The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-02-01

Of THE APPEAL, dated September o.
1993 1t portrayed what is supposed would
be the condition of affairs at that, time
The white and colored races had changed
places That is, the whites were repre-
sented as decadent race, the colored neo-
pie taking toward them the attitudes of
federation and 4condescension assumed b,
the whites toward the Afro Americans of
today. kilograms of the time were clever
~ paraphrased, white men taking the
places OF their darker brothers in cases Of
accusation and crime. 1t was a brilliant
satire. This issue of THE APPEAL at
tracted wide attention and $1,000 were
sold, the greater number of which we're
| purchased by Caucasions. ..-@- Xxi -. r.
IN I9Oo Mr.. Adams was the Republican
nominee for Clerk of the Town of South
chicago, which is the richest town in the
World. II comprises that portion of the
city OF Chicago from the river on the North
10 Ihlrty ninth street on the South, and
from Lake Michigan on the East to the
river on the West, and includes within it's
limits the intense business district, with
us skyscrapeers and vast mercantile EN-
poflums. Inc tax levy, which amounts to
ABOUT Sl2O0O,O0O annually, is collected bl
the south Town office, and represents one
thlrd OF all the taxes paid in Cook county.
Mr.. Adams opponent was a saloonkeep
err and the politicians told him he would
nave 70 make a saloon canvas-go around
with the boys and drink high balls and
otnef concoctfons. This, Mr.. Adams. who
neither drinks spirituous liquors nor uses
Tobacco, refused to do, saying that if II
We're necessary to change the habits of
life to secure public office, he preferred
to be defeated. Instead Of high bali and
gin rickey canvass he made novel lin
guistic campaign.
Mr.. Adams is conyersant with, "a t.arra,
languages, so he reached the MANY foreign
ers in Chicago by making speeches and
having his literature printed in yarions
foreign languages
! In August, 1900, Mr.. Adams was appoint-
cd a member Of the Republican National
Advisory Committee He was nut in
charge OF the Bureau for the CoIored Press.
&c was the first time in any campaign that
any real newspaper education was at
tempted among the colored people as =
Grass ass ne results show that it was very
ei1ectiye. Mr.. Adams being the publisher
q stalWart Republican newspaper, was
p ecculisarly suited to this work. He pre-.
pared sheets OF bright short. editorial
para ii1rfagraphs and leaders, and sent the same
20 the colored press. Nearly every a fro
american =. paper in the country used some
OF this matter: at least IS per cent Of tho
papers printed nearly every line that was
furnished, and a large number Of the ma
pers turned their editorial columns over
% Nj dams and used no other ma tier.
great deal of this matter was considered
SO effective by the Republican managers
t a1 It was also sent out to the 5000 White.
papers on the list In addition to the news
paper influence, thousands OF letters were
addressed to coiored people Of prominence
Y az paris pa Of the country, giving pans Of.
campaigning. In this way Eundret,s 8,
thousands Of voters were reached "a s
Adams also issued special edition e. Tha