The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-13

S1NO," NfAINos
Ss5s The Gazette, the democratic organ
sst This city, begs the question, when
II IN attempted reply to some things
me- said on disfranchisement and
sMm Grow cars. it appends long edi-
sVlpflAl from the Fairmont Times on
q parate schools. -.
4 ssss The Times pretends to have found
y Hhumher of Negroes N the northern
,,ehoOls. Well. what if they do? Are
there not children who cry for the
B sara6Gn2 but these Negroes, If there
WE Nteally any such, do not repre-
the great majority, nor the best
Thought of the race. We are con-
SE&s1t to accept conditions as they are
Stbe pnblic school system, being
I tSttafed II the facilities afforded US
s3EDF education are no whit inferior to
shnse enjoyed by other tax payers.
SSSS3 Let the school question alone. 1t
sSffs extraneous, 1t has nothing to co
with the case, and its injection adds
SSMuthing to the respect for the intelli-
&ence which the advocates of white
stSSnpremacy claim to have roped and
IS Branded, Argue the question of dis
s REancf isement and separate cars On
Il merits. To drag in the public
school system of Pennsylvania or
Ohio, whose white citizens, judging
from the conspicuous places they
shofd in our state government and
$Salfhs nation, are doing about as well
SsSas those from southern states, is to
ss display ignorance Of the rules Of log
de- as well as a desire to win by fair
\ means or foul.
81 This questionable method of carry
n Ing a point is not new to the demo-
$rratic party. In 1892 a colored man.
IAN instructor at Storer College, was
IA candidate on the republican ticket
sstisfcF the Legislature from Jefferson
4Scohnty. His chances Of winning we're
bright, SO bright in fact
that his opponents We're driven &c
The circulation Of Autographs, show
sSaEg school room in which the two
Thees were under the instruction of
fs$sa bnrly Negro. The Negro children.
like their teacher, were representa-
B ttsyes OF a type found only on the up
;sSipsF Congo and the teacher was bru-
tally classifying beautiful white pu-
Pill while the Negro pupils laughed
B B in = ghoulish glee The intelligent
Rhlte voters Of Jefferson county were
Ss3&;Epll to expect similar state of af.
throughout the state, if Ham
,S.$iilton Halter were elected to the leg
feature -
4 tsaS One man, a Negro man at that, tc
81 fesolutionize the school system of {
5SgSHtate! Where was that much boast
81 ed white superiority to predict tn,
ID enactment of laws against the wishes
SS9E near 200 white colleagues by ;
(: q single sNegro?
y s4ffsf!AIl this talk about "intolerabl
"a con ditions" on the common carrier
JSss,1is = equally as absurd. But few
4 sSfra1ns In this state are without spe
S5iclal police, who, with the assistanc
44tYof the train crews, are able to chez
with a word any disturbance whic1
ay arise. Offenders are prompt
Anled before white judges, who ma
d pe relied upon to give them the limi
vs. 0f The law. Then why inhict this un
Unnecessary humiliation upon 10 pc
iSsSent, Of the states population? Ca
SS3aaORs Negro dominate ten Of the supe
.Eacef Must he be hedged abou
restrictions lest he override te
Ssmasters of the earth?
The Negro does not object to SCI
coaches, because of desire t
sssss0ciate with the other race, b,
tecause he has learned to dread tn
coach with equal accommc
as the devil would holy W;
YSsss5StgT. He knows that it means tn
kS3B8af OF baggage car ordinarily use
a smoker; that frequently tn
II sGnn1p rtment Is crowded beyond tt
%Ys9tfnit allowed in cattle car; tina
y IN many cases, 1T Is without decor
IS "a Tinkfng water, lavatories or eve
b f5sEOlists. He further knows that tt
s9ts passenger for the same dest
alton pays not one cent more, y
Ss hes all the accommodations which |
lacks Is there any wonder then tn
VINE are exerting every effort Ito 1
Sp iluence and solidify the Negro race
Ssf$|S$/E ", UISFRA ADVERTISEMENT.