The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-05
Attempts to Deliver COngrega-
tiOn to MayOraIty Candidate.
HE MAKES A SPEECH.
Tells People to Be Sure to Vote
for Lewis.
The Deal Engineered by Frank
Beach, Political Negro.

for mayor.
A donation" has been made to the
church-said to be s10O-to pay for put
ting new ceiling into the basement of
the church edif1ce by friends Of Mr..
Lewis
Mr.. White started in to fulfill his
contract Thursday afternoon by secur-
ing an endorsement of Lewis by the
women Of his church. Forty women and
d dozen male politicians headed by
Frank Beach attended this meeting The
vote for endorsing Lewis was unah-
nous, because no negative vote was ta-
/ ken.
Mr. Whites argument in support of
/ his esDOusal of Lewis was one OF the
most marvellous things of the campaign.
They say that Lewis is the wet cam
didate. Well. brethren and sisters,
what if he is?Aren't we all we? F1aven't
we all, as good Baptists, been dipped
| into the water clear up over our heads?
I have been offered a good lot Of
money to help Lewis. l might have just
stuck that money down in my jeans,
and never given the church cent of it.
( But that isn't my way of doing DuS1-
ness That money is all coming to the
church. can rely on the church to
take care of me. I don't need any OUT
side assistance. But a contribution has
/ been made to the church, and there's no
reason why we should not accept 1t.
4 And now we must get out and stand
/ together in one united band, and vote
for Frank Lewis. If anybody else offers
I you money, I say take it, and stick 1t
/ into your pocket, but vote for Lewis.
I know that this church was for
/ Hughes. But Hughes has withdrawn,
and Lewis is the man for US. Don't vote
! for l3ergundthal. He hates the niggers.
He won't rent his houses to US. He
fought the Vinewood Park railway to
keep the niggers from having work to
do. He won't make US any promises, as
/ Hughes did Lewis IS endorsed by the
/ labor unions, and that is good enough
for me-
1t is not by any means certain that
Mr.. White will succeed in his scheme OF
/ delivering his congregation over 10
Lewis. The indications are that there
will be a wide split in the ranks, and
that the majority Of the people will re-
fuse to be led into any such trap.
Frank Beach. a member of the church,
and a negro political heller for Hughes.
is said to be the one who is at the bot
tom of the game Beach is working
hard for Lewis now. and has probably
managed to work the Rev White into
the scheme of delivering his church
members to Lewis in a body.
A cOlored woman who was present at
who does not approve of the Rev
Whites system, said today to reporter
for the State Journal:
TT was one Of the most outrageous
attempts 10 sell out a cnufCn L ever saw
If they think that 500 Baptists can be
bought for 30 cents apiece they are mis-
taken.
There were forty women at the meet
ing yesterday. 1 counted them. When
the vote was taken on Lewis endorse
ment about half Of them voted aye No
/ chance was given for the other side 10
vote / think that all Brother White Is
| trying to do is to make it appear that
he has his church under absolute con-
troll so as to get that 800. White came
right out and admitted that some Of
Lewis friends had offered to donate
money to the church. He didn't say
out and out that it was $780, but that is
the amount which he intimated had been
promised
/ COLORED PEOPLE 1NDORSE BER-
GUNDTHAL.
The tide which set in against Ber-
gundthal among the cOlOred voters has
been stemmed, so the law and order
politicians say. and it seems that the
Hughes organizations among the color
ed people will come over to Bergundthal
with little division
Last night Mr.. BergundthaI addressed
an enthusiastic meeting of COlOred men
! at the old court house. About twenty
five were present, and Mr.. Bergundthal
| explained to them the charges which
Lewis has made against him. He de-
MED that he refuses to rent houses to
colored people, and read the list of forty
three names published in Thursday
afternoons State Journal. He proclaim
ed his 1r1GnCSnlD Tor cOiOfeQ people, ana
promised them fair and liberal treat
ment if elected to the Office of mayor.
Mr.. Cole, a cOlored man who was
present, told how Mr.. Bergundthal had
helped him to save his house from being
taken under a mortgage, and thereby
saved him about $780,
A dozen other colored men spoke. and
bore witness to the universally fair
treatment which has characterized Mr.
BergundthaIs dealing with colored peo-
pie in the past.
It was explained that Mr. Bergundthal
gives nearly all of his extensive work
of repairing houses in his charge to
colOred workmen-
The men present at the meeting gave
Mr.. Bergundthal their hearty indorse-
ment.
THIRD-1WARD ENDORSERS.
The Colored Reciprocal Club of the
Third ward held a meeting last night
and voted to turn over the Hughes or.
alton among the colored people Of
the Third ward to Mr. Bergundthal's
support Q. H. Sanderson is president
The list of workers APPOINTED by this
Iclub is as follows: J. L. ShackelfOrd,
W. NJ. Core Andy Giles. James DOUG
lass Elder Hook. H. I. Monroe, w. NJ.
Parker Mrs. Title Stewart. Mrs. Win
ME Douglass. Mrs. Emma May, Mrs.
Emma Gaines, Mrs Frances Giles, Mrs
MARY McClain-
FIFTH WARD GETS IN LINE.
A meeting was held last night by the
Hughes organization in the Firth ware
and it was attended by Twenty-Five
members of that organization. After a
discussion of the situation vote was
taken on turning the organization over
to the support of Bergundthal, and Ii
!, carried by q vote of % to 2. The two
men voting against the motion were
Charles Smith and Clarence Moss. These
two men would not say whether they
: had agreed to go into the Lewis camp.
! HUGHES FOR BERGUNDTHAL.
! Col Hughes called up the State Jour
nal office today to make a denial Of a
report which he says is current:
stated. that I have been going around
, advising my friends to vote for Lewis.
want to state right now that this is