The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-31


reimbursement of ten million negroes.
Other democratic utterances were
given regarding the Acknowledgement
of the negro, including utterances of
Tillman.
1t is very evident that when Mr.. Bry-
an said "Shall the People Ruler" he
forgot all about the ten million negroes |
in the country.
Democratic Party and Negroes.
From 1776 to 1859 the democratic |
party legalized the sale of negroes
like cattle in the south and attempted !
to extend the practice into northern
territory and upon it's failure to do
so, two-thirds of the democratic party
seeded and fought four years to de-
stroy the union and continue traffic
in human flesh. The democratic par
ty organized Ku-KluX clans, murder
ed and plundered and by force of !
arms overthrow the southern republ- |
can party of 1876. The democratic
party repealed the federal election bill
under President Cleveland which
stripped the negro of the last vestige
of his electoral protection in the
south, which has ever since denied
hundreds of thousands their right to
vote for president and congressman.
The democratic party have deliber
ately nullified the federal constitu-
ton and disfranchised more than IL
100000 voters in Virginia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana and
has passed the most cruel unjust and
discriminating "Jim-crow" and va
grant laws in most of the southern
states. The democratic party under
/ the disguise of labor contract and
back debt laws, and today in Louis
lana, Mississippi, Alabama and Ar
kansas is holding thousands of ne
groes practically in slavery. 1t is an
undeniable fact that under these laws
! negro laborers are sold from one farm
/ to another, and many of them whipped
! the same as slaves. If they attempt
to leave their employers plantation
! they are hunted down with blood
hounds, handcuffed, tried by a magis
trate, convicted, thrown into prison
and sold to the highest bidder. And
yet we have negro leaders who are
advising you to cast your ballot in ar-
prevail and for the continuance of this
evil which you will surely do If yon
vote for Bryan and the democratic
party.
Mr.. Bryan, If elected, would be com
PEELED to sign the bill of disfranchise-
ment, through party pressure.
The Negro Democrat.
Any more testimony, Mr.. Bryan.
Yes sir. l have democratic negro.
Bring him in. Here is the testimony
of the democratic negro who tells
why he is a democrat:
THE republican party placed the
ballot in my hands and believing that
it was an inglorious mistake, am
Fastening to correct it by helping my
southern white friends to take 1t away
from me as soon as possible. | do
not believe in anybody that believes
in me- therefore | do not believe in
the republican party. That is was
born to abolish slavery and to make
man of me is of no concern. what
ever. as do not want to be man
and never did That Lincoln died a
martyrs death because of his advo.
cacy of my cause makes me think Lin
1 coin was fool and crank; did
not deserve It, | am proud of the
democratic party. It has written into
the democratic platform of West Vir-
ginia plank pledged to prevent the
. negro from evermore being political
J factor in the state. Why should
not feel that I put my trust in proper
: hands-the good old democratic par
!; ty. AS a negro democrat | revere
Tillman who SCOTS at my ambitions
, and who travels the country over ad
vertising me as beast and unfit fol
| civilization. l will vote for Bryan, be
cause he is backed by my friends II
| the solid south. | will vote for hin
because If elected, he will be bound
{ to conduct his administration In har
/ mony with the wishes of his solit
, southern constituency and because he
: is the great American commoner ant
never during his political career ha:
80 l.,