The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-09-23
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Democrats Denounced as Hypocrisy-
Roosevelt Preferred to Hills Cth,di-
date Who Is Bossed by Wall Street.
Thomas Il. Watson. Populist candi-
date for the Presidency, in a speech at
Atlanta. Ga, on Seit. l, declared that
the Democratic attack on President
Roosevelt for the %lattcr's alleged friend
liness to the negro was Il piece of Dem
%ocratic hypocrisy and he challenged
Parker to indicate his own position on
the race issue. On this point Mr.. Wat
son said:
The South should demand To lnow the
facts about Parker. llow does he stand
upon this alleged question? Is his position
II so. in what respect? The South should
demand eNplicit reply 10 the following
questions before it votes for him upon
the assumption that he differs from toose-
welt on the negro question::
!. Would you refuse 10 eat Mt the same
table with Booker Washington:
>. Wonld YOU refuse to appoint negroes
to Office In the Sonthf
on terms of equality al The wlitr House
such negroes as Bishop Turner. Rocker
Washington. and Il. Thomas ifostnnc%
4. DO YOU approve TIN" MIXED schools OF
New York. inangulatrd under Grover Clcve-
Il ittiNi VI hiIit p'l tlNiilllN Is lIdtllCul-
ly made Il mattcr of compnlsion:
!. II such wherein black chill
dtrn and white children are educated to-
State of New York. would they h" !, good
thing for Georgia and South Carolina? IL
not, why not:
Negro Cry Is Hypocrisy.
Taking up the discussion of the negro
question. as far as it, bearing on this
present national campaign is concerned,
! Mr.. Watson said that the Democratic
national leaders have prostitntcd the
name of Democrat and are demanding
that they shall be followed lIindly in
spite of the fact that they have re-
nonnced every principle of Democracy.
Asking. will the read Democrats follow
the name rather than the principle:"
he continued:
In the South we are told We mas; submit
the bigger What u blessed! thius it is
ior Democratic leaders that thry always
have the niger to fail! back on, For
thirty Years they have been doing bust
hess ON the niger" and to-day he is their
only stock in trade.
Note The hypocrisy of it. In their ma
tested their allegiance TO the doctrine Of
equality regardless Of race or color.
and pledged themselves to maintain the
emancipation and the acknowledgements OF
the blacks.
In 1876 at st. Louis. Henry watter.on
being chairman of the convention, they
soleInnly declared their devntinn to the
constitutional amendments growing out of
the civil war.
In 1850. In 1854. in 1888. the national
conventions OF the Democratic. party re-
affirmed these declarations on the negro
question. and thus stood pledged TO oppose
any rropeninE of the questions settled by
amendments. Yet after all these formal
pledges we are now browlcatrn and in
undated by Democratic leaders, who say
we must indorsc their capitnlatiol TO Bel
mont. David b. Hill. and Pat McCarren
because of the nig-er.'
Negro Poweriess in Politics.
What can the Southern negro do:'
asked Mr.. Watson. lie has been dis
franchised in nearly every Southern
State excepting Georgia: and in Georgia
they do not dare d%isfranclise him. be-
cause Democracy in Georgia cannot be
maintained by the white VOTE He con-
tinued:
Therefore. the cry that We are In danger
from "the niger, is the most hyrocriti-
cal that INSCRIPTIONS leadership could in
vent, Grant. sherman. aud Sheridan. with
all their armies, could not revise the law
OF nature In the PROSTATE South.
The white man is Observation-Disclosures he
plants his foot she world over. Do Won
tel nc that Roosevelt can do against the
recnperated South what Thad Stevens
could not do against the exhausted South?
Roosevelt could not do it even if lie would.
The Democratic leaders who talk this
stuff and the editors who write it. laugh
and wink at one another as they pass.
they know what a humbug it all Is. and
now 1t Is being used to ,hakc the people
forget, or condone. the inglorions surrender
Louis. w
In the West Virginia Democratic con.
v%ention, the State of the Democratic nomi-
nee for Vice President. the white suprem.
ary" resolution was voted down. and on
U I, 1901, Parker himself. in writing
him en as a @My dear CANES sir. 4; j hsss' as sad 3SaasS
Ross had been a white man.
Surrender to Wall Street.
Turning to other issues. Mr.. Watson.
said the Democratic leaders bad sur
rendered to Wall street because. as Sem
ator John w. Daniels. of Virginia. put
1t, they were tired of being in the
minority" He continued:
Not afraid of Roosevclt.s mjlitarism?
No. Not afraid of Roosevclt's niyrerism?
Miro: SGi All !, that is fudge and suIterfnge.
was the milk in the cocoanut.
not tired of being in the wrong? No.
i ine t dia not even pretend that he had been
been In the minority they are. ready to
drop the principles which they 5swore for
s srR,ah years were right. and to adopt those
right. Great. God! what AN attitude for
sthe leaders of a great national party.
II I could become politically tipsy enough
70 vote for Parker, on the platform OF
l3o4; as constructed by Parker himself. |
We'ld take one more drink-n small one
nt that,-and vote for the other twin,
Roosevelt; Give me the original every
time, rather than the blurred. indistinct
copy. Give me the genuine article, rather
than the spurious substitute. "'AA
What Has Parker Done?
MT. Watson then paid his respects to
Candidate Parker personally. He asked:
Why should Gcoryians support Parker.
OF New York, rather than n fellow
MMse"rsian! What do you know of Parker:
Wlit mas he done that WAS notable: What
mas he ever said that was men,orabiss
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