Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-07-02
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convention which meets i'm ST.
Louis next week is so striking
that the whole country observes
it. At Chicago the delegates
voted like machines to nominate
n ticket i'm which they had no
confidence, and for a candidate
for President that they person
ally did not favor.
Ii is acknowledged that Mr..
Roosevelt forced his own nomi-
nation against the will and best
Judgement of the old-time lead
ers of the Republican party and
that if Mr.. Hanna had been
alive he would have been nom
mated i'm spite of himself. The
convention was a frost from
start to finish, although II show
of enthusiasm, manufactured
and timed for the occasion.
was sprung as a climax when
the roll call was finished. and
the Roosevelt-made delegates
had all said "aye" to the nomi-
nation. 1t is acknowledged
that Mr.. Roosevelt prepared the
resolutions: and i'm them he re-
asserted the same doctrines of
race equality that he has main
tanned during his administra-
ton, i'm the appointment of
Crum, collector of the port of
Charleston. South Carolina, the
coddling of Booker L. Wash
ington, and the seconding of
his nomination by Harry Cum
mings, a Baltimore negro.
He slaps the Southern white
man full i'm the face and seeks
To curb his power with his
home people by an attempt tn
curtail the Southern representa-
ton i'm Congress if the colored
man is not put on an equal
footing with us. Roosevelt IL
not bluffing in his advocacy of
the negro. With him a South.
ern white is as good as negro;
everything being equal.
His nomination brings great
Joy and confidence to the hearts
of the negroes. for which they
are not to be blamed. They
have for their idol the Presi-
dent of the United States. who
makes a bold bid for their
united and undivided support,
and there is no reason why he
should not receive it. Every
negro should feel proud of the
recognition he gives them and
should realize that the mantle
of Father Abraham has fallen
upon the shoulders of their own
dear Teddy.
But what of the Southern
white man:
Where does he stand:
Where i'm Worcester County
is there a white man who does
not feel that he is just as good
as a negro? If there be such
let him take his stand with
them.
You have witnessed Mr..
Roosevelts' appointment Of
negro officials to lord it over
white men in the South -Crum
at Charleston was protested
against by the best people of
Charleston. BY the business
men who contribute ninety per
cent of the business of the
office: by the best white citizen
ship of South Carolina. Yet to
them all Mr.. Roosevelt turned
"A deaf ear and he PERSISTED i'm
thrusting upon them a colored
man Objectionable to them in
the extreme.
What cares the strenuous
Roosevelt for the desires of the
Southern people:
What cares he for our tradi-
tionS and customs
The South has been trampRed
under foot before, and no doubt
the strenuous Roosevelt does
not consider our people entitled
Ia the same consideration az if
they had forgotten their proud
history and had Blended the
suppliant knee to the party of
Lincoln and Roosevelt. No. il
is necessary for the Southern
white man to be punished for
his imbecility in persisting in
the belief that he is a little bet
ter clay than those who served
him in slavery and whose pro-
geny have demonstrated their
utter responsibility.
Will you, white men of
Maryland. side with your own
race and color, or will you take
your stand with the negro =:
You are your own free agent.
10 is for you To place you seal
of commentator or condemna-