The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
INDIANAPOLIS rs SCOURGED
/ BY DOMINATION OF NEGROES
Northern City Which Invited Blacks Ito Be One OF
Us" is Crying Out Under Its
III Heavy Burden.
BY B. G. WHITEHEAD.

Indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 1s.-(special.)-
Negro domination is the problem con-
fronting the people of indianapolis to-
day. and SO intole able have become tho
vice and lawlessness produced by the in
coming swarms of colored people that
the politics Of Indiana may be seriously
upset when the voters give their verdicts
two weeks from next Tuesday.
In four years the negro vote of Marion
County has almost doubled, and when
the jump from nearly 6000 to 10000 is
the Indignation grows intense, not among
the politicians, not among the classes
easily led, but with the staid and better
element who do things so vigorously but
quietly 1t is the cultured. the deccncy-
loving citizenship of Indianapolis which
has prepared to register its disapprovGl
of the terrible curse which has come
with a new order of politics.
its progress, the favorite residence city
of every man, woman and child who
ever lived here six months, Is confronte I'D
with a misfortune promoted entirely by
politicians, and the only salvation for
the city is for the people to assert them
selves at the ballot box and to keep as
sorting themselves during the admins
tration of all parties until there Is
rigid enforcement of the laws. When
obedience to the law Is required the negro
will Immediately scatter from Indianapo-
of the Union where the negro vote is
strong enough and at the same time suf-
ficiently organized to change city, county
and State politics.
distasteful to the negro can be nomi-
mated for office here. One Of the first
requisites to political success is to be
able to pass muster with the sablc-hued
ringsters who do things"
Congressman Overstreet owes his cleo
ton to the negro. So does Mayor Book
walter Thomas Taggert, who was the
first to encourage the feeling of equal
ity among the negroes, was the only
Democratic officer who ever had their
favor, and it was during his admins
I alton that the evil now complained OF
began to grow. Neither political party
has been innocent of the wrong. blu: the
Democracy Is very anxious to shake free
from the evil and quit 1t all. depending
for success entirely upon the white peo-
pie
1t is very doubtful If the Democratic
Party would fare very well with the
present element of colored people here,
but the better class of citizens as a
rule are anxious to see movement look
ing toward elimination of the black vot,r.
It Is 'Nigger Heaven"
The fact that there are more negro
voters in Marion County than there are
in the entire State of Indiana outside of
the county named may give a mint -, OF
annapolis "Nigger Heaven" and the
fzst ambition of the negro In many parts
of the country Is 20 come to Indianapolis
and raise himself to the equality OF
which 50 many In Hama politicians nave
assured him. From the first day in the
city his insolence begins, from the first
week the criminal instincts. of many OF
them appear and there have been times
when the people of this populous North
ern city have been terrorized by the
worst element of the blacks. Just before
a Republican Convention, just prior to
an election, they are at their worst, for
the men elevated to public office have
felt that they could not afford to lose
the negro vote. Ladies are insulted on
the streets, purses ARE snatched, ma1
are shot down stabbed without prov
ocation, burglaries are common, graves
are robbed, gambling and drunkenness
es well as worse forms of vice are I'M
concealed.
The negro gets into portion of the
CITY and other negroes follow. His pres
ence drives the whites out, and there
are pieces of property which have de-
Ceased IS per cent. in value because
of continued negro occupancy.
few nights ago young mulatto
STABILITY dressed, walked into a rectal-
rant and got food. When the restaurant
mans son sought to enforce payment,
without WORD the negro plunged long
knife into the hoy's vitals. After pluns-
ing the knife into the unarmed boy $ X
times the mulatto walked out. The boy
died two days later, and the police say
that they fear that they will never cap
turc the murderer
Work of the Ghouls.
Within the past two weeks a gang of
seven ghouls all negroes, were arrested
here on the confession of the leade:
Rufus Cantrell, a medical college de-
monstrator was arrested as well as other