New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06
AN APPEAL TO NEGRO VOTERS
Why They Should Support the Republican
Ticket.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: beg the indulgence of space IN The TTir-
to say few words to colored voters on the
importance OF casting their votes In the approach
ing election not only for that matchless American.
Theodore Roosevelt. but for every Republican on
the national and State tickets. and to urge them
not experiment with their ballot by attempting
to split it to crafty the personal malice of any
individual or newspaper Republican who votes
against Republican because of personal pique can
hardly be said to be true to the principles OF MS
party A Republican who will use his vote to help
put the enemy in power may be a good Republican
but doubt fl.
There are now many kinds of Democrats. but
they are all one In the sentiment that Judge Par
ker should be elected Even Mr.. Bryan, who has
declared that Mr.. Parker obtained his nomination
by trick and that he was unfit to be the candi-
date of any party, is now engaged In tho efort
to destroy the bad impression he had made Of the
candidate and to create sentiment favorable to
him which he hopes will result in his election
Why should Republicans cut each others threats
in a national campaign any other for that mat
ter? Why may not they be as united as the Demo
cratic party7 Why should any Republican vote
for Judge Herrck as against Frank Wayland Hig-
gins for Governor OF NewYork? VIII such a
course strengthen weaken the party In this
State?
Don't scratch your ticket. colored men, but vote
the straight Republican ticket Until the Demo
cratic party explain why It invites and en-
courages negroes to vote for Its candidates In the
North ana refuses TO permit them TO vote LoF
either party in the States which have disfran-
chised thousands of negro voters. it will be good
thing for intelligent negroes In the North to give
that party and all it's candidates a wide berth
on Election Day In the xIIIth Congress District
Herbert Parsons splendid type of the progressive
young American, is the Republican candidate for
Congress. Against him on the Democratic side Is
Mr. Swami who cannot guarantee to the negro
voters In that district either for himself or for
his party, any protection at law for black men at
the South who have been robbed of the right OF
franchise by his party. The tncongrulty OF the
voter OF the negro race in that district The Dem
ocratic party. represented by Mr. Swami, is on rec
ord being opposed to giving the negro the cleo
tive franchise. and in the South, where It has the
power. it has taken II away from him.
Are there two Democratic parties2 Is the Demo-
cratic party OF the South? Has Mr. Parker. its
candidate for the Presidency, uttered one word
that can be construed to mean that ne Is against
Acknowledgement? When and where? 1t Is an In
suit any negro IN that district, however ignorant
he may be- TO ask him TO vote for the Democratic
is bly, committed to the idea that this is
white mans country and that the negro should be
eliminated from politics. If Mr.. Swami Is good
Democrat he must have learned all this long ago,
and that the great Democratic Warwick, David
Bennett Hill. foreshadoWed in his speech at Hunt
ington reported in The Tribune few days ago.
what the policy OF the Democratic party will be
respect of the negro and his future in politics.
Mr.. Hill went far to intimate that If II be-
came necessary the Supreme Court of the United
States would be invoked to pass upon the consti-
tutionality of the amendments which now throw
the aGiS OF their protection around the negro
JOHN EDWARD BRUCE
Yonkers. n. Y. Nov. 2 1904.