Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-06-05
greater New york; who says:

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4 Since my return from the south have
been informed that some OF my critics
have accused me OF expressing regrets
that slavery days are over. That Is not
true. ] nave merely said that most of tho
niggers are unfit for the responsibilities
Of citizenship. call them niggers be-
cause that is what they call themselves
and because the word has been accepted
among educated people in the south.
did not go down into the south land to
win popularity by expressing Views con-.
corning the race problem such as south
I erners approve On the contrary. told
them nothing more than I have told the
members OF my own congregation moro
than once. :,
It is very serious problem to see two
races multiplying and gaining in numbers
and strength side by side in this great
land OF ours. It is a most solcmn prob
lem. one that saddens thoughtful man
when he pondcrs over 1t.
The niggers will never be assimilated by
the nation. They never. never will con-
tribute in any part toward forming the
Americans OF the future. They grow
blocker and blacker every day. Their
color forms physical barrier which even
time. the great leveler, cannot sweep
away.
Persons who talk OF assimilation in corr
nection with the race problem don't un-
dcrstand what they speak of. Future
generations of our race will be very much
as we are. The physical barrier that sep-
arates the blacks from the whites today
will be Just MS broad and MS high through
out oil the centuries to come.
Now, IL that is not rank heresy ac-
cording to the Crumpncker theory it
would be difficult to think of any Mt
terance that could be SO construed. It
is, in fact, double heresy, for DIR. Park
hurst not only says that most of the
colored people down south ARE, unfit
for the responsibilities Of citizenship"
which Is I'LL that the most rabid white
men down south ever claimed, but this
New York Republican purifier and re-
former adds insult to injury by CALI
ing colored people 'nlggers. The Bos-
ton papers once hoped on to the writ
er hereof for quoting in congress an
anccdote in which somebody elsa
Republican Mt that--had used the word
niger submit TINT Judge Crum-
packer should harness Parkhurst up
and infict condign punishment upon
him.
"A Whopper. 80
Fish stories IRE proverbially unre.
liable. but surely the biggest whopper
that ever emnnated from disciple Of
Izaak Walton is that recently sent out
from Putin Bay, where Grover Cleye-
land is having fun with the fnny
| tribes. to the effect that he is, at what
appears to him to be the proper time,
! to take himself absolutely out OF con-
/ sideration as a presidential candidate
and will ut the same time spring on an
unsuspecting public his quondam ut.
| torney general and protcge, Hon. judi
son Harmon OF Cincinnati. With such
IN Endorsement as will secure the lat
/ ter's nomination! This advice IL ten
! dercd here freely; No one not In
tending to commit suicide should I'm.
dertake to hold his breath until Mr..
Harmon is nominated for president by
n Democratic convention. Verb. sap.
suff.
Dropped a Peg.
1 Most persons remember the story Of
the patriot willing to sacrifice himself
on the altar Of his country who began
by applying to General Jackson for a
/ foreign mission of the first class and
ended by accepting pair OF old boots
Wonder If Hon. Myron 7. Herrick Of
Cleveland, o., As any kin to him2 As
soon as it was announced that Senator
Hanna had taken General Charles
Dick out OF the race choked him OUT
30 1t was said the friends Of Herrich
bepan booming him for president;
which seemed at the time to be rather
q premature Performance. Now the
neMs csslmes fr on Bpckeyedom thai
Herrick's ambition has fallen one peg
and that he will be a candidate fol
vice president. By the time Ton
johnson defeats him for governor
Herrick will be satisfied with the mis-
sion to pahomey. Hes on the tobog
gan, Let her 60. Gallagher!