The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-03
GORNAN ON RACE ISSUE
Addressed Mass Meeting of Demo
Gratis at Baltimore, Md.
HE CRITICIZED Mr.. ROOSEVELT
Charged the President With Interior.
ing In State Election and With
Forcing the Race Question to the


ina In State Election and With
Forcing the Race Question to the
Front.
Baltimore. Md. Oct 31-At a Demo
cratic mass meeting held at the close
of the campaign speeches were made
by Edwin Warfield the candidate for
governor. and q number OF leading
Democrats. including United States
Senator A. z. German. An immense
crowd was present and the speaking
was preceded by stereopticop views H.
Illustrating the Association OF white and
negro delegates at the late Republican
state convention The important adj
dress was that OF Senator German
who in addition 10 his advocacy OF the
state ticket and his excoriation OF the
Republicans. referred to President
Roosevelt and the race issue as FOL
lows:
Ordinarily the result of a state
election concerns the people OF the
state alone But circumstances and
occurrences which have been forced
upon us make the result this year Of
more than local import
The extraordinary, unusual. and.
think you will agree with me- unfor
tunate activity and interest displayed
by the president of the United States
In participating in his partys coun
ellis by calling to Washington the
prominent Republicans of this state. IL
such an uncalled-for interference in
our domestic affairs that IL must be
met with no uncertain protest by our
people
President Roosevelt is n man OF fine
attachments and honest convictions. In
his anxiety for its success he is liable
to make mistakes. and. in my judg
menI. he has committed a most griey
Gus error in forcing 10 the front an
issue which must be deplored by all
the conservative men OF the country
From the day a cargo OF Africans
was landed and sold as slaves until
this hour the burden of the white men
of this country has been greater than
that borne by any people known &c
history II was one OF the causes
which led 70 most gigantic war.
which drenched the country in blood
destroying fair homes and impOvcrish
Ing a gallant people.
Immediately after the close OF the
war came the adoption Of the l4th and
18th amendments. which enfranchised
the blacks for party purposes alone
and thus injected into the body polite
a people unprepared and untitled for
elf-government.
The Anglo. Saxon has never. and
will never. tolerate the social equality
or the political domination OF the ne
gro race The south has passed
through scenes OF turbulence and dis
order and rape and riot. By amend
ments 10 state constitutions and by
legislation the whites have secured
control. for the time being. OF their
own local governments. and the col
Ored race is no longer a political fac
tor in any state south OF the Potomac.
Thoughtful citizens both north and
south regret such an issue. They dread
and will evade it II possible. But IL
the president and his party drive the
issue IL must be met and the response
bility must rest upon them.
The president is the leader OF his
party now and will be next year. The
politicians Of his party may advise
him that the solid negro vote flor In
voting they are indivisible) holds the
balance of power in the great central
states OF the Union. and that in the
states of New York, New Jersey. Con
necticut. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois II
is essential TO his paTty's success. In
Maryland where the negro vote con
stitutes two-thirds of the Republican
party. II is an absolute necessity for
without il the state is hOpelessly lost
to the Republicans.
I'VE are told that the president has
declared TO Senator McComas in un
equivocal language that the forthcom-
ing election in Maryland was not 10
cal event, but one OF national import
ance. In other words, the election OF
Mr.. Williams as governor OF Maryland
would be an endorsement OF Mr..
Roosevelt's administration.
so this issue is forced upon us by
the president. He has made the gage
of battle, and we must meet 1t as be
comes Marylanders."