The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-01-28

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" sIsIHURsnAY, yANUARY 2S 1900
\ ttllsy PAYNE AND JIM CROW CARS
Since the West Virginia legisla-
sst4g by an 2ioverwhe:mfng vote last
stgHIraSy, st noon, put a auietus on
S$shts = s1ttIn Ggpw Car; question for. the
'sGeSs atw Q, Years. the: Advocate, com,
sstdafins the Incident as closed, at;
s;;lleast Tor the present, was disposed
ito give, no moro space to its discus
Mon, but the receipt of communi-
..eutfor &ffonh O. TX Payne, consul at?
st. Thomas, D. W., l., to be found
elsewhere in. this issue, must serve
aKhut excuse for Its "reopening. 49,
! ilIf. Payne isiih efror when he says
{ that II was stated editorially in this
pa lt tiar,; On November 26 last, that
tsOtp6. enc. had averred that the color
) I'd people of West Virginia would not
4 dhlact ITO Jim Grow: cars. No such.
s&eeattprssal appeared In this paper, Mo-
yamKer 26th, nor. at any time before
Ok after that date. The statement
$.th,. which DIR. Payne calls. attention
appeared in, the first column on the
1 first page, the article mentioning the
/ natifas Of j. M. Ellis, Thos. l.. Norris
4 and c.. II. Payne as Negroes who
were reported as fayoring such leg
islation. -:
Mr. Norris attitude was discussed
, In these columns q few weeks later.
Mr.. Ellis, bot n in conversar'.~n with
the writer and in reply to an article
Appearing In a Fayette county pa.
per, Hast week, leaves 40 doubt as to
sWhere he has always stood. DR..
Payne does not fully free himself
from blame in connection with the
post-election Jim Crow discussion.
The. doctors fear that If some
thing was not done, by the present
Legislature, this winter, to remove,
rs far as possible, this separate car
issue, the Democrats would defeat us
In 191O,"' ETC., was used as an argu-
ment by the Lily Whites, who ad-
vanced his desire for some sort OF
railway LEGISLATION as an endorse
ment OF sstJim Grow ,, cars. For this
og Ei p posi- 81
ton no one can charge DR.. Payne,
but that. he. 4oYershot the mark in at
.sast onN ifst4pee. is atteae4a from
ffsfl 80 SaSsi, ~ ~ II ra1ef SFnyVS htaefsep
~ ~ 81 81; |st9a a ID 81 Ii In 3nss.the1I
Ae6dhesfs Of the kepubifcaa party. II
The letter reads, in part:
There is one thing, though, that
Chris Payna" caHed Iny attention to
when: he. was here, and | have MOTTO
ed it. since, and that is, a great: many
of your young colored men, from 18
to say. % years OF age. WhdI have
grown up since the Civil War, when
riding in either RAILROAD cars or
street cars, will SIT unconcerned1y
and look out Of the window and pay
! mo- attention to a lady, be she young
:. or old, who outstanding up. That is
one reason that Rev. Payne told me
he thought it was getting the color
ed people into disfaVor, and since he
called my attention to\ it / have no
tiGcd it. '..'<''
Just why such an\ argument
should have been thought necessary
In combating separate car ~legisla-
ton does not appear on the surface.
Why point out to one, who was igA
faorant OF the fact, that all young
Negroes are. not ChesterAelds? Why
parade our vices rather than our
virtues to. white men SO long as Til
man, Vardaman, Dixon and men Of
that, ilk, are on the job from the ris-
ing Of the sun till the going down
thereof. -.
Z. That Or. Payne is staunch race
man was the universal opinion, but
It must be confessed that the read
Ing OF the letter left many In doubt
as TO just where he was "at'. It
struck many as being case of
blending the pregnant hinges Of the
knee that thrift might follow fawn-
ing Now, however, since he has
dtsclaimed any intention to advance
Jim Growism'' ia any shape or form
there is no more Tto"be said other
than to express the:liope that NOME
gro will, in the futNrdl md yocate amy
change from the prsEegt manner of4
passenger transported ton. :. OH the
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