The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-10-31
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most lnnuentlal Republicans in South
Carolina, is a candidate for collector
Of customs in Charleston. Though
highly respected, columns OF newspa-
per matter is being published in pro-
test to his appointment all because DR..
Crum is tinged with Afro-American
blood. 1t remains to be seen whether
President Roosevelt will override
Southern sentiment and appoint an
Afro-American to an important posi-
ton in the South or not.
Charles w. Scrutchin, who is we'll
known in the state of WASHINGTON.
mas just scored a signal vistory in
Bemidji, Mimi, he having acquitted a
man charged with murder in the first
degree, though the state was repre-
scented by the attorney general and the
county prosecuting attorney. Mr..
Scrutchin has made wonderful strides
since he left the state of Washington
and those of us who remember him
while here are much pleased with the
success he has made in his new home.
In spite of the opposition of Senator
Pritchard of North Carolina, the Re
publicans of the Second Congressional
district of that state have nominated
Mr.. Samuel Vik, we'll known Afro
American, for Congress. Somehow or
other those things, such as Senator
Prichard represents in the political
world will not down and men of in
tegrity and ability will get nomina-
tiOns, whether they be white or black.
B. A. Tillinghast, who so ably dis
cuSSed the Negroes in Africa and Am
erica in a recent issue of the Ameri-
con Economist, made uses of the same
kind of gush as so many men of his
calibre have done in the past. There
is no denying the fact that the Negro
problem, if such it may be termed,
in this country is far from being set
tied, and there is no denying the fact
that, if the Negro problem is ever set
tied in this country, it will have to be
done by the Caucasians. 1t is, how
ever, absurd, ridiculous and prepos-
ferrous on the part of Mr.. Tillinghast
to state that the Negro is in a worse
condition, educationally, financially
and morally at the present time than
he was as a slave. That the Negro.
generally speaking, is more immoral
than his white brother goes without
saying; but that he is making rapid
strides along that line likewise goes
without saying. That he has accumu-
lated property and that he is learn
ing to not only govern but to be gov
erned without the fear of chastisement
and punishment, likewise goes without
saying. That he has improved edu-
cationally and religiously is conclu-
sively shown from the late census re-
ports as compared to other censuses
that have been taken since he has
been freed. The Negro before he was
emancipated was practically PENN
less, but he has accumulated money
and property valued in the billions of
dollars. Though as ignorant as a saw
age when emancipated, he has so i'm
proved himself educatiOnally that 40
per cent of them can now read and
write. The strides that the Negro has
made since he has been emancipated
and given his right Of citizenship are
miraculous, all of which show that
he is capable and qualified to assume
the full citizenship rights, if only his
white brother would permit his to do
so. No one knows better than the
Negro himself that be is a social out
cast in the United States and that of
course has much to do with retarding
his progress. The Negro is not clam
oring for social equality with the
white because such is Objectionable to
the rank and file of the whites and
it is likewise Objectionable to the
Negroes; but when the Caucasians of
this country place the Negroes on the
same plane and footing as they do
other weaker races among them, then
much of the race problem that is so
much talked about will be settled.