Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-29
THE OUTLOOK
COLORE0 ORATOR TALKS ON
MATTERS PERTAINING TO
HIS RACE.
Says That Setter Tin'e Is in Store
for These Who Deserve
the Same.

The following iS A portion of the
address made by Prof. !. f. P5ake.
the Grand patron of the Eastern Star.
to that order in this city Tuesday:
AT the close of cur last session
cur country was approaching the
most remarkable political campaign
known to history. Politicians. speak.
ers and leaders of the different mar
ties We're already marching through
the land propoundine their doctrines
and declaring that unless their advice
was followed cur grand and elorious
country would go to the powers and
be irretrieveably lost. Your shrewd
and clever political triclster is never
at a loss for something sensational
with which to arouse the passions
and preiudices Of his hearers. If
facts and figures are not easily avail
able his expansive Imagination can
ALWAYS be relied upon to eoniure ND
spooks and hobgcblins sufficient to
+ excite and mislead the masses for a
while at least. His favorte theme is
usually some hypothG'icEl problem
that time alone can solve For years
the negro. much against his will and
in spite Of all protests to the contrary
has supplied one class of demaeogues
With an accountable slogan. Last year
we We're told that because the man in
the White House had dared to declare
that he was president of al the peo-
nle and would close the door of hope
in the face of none found worthy
the dire and dreadful predictions C.
the past were about to be fulfilled and
that his election meant equality-ne-
/ gro domination, black heels on white
necks, etc Now the truth of the mat
ter is that not one in every ten thous-
and negroes would have ever heard
of the incident in the White House
but for the wailings CT the afore-
mentioned demagogues: that social
. equality never enters the mind of the
average negro except when it is forced
upon his attention by those who
seek his ruin. and that all we will ask
is the equality of all men in the eyes
of the law and protection for cur
selves and our families in these Cod
given rights of life. liberty and the
pursuit of happiness The smoke of
the last political battle has cleared
away and we can now clearly see the
result of the struggle. The dema-
gogue has had his day and now pub
lie sentiment which can always be re-
lied upon to sooner or later do justice,
is in control and what do we see?
"The races are peacefully pursuing
their usual avocaticns each respect
ing and regarding. 81. far as possible,
the rights of the other. The negro,
notwithstanding the result CT the elec-
tien and his great Joy thereat, has
failed SC far to fulfill the prophecies
of his enemies. but is doing all in his
power to prove himself loyal and
respectable citizen. Our white friends,
be it sad to their credit. have ac-
cepted the result in good faith and
seem ever ready and willing to do all
in their power for the betterment of
our common country, and all of its
people OF course crimes are still COM
mitted by members of both races but
in no instance is the better feeling
and ccadition between the races more
clearly shown than in the punish
ment of crime. There is a marked
and perceptible decrease in the num-
Der of lynchings. Where a short
time ago for negro to be accused
cf a certain crime was sure to be
followed by hanging or a burning,
we now find the entire machinery OF
the state backed up by public senti-
ment demanding fair and impartial
trial and where the evidence is not
sufficient to convict, an actual acquit-
Ial. NHPIG IOI years 1O oItCheAoi
was paid to charges that white men
had committed outrageous crimes
against negro girls, we now see white
juries convicting and white jud"
sentencing white men to terms c.
penal service for commission Of these
crimes. Verify the reaction has set
in and better time is in store for all
who deserve the same.