Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-10-31
EATING THEIR OWN BOOKINGS.

IHE Democratic party of Virginia
made the Negro an issue and spent over
a half million dollars of the states
funds for the purpose of holding an I'M
constitutional CONSTITUTIONAL Con-
vention for the special benefit of the COL
ored brother, alleging that he was the
'hinderiJ,g cause" in the way of pure
election. 1t alleged that if he were
'wiped out" as a voting factor, "pe zee
esty in elections be thing of the past.
We repeatedly asserted that this was
a vain hope. The ballot box suffer and
tally sheet manipulation must have
something to do and with the Negro
out of the way, they would at once be-
gin work on the brother in white"
When there are no white mems chick
ems to raise from the roost, the colored
brother must of necessity pay his re
spects TO the colored brothers. barn-yard
in the neighborhood.
This is the amusing phase of the stu
alton. Even the dishonest colored man
now realizes that he is not able to "hoId
light" for the white thieves now in
festin & this neighborhood and he knows
too that the colored race as such is un-
Questionably enc of the most honest
t, pes of mankind on the face of the
globe.
Are elections onest now? Do white
men rob white men? Here is report
of political meetings hello Thursday.
October Odd, 1908 in Henrico county. 1t
speaks for itself:
The speaking itself was of a pretty
lively sort. On the Todd side. hot fire
was poured at the State Committee and
| at the newspapers of the city. Chair
man Ruffin made calm, clear argument
| for his contention that the State Com
mittee had no jurisdiction, and that
the county did right in finding auer
guilty. Mr.. st George Coalter follow
ed III speech in which he brought
| some sensational charges against the
Brauer side and in which he Incidental
ly belabored the papers. Mr.. Todd him
self followed and what he said about
| the State committee was pretty lively
and brisk TO say the least He practi-
caIly charged that the committee had
been bought up with whiskey. He said
he had been gold -bricked' and sand
bagged' by the honorable gentlemen of
the committee
The above extract from the TINES
DISPATCH of the 23rd inst is very COM
fortiug reading to the colored people.
And again:
,"Then Mr. Ruffin referred to the evil
dence in the Brauer- Hechler case, and
declared that Brauer was guilty out of
his own mouth. The defendant had
confessed to paying the man Green the
sum of $22. The counsel for Brauer
had tried TO influence the County Com
mittee, as il did influence the State
Committee, by begging that it refrain
from airing the dirty linen of the party
for the benefit of its enemy, the Repub-
licans. But the day for cheating was
over, and the County Committee, rs
honorable gentlemen were trying to
make it so that there would be no dirty
linen to air"
Then more followed:
"Mr. Todd denominated as a dirty
of Richmond in behalf of the State
Committee. OF this latter body he also
had a few words to say. He said he
went to it expecting TO see party of
honest gentlemen in the performance of
their duty He went merely to protest
against any action by them, and did not
at any time agree to submit to their de-
cisiun. But he saw little room near
the State Committee room, and he saw
Bill Sands dragging the members of the
State Committee into it, and there was
good deal of whiskey in that room. He
saw the State Committee walking
around arm in arm with Bill Sands and
drinking his whiskey Finally Bill
came out and called for Pete Banks
dale, who also got into the room; like
wise 'Joe' Button.
"'Why, Bill just pressed the Button (
said Mr.. Todd, and Pete did the rest.
1t was the most disgraceful scene / had
ever witnessed. Even if had agreed
to the decision of the State Committee
and went there expecting to meet hon
est men, / would have refused submit
after found that / was gold bricked
and sand-bagged. -
This is rich reading and shows plain
ly that retribution is at hand aud that
the same measure ye mete, the same
shall be measured unto you again.
What care we? Go it, ye cripples, and
may the best man winl