The state herald., 1904-09-23
PARKER EXC0alATED
THOMAS e. WATSON'S RECENT
SPEECH TO SOUTHERNERS.
Raising OF the Negro Question by
Democrats Denounced ns Hypocrisy
Roosevelt Preferred to Hills Candi-
date Who Is Bosscd by Wall Street.

NHle LOT tne IreSlleiby, IN speech at
Atlanta, Ga, on Sept. l. declared that
the Democratic attack on President
Roosevelt for the latter's alleged friend
liness TO 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:
The South should demand to know the
upon this alleged question: Is his position
at all different from that OF Roosevelt
II so, In what respect? The South should
demand explicit reply to the following
the assumption that he differs from Roose.
welt on the negro question:
]. Would you refuse to eat at the same
table with Booker Washington?
., Would you refuse to appoint negroes
to Office In the Southf
3. II elected will you refuse to receive
on terms of equality at the White House
such negroes as Bishop Turner. Booker
Washington, and I. Thomas Fortune?
:. Do you approve the mixed schools Of
New York, lnauguratcd under Grover Clevc.
lGnd-in which social equality Is practical.
ly made matter Of compulsoni
., II such schools-wherein black chill
drcn and white children are educated to-
gether-are good thing for your native
State Of New York, would they be a good
thing for Georgia and South CarolluGI II
not, why not;
Negro Nry Is hypOCrisy.
Taking up the discussion OF the negro
question, as far AS its bearing on the
present national campaign is concerned.
Mr.. Watson said that the Democratic
national leaders have prostituted the
name Of Democrat and are demanding
that they shall be followed blindly in
spite of the fact that they have re.
nounced every principle of Democracy.
Asking, will the real Democrats follow
the name rather than the princpleT"
he continued:
In the South We arc told we must submit
10 the surrender to Wall street because OF
the nigger" What n blessed thing II il
for Democratic leaders that they always
have the Niger to fall back on For
thirty years they have been doing bust.
ness on the Niger" and today he Is their
Note the hypocrisy Of It, In their ma.
tional platform Of 1872 they solemnly pro-
tested their allegiance to the doctrine OF
equality" regardless OF race or color.
mud pledged Il slsclvcs TO maintain the
emancipation aul the enfranchiseuient Of
the blacks
In 1879 at ST. Louis. Henry watter,on
being chairman Of the convention they
solcmnly declared their devotion to the
constitutional amendments growing out Of
In 1850. In 1885,. in 1883. the national
,onventions Of the Democratic party re.
afimed these declarations on tn. negro
question, aud thus stood pledged to oppose
any rropening Of the questions settled by
the thirteenth, four zenith, and fifteenth
amendments, Yet after all these formal
pledges we are Dpw brOwbeat-n and In.
undated 10y Democratic leaders, who say
we must indorsc their capitulation to Bel
mont, Ds!id ~ lilll. and Pat McCauen
because Of "the niger"
Negro Poweries- In Politics.
What can the Southern negro do?"
nj
frnnehised ir nearly every Southern
State excepting Georgia; and In Georgia
they do not dare disfranchise him. he.
cause Democracy In Georgia cannot be
maintained by the white vote" lie con.
tinued:
Therefore the cry that we are in danger
cal that INSCRIPTIONS leadership could In.
vent. Grant, Sherman. aud sheridan, with
MI their armies, could not rrNiss the law
Of nature In the PROSTATE South.
The white man Is master-whrrrver he
plants his foot the world over DO You
tell me that Roosevelt can do against th.
recuperhtci south what rhad Stevens
could not do against the exhausted south
Roosevelt could not do n even n he would.
The Democratic leaders who talk this
stun and the editors who write It. laugh
nnd WINK at one another as they pass,
they know what n humhug II all Is, aud
now " IN being used 10 make the people
forget, or cohdonc, the inglorions surrender
Louis.
In the West virginia Democratic con.
'ehtlon, the state Of the Democratic noml.
nee for Vice President. the white supfcm.
g"y" resolution was voted down and on
Aug. !, iDp1 Parker himself. IN writing
lin ~ 'hr asTsTo' negro James 4 i.o.', sddrr,sed
Ross hnd been white mnu,
Surrender to Wall street.
,ftas. AZ RH
said the Democratic leaders had sur.
'endercd TO Wall street because, hs Sen.
Ator John ". Daniels, OF Virginia. nut
1t, they were Tired oI being In the
minority" lie continued.
=, Not afraid af HoosrYelts mllitarisml
No. Not afraid of lInosryelts niEErrismt
No Al that h fudge aud su6teTfuFe.
Tired OF being ~ the Minority" there
was the milk IN the coronnut
Not tired - being M the wrongi No
lie did not even pretend that he had bern
been IA the minority they are ready 10
drop the principles which they sworr far
eight years were right, aud 10 adont tboss
which even huN they do not dRFr Ay sic
flFhi. Great G"d' what nu attitude for
ths leader. nt rtrat national party,
1905, as ronstructrd by rsrtri hlm,@if. /
would take one mor. dHnk-a small one
~ that-an vote for The other twin.
Roosevelt, Give me the original T,aiy
iliur rather than the blurred, inilstiu,t
copy Give me- the genuine article, rather
than the spurious substitute,
what HAS Parker pansi
Mr.. Watson thyn paid his respects 10
Candidate Parker personally, ile asked.
,wh, should Georgian. support Parker.
~ New York, rather than . fsiiuw
teofEihn1 What do you know ~ pnfk.f6
What has he hnnr that was uotnhisi What
has he ever taid that sas mrmnFahlTf
What haa b. r,sr written that stamped
HIN with Individuality
David ilill declared ~ ~ ioui.
That he hHh been Intimate with Parker faf
Z thlrI Sshn, sud thHi be- dii not LuGg
hSN phtkrf stood ~ the money question,
Was THIS stHirtnTnt tfuTi N So raftsr
| American roniinsn, lys. ,i,. % .,s.s,,sn, 1n w
ihlsel " 80, David II, nm Ia the boldrst
nst between the tive oceans Thlnt ~
hhdvf n. huyrhs aud Abe Lincoln fnr
| thlnY years and not knnN lnl how he stead
| dHYI
The popnlist leader declared than tho
people could not secure reforms In the
Democratic party when u il "bos.sd
by the same old Wall street crowd which
dsbaaehed ClayslHnd'z second admins.
,raiion" lls declared that nj NJ. Laul.
all the voitile4s empty hnnars had been
given 10 southern Democrats, who In 10,
turn denounced Bryan aud helped 10
"knlfe the jsitrrso1ihna" Now, "bp.
cnnsr Dave iiili allowed John Sham
williams to have q chiirmanship" IN.
whole South must be driven under the
lash Of party discipline away from ,h.
rospsl Of our fathers aud lnto poiltlrs
| ,iANsfy 10 the Hsmiltssi.n. az N..