Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-17
TRYING TO HOOD
WINK NEGROES
Democrats Pursuing Their Usual
Double Faced Policy.
UNFOLDING Disfranchisement In the
South While Forming Colored
Bryan Clubs in West.
fFrom the Baltimore Sun, Dem.)

(From the Baltimore Sun. Dem.)
General Winfield $. Hancock, who
was the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent in 1850. declared the tariff was
principally a local question'--that IS
to say. Il Pennsylvania Democrat might
be a protectionist for projections sake.
while a Democrat in Georgia or IN
Iowa might hold fast 10 the doctrine
Of a tariff for revenue only. The Massa-
chusetts Democrat might be a free
trader without reservation of any kind,
while the West Virginia Democrat
might be a free trader only with re
spect TO commodities which were not
produced by his own State. General
Hancock's pronouncement was consid-
cred an ingenious evasion of the tariff
issue, but it did not produce harmony
in the Democratic party, and the gem
eral was defeated.
Twenty-eight years have passed since
General Hancock defined the tariff as
a local question upon which the Demo-
? Gratis Of each state were free to act
with regard chiefly to local interests.
The principle which he then formu-
lated seems to nave beer adopted by
! Democrats in the West in respect TO
; the relation Of the Democratic party
9 to the negro. Last week the West Nir-
Z ginia Democratic convention embodied
In its platform planks demanding Ger
z a -.- ntE-.tt F,,. xntapu 1aGiUnp1
to ~disfranchise many negroes. Theil
platform also contains a declaration u
favor Of separate coaches for whit
and negro passengers on railroads. Ih'
le West Virginia Democrats not only re
= fuse TO hold out the olive branch t
the negro and invite him into thei
e field. but they are determined to liml
- his political activity by a disfranehis
ing law and to bring him under th
y operation OF a Jim Crow" law when h
r travels on the railroads Of that STATE
What are the Promisesa
ty Out in Nebraska and In Kansas tn
" Democratic campaign managers al
RI organizing negro voters into Brya
Ii clubs. In Ohio no effort will be spare
at to secure the support Of the negr
ed voters for the Democratic nations
us ticket. What pledges have been give
and what inducements have been o
~ fercd does not appear. But II IL a ia
inference that the managers nav
us promised TO do something foc the N
gro" perhaps TO recognize him in Il
I'd distribution OF Offices, IL Mr.. Brya
on shonld be elected, and also to tai
let such action as the negroes may d
OF mand In respect TO the reinstatemel
rs. Of the negro battalion dismissed fro
it, the army by President Roosevelt Il
a the attack on Brownsville. Last WEE
of when the West virginia Democrl
lis were declaring for a disfranchisemeI
try law and for a Jim Crow law, Il
Of Democratic convention in the Twelf'
Of Congressional district of Ohio adopt'
ate A platform favoring the enactme
ate Of laws which shall accord 70 all III
accused " w%rongdoing. whether 81
diers or civilians. a fair and impartl
trial and an opportunity 20 I've hea
ler' before conviction OF punishment
but This apparently refers to the Brow
on willie incident. 1t may also have
'rk broader meaning and a more extend
lm- application and may be susceptible
lere an Interpretation which viii ma
; OF Southern Democrats open their eA
70 with Management and possibly with
IN prehensiOn.