The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-23

New York and New Jersey would
have been lost to the republicans two
years ago had the negroes voted with the
democrats. In Ohio and in Illinois the
negro vote is heavy, amou mt Ing to H.,
latter. Before the advent of Organism,
these figures were the balance of power
in these two states. The figures also
tell an interesting tale of Indiana be-
fore the Bryan disqualification. In 1884
and in 1892 by 1925. Harrison carried
it in 1855 by 2,348. The negroes had
the destiny of the state in their hands.
In 1896, with the slump Of the gold
democrats, Indiana went for Mckinley
by 1881, q figure which is within tlYYe
1900, when Mckinley carried Indiana
by 26,470, the negroes seem to have
made more than two-thirds Of the plu-
Eality.
The negro issue this year was made
by hot-headed southerners. It is par
ticularly noticeable that the democrats
negro question to the fore. They are
trying to evade it wherever possible,
and their efforts would be crowned with
success In so1ne. quarters but Tor the
watchfulness Of the republicans, who
40 not intend that the emocrats shall
The country and try to curry favor with
him in another. .-,.. d.
The republican campaign managers
are we'll satisfied with the outlook. Ne
groes will vote the republican ticket
In the close states this year in larger
smaller cost. The negro Is fonder Of
Roosevelt personally than Of any presi-
dent since Lincoln, and he is beginning
to realize, as the result Of the outbreaks
in congress and the south following the
Booker Washington incident, that he
will act his ri gifts, If at all, thru the
republican party.
Stranger things have happened than
cy Is to rest with the colored voters in
the doubtful states. One Of the lead:
ing democrats of West Virginia said
II tbs G1ty lew ID Gays Us ago that 1T
the negroes this year. "They are as
money! he continued, s'but we are
morally certain that they will vote the
republican ticket. For the first time
in many years we find ourselves I'M
able to depend upon them. In the ex
treme southwestern part Of the state
in certain of the mines, the negroe:
usually vote as their employers sug
gest, but only fraction of our co1oret
people are miners. Those who are il
the cities ana towns, ana working OF
the farms, are republicans almost with
out an exception, and this year thei
republicanism is Of q much more pro
bounced type than heretofore.'
Negroes Won't Be Misled.
This is also the situation in Ohio
Indiana and Illinois. The negroes i
those states, as rule, are intelligent
Many of them are propertyholder
They have had the benefit of common
school education and their acquain
ance with public affairs is equal to tina
of the average white man., These co
ored men are not being misled by tn
democratic failure to make the negr
an issue north Of the Ohio river. The
understand the situation thoroly, an
when the time comes it is morally &C.
tain that 95 per cent of them will SUI
port the republican ticket.
A preliminary poll of Indiana, mao
by the republican state committe
shows that in counties where there
a heavy negro vote there are fewt
independent voters than anywhere ell
in the state. In these same counti
the republican showing is best.
The colored people of central ar
southern Illinois are said by offcia
at republican national headquarters |
be almost solidly for Roosevelt, tt
first time they have voluntarily con
over on the republican side for mar
years.