West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-10-22
It DARE NOT
Republican Organ Afraid 10 Oppose
"Jim Crow Plank"
PROTECTION FOR WHITE WOMEN
Law Is Fair TO Both Raccs-Must
Have Separate Coaches for
Whites and Blacks

THE ARGUS challenges the Preston
County Journal to say to the white
men of the county of Preston that
it is in favor of compelling their
mothers, sisters, wives, and daugh-
ters TO ride in railway coaches with
the negroes, many of whom are
vicious and insolent and delight in
humiliating and heaping indignities
upon the white women. Is there a
decent white Republican in Preston
county who is not in favor of hAv.
ins separate railway cars for the
whites and the bTacks2 Is there a
white Republican In Preston county
whose love for the negro is so great
that he wants his mother, sister,
wife, and daughter to be forced To
occupy seat by the side of a negro
while travelling alone and unprotect-
edf This is a daily occurrence in
the southern part of this state and
these noble white women are ap
pealing TO the white men o: this
state to protect them from this
humiliation Aud 10y the eternal,
the white men of West Virginia are
going to do it by electing LOUIS
Bennett governor and members of
the house of delegates and the state
senate who will pass the Jim Grow"
law providing separate cars for the
whites and the blacks.
White men of Preston, your iul
is plain. The white women of Wcst
Virginia look to you as their pro
teclors, and rightly SO, aud if u
do not protect them YOU are not
worthy the name f white mani
Let the Preston County Joufne /
and It's candidates for the state
senate aud house of delegates dart
90 tell the white people Of Ptestu,
county iha, they are not IN favor f
separate cars for the whites aud
blacks. They may feel that w,
aud If we can believe the Joufn. =,
they do, but we defy them to max c
a pubic declaration TO that effec'.
Now If the Journal and its candi
dates do not come out publicly aud
declare that they are IN favor Of
the 'Jm> Crow" law, the white
people Of old Preston county must
believe that they are against the
'Jim Crow" law. Every issue of
the Journal bemoans and sob, for
the poor negro, but 1t has not one
word of pity for the noble while
women. The reason for this is thai
the white women, God bless them,
have no votes and the black men
have. and the Democrats are going
to give them separate cars where
they can travel without fear Of In
suit and molestation from the black
brutes. This is why the Journal Is
shedding Its crocodile tears for the
poor black man.
Can the Journal produce logical
reason why we should not have
separate cars for the two races2 Is
the separation any harder on tue
black than the whittier No. The
law simply provides that the whites
must rides in cars set apart for them
and the blacks likewise. This works
no greater hardship on the black
than ON the whites. Each race must
ride in the cars designated for them
by law. Why these crocodile tears
for the black man By the Journal7
Simply this: Afraid that the Re
publican party would lose few
black votes if the Republican party
would say that they were in favor
of the 'Jim Grow" law.
White men Of Preston county
The ARGUS expects you to do your
duty on November 3 and vote for
the Democratic party that is going
to protect your mothers, sisters,
wives, and daughters from the in
dignities Of drunken negroes.