else they
may get in the future they can only
expect to come from the Republicans
elected to office.
J. P. CHEW.
Mr.. Chew is one Of Spokane's
wheel-horse politicians, and has the
reputation of being a very shrewd
politician. He has never wavered in
his political affiliations with the Re
publlcans, and he has been one of
the leading members of the Colored
Republican Club Of Spokane for
many years.
Sunnyside, Washington.
To The Editor:
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Lets stand for the Republican
party, because the Republican party
has stood for the black man and be-
cause the Democratic party has stead
fastly stood against him.
&C. C. HOLFORD."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Lieu Smith says he does not be-
lieve that he will be cut at anv place
IN the county, the Bee, Griffin and
Bailey to the contrary notwithstand-
ing,
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26
EXCEPT IN NORTH CA'LINY.

Bryan loves all men who toll
Except in North Ca'liny)
It fairly makes his blood to boil
Except in North Ca'liny)
To zee how capital will entice
Poor laboring men in a wise
But his loves as cold as Tammany ice
(For those in North Ca'liny).
"The constitution follows the flag"
(NOT into North Ca'liny),
And human rights can never lag
Except in North Caliny).
He'd rather talk forever than
See rights denied to any man,
Or heather tribe Or savage clan
Except in North Ca'liny).
For Filipino wrongs he'll weep
(But not for North Ca'liny),
And bondage from the earth he'd
sweep
(But not from North Ca'liny),
The Southern vote trust i his stay,
All other trusts are warned away.
Down with concerns that wages pay!
Hnrrah for North Ca'liny!
Number 58,"
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

about Seattle. On that day there
were no less than four violent deaths
II the immediate neighborhood Of
Seattle and accidents that will
doubtless be the direct cause Of as
many more.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

In the death Of Hon. w. L. Viii
son this country loses another Of its
most foremost men.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

not been for the great Republican
gathering at the Arm ry hall the
same evening, addressed by Gen.
Carr, Of Illinois, the days proceed
ings would have certainly proven a
BLACK Wednesday" for Seattle.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

This camp will do to the Repub-
llcan ticket the 9th Of next Novem-
Der just what it has in the past, so
far as | can observe. Franklin is solid
for Mckinley and Roosevelt, and it
is likewise solid for Frink and Nc
Bride. In my opinion the entire
Republican ticket, both nationally,
state and locally, will win out with
large majorities in this camp. Al
ready we send greetings to Seattle
and bid Republican voters there to
follow in the wake Of Franklin and
let her vote Of many years stand
ing be a criterion as to how it will
vote this year.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26

Last Wednesday was something Of
red letter day for accidents in and
The Seattle Republican., 1900-10-26
III b ZONES

No man, whether black or white,
stands better in the camp Of Frank
lin than Mr.. Jones. He has attend
ed every county convention as a
member thereof that has been held
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-09
The Victory.

The victory Is won How well 1t was
won has been told and retold already by the
daily and much Of the weekly press. The
third day since it was an assured fact has
now nearly passed by as The TIMES goes to
press and amid the resumption of the usual
activities of the business life of the country
the time has already come to consider what
the victory means.
OF course 1t was glorious victory. 1t
was victory for an honest and abiding pur-
pose In the American heart. 1t was VIC
tory that said that the American people had
not lost confidence In themselves and that
they purposed to on and complete the
work OF extending enlightenment ana clvili-
tattoo throughout the world: victory that
said that having laid their hands to the pillow
they would not turn back with faint heart
hut would plow straight thu OUCH to the end
of the furrow. But best of all II was VIC
tory .hich means opportunity.
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-09

majority which Congressman Joseph w.
FOrdney received in this county, greater
than that of two years ago by over three
hundred, is matter of which the county
has good reason to be proud. THE TIMES
cODgratulates the voters of Shiawassee coun.
ty on the way In which they stood together
In this respect and aided In the support of
the administration under whose guidance
the most glorious part of the history of the
country has been written.
~
The TINES is sorry that the voters saw
fit to defeat even the one candidate on the
republican ticket whom they did defeat. 1t
thinks that after the nomination had been
accorded Mr.. Crane by the republican
convention that he should have received the
support of the party at the polls, and 1t
does not believe that there was any good
and sufficient reason for the action of the
party at the polls. But The TIMES said as
much as that before, and it seems that the
voters either did not agree with 1t In that
particular instance or else thought that 1t
did not require any special reason to justify
them In deserving their party nominee. At
any rate the spirit with which Mr.. Crane
took the overwhelming defeat which was
melted out to him is commendable one,
and perhaps to some 1t may seem as an
added proof that he was worthy to be
elected to the Office to which he was nomi-
mated. Mr.. Crane declared that, to use the
expression, he had mo kick coming" on
the action of the voters and that he was
just as good and just as earnest republi-
can as he ever was. Something Of the old,
s0ldierly way of looking at defeat, and
something In 1t, too, to be admired. There
is no use attempting to give the reasons,
for there were more than one, which enter
ed into his defeat, but THE TIMES believes
that Mr.. Crane will not lose friends by the
course he has taken, and that to day In
spite of the results of the election he has
more friends In Shiawassee county than
ever.
The TIMES extends congratulations to the
entire list OF county officers-elect. Yes.
even to Sheriff-elect Gerow TOO, though The
TIMES is honest enough to say at the same
time that it tried its best to help elect the
other man. It's really too bad that man Of
Sheriff-elect Gerow's popularity couldn't
have been elected to something good with
out defeating good republican. In fact it's
almost toe bad that he isn't a republican
himself anyway. But for all that The
TIMES cannot forbear congratuating him
with the rest of the officers elect
~
A choice assortment of democratic roor-
backs sprung at the last moment of the
campaign against Hon. John Robson were
not OF much account after all when 1t came
TO In fluencipg Shiawassee county republi-
cans to desert their candidate for state ren-
| atOr,