The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-24
Mr.. FLANAGAN'S NEW
DEPARTURE.

The following editorial from the
New York Sun of October 2lst, under
the caption, "Sharp Politics in Jer
sey District" speaks for itself. The
Democratic literary bureau of this
district is adding considerable to the
gaiety of ordinary mortals. AS, OF
course, wisdom is not to be expected
from that quarter, we are thankful
for little fun along with the folly.
Every negro with vote in the
Congressional district in New Jersey,
running like silver of wood, from
the Kill Won Kull to the Delaware
river, is receiving plausible circu-
lar from the Hon. De Witt Clinton
Flanagan, the Democratic candidate
On the envelope containing the ap-
peal to him to rally for the friend of
his race he is addressed as Colonel.
The George Washingtons. the Nose
Smiths and the Caleb Joneses are all
invested with the title which in the
South distinguishes the sheep from
the goats, and the elect from the
crackers. The negro four hum
dred in Elizabeth, Summit and Nor
ristown accepts the rank as It's due,
and the usual greeting is Howdy,
Colonel or Fine mawning,
Colonel' often accompanied with a
military salute. Those who are not
in society or prominent in the church
the plain people who shake down
furnaces and do odd jobs around the
house-suspect the candidate with
the revolutionary patronymic of 'Jol-
lying them to get vots. They can't
understand why swell like the Nor
rlstown Flanagan, who drives a
spanking team or scoots up and down
the pike in red devil with a re-
verberating blast on horn, should
address them as Colonel. l may be
kunnel to Congressman Flanagan
now said colored yeoman, but
guess I'll be plain Mistah Coon after
election.
1.-THE politicians have been figuring
on the effect of this bit of strategy
on the negro vote, and have come to
the conclusion that it is lost to the
Hon. Charles N Fowler, the Repub.
lican candidate. AS Elizabeth and
other cities in the district have a
large negro population, this is a SIR
iouS business. All the ante-bellum
negroes and their sons who were born
in the South have decided to vote for
Flanagan, and probably they will not
UuuS6y uul6SS NIL Il OWl0A lllddcfOAo
promote them to full General Per
haps the young voters can be rea-
soned with, but the outlook is very
dark
sit has been suggested to Mr..
Fowler that he might counter on
Flanagan by working the Italian
vote, which is not to be despised. |
The mountain town of Summit, for
instance, is rapidly being Italian
ized and there is fruit trust at
Morristown which employs a thriv-
ing Italian colony. If Mr.. Fowler
will mail a tasteful circular illus
trated with Autograph of Carl
baldi, the Liberator,' to each Italian
on the registration list, and address
him as Count, he may get the up.
per hand of his willy antagonist.
Zone explanation offered of the
promotion OF the negro voters from
civil life to the honorable rank borne
by every Southern gentleman is that
Representative FIanagan's clerks are
not familiar with the registration
lists, and have mistaken the col. af
ter the names of voters for the mil
itary title This is sorry invention
of the enemy. Mr.. Flanagan should
not be robbed of his laurels by malice
and envy. He has played deep po-
litical game and no fair minded man
will begrudge him the legitimate
fruits of it. "