The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-20
NEGRO SAYS
BRYAN SURE

Major 7 H. Joney, cJl rcd. an Oil
iolsan by birth. who has been doinp
directive service IN this state in i'm.
lerest OF the Democratic party. camc
INTO Guthrie from Oklahoma county
Monday
interviewed by The Lender he cx
pressed himself being more than san.
gulne' IN fact hopeful OF outcome Of
election
Haven't had time as yet" said he
- figure CT estimate on maSorliirs
but Bryan will surely be elected this
tinIc. J was against him in 'g6. for
reason OF that / was then. and am still
sound money advocate. have alwavx
believed in Democracy though Beside
lalih III Democratic principles. a divis
ion of the colOred v tc as n nrofectinn
aud for safeguarding of their liberties
aiid interests as citizens gcaerally
MY twenty years in journalism ami
somewhat iils militarism is prccf OF
lhat have SO advocated as partial
means OF solution of race problem.
lt In lSssvat indianapolis when /
lirst entered into the spirit of a divis.
lcA OF the colOred vote movement. the
negro hadn't been so generally dense
& thgnght. aQd therefore 50 prejudiced
against everything Democratic; why
we wouldn't today have SO many op.
ponents amongst the whites. We
wouldn't today because OF our marked
progress, coupled with the more in.
teDigently casting of the ballot. be The
cause Of so much un-American and re-
flecting, capital deterring. statutes
being upon statute bccks OF many
sovereign states.
Thinking and intelligent negro
sees his mistake and. when not too
late, seeks to rectlfy That and for
reason Of that they in middle western.
eastern and western stales have de-.
termined upon a division of their vote
among the different parties. For that
reason | am convinced beyond perad-
venture cf doubt Bryan will be next
president of this great nation. For
Bryan will get practically 40 per cent
OF cOlored suffrage in Ohio. Indiana
aud Illinois. the latter my native state
Yes, ! am still president of United
Order of Colored Railway Men of
Ncrth America Have but just return
ed from setting up lodges in the south
aud Old Mexico
"Seyenty-twO hundred odd men is
'ur strength at the present time, but
we are not as AN organization any
wise in politics.
PERSONALLY ] am happy to contribute
my services outright TO cause know
viii. II co-operatcd in largely by my
race. be- a prrt aud telling means Of
solving rad r0blem aud dlstrust.
Mi Taf my personally be all
right but Mr. Roosevelt is nut. Mr.
TAFT is President Roesevelt's choice,
forced upon The Republican convention
aud NOT the choice of conventions S
delegates, therefore The party
The negro. who doesn't resrnt the
Brownsville incident through the
sacred aud God given right Cf the ba..
lot. by casting that ballot against
llo seYclt aud TAFT, VIII demonstrate
by bls Improper Use Of same az this
time his uulitness for ever bayuy had
the ballot thrust upon him.
''We will heat Mcclure sure
llpish In first district this week al
Chandler From there / 80 east by
rapid and effective firing stages,
Il love my race for It's needless enc
inics made, L Is seemingly "a this
time aud without full warrant the al
most frleudless, but We can stlll love
and wurshrip G d aud country coun.
try is always first"