West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-19
Slightly RuHed.

after the election. The sentiment
amongst the white Republicans is
overwhelmingly in favor Of the
Jim Crow law. Why, as late as
the last session of the legislature
Delegate Evans, from the county
of Mingo, introduced Jim Crow
bill which had narrow escape
from passing the house of dole
gates. Mr. Evans is an orthodox
Republican, and not renegade
Democrat like many of the Re-
publican leaders in West Virginia
today, and in introducing the Jim
Crow bill he said that he was but
voiclng the sentiment of the White
Republicans of the black belt
when he asked that his bill be-
come "A law. Mr.. Evans lives
amongst the blacks of the south
ern part of the state and he Is
familiar with the insults and in
digmties which are offered the
white women by the drunken and
criminal blacks while travelling
alone and unprotected by some
male member of the family.
If "Colored Republican" will
consult the records he will find
that 80 per cent of the criminals
sent from the black belt of West
Virginia to the Moundsville peni-
tertiary are black. They are the
black criminals who flee from,
Virginia, Kentucky. and the Caro-
linas and come to the southern
part OF West Virginia and lille
gally "vote for the party that
protects them" 1t was these il.
legal black votes that elected the
Republican state ticket.
THE ARGUS is not waging wal
on the honest and respectable col.
ored people of West Virginia. Its
war is on the vicious and criminal
and the sooner the decent and
law-abiding colored people rid
themselves of this class the better
it will be for their race.
Now, THE ARGUS wants to ask
"Colored Republican" to name
the colored men who have held
pablo Office in Preston county.
The Republican party is in full
control IN the county of Preston.
and if it is the great friend of The
colored man why is it that none
are given public office? Why is
1t that the Preston County Jour
nal, the great tribune of the col
ored population, has stubbornly
refused to make public declara-
ton against the jim Crow law.
The ARGUS has repeatedly chal-
lenged 1T to state whether it is for
or against the Jim Crow law, but
the hypocrite that it is, it declines
to put itself on record. THE AR
GUS defes "Colored Republican,"
to get a public expression from
the Journal on the jim Crow law.
The rank and file of the Repub-
lican party is as much in favor of
the Jim Grow law as the Demo-
cratic party.
George Byrne needs no defense
at the hands of The ARGUS.
When he passes to that land from
whence no traveller returns the
white women Of West Virginia
Will erect a monument to his
memory. George Byrne is a phi
losopher and has studied the negro
as no other man has studied him.
Those who would defend the vic
lous and criminal element of the
negro race have not even at
tempted to answer Mr.. Byrne's
argument. There are more George
Byrnes in West Virginia today
than there were before the last
campaign opened, and they are
not all in the Democratic party
If "Colored Republican" thinks
otherwise let him interview those
Republicans who are neither pub
lie oiiice-holdersSnor public Office
seekers. ln the meantime let him
give us the names OF the colored
Republicans who bave held pub
JIG Office ia Preston county and
have The Journal max, public