The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-06
II CHOW CARS. AND DISFRAN-
&sSs; & ) .t!FIISENENT


Oh assem- bled here last week, has
s bne ON record as opposed to the Ne
Go longer exercising the right guar
sA&teed him by the national constitu
4Apn: they no longer favor, if they
ever did, the black man getting the
same accommodation for his money
- Il granted other races.
;fsss Their action came as no surprise
10 those of us who have given any
Intention whatever to the political
NiHtory of the past ten years. With
k8 neighboring states of Virginia.
enforcing stringent Jim crow. and
law; Maryland, sepa-
rating her black and white travellers
ION the common carriers; and Ken
SsMSAy, doing likewise, the surprise is
M0& that our democratic friends have
nov Joined the procession, but rather
sShAt they delayed SO long.
sSF at the Parkersburg convention,
-Four years ago, anti-Negro planks,
sRimAar to those adopted here. were
ETeaented andavehemently supported
Sby the same parties who fathered
them here. Then, as now, they were
sOppoSed by some democratic leaders
Gag inexpedient, rather than as un-
= just They hoped, by remaining 81
5s.lent upon these questions, the discus
sEion of which ever creates racial ami
sfRNoBities and retards the economic
advancement of a state, to pose as
the Negroes friend. lull him into
sfancied security, inveigle a sufficient
number to vote their ticket, and
then silence him politically forever.
The scheme worked well, particu
I 4Afly In this section. 1t was by Ne
gro votes that Adam B. Littlepage
was sent to the state senate from
sahis district. Negro votes helped
largely in wrestling the control of this
city from the hands OF the republi-
4 can party. 1t worked well but too
ssfDwly for certain gentlemen, who,
tfEItout visible means of support
3 It'd nun gered for the fat loaves and
Ashes which Come to the party in
5EoRer, think at one full swoop to
get that for which they have longed
fer many years.
q Forgetful of their boasted chivalry
the Difference OF the strong to the
sSeak; needless Of the pleas of those
who are past masters in the game;
Nnmindful of the plans laid by Bryan
Afad his advisers to capture portion
: OF the black vote in this state, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana and New York;
they threw all considerations Of JUS
tice, even discretion, to the winds,
Sami adopted a course which will weld
the Negroes together and indisolubly
.hsad them to the republican party.
1.-THE democrats of West Virginia
have not even the lame excuse for
tie adoption Of these hostile planks
I IS tB advanced by their brothers of
g the same political faith in other
states. There is here no fear of race
Sdamination, no friction between the
+37zrsee8: West ViFginia's population is
/. not more than ten per cent. colored,
and these are slowly but surely
!: emerging from the gloom of CEN
8 furies of servitude. They are ad-
svancing appreciably morally and
gdfnancially, and are standing firmly
s3a<s1 no Vtu of
s}8 And this last undoubtedly is the
reason they are placed under the
shan 1t is not that they do not ex-
q ercise their franchise privilege with
s5fhe same intelligence and integrity
( as ID exhibited by the majority Of
f2kiose who made up the democratic
satate convention. 1t is not that they
IRE any more Objectionable on the
CANNON carriers than white men Of
the same social status. 1t is because
&&Sayga, nv the accident Of birth, are the
gSfioBt vulnerable Of the forces OF the
& YRpnbIicab party, and our elimination
3 would change the political complex
g sssfon 81 the state.
8ut. as was truthfully said by a
sidcAia republican paper, the Negro
SssszSuld not suffer alone by the enact
s.xdsSt of such legislation as is advo-
tsd by the democratic party. A
SkEil6ESsrs of white men must also be
fancntsed by educational tests IN
der TO perpetuate the power the
Gratis hope to acquire by then
& not qualification propaganda. True
ss whites would not suffer the hui
sSiiatlon and discomfort Of the jim
ear, but those without the bal
M you'd be but little removed from
biack brethren.
s1k iii. then, the duty of every re
blscap7f to work as he never did be
sor the success OF the regula
slylIEnsn ticket. 1t Is a debt tn
81 fappbiicahs owe their faithful
gssals Angered now because o
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