New-York tribune., 1904-10-27
ROOSEVELT AND LINCOLN.
NEGROES LINK NAMES.
Enthusiastic Rally at Cooper Union
Higgins and WOodford Speak.

SGttao Nf+A- w OCGN W u AN UENhs
rrorn an audience composed almost entirely
% negroes, there rose at Cooper Union last
-. such burst OF enthusiasm for the Re-
-ubl;can party--the party of Lincoln, who freed
=. slaves. and of Roosevelt who recognizes
,be oolored mans rights and gives them equal
,lsce with the white men-that the great stone
arches Of the old hall echoed TO the applause
ss the names of Lincoln, Mckinley and Roose-
yelt we're voiced by the speakers. For the DEM
p5rstic party-the party OF Acknowledgement for
the negroes in the South-there was small mercy.
Kisses greeted the name OF Judge Parker and
n smaller measure that Of Mr.. Cleveland.
The meeting was held under the direction OF
the Coloned Republican Club of the City OF New
York. and was one of the largest Of the cam
taign. II also one Of the liveliest and
most unconventional. for when a speaker would
drift into the camp meeting" style Of exhorta-
ton the responses he got from the audience
we're as varied and fervent as any that ever
greeted preacher from the pews. The han was
thronged and many were standing in the rear.
Charles S. Anderson. president OF the club.
and q member Of the Republican State Com
nittee, presided. With him on the platform
we're General Stewart L. WOodford. General
James S. Clarkson. w. r. Johnson. c. c. ia
uobs, candidate for Congress from the With
DEllIA "a DouAA NdAolllld, w L. AOueL, ulGln-
Der OF the Republican National Committee from
Alabama; the Rev. John Henderson, of Bethel
Church; the Rev. w. H. Brooks, OF St. Marks
Methodist Episcopal Church. and John E. Rob-
lnson OF the Colored Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. Herbert Parsons, candidate for Con-
gress. arrived at the meeting when it was under
way.
Unlike most political meetings. this one began
with prayer by the Rev. Horace Miller. who
asked for a blessing on the meeting, the cam
paign and the candidates. The Rev. DR.. Brooks
tasn introduced Mr.. Anderson, the chairman, in
a speech, in which he said:
a white man who votes the Democratic
ticket may be excused on the plea OF ignorance.
For colOred man. with his great training in
the university OF American slavery, st means
nothing but inexcusable cussedness. II a few
are dying FOR the heshpots OF Egypt the ma
jorify Of shouting that before We will be
slaves well go into graves. We believe
IN freedom, this nag Of ours and Theodore
Roosevelt
Mr Anderson declared that when he saw an
audience like the one before him, and was in
sroduced by a minister of the Gospel, he felt
that earth and heaven had combined against
he'll and Herrick. The Republican party never
made mistakes in fits candidates. It had made
none in choosing Theodore Roosevelt for the
in choosing Frank wayland Higgins a great
courageous. loyal, royal Republican. TO run for
Governor. Mr.. Higgins needed no introduc-
ton, ne said. and the cheering which greeted
the candidate for Governor when he stepped
forward 10 speak bore out the words of the
chairman.
Mr.. Higgins said:
am glad TO meet so many OF the colored voters
Of the city OF NeW-York and 10 know that they are
1GklnF an active interest IN the campaign and in
7he election OF Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Since
slave and tie Republican party placed the ballot
n his hands and made him citizen. the Demo
violence. then by fraud and strata gem and finally
eg Iorce Of Jaw. has sought 10 reduce the to
PTesdent Roosevelt IS hated south OF the Mason
QUALITIES Of heart and brain which go TO make up
~ manhood and refuses to close the door of hope
n MN because OF the color OF the skin. Our Demo
crauc friends apply the Constitution to the wards
4Htees 10 The black citizens of the United States
nc congress election OF 1903 in the State Of
l1 nc total vote cast IN the district that
seht John Sharp Williams. the Democratic leader
20 ne iioQse OF Representatives was 1888 In the
same election in the IXth Congress District IN fba
city OF New-Nork nearly forty thousand votes were
cratic party counts the negro ne t, eiso no
GENES MIN the right 10 take part IN the choice Of
hshed throughout the solid south SO thar fhe
Shles now exercise greater political power than
In slavery days. when only fhree-Tffhs of the
-aseI 1 cnattels were counted for representation
"a. - = gnJasL % aoI only 10 the negro, who loses
-N0rth whose vote is relatively reduced in weight
seek lie support Of the people Of this state for
- i44eh once q Governor upon nv party's plat
n al-d my personal record II elected Governor
n NoNeIhber neET pledge YOU an economical and
ssohest administration wherein no dollar of the
stsle ; money shall be expended without exacting
- .elaIn ful equivalent in services rendered or
70 that enc. in an else. shall seek counsel
from none. ~ - N-D'a''oii
There came time in the Civil War. said Mr..
Anderson when the cheering for Mr. Higgins
hao died away, when the Southern army let Il
oe known that death awaited any white officer
caught commanding negro troops. At that time
young colonel of white troops resigned his
commission 10 take commission as colonel over
q colored regiment
That colonel who still wears the uniform,
VII speak to you" said he. and the audience
epplauded frenziedly as General Stewart L.
Woodford rose.
Nearly half a century before. said General
~oodford. he had heard Abraham Lincoln from
mat very platform, make his great speech in
support Of the theory that freedom was national,
slavery sectional. Never would he forget the
great man he pleaded the cause of the in
iant Republican party. The next spring he was
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