The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-10-14

which were mysteriously withdrawn, all
70, Il plang on their platform declaring
Z an intention and purpose along the same
line, tina event Of their partyis sue.
cess. was stricken out IN tae revised
draft Of the platform.
1t was changed and not denied that
this change Of base in West Virginia
was the result Of such orders from
Democratic headquarters to the effect
+, that drawing tine color line there wetlld
! ieopardize Democratic SUCCESS in In,
diana, New York and other states ingthe
North, in which the colored vote is
counted as cast but the changes in
badges and platform, if not in eandi-
dates, does not change their purpose
The call to command of Senator Cor.
man in New York is sufficient notice Of
what the colorcd voter may expect in
West Virginia in the event Of Demo
cratic success Therefore is not Sen.
ator Germans record respecting negro
Acknowledgement in Maryland well
known. and is he not a near relative of
the vice presidential candidate, Henry
q. Davis, at whose suggestion ne Is to
take part in the political management
Of the campaign2
Dsfranchisement in West Virginia
and Maryland is prelude to the open
championship of the repeal of the Fiji
teenth Amendment to the Constitution
Revolutionary rs this appears, it il
hardly more so than its notification the
past fourteen years under the revised
Constitution at the South
OF course colored Republicans of thu
North and West need only have their
attention chilled to this situation to
rouse themselves from their lethargy
and to make an enthusiastic and per
sistent canvass for the election Of
Roosevelt and Fairbanls-one moral
effect OF whose success docs not only
mean no extension Of negro disfran.
chiscmcnt, but the. guarantee of such
Congressional action rs will equalize the
approximation in Congress and the \
electoral college now prevented By
Wholesale negro Acknowledgement.
The eolor,d people of West Virginia
know how their rights have been safe
guarded under Republican rule--noa.
their schools have been established AMI
maintained with capable teachers AMI
with long terms; while those in vir-
ginhl and Maryland; Just across tns Dor,
der nave been closed; they know how
their jury rights have been enioyed and
how The advent of capital in the State
has given than employment and en-
abled them to purchase homes and sur.
round themselves with comfort. They
point with pride to the Industrial school
and Institute. and thnt for the nig1er
education, Mt BlueGald |
These have been created and fosssred /
under Republican rule This rule it is !
to their interest to continue. 1t is /
therefore the duty OF the colored voter
to let no inducement keep them away !
from the polls on the election day or to !
cause them 70 falter in their support of
the whole Republican ticket. State, Leg /
islNtive Congressional and Presidential.
Republican success is essential to a
continuance Of the enjoyment of the
elective franchise; and their duty by
the Congressional ticket is equally inn
perative, for they SHOULD stand by the
principles enuneiated at Chicago. AS
10 the Presidential ticket, no political
duty has ever meant more for them
than IS their present obligation to rally /
to The support OF Roosevelt and Fair
banks. placing West Virginia in the Re
publican column by such decisive ma,
iatity IL viii dismiss forever tdaa hope Of
nllying aer with the solid South.
4 word as to Senator Scott: BY all
honorable means, every negro should
labor for a Republican Legislature to
insure his reelection, for his action on
the National committee prior to the
Chicago convention broke The back Of
the pretensions of the "Lily Whites
and secured place on the temporary
roll of those delegates elected in ac
coriance with The broad principles of
BY all means the Leg
isIature OF Wsst Virginia must be RI
publican.
From thc mines and the mills, from
tine Ohio to the Potomac, tho negro vot
ers Of West Virginia should rally for the
election Of Dawson, Roo-evs't and the
wliala siekct