The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-23
PARKER EXC0RIATED.
THOMAS e. WATSON'S RECENT
SPEECH TO SOUTHERNERS.
Raising of the Negro Question by
Democrats Denounced rs Hypocrisy
Roosevelt Preferred to HIS Candi-
date Who IL Boesed by Wall Street.

Atlanta. Ga. on Sept. l, declared that
| the Democratic attack on President
Roosevelt for the ~latter's alleged friend
liness TO the negro was n 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 know the
facts about Parker. How does h" stand
upon this alleged question: Is his position
at all different from that of Roosevelt
IL SO. In what respect? The South should
demand explicit reply to the following
the assumption that he differs from RoOsc.
welt on the negro question:
l. Would you refuse to eat AT tue same
table with Booker Washington?
. Would you refuse To appoint negroes
TO Office iu the South
8, II elected win you refrsS 10 receive
on terms ~ equality ut the White llouse
such negroes az bishop Turner. Hnokcr
Washington. and r. Thomas Fortune
a. DO you apprro" the mixed sch"ols Of
New York. innuguratcd under Grover Ciry.-
land-in which sorinl equality Is practical
ly made n matter ~ ~rompulsion?
:. II such sclools wherein black chill
drcn aud white children are educated to-
| gether-arc II good thing for your native
! State Of New York. would they be- II good
thing for Georgia and South Carolina; II
| not, why notf
Negro Cry Is Hypocrisy.
IakllE UP Ihe ui"'ussioh W w" negro
| question. as far MS its bearing on the
rrosen, National c,un,ion il c,,rar,rd
"'''"' ,"",P''en
MT. watson saiu that the Democratic
national leaders have proStitutri the
MN, ,f p.n,ncr,t and ara d.~w,uain,
nn' " "" ~, 'ru"S
'na' 'ns! s"". " i''lo"." o,nu'' !"
spi.e J.. " 'na. my ~
.,unne Wsi p',n'i'| i'er',s.
~ "a,.n. 'r'' .nn i",o.".
~ ~ i"'"e' 'n'" Nv p''"''Pe'
u"
III inc H"uaa we are 700 w" must SUNNI,
The Niger. what a blessed thing i, is
FOR Democratic leaders that they always
thirty venrs fbov have hcen Soin. hns,.
ness ON .thc niger" and TODAY he il their
S,tn th. hrn"nrsr 30 ~ 7, ,h.ir mn.
tionni ,iat,orin ~, Is-o tbev soiemnIv n,".
tested their aiIrpion"c TO The dn"irinr of
| .onunIIty" ,nya,iIa,s 80 ,nc, ,r ',inr
onJ pledged ,hemsclScs IN ma,nta,, th,..
en,nnrInation and tnc nfr,nnhisn"nn ~,
m" h,acta. """
In 1876 at 81. Louis, Henry wat,erson
soicmnIv drriar,I ,hei, dnyotinn !, th..
| constitn,ion,l nn.pJnents ,,rouin, IN, -,
the civil war. ~
In issn in 1894 +, 1890 tb, pa,io,,,
conventions 81 rho Dernncrotir Marty re-
,an,oh ,h,s, All, -a,inns w. p"''y
question. and thus stood nIedgad tn onnsss
Thy ,,hiirptnnn'ib '" ,onr au,hn'''ns 'ed u,,s ~
amendments y.t nf,er nh thss. Snrmni
pledges we are now brorhcntcn and in '
timidnted nv nen,orro,ic Lenders wh" say
NO must iui,r,r ,I'.ir /, n,,"io, Wv saf
mont. David Il. uiu' and Far Mctt'orren
| hccnnsn ~ ..,L, ,Jn,."" "
.wbat con On. sou,horr 80. ,o,,
asked Mr. WATSON ..IJo hos loo, dc
yr,ncb;.o1 4, ,oo-,, go .au,,.n,
''"'s ~
tbev do moi, L,ro rnhisa hj,, ~.
cause Dcmncrocv in Ccorg;, c,nnn, no
,naint,i,ed hr ,ha wh;,a 80. H.
tinued:
Inerci"r"' ,hc cry mat We are In danger
from the niger Is the, most hyrocritt.
cal ina. INSCRIPTIONS leadership could In
vent, t'rnnt. sherman. and Sheridan. with
az their armies. could not revise the law
OF nature III me nr"stratc south.
,,lrnr wni't man is mas,'rmwherrye he
ten me mat Roosevelt can do against the
rccnp"rated Sou,h what Thnd StereIs
could not do against the exhausted South:
honseNrt could not do II even if he would.
The l,cmocrafic leaders who talk this
stun ana the editors who write IT,. laugh
ana wink at one another as they pass;
now II Is being used TO make the people
forget. or condonc. the inglorious surrender
70 wall street which they made at ST.
III, the West virginia Democratic con
ven'ton' 10" STATE or me democratic nomi'
acy' resolution was voted down. and on
Aug, J.. 1904. Parker himself. In writing
him ms NV dear Sir" inn . sudtrne nmch
Ross had been n "a hitc man y" '"S's"
-
Surrender TO Wall Street.
Turning 10 other issuos Mr. W.tso,
-, $3.50 va "N''o"
Saiu tue democratic leaders had sur
rendered to Wall street because. as Sen
ator John w Daniels ~ Viro;,io mt
4, h.. , '"s""u' ~
a., tue! Were urea or being IN the
minority" He continued:
MOI, ,,r,n -, uao.a.o... .-u.,
Nv rIoseselt milItarisn;
~ All arn'u "i noose'ens nigseIisn'
..TjroIm 'hah i"age anu snpt'iInge.
no.. %ins ~ 'he minority there
w, III thr ro'ounut.
ia al, ~ nv. VI "rins M .ne wrohe, no.
in ,hn N" wv v" Imra'nu .nn. ne hau petn
~ the wrong simply because they have
drop the principles which thew swore for
eight years were right. and to adopt those
r,nhht 'Crm nov Ih'y 40 not dare say are
the leaders Of n rros, mr. lanai nartv )"