The Washington bee., 1908-08-15

endorsement OF the same, UOgeIntI
with the endocsemcnt OF the Lily
White movement of the South, makes
it absolutely impossible for any Ne
gro to support either of them without
stultifying his manhood. 1t will be
argued that no Negro can support
the Democrats without sacrificing his
honor; but want to remind you
that the Democrat is under no obli-
CATION to the Negro nor the Negro
under any to him. For forty years
we have been taught that the Demo
Gratis were our enemies, and theDem-
ocrats know that the Negro has been
used for forty years to keep them
out of power.
AHege DisfrdHchisemeHt
Tn twelve States of this Union
we are disfranchised, Jim Crowed,
an5 deprived of our rights as Ameri-
can citizens, and all because we have
allowed Republican oficeseekers to
array themselves against our white
neighbors in the South, where nine
tenths of our people have had to live
and procure employment. A greater
: injustice could not have been perpe-
trated upon any people, but after
forty years of suffering, I thank God
the Negroes are getting their eyes
open. and are coming to see that If
man succeeds in this life there
must be peace on the inside. The
only wise thing left for the Negro
to do is to make peace with his
neighbor in the community in which
he lives.
"The Southern white man is the
| Negro's best friend, SO says King
| Roosevelt. so says the man he has
appointed to be President of these
United States, and so says Brother
Moses Washington In this l am
WI ling to trust their judgment.
I therefore,, I urge every Negro to
vote tor Mr.. BRYAN, thus demonstrat-
ing we have learned to recognize our
friends as we'll as the men named
believe that division of the NJ
gro vote will gain for us the respect
= Of the best men Of both the North
and the South. The Republican lead
ers cannot have any respect for the
Negro as long as they can use hlr
at will. Neither can the Democrat
as long as he knows the Negro car
t be bought and sold Political inde-
pendence is more important to tht
Negro at this time than induStria
> independence.
Il am of the opinion there are
millions of good white people in thi!
l conutry, and if the Negro will cease
to be a slave to any one politica
party, and will exercise his freedom
as a man and an American citizen IL
the right direction, the God Of ou
fathers will win friends for him o1
: all sides.
t IF the 100000 Negro voters il
d the North, East and West will go tt
the polls on November and vot
+ for William Bryan for President
g thus assuring his election, they vii
= administer deathblow to Southern
!. disfranchisement and Jim Crowism
+ They will not only produce
) change of sentiment with regard t
the rights of the Negro of the South
S but will teach the Republican admin
istration a lesson, and for the mex
y thousand years all political partie
Il will be made to recognize that Ne
y groes are men, that we are not ask
5. ing favors because we are black, br
d we are asking justice because "
e are men"
IL Purity in Politics.
y DR.. Corrothers closed his addres
5 by saying the Republican party need
IL ed some purity in its politics.
t Rev. ]. Milton Waldron, presider
le of the League, was interrupted se1
5. eral times in the early part of his az
E dress by Negro Republicans, who pei
II sisted in asking him questions, an
as which he said he would answer {
c the close of his remarks.
i'd Dr. Waldron began his address b
as saying the Republican party Of toda
0t is not the Republican party of Lir
E. coins time, and that the party toda
had no claim on the Negro, and tn
~ Negro did not owe the Republica
e party anything.
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