The colored American., 1902-10-18

IS Safe counselor.
Jl5Se OVerStreet'S record as friend
and champion of the Negro is as sound,
clean, and conspicuous as his record on
the money and tariff questions Coming,
as he does, from the Seventh District of
Indiana, where Eberality of thought and
respect for the constitutional rights of all
citizens is cardinal principle, he he's
been thoroughly lmpregnated with a feel
l.lg OF brotherhood and sympathy for
black man who is prosecuted or ostra-
CiZed merely because of the accident of
color. He has carefully studied the race
question IN its various phases, and by a
cOmmendable breadth of Judgment has
found that the Negro people, like all
others, have good. and bad within their
ranks. He has been brought into con-
tact with all classes of us, and is too
manly to measure the races status by its
lower clements, granting to each indi-
vldual that degree of credit which his
intellect and character gives ...IiI ,sdrran,
to claim.
While a member of the committee on
elections in the Fifty-Fourth Congress
Mr.. Overstreet had charge of the case
of Hon. G. w. Murray, the colored con-
teStant for a seat from South Carolina.
He managed the matter with the skill
of a trained diplomat and succeeded in
placing Mr.. Murray into the place, the
lawful maj ority of the people of his dis
rtict had chosen him to fill He has been
ever mindful of the interests of his own
constituents in Indiana. His splendid
work in the campaign of 1896 and 1900
won for him a vast influence with the
administration of the late President Nc
Kinley. One of the first notable ap-
pOintments made after McKinley'S ac-
cesSiOn was that of DR.. S. A. Ebert, who
was at the instance of Mr.. Overstreet,
rendered the very desirable consulship
at Bahia, Brazil. The doctor did not
take the place, but the plucky Congress
man held to his appointment, and secured
the assignment for one of the brightest
and youngest scholars in Indiana, DR..
Henry w. FurniSS, VINO is still serving
1t this post with credit and distinction.
The victory was all the more significant
from the fact that at the time Kentucky,
Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, West Vlr-
ginia and the other battle grounds of
the populous Ohio Valley had not been
able to reach the patronage table. To-
day no man in the country stands on 4
better footing with President Roosevelt
than does Jesse Overstreet. AS secre-
tary of the Congressional Campaign
Committee a heavy responsibility rests
upon his shoulders, and the President
looks to him and his assistants to see
that the voters are informed as to his
real policies and purposes to the end
that the administration may be properly
sustained at the polls in November. He
is a splendid officer, and past services
have demonstrated that he is equal to all
emergencies. He is infusing a much
needed vim and vigor into the contest
Just opened, and there is no doubt that
triumphant victory will crown his we'll
directed efforts.
At home he is having easy sailing.
The voters, white and black, are unit
for him, and he is especially popular
with the laboring masses, who recog-
nize in him staunch friend-one who has
exerted a great influence in cultlvatlng
more pleasing relations between the op-
posing forces in the mining regions. His
constituents, one and all, understand the
value of keeping good men in Congress,
and realize that this is the only way to
make themselves felt in the affairs of the
nation. The electors of Marion County
are alive to their own interests, and will
take care that Mr.. Overstreets brilliant
record is endorsed by rolling up for him
the biggest majority that he has ever
received.