The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
PERTURBED CHAMPION.
Under This Head Line the
Rockville Sentinel" Makes
Some Forcible Remarks.

Some Forcible Remarks.
The esteemed Baltimore Sun
seems to be very uneasy in its
mind these long midsummer days,
all on account of its deep solici.
tude and anxious fear for the po-
litical welfare of the "colored man
and brother" AS the devoted
champion of the negro voter of
the country. il appears to have
taken serious alarm at an alleged
tendency on their part to punish
the present masters of the Repub-
lican party by voting the Demo.
cratic ticket or refusing to vote at
all, and its journalistic spirit is
deeply perturbed by the mere
thought of such a wicked course
on she part Of the unsophisticated
objects of its tender care.
1t was reported that several ne
groes living in the vicinity of the
home of Mr.. Bryan took occasion,
Immediately after that gentle.
mans late nomination TO the
Presidency, to tell him that they
intended to vote TOR him at the
election, and that Mr.. Bryan
calmly accepted their support and
failed to command them not to
dare to be guilty of such an iniqu-
ity. Upon the strength of this
report, fortified by information
hsralded from various States
whore negro voters have been
holding the balance of power, to
the effect that they were inclined
to rebel against been further used
as chattels to promote the fortunes
of the party which their votes
have been keeping in control of
the government, emily to be de-
spised by their political masters
after their votes were delivered,
the ever-watchful Sun sounded the
alarm in behalf of its special
charge (the negro electorate) and
has ever since been most earnestly
pointing out the grave danger it
SUPPLEMENTARY hat the
Democratic party may not give
the black man his fair share of
offices IN case it should como into
power, with MIR. Bryan as Presi-
dent.
So long as the dissatisfied negro
Republicans are not worrying
themselves about this phase of the
case, why should the Sun, their
champion, be in such a state of
anxiety over it? 1t gave express
sion to no such calling apprehen-
sions in either of the campaigns
of Mr.. Cleveland, and made no
effort to dissauds negro voters
from voting the Democratic ticket
either with view of prompting
them to safeguard their own self
ish interest or, indirectly, that of
the Republican party.
MIR. Cleveland did not attempt
to prevent negro voters from sup
porting his candidacy, and the
Sun most hi artily approved his
course. In the matter of patron
age, Mr.. Cleveland recognized the
negro race after his election as to
himself seemed just and proper.
In this regard some thought him
extremely liberal. He must have
been sufficiently so to satisfy even
the Baltimore San, for that paper
accorded him most extravagant
in all his policies, and
continues to do so until this day.
The Sun has hitherto been uR-
derstOod to be to some extent in
political sympathy with the people
Of the South. The Southern peO-
Pile. while invariably inclined to
deal justly and fairly with the
negro race, would hardly approve
Of placing their political prefer
ment, either as race or as indi
viduals, above every other consid-
Grafton, or of using them as an
for the defeat of Dem.
Dcratic principles and the perpetu-
alton of Republican misrule. 1t
would belnteresting to know what
Democrats think Of the
course of a great newspaper, pro-
to be friendly to them,
which would wantonly embarrass
the interests of their party and
their section by q mistaken and
mawkish sollcitude in behalf OF
the imaginary welfare of negro
voters who may think they ought
to have a public Office. 1t is graf
flying to observe that the Sun and
Mr.. Thomas Watson, the POpulist
for President, have en-
Dyed q monopoly of this sort of
antics up to the present period of
The silly aaasOn