The Washington bee., 1908-05-09
COLORFD AMERICANS.

be called traitors. Because Colored
editors do not agree with other
colored men, because of their al
legiance to the Democratic party,
is no reason that they should be
called traitors to the race.
Some colored men have declared
that they will support the Demo
cratic party if Mr.. Taft is nomi-
mated, no matter who that Demo
crat may be. II Vardaman is NOM
mated no doubt this declaration
holds good with those who have
declared against MIR. TAFT. There
are some editors who have declared
III favor OF Mr.. Taft, and because
they have so declared they are
styled traitors to the race, and the
charge is made that they have been
bought by the managers of Mr..
! Taft.
So far as The Bee IS concerned
it has not declared for Mr.. Taft,
but it has declared against Mr..
Bryan because he favors the dis
franchisement Of colored Ameri-
cans. Now, if any have been pur-
chased they can be found on the
other side.
There is not a man supporting
Senator Foraker who has not begg-
ed either him or his managers for
money. Those who have cried the
loudest for Mr.. Foraker have been
the most persistent beggars. One
distinguished colored physician of
Petersburg, Va, was in the city
few weeks ago and declared that
he worked necessarily for Foraker
delegates in the State of Virginia
and only received two hundred dol
lars. and because he could not get
more money or be reimbursed for
moneys he had used of his own,
he left the combine and returned
home in disgust. This same indi-
vidual called to see the manager
OF the combine, that IS the moneyed
man, and, becoming disappointed,
he declared vengeance againstSen-
ator Foraker.
These same men are abusing the
friends of Mr.. Taft, many OF whom
have not received a penny.
The Bee challenges any man to
prove or show a single applica-
ton it has made to any man OF the
Foraker combine for one cent. For
FIVE years The Bee supported Sen
ator Foraker in and out of season
without penny or hope OF reward.
Senator Foraker is today surround
ed by a set of renegadeS and dem
agogues willing and ready to suck
his hfe's blood from him. They
are sailing under false colors.
These cowardly attacks that are
being made upon DR.. Booker I.
Washington come from the drones
OF the colored race. DR.. Washing
ton is doing more and has done
more for his people than all his op-
posers combined. Point out to The
Bee, if you can, one conlmendable
act that has been done by the de
famers of DR.. Washington Point
out one monument that may be
handed down to pOsterity. The
Tuskegee Institute and the works
of Booker T. Washington are liv-
ing monuments of his ingenuity
and progress. There are colored
men standing at the foot of the
ladder barking like dogs, while DR..
Washington continues to climb. OF
course these moral % vampires
who are condemning DR.. Washing
ton are in politics for love { p al
lection. Senator Foraker has been
pursued by these black vampires
like hounds pursue runaway slaves.
So obnoxious have many of these
men been to the Senator he has
wondered to himself if there was
any gratitude in the Negro. L
they had so much love for him,
why did they not contribute money
! to elect two delegates from this