The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-22
The greatest mnn is he who
chooses Right with inrihciblc rcs"-
luton and who bears the heaviest
burdens chccrfully.-Channi
Tur NonrIt AND TIL, NEGRO.

THE NORTH AND THE NEGRO.
During Mondays session OF the
Presbyterian General Assembly at Co
lumbus. O.. tho statement that the
negro should mot have been given
rights to full citizenship was received
with applause by the assambly'-not
enthusiastic, says the correspondent,
"but pronounced, and coming from oil
parts Of the house."
That was going pretty far for re-
served religious body, but it is tame
I'm comparison with communication
in the Philadelphia Ledger, from the
pen of Mr.. Edward Lewis, citizen OF
that city. He says in plain terms:
1.-THE flfteenth amendment to the
Constitution OF the United States has
caused more trouble with the negro
than any other one thing, and it
should be repealed"
Philadelphia is getting a tuste OF the
bitter fruits OF negro suffrage. Mr..
Lewis gives the following outline Of
the situation In philadelphia:
sc II this city is not really n
paradise, it is nearer one for the ne
gro than any other place in the world.
This is The city whore they can ride
in the same cars, send their children
to tho same schools, eat in the same
restaurants and at the same tables as
the whites, stand at the same bars
nnd drink, and even shove white men
to ono side to make room for them;
they can visit the same theatres and
sit alongside the whites during the
peri nance Ono matter how objection
nblc they may be the whites must put
up with it or leave the theatrc). They
can form mobs anu dictate what
amuscments the white people shall
patronize; they can have their shoes
shined By white men. In the hospitals
in this city the negro is put into beds
IL the same wards with the whites,
waited on by white nurses and white
attendants, and they are (the negroes)
the most insolent patients in the in
stitutlon, demanding things. not ask
ing for them. and very rarely thank
Ing you for anything you do for them
more often cursing you-and 80 per
cent. of them walk into a hospital with
their hats on. just as they would into
a parroom. having no respect for the
nurses and doctors or for the sick
or injured lying on the cots, and when
requested to please remove their hats
they seem insulted and do not beg par
oon, as white man would do If he
accidentally forgot to remove his hat:
"a hln,
move his, hss, you can bet he is very
recently from the South and is not a
Philadelphia negro.
They are placed into positions here
where they boss white men working
under them. They are on the police
force mere. where they have a chance
10 arrest white people. Did YOU ever
hotlcc the look OF positive triumph on
the race OF negro policeman when
ne mas an opportunity to arrest y
white man or woman? I have, and he
uses unnecessary force, and shows
more spleen when arrcstinE a white
person than when arrcstins ono of bls
own color"
Il could fill pages with evidence !,
prove these assertions" says he il
conclusion, and then states the rca.
son for the situation he describes 1T
1t because the negro is u factor /,
politics" he explains, that he Is nj
lowed TO violate the laws with i'm
punity This is the city where IN
politician pats the negro on the hac,
and tells him he Is as good (cye,
IL he is worthless) as any white ma
over born"
The Southern people learned thi
Years ago. They discovered in the be
ginning that the worst phase OF til
negro question was political The ne
sro's vote gave him pull with III
politicians. who coddled him and Ell
couraeed him in his insolencc Hence
as soon as possible. this Souther
'9'ates deprived the ignorant negr
masses of the right to vote, and tn
major part Of the negro evil dlsar
Pcafed at once. If every Northcr
community were afflicted as Ph!,ade,
phia Is afflicted, the fifteenth amend
iheht would be repealed In short OF
der
TARIFF LEAGUE AGAINST TAFT
inc American Protective Tari
League VIII be very much in eyjdcnc
when the Republican campaign omen
ana VIII have a hand in naming tn
candidate, on make trouble. In fact
1s already taking a hand and Is irwin
n ~. a