Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-24
PARKER IExCORiATeD
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THOMAS G. asWAJ6ONs6~NE NEEEkTs
SPEECH TO SOUTHERkeRS
Raisinx Of tbs Negro opeetiop ~
Denocrats Denounced ~ Hypoerisy-
Roosevelt Preferred 20 Hssi's Caudi.
date Who IL Bo.sed by WAN Street. sc

date FOR the HresiceVy. an speech AZ
Atlanta, Ga. ON Sept. i. decinred that
the Democratic attack on President
Roosevelt for the latter's alleged friend
iiness 20 the negro was 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: tsaa
The South shonld demand to know the
facts about Parker How does he stand
upon this alleged qrestIou7 Is bis position
AZ all different from that Of Roosevelt. !.
II 50. In what rsspeets The South should
QUESTION. before II votes for him uyon
the assumption that he differs from Roese-
yelt on the negro question;
!. Would you refuse to eat al the same
table with Booker Washington
would you refuse TO appoint negroes
to Office In the South gEi
J. II elected Will you refuse 70 receive
on terms Of equality at the White House
such negroes as Bishop Turner, Booker
Washington. and T. Thomas fortune,
4 DO you approve the naked schools Of
New York. insugurated under Grover Cleve-
land-in which social equality Is practical,
mads a,gs 9atseF % eoBsrsil0n t,,cx cs.
drer and white children are educated to-
gether-sre good thing fer yonr native
thing for Georgia and South caroiInaf II
not, why not
Negro Cry Is Hypocrisy. ~
Taking up the discussion OF the negro
question. as far as its bearing on the
present nstionai campaign is concerned
Mr. Watson said that the Democratic
nntionai leaders have prostituted the
name OF Democrat and are demanding
that they shall be followed Llin5ly in
spite OF the fact that they have re-
noanced every principle OF Democracy.
Asking. WIN the real Democrats follow
the name rather than the prineipIef"
be continued: a.s u. .-.i
In the South we are told we must submit
70 the surrender TO Wall street because of
The nlgser What blessed thiag II is
for Democratic leaders that they always
haye the nifger to fall hack on! FOR
thirty years they hare been doing bnsi-
ness on the niger" and to-day he Is their
Note the hypocrisy Of II. In she4r as-
tional platform Of is72 they solemniy pro-
tested their allesiaoce to the dpctsile q
and pledged themselves to malp,.ln ,h:
ernaneipstion and the enfranehis-nlent Of
being chairman OF The convention. thsy
soiemnly declared their dsvot!on to the
coustitutionaI amendments growing out q
In 1850. in 1854. IN 1855, the national
conventions os the Democratic party re-
aff.med these declarations the negro
dltrA4ous anu tHus -tHrI ttfaENl 10 Oppose
any reopenlng Of the qa.sfieHs settled BY
the ihlrteeath. fourteenth. aud nfteesfh
amendments Yet after ali these fornsl
pledges we are now browbsHten and Ia
titnidated by Democratic leaders. Who sag
We must indorse their capltulation to Bel
mont, Dayid r. HliI. aud Pat Nccanea
because Of .rhe niger" H
Negro PowerIess in Politics.
what can the Southern negro doy'
asked Mr.. Watson. He has heen dis
fr1 al In -
State excepting Georgia: and in Georgia
they do not dare disfraneliise him. be-
cause Democracy in Georgia cannot BE-
maintained by the white vote" He con
tinued; Ni
from the niger Is the mast hypoeriff.
cal that inscriptions leadership could in
vent. Grant. Sherman. and Sheridan. with
9, na,sTs ,ne afniss IN ~, eosd h;t ssys the las
The white man is mns1r-whervver he
plants his foot the world over Do yoa
recuperafed South what Thad Sfereus
could not do against the sxhausted SOUTH
Roosevelt could not do il even II he would
The Democratic leaders who talk this
stun. and the editors VINO wri,. N laugh
aud wink at one another as they PASS
they know what humbug IL all is. and
forget. or condone, the inglorious surrender
70 wall street which they made at ST.
Louis.
In the West virginia Democratic con-
ventlon, the state of the Democratic noua-
nee for Vice President. the white supTrn-
sey resolution was voted down. and on
him as MY dear sir" lust A. thovSs
Ross had been a white man
Surrender to Wall Street.
Turning to other issues, Mr.. Watson
said the Democratic leaders had sur
rendered to Wall street because, as SEN
ator John W. Daniels, Of virginia. pus
II, they were tired of being in the
minority" he continued:
:, Not afraid Of Rcoseveii.s militia risu,
No. Not afraid Of Rao<evelt's niseerfsrnf
Tired Of beinx In the rnipossty.. tSer,
Was the milk In the cocoanu,
n, Nos tired q being In the wronst No
In the wrong Simply eeeaase . e ,s.s era Ss,e es,e
been IN the minority they are ready to
drop the prineipies which they svore for
which even now they do not dare e.y are
right Great God. what an attitude fer
ths leaders OF great national party.
vote for Psrisrp os &. ,Rss ps.o ssss:s
1904, a. constructed by Parker himseif. /
.oeid take one more drink-a snail one
Roosevelt. Give me the oriSiua, every
time, rather than the blurred. irdist,pcf
copy. Give me the genuine article fathes
than the apurfous substitute.
what Has Parker Dome?
Ar. Watsaa then paid his respects to
Candidate Parker personally. He asked:
Why should Georsi.ns support Parker.
q sew York, rather than fellow
ssseofrisn! What do ycn know of Prrker.
~ hat has he done that was notai,iea WS1t
Has ne ever said. that vas mesnarahtes
y nat nas he ever written that stamp,-d
him With Individuality.
David b: I'M declared at ST. Louis
tsat ne nad been Intimate with Parker for
ssnirty ysars. and that he did not know
nov farker stood on the money Question.
was this statement trre. II "a, Psrkee
= lac iasse negative public man on the
- xA1eocan coneiSent Was the statement
faiss II 70. David b. I'm Is the boidr.t
mar between the two oceaia Thinf ~
Z man living On intimate tcrnn with Abex.
ander H. stevens and Abe sIIncalu for
thirty yeAr and not knowing Row he sscod
on the greatest political qusstIcus of The