The colored American., 1902-07-05


iies ~ basad upon national issues that
In Int appeal to our race; third, the
L-9I nj ostracising that would be visited
ST. colored man by his own people
W. w. cIaimed to be a Democrat. These
i IL - tbrae very cold "frosts" to Demo
a. 10 diversion. Take all Of the men
.s+aIant and Of promising careers who
", or fifteen years ago espoused the
,5a. of political independence for the
To%ro We and who foresaw the danger
not comes of having an entire race
lined I'D in a single party. Where are
Esv2 C. H. J. Taylor, the most ag-
~-sssive of all, worked himself to
Sastb in an unequal struggle. Robert
= Sfiu is gone; Peter H. Clark,
George T. Downing, Henry F. Down
mo Herbert A. Clark, Henry w.
Foota. John E. w. Thompson, George
F Tavlor. James T. V. Hill, w. Allison
Sweeney. James c. Matthews, e. G..
walker, f. A. Randolph, H. c. G. Asst
wood. and many others of equal note
have been forced out of politics. Some
here named, and others who need not
he named, have either been discredit-
ed or driven back into the Republican
fold TO subSist upon such lOaves and
fishes or husks as they might be able
70 secure. The few left in the ranks
say A. E. Manning, James A. Ross,
Henry Clay Smith, J. W. A. Shaul, e.
F. Horn. L. L. Burke, W. F. Arm
stead, W. T. Scott and Julius F. Tay-
lOr are Inactive as partisans. They
are fOundering around the edges Of
the political pool, contenting them
selves with throwing a handful of cold
water here and there upon some we'll
fed Republican who may have person
ally displeased them.
So there it is. With no patronage
for the NegrO-eXcept locally, perhaps
no issues that closely concern our
race and position, antipathy in near
lyevery quarter, the likelihood of
Democratic inrOads upon the Negro
vote IS very visionary indeed. There
will be some sporadic revolts against
Individual Republican candidates, and
regular biennial crop Of "indepen-
ients of whom would warm
lp' to q man of the Cleveland stripe
but there will be few Negro Demo
2rats. Selahl
Northern white Democrats regret
very much the handicap placed upon
them by their southern brethren as
regards the Negro. Liberal Democrats
IN the debatable States have little in
common with the ultra-wing that
would court defeat rather than con-
aIiate Negroes. They believe that a
vote Is a vote, and to them a black
vote IS positive and welcome acces-
sion. They want to win, and every
ballot helps. Perhaps the most dis
unguished pioneer in the diversion of
lhe Negro vote in the North is Thom-
as Ioggart, of Indiana, who admits
mat his meteOric political career has
Geen the result OF Negro loyalty and
o5'ouon. Mr.. Toggart will. in all
p iI'oOaDlllty, be the next chairman OF
~. I.e democratic national committee
!. So he may again call effectively
upon his Negro cohorts, who, though
rO' leaylng their party, invariably
vote with the magnetic Taggart when
y, o,ea Il, lhere is a chance. Governor"
VI " senator Thomas Taggart will be
= rt.t .act rather than a fancy. Along
..s "',I HOeral northern Democrats who
Ma Mo- aOove color prejudice you can place
yUI Jotnn carter H. Harrison. Tom L.
Craiison Caiison John r. Mclean, Richard
0pa'elr' Josiah Quincy, and w. II.
ssaiI5A oiIeA VIII they try another sortie
jtra j1I,lSI I the Negroes political solidar-
n l. VIII they make a local effort
Da,oo. o away with the objections to
O''acy enumerated above?
bs 20 course President Roosevelt will
njrsIIool mated. He Is making an ad-