The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-19

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this serves t. spread the idea city
generally among The colcred people
that il lrey want Iolice protection
when they are charged with ,.lme or
under srsr.cion they most hastily seek
the confines Of a city. reneat thai
fear has stripped some counties OF
Is most Salu'hle Colored labor and
left the dress Of that population. In
the matter Of law AN aordcr. my con-
stant appeal is that there be hearty
cooperation between the best whites
and the best blG ,ks.
Nothing Is clearer than that crime Is
rarely committed ~ the colored man
who has education and owns property
have nui failed either to say to the
colored people ol mere than one &C
casion, W should sec to It that crime
in all It's phases is condemned by the
Iace, and a public sentiment kept alive
that viii make It impossible for a
criminal to be sh'elded or protected by
aay member of the race. at any time.
or in any place
Few per pic realize how far a little
cncorragenent goes in helping to
make hetter and more useful citiz ems
of the colored people Solue months
ago recall that listened for an hou-
to white man IN the south Who was
making a political speech. He wcs in
a state where "A revised constitution
had 'lisfrar chised uineteen-twentieths
Of the colored voters fifteen years ago
and there wa not the slightest chance
Of any political Uprising" or oven OPP
position on the part Of the colored peo.
pie yet two-thirds of this mans ad-
dress was devoted to ridicule and
abuse Of the col0red people The sd
feature of such an address lay in ttc
fact that in many parts of the country
such a speech Is taken seriously. 70
most of those who heard Il AID 90
these who knew the man in that com.
munity It did no especial harm for the
people knew that his talk did not tai
ly with his actions bat he had hecome
SO accustomed to mailing tha, kind oi
speech that he repeated it tv force
Of habit. This nan had drawn his
first life's sustenance rom the breast
Of a colored woman. had been reared
by one. and at that moment he had
dGz enS OF the best colored people IN
that section on his plautalion any one
Of whom would have laid down their
iiyes for him. sld the man himself
would nave tough. to the death in de-
fense of those eolcred servants of his.
Every year these same laborers
were making him richer and richer by
their patient. faithful labor, and he
would trust them with all that he pos.
sessed. In this community the negroes
have neye, made an mayailng ap.
peal to this mau for aid in building
churches or school houses, OF in sup.
porting a school Few white men any
4 where in the world in their actual daily
practice had done more TO help tho
black man Yet such a speech read
in ,he newspapers At distance would
give the impression TO thousands OF
enlorcd laborers that the county IN
Shicn the speaker lived was for them
absolutely unsafe such a speech was
not calculated 10 gain a single vote
but II was calculated. in my opilion
to lose 70 the community a good mans
bales Of cotton repeat that fe''
understand how ,nuch good could be
accomplished in the way OF helping
he colored people 10 lead law abidine
and useful lives # more white people
would take occasion both IN private
and IN Eujllc to praise their good qual
tiles Instead of reyil.ng and riCiculng
them.
IN rcsari to the duties and oblIga
tlons Of my Own people, / would sal
that unless they realize fully orpor
tuhities that are before them in th'
south and seize every chance 10 im
prove their r.othcds of labor. the im'
viii come when Italian ana other for
cigners viii attempt 20 displace then
IN the labor work Of the south just a
The Chiaese are displaclng the negr'
IN south Africa.
One charge frequeutly hrot ght nj