The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18
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ables ana 4ascals abhorrent to Afro.
AmerlcAnNrs-and II these misi1ts are
allowed +f0Ssontfofthe- southern dele:
cations ltthe next national conyen-
tlon Of the party, when the party
auoR&t lSplAtform and selects It's cam
d1datss, tNsWill be time enough for the
A1ro7Amaraeans In the northern and
westerns 3sates to decide what they
want and t9:yote accordingly.
This tts8sA little short Of "reading
the riot, act" and the manasers'
though apparently Ignoring the Age
and otheSsorgans of the dissatisfied
type. are nevertheless beginning to sit
up and take notice, for the fall pri.
marlesv IN ohio are coming of, where
a test OF administrative strength is to
he n'iled 06, and within the fewest OF
months viii come the struggle for ad-
mlnistratton delegates in every state
IN the %Unt0n. and the Negroes in New
YORK, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, In.
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mich
igan and Kansas, will have a great
deal to- say on the subject. The sen
elele colcsad voters are net making
threats-they are attending to their
business and standing on their dig
nifty. There are fewer colored men
depending upon politics for a living
now than$at any time since emancipa-
ton. They are building up enterpris-
es within the race, buying homes
sending Their children to school,
teaching them useful trades and At
ting them for the professions, and 1t
takes something more than glittering
promises 70 sway them politically,
They want rights and privileges more
than they %want office, and unless there
Is strong sign Of return to the
principles of the founders Of the re-
publican party, that party may have
to fight It's battle without It's hereto
fore faithful ally-the Negroes of the
North and West. There is no indica-
ton that they will go to the democ-
racy in large numbers; they will sim
ply get out of the political game and
hustle for their 'pork-chops" in the
arena OF business. the professions and
the industries, and bide their time for
an upheaval out of which better con.
dltlonS may grow. The colored man
is saying little, but saving a tremen-
dous amount Of woodland experience
has shown that when the black man
has nothing to say, that Is the time
when herisSmost dangerous.
The veteran journalist, Chris. j.
Perry throws himself manfully into
the breach. and while emitting that
much In the indictment brought for
ward by MI Fortune is true, as far as
concerneds pleads for a continued sup
port of the organization, as Offering at
least better results to the people than
the DEMOCRATS, suggesting that If the
trouble fs simply with the managers
and their methods, that the Age and
its sympathizers get to work to bring
about q Radership and a system of
administration more in keeping with
the grand Old principles which Phil
lips, Garrison, Sumner, Morton and
Stevens s0k Snobly represented. Mr..
Perry is asStaIwart Of stalwarts, and
is steering The we'll seasoned Philadel-
phia Tribtfhs away from the shoals
OF possible fhugwumpery, which are
apt to destroy what is, without replac-
ing it., with Ian ''is-to-be' that spells
improvements !, He clings to the repub-
lfcan party, not SO much for what he
hopes to get as for that which he
seeks to avoid
Mr.. Fortunes latest rejoinder is
unique and interesting, whether one
is willing to follow his line Of reason
ing in practice or not Hear him for
his cause! Nothing short of new
party will do,
There never was anything more
selfevident in the politics of the Re-
public" says Mr. Fortune, than that
new party is needed to take the
places of those now In existence"
After briefly reviewing the radical
departure Of both parties from their
original and time-h IGNORED mornings
and pointing out their alleged incom-
potency to deal with the problems of
today equitably and effectively, Mr..
Fortune fires this bomb into the sur
charged atmosphere, to strike who
ever Is in the way:
I'VE believe we voice the majority
sentiment OF the Afro-American re-
publicans when we declare that they
are heartily sick and Disguised with
the republican policy toward them
since 1876, and were never more so or
had better cause than they are today.
Give them a party with plank de-
claring for equality under the law for
all citizens and they will support It,
Planks meeting the discomfort Of other
interests would make party that
would cover the dissatisfied elements
in all existing parties, and there are
now more elements dissatisfied to
make new party out Of than there
were In 1856. when the republican
party was formed to curb the inso-
lence and aggressions of the demo
cratic slave holders party. Let the
dissatisfied Of all existing parties get
together and organize such party as
they~an the country need!
Will they do It?
Somebody has been getting down
his encyclopedia and found out where
that place is to which Mr.. James w.
Johnson of Florida and New York,
has been sent az United States Consul,
by transfer from Puerto Cabello, Ven
ezuela. They say the nearest ap-
preach to Consul Johhson's new sta