New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
NEGRO VOTE? N0.-BRYAN
S1TS SOUTH is RIGHT.
Fcc Mats Cracked for Benefit of
Big Cooper Union audience.

= was typical Cooper Union audience which
.Bea the hau last night to greet William Jen-
-srrs Bran and ask hirn questions afterward
.hsvt SIX hundred political and social nuts for
v- R-1an 10 crack were flung az him. and he
lacked about half dozen of them His
spee-h was about Universal Brotherhood" but
-be questions we're about everything that ever
hsrpened since the creation. One undersized
,a,-es,s- handed him the hardest one He
pante5 70 know # the policy Of the white Demo-
c-sts in the South in disfranchising the negro
II accord vitlS the idea Of universal brother
boo5 as prcpounded by Nj Bryan
NJ B-yar hedged for time for a minute He
wanted 70 know whether il vas a negro or d
r.epubIicsn Who asked the question Several
,-oices a. once said that II vas both Somebody
sse sad that II was only a l-dy.'
Don't say only a lady. " rebuked Charles
sr-sgue smith. who had the meeting in charge.
FrraHv Young man Of distinctly Hebraic
features was persuaded 70 rise TO admit that
Re had written the question
Are you Republican," asked Mr- Bryan.
No~ replied his questioner, for I am not
I'd enough To vote Yet"
That = TOO large question 20 answer in
81 sho-r z tine as I have Nj. Bryan replied
= judicial manner As I have said before,
,,pder the laws disfranchising the negro by
demanding educational requirements in the
South tas negro has al opportunity 10 get with
II The lar by coming within the qualification.
B-- Fsanr 70 say 10 the Republicans in the
North THAI under the laws which they have
fastened upon The FIIipinos not one Of them can
rote uuler any qualification The negro in the
south has rhe protection Of living under the
laws made Tor the black man and the white man
alike bu- me Filipinos are kept under laws
made fo~ -lem and not for Us
TIE white man in Jhe South has dIsfranchised
r-s neg~e IN seIf-protection. and there is not
gsuuan-z- n The North VINO would not have
5s-a rhe same Thing under the same circum-
stances Those Republicans in the North who
dispute --E- a0 say that they are different from
re Sou-r either ar not frank with themselves
or ar assuming 0.hat Is not true The white
-er IT -a= south VII not allow q few men 70
u~s TIE solid black vote 10 further their own
a-=--1a and political interests And that is
vha- vas being done
! want 70 say night uow that the white men
= rhe south are giving the negroes better laws
tnar rrz negroes would give 10 the white men
Il -h-r acre making the laws. Why right in
Washington rhey disfranchised every negro
even r --=- nad 70 distrauc1ise some White men
. d- r. The white men Of the south are deter
-fre5 that the negro viii and shall be disfran-
eriss5 e--eryvhere il Is necessary 10 prevent the
-ecu-rzree Of The horrors - carpet nag rule
Or The question of socialism Nj Bryan said.
There are tuo kinds Of socialjsts-those
uzosa hearts rearn 20 help others although
me- dr not need help. and those who are So
elzIisrs because they are weak and need help
Enl cannot find that nelp in IndlVlduaIisiT-
r. a-eur1euts Of the socialists must he met
v,s--er they are sentimental or needy social
.s.s believe indtviduaism is better than So
ca ism + you remove the abuses % lndlNid-
.-ss- Socialism believes competition i evil;
-e-=z-= = 70 ne good Socialism believes that
competition should he removed. ! do not So
cz5-- grades men down and indiNidualIsn
zrz5e= rl=r W Nan needs the squirt and stlnn-
1sz-.1- rr competition Competition should oe
r-ure~-z6 hr1t the competitors should begin on
the SANE plane