Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-01
GOV DAVIS PLATFORM
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II congress be reduced to The extent
my fellow citizens, which the accom-
plished Henry Cabot Lodge proposes
in a more subtle way. The question
OF the disfranchisement Of the Niger
as 10 whether or not his constitutional
rights have been tampered With. IS not
left with the courts Of the country:
is not left TO judicial determination:
bur is left to d partisan committee
appointed III a partisan congress. and
10 have partisan vote - tie report
of This committee. GehtlemeTi.
every son Of Arkansas a~at-e; t..
e1 cry man 10 bis ,eut, ict lis ali 10 out
duty. let the little biclserines of tn
party sink into oblivion. and lei IT,
arise as enc man ard meet the issue
which confronts us, ani settle ii as
becomes patriots.
Booker Washington Incident.
The Republican party goes a step
farther than this.=Mr Roosevelt does
! that which should bring the mantle Of
shame to the cheek of every Caucasian
when he takes Booker I. Washington
to his own table. with his own family
and dimes with him | appeal to ever
decent Republican in Arkansas. woui
Grant have done this? Would Abra-
/ ho,, ,oCi, II ;. nJI1f ri
the sainted Mckinley have done this"
j No. it was left for this half-Witte3
erratic, strenuous, pretended hero OF
| San Juan hill to flaunt an insult into
the face Of every decent man and Wo-
man in this broad land And. not sat
/ isfied with this, but in an effort to
further humiliate and disgrace us. h
and his party gave an additional es,i
denee Of their desire Tor tie soce
equality Of the races when they, i,
their convention al Chicago, cause.
beautiful white girl, robeJ aud beslecI
ed in the national colors to MARI
arm III arm With a thicA-lipped nears
! boy on the platform. around The c.
yeatton hall bearing tde rational -
ors, screaming and yelling for -. :
Roosevelt the strenuous III aaatle-
men, that tlae slaoula have bee=. strH
j by thunder bolt frae laYe. T.
colors should have bee Nllhered III
hand that lore # should have bee9
blasted had rather see 11y daughter
ba4iaal tomorrow. face fgrem0.t ana
aIive-I should rather hear her cries
E. from he grave as she vas buried
within my si2ht-than - see her tha@
l9mH5ate1 ard thus dis@raeed. Oh.
MY eountrsmen, isn't this a sight suffi
cent 10 sti, your blood9 Isn't this
scene sufficient TO cause every man to
! buckle on The full arn4or ana do his
whole duty in riddin@ us of tbs horde
of brjgands and robbers from the face
of the earth! Mr. Roosevelt has plac
e,, himself beyond all respect, he has
! placed himself beyon all pardon, by
this atrocious effort upon his part and
his party 10 force upon US the social
equality of the races.
And am glad that, when this dem
onstraton of this little white girl and
niger boy was made at Chicago that
| Harmon I.uter Remmel the leader Of
the Republican party from this state,
and his cohorts (Which included a mig
ger delegate) were the loudest in their
praise ana loudest in their expression
of approval of any of the other dele
gates in ,he convention. Oh, that Ar
Kansas should have ever had in her
borders that Arkansas should ever
give life and sustenance to a white
man who would approve of such outra-
geous conduct as this. They should be
spurned from the white society, they
should be forced with the niggers,
where their choice has put them.
Gentlemen, these are the men who
are attempting to control politics in
Arkansas TO-DAY: these are The men
who are attempting to defeat me in
NV race: these are the men who say
| have done nothing. | submit these
matters to your candid Judgment, to
your fair consideration, knowing that
your verdict will be just.
And now, gcntlemen, in conclusion,
let ME impress on you to be on yo-
guard and to urge every Democrat to
lay aside whatever soreness may
have arisen on account of the state
primaries, and let us do our duty or
the 5th OF september.