The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-25
AND DIS
HONEST.

The cartoons of the Smithfield Her
aid have made "a hit, a palpable hit
in this campaign, and the Republicans
lave been made so mad that they
and their allies have grown very abu-
sive of cartoons. Following their
ypasm of abuse, the Republicans have
gotten up a false cartoon which they
are circulating widely over the State.
There is this difference between the
cartoons of the Smithfield Herald and
the Winston Republican: Those of the
Herald represent actual occurrences;
thoSe of the Republican represent
.omething that never did and never
could occur.
The cartoons representing the PreSl-
dent and Booker Washington eating
together represented a true scene from
life and nobody can reasonably object
to it, 1t actually happened. MI
Roosevelt expressed by his invitation
Of Booker his belief in socfa1 equality.
He was the first President to introduce
social equality. Is he ashamed of it,
II not, he cannot object to the car.
loon. Certainly Booker did not object
TO social equality. If so. he would
have declined the invitation. Both be-
,ieve in it. both practice it, both admit
t. and the cartoon is therefore a pic
ture of what actually took place in the
White House. Is it not right to pic
ture so notable and remarkable an oc-
currence?
The cartoon representing the negro
boy and girl in the Republican Nation
al Convention standing. hand in hand,
waving flags to the applause of the
cheering Republican convention was
a true picture of an actual occurrence.
1t was representative of the RepubH-
can idea that there is no difference eS-
cept color between a negro boy and
a white girl If they wish to marry,
the Republicans would not pass law
to forbid it, The scene was one
fraught with danger to American
ideals of an hundred years and full
of menace to those who see in social
.ntermixture the Mexicanizing of the
pure blood of Americans.
seconding the nomination of Roose-
Welt at Chicago. while white men
cheered, was likewise true to life. 1t
represented one of the scenes in the
National convention that was ION the
bills by order of the President Be
fore the convention met it was given
out by the Washington papers that Mr..
Roosevelt was determined to have his
nomination seconded by a negro. One
was found, he made the speech, ana
Southern white delegates joined in the
applause. 1t was all done for the pur-
pose of holding the negro vote in line
n the doubtful States. What is WronA
about illustrating that historic scene?
All the Herald's cartoons have been
pictures of actual occurrences, thus il
Illustrating scenes that the voters mas
understand what Roosevetism stands
for in North Carolina.
The Winston Republican has printed
one cartoon based, upon what never
did and what never could happen IN
North Carolina-the negro White RID
ing in a carriage with the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
That has happened only in the 1magl-
nation of the politicians who put ono
thousand negroes in Office, in 1896 and
they hate Frank Winston because ne
was a leader in the movement that
put an end to their corrupt and scam
dalous government. But hatred ana
malice affords no warrant for a wholly
false and scandalous cartoon, baseG
upon letter whose signature was
forged by a discredited and vicious
negro politician?