The Washington bee., 1910-10-15
Officers.

ENLISTED men III the Ninth and
Tenth Cavalry, Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ffth In
tantry and their yearly pay
IN aggregate amounts to-. oI0,I2I
Total for officers and men. .So3o,3z8
Says Republicans Freed Negroes.
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 in discussing the atti-
tude OF the Republican party toward
the Negro the campaign managers
say:
Prior to the advent of Abraham
Lincoln and the Republican party
about 100000 AfrO-Americans were
held in bondage in the Southern
States, then, as now, controlled by
the Democrats, and when the Repub-
liCan party elected Lincoln President.
thus setting the stamp of disapproval
upon the Democratic desires, these
Democratic Southern States seeded
from the Union and attempted to set
UP a Confederacy. with human slavery
as the chief cornerstone.
The Republican party determined
that the Confederacy should be de
stroyed; that the Union should be
preserved; and, true to its principles
and in keeping with his own declara-
tiOn, the Great EmancipatOr struck
the shaCkles from the limbs of the
bOndsmen. Following the freedom Of
the slaves came their enlistment in
the army and navy, and by this act
the names of 100000 AfrO-AmeriCans
were added to the honor roll. The
leaders of the Republican party, feel
ing that their work was far from
completion, framed and passed the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments, and the States ratified
their action, thus making slavery i'm
possible and confirming the civil and
political rights of the Afro-American
people
Clothed by the Republican party
with the right to vote, is it surprising
that these newly-made citizens voted
with the party which had taken them
from their former position as mere
chattels and made them citizens of
the Republic?
Education North and South.
"In the matter of public education,
the difference between the two par
ties is marked In the North, where
the Republicans generally control.
education among the colored people
is widely diffused, while in the Dem
Ocratic South the percentage of H.
literaCy is very great.
'The Democratic legislators fail to
provide equal school facilities for the
two races, and in several States the
facilities, already meager, have re-
Gently been materially reduced. In
Louisiana no AfrO-American child re
ceived public instruction above the
fifth grade, and there is a general
movement throughout the Southern
Democratic States TO confne the edu-
cation of the AfrO-American children
TO the lower grades. The movement
to divide the school money between
whites and AfrO-Americans in proper
ton to their contributions in taxes
to the school fund arises in one
Democratic Southern State after an
other, the purpose of which is to per
That the Democrats in general are
in sympathy with the Jim Crow idea
was shown on Washington's Birthday,
1908, when Congressman Hefin, of
Alabama, introduced an amendment
providing Jim Crow cars for the
Capital of the Nation. Every Re
publican member present voted
against the amendment, while many
Democrats voted for it.
"The platform adopted by the Re-
publican party at Chicago contains
a plank which stands squarely and
quivocally for all the civil and
rights of the Afro-American
people"
The campaign book then cites the 7
various resolutions introduced in re-
cent sessions of Congress providing
for the repeal Of the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth amendments.
Where They are Employed.
The Republicans, in an effort to |
their employment of the
Negro, say:
THE Library of Congress is one of |
the great libraries of the world. One /
of the assistants, Daniel Murray, has
spent several,year in research among
the books of the library. and has been
able to identify approximately 5000
titles of work by colored authors.
To many who are wont TO belittle
the literary capacity of the race, this
will prove astounding information
Colored composers have written more
than 5000 musical compositions |
There are 48 Afro-American en-
ployes, 23 of whom are employed
under the direct supervision of the
Librarian of Congress, and 2s are I'M
der the superintendent of the build /.
ing. The aggregate paid them is
$4,000.
zone of the most expert examiners