The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-14
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1t begins to hook very much as II some
OF our Northern Republican friends will
find themselves trying 70 walk on q
very narrow neck Of land, and all on
account Of the negro and the Crumpacker
fiasco. The New York Age is one
OF the most influential OF the negro
papers which comes to this once.
ana 1t is talking very plain English just
now. After asserting that friends OF the
Crumpacker measure were bought out by
the sugar interest. In support OF the
reciprocity bill. The Age continues:
The Afro American voters Of the North
and West are watching the policy Of the
President and the actions OF the Republic
can majority in the Congress: they have
stood great deal Of treacheyy and other
bad faith In the past, but 1t was under
conditions that will not obtain in the APP
proaching Congressional elections and
the Presidential election in 1904. The Re-
publican leaders can go ahead and alien
ate the Afro-American vote In the North
ern and Western States II they think well
Of II; that is their business: but they can
not play the migrate and traitor and ex-
pect the race in the Northern and West
ern States to overlook the ingratitude and
Atreachery. although We know that there
are great and powerful leaders in the
Republican party who have been insolent
enough to expect such sublimated virtue.
And the South will remain sclidly Demo-
cratic.
That looks very much as II the colored
people in the North and West have out
their razors and are going to use them.
In the Southern States 1t is different. be-
cause the Republican politicians have
practically owned the negro for more than
thirty years. He goes as delegate to
the State Convention and votes as or
dered Then he goes to the National Con-
vention and sells out. or Is sold out, with
cheerful inconsequencc. When he could
vote he voted the ticket selected for him
and left the polls with the serene salts
faction of having performed the highest
duty of citizenship.
That is the case In the South, but in the
North 1t IL not so. True, the white Re-
publicans dominate, il they. do not en-
tireiy compose, the nominating conven-
tons, but the negroes are expected to
vote the ticket selected. and they gener-
ally do so without demur. But there Is
one important fact to be considered
which is that in many Northern commu'
mites. and even some entire states. the
colored voters hold the balance aof power
ard by voting solidly for the Republican
or the Democratic ticket they can elect
| 1t. This could not be done In the South
but it can be done in portions OF tht
| North, and this is why the warnings ant
threats of The Age are significant. And
this other paragraph from the same pa
per is also worth reading:
Since this dastardly move on the par
of our supposed Republican friends, col
ored men all over the United States are
organizing for the defeat of every Re
publican Congressman who voted against
the Crumpacker resolution. In every
State in the Union clubs arc being form
ed and funds raised with this object IL
view, and Chairman Babcock of the Con
gressionaf Campaign Committee will have
| his hands full.
1t may of course be possible that Th'
Age is mistaken as to the sentiment o
the negroes, or of the extent and per
| maaency of that sentiment. but that pa
per is usually pretty well informed on al
matters pertaining to the colored people
| and 1t really looks as If the result ma!
be embarrassing to certain Northern Re
| publican Congressman They are afrait
to press the Crumpacker resolution AM
| will be punished il they fail to do it. Tha
dilemma appears to have two sharl
horns