The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-26
Dem OCRI ~ SAID 70
BEVVCRK SIN j RE: !.
PUBL. lean S FOR sep
ARATE CARS: !.


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1t will come as an unpleasant sur
prise to the Negroes; OF West vir-
ginia that the success Of the tRepubli-
can party at the polls November 3rd,
while it put duietus on iDisfran-
chisement, .didf nothing more than
scotch Jim Crowism. ,.2@.ls- ,
NJ There is a well developed and
wide spread movement. OF Demo-
cratic origin, to have some weak
kpeed Republican introduce and 9th
ers to support a bill In the comm g
Legislature totseparate oolored from
white passengers on rre common car
riers, and evidences are not wanting
that there are grounds. for grave ap-
rrehension s lest the movement,
which is rapidly gaining :: ground,
should be received with open arms
by the lily white element of the Re-
: publican party, Of which there Is a
considerable number. r.
Since: the election, many Negroes,
who took an active part in the cam
paign, have been approached by both
Democrats and Republicans. who
have attempted by }adroit questions
to ascert tain their attitude on the
question Of separate : accommoda-
tions on the common carriers. If
che Negro, as was true II, most cases,
7 protected, against any such discrim-
inatton, attempts were made to con
vince him of its Justice by pointing
s.oat{ to him the separate schoo3 aSSss
TEN, churches, tfofss
ana other instances OF racial saparae
tion! > .'@.-.,. - ...~. $ (
Your correspondent has it from
men high in the coui1cils of the Re-
publican party, men Of unimpeach-
able integrity, that. there is consid-
erably more than talk behind this
movement. In fact, I have the best
Of reasons to believe that deter
mined effort will be made to line up
sufficiently large number Of Re-
publicans to combine with the Demo-
cratic minority in passing a Jim
Crow bill. T.
The Republicans who are conspic-
uous In the movement, believe, or
profess to believe that the majority
of the Negroes not only do not OBJ
ject to separation on the common
carriers, but would, If necessary, in
itiate legislation to that end. SO
imbued are they with this idea that
one is reported to have said that j.
M. Ellis, the colored delegate from
Fayette county, would be asked to
introduce the Jim Crow measure,
and another, after pledging his vote
and influence against discrimitory
legislation, told the writer that Thos.
L. Norris, justice Of the peace at
Wheeling, a member Of the auxil-
iary to the Republican State Com
mittee, said that his committee In
tended to frame up some measure;
while still another ayers that he
had it from C. H.: Payne, Consul to
st. Thomas, d. w. l., who stumped
the State in the interests of the Re-
publican party, that the colored peo-
pie would not object to Jim Crow
cars.
While no credence can be- placed
in any statement to the etfect that
any Of the men named would do or
say anything 50 hostile to the
wishes or interest Of the people OF
their race, mention Is made Of it to
show the tactics being employed.
It goes without saying that the
Negroes who are aware Of what Is
going on are alarmed as we'll as In
dignant that Republicans should be
accomplices in raising an issue which
was thought to have been killed on
election day. And their fears are
accumulated when they recall the
long life Of the Evans Jim Crow bill
Of two years ago. 1t will be re-
membered that F. II. Evans, q Re-
publican member Of the Lower
House from Mingo county, intro
duced q Jim Crow bill during the
session Of 1907. The committee to
which 1t was referred, the majority
being Republicans, wrestled with the
measure three or four weeks and,
when the opposition happened on
occasion to have n majority, re-
turned it to the House With a recon-
mendation that it bsapasaedq. 1e wss
again referred and gtllsa 6nly otter
q delegation Oh cgsIBrsd ga sReaf
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