The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-09-30

Total yearly pay Of officers s29, 2e5
Enlisted men In the Ninth and
Tenth Cavalry, TWentY-fourth
and TwenIy-fifIh Infantry
and their Yearly pay IN az
gregate amounts TO. 1885,. .z919,12I
Total for officers and men z94s,4 16
The campaign book quotes extracts
from the speeches OF acceptance Of
Taft and Sherman To show that they
stand squarely on the equal justice
plank and n discussing the att
tude of the Republican party toward
the negro the campaign managers
say
Prior to the advent of AbrahamL Lin
coin and the Republican party about
4.000,000 Afro Americans we're held II
bondage in the Southern States. then.
as now. controlled by the Democrats.
and when the Republican party elect
ed Lincoln President, thus setting the
stamp Of disapproYal upon the Demo
cratic desires these Democratic
Southern States seeded FROM
G0nfederacy with human slavery d
TIT NHI8A hAHHEIHAaHFs
The Republican party determined
that the Confederaey should be de-
gtroyed. thai The Union should bepre
served and true u rs principles an1
IN keeping With his own declarations
tie Great EmaneIDaton struck tie
sHackleB from the limba Of The boad-
man. Following he freedom Of The
slaves eame their enlistment In the
army and navy. and b. this act tie
names Of 200 BOO Afro Americans were
added 10 the honor roll. The leaders
Of the Republican party. feeling thai
their work KaB far from completion.
framed and passed fha Thirteenth.
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
menta. and he States ratified Their
action. thus making slavery ImpoaHI-
lie and confirming the civil and %
lItical rights of tie Afro-Ameriean
people
Clothed - the Republican parfY
With The right TO vote. Il II anrpflz.
ing thai these newly made citizens
voted With the party which hid taken
them from their former position ~
mere ehattelH and made them citizens
Of the republic ?"
The campaign book scores ths
Southern States f1r failure 10 edu=
cate the negro and compares Ihem u
fayorably with the North as follows .
In The matter II public education
he difference between The to pa
ties Is marked IN the North. where
the Republicans generally control.
education among he e0lored people
Il widely dlffnsed. while IN the Demnz
cratic South The PERCENTAGE Of Hitter.
aey is very great
THE Democratic Legislators fail %
provide equal school facilities for tt
tHo raees. md In several States tie
facilities. already meaKne. have -
Gently been materially reduced n
Louisiana no Afro American child re-
eelyed public instruction above tie
fifth grade. and there Is general
movement throughout me Southern
Democratic States to eonfine The edn-
Gallon Of The AfHo=AmefIean children
70 the lower grades. The movement
II divide the school money between
white and Afro-Amerieans IN proper
ton 10 their contributions in taxea %
The school fund arises n one Demo.
cratic Southern State after another.
the purpose Of which il 10 pafpetuaIe
Afro-Ameriean iliIteraeY.
THAT the Democrats n general aHe
in sympathy with the Jim Crow Idea
vas shown on Washlneton,H birth
day, 1908. whenConEressman Helm. IF
Alabama, introduced IN amendment
providing jim Grow cars for he cap
lIal Of The nation. Every Republican
member present voted against the
amendment. while the Democrats
voted for It
The platform adopted by he He-
publican party In Chicago contains a
plank which stands sqnarely and IN
anivoeally for all the civil and polIII-
cal rights OF the Afro-AmerIean peo-
pie"
The campaign hook then cites the
various resolutions introduced I'm re-
cent sessions OF Congress providing
for the repeal OF the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments.
The Republicans In IN effort 10
emphasize their employment OF the
negro. say
The Library OF Congress i one Of
the great libraries of the world. One
Of the Assistants. Daniel Murray, has
spent several years in research among
the books Of the Library. and has been
able To identify approximately 6.000
titles Of work by colored authors. TO
many Who are wont 10 beeIIttle the
literary capacity Of the race this will
prove astounding Information. Col
ored composers have written more
than 1000 musical compositions.
There are Is Afro-American employ
e. q Of whom aru employed under
the direct supervision Of the LibrarI-
N of Congress, and % are under the
superintendent OF the building. The
aggregate Ped them is s34 900"
One Of the most expert examiners
Of the Patent Office Is an Afro-Ameri-
can, Harry C. Baker, Of Mississippi.
Who draws y loo a year lie has
been an examiner % years. He has
recently made research of the office
and has been able To trace more than
i.0O0 patents granted To Afr0-AmerI-
cans. There are q number Of high
Grade AfrozAmerlean clerks in the
Office.
There are 2.99s Afro-Amerieans
serving the Government unaer the
fostofIIce Department. and their an
nnal salaries aggregate s2.34g.424
Among these are included nostmaE :
ers, clerks. letter carriers, rural mail
carriers. and railway mail clerks