The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-04-28
Republican / J ! ! ! !!
Pl'iiIlcl! !
NO LONGER CONTROL HIS iPAfs.
TY, SAYS CLARIxsON. FoR5 4 s5s.
YEARS A LEADER S5$Itsss ;s
Has ted Negr'q q


New York, Aprkgsss 81 SSsA ReDubf
lican party was sWSsS NV Ell bya.
sentiment" said GSsaSS 1ess:ts 81
Clarkson, Republica IIo rse aiiiis g
until yesterday Surveyor Of the PoEE%
Of New York for the past eight yasESs:
For twelve years it has s fysd
through commercialism. =. it,tf3SsssfSs'
1T came into power as the cham
pion of human liberty The first
right of man is The right to cd III
his living, and in fright the
Is not protecting the citizens Of tKiB !,
country. Any debt the Negro owed
the Republican party he has paid. It
would be better for the Negro to al.
vide his vote. The Republican party
has betrayed him, and is betrayiag
him now" @''.. - S$TS} ~ ,i.,.E
General Clarkson has laids down
the reins as surveyor of the Sp0rE Z
when he made these remarks yesterr
day. Previously he had given out a.
statement in which he had told q few.
plain truths about. the Republieana
party. and 1T was in pplelfientingS
these in talk with an American re-
porter that he talked freely OF, the
party OF which he was founder and
which he served as chairman" Of it's =
national, committee IN the Harrison
campaigns .... -. T. IT.
There was no bitterness In the 4
Generals tone. It was the Kind nf :
talk that came from the heart OF ,tha
man who, when boy, ran stattoit,
Of the underground railway" a task
delegated to him by John Brown. &, ,;t
In days gone by in the Republican, d.
party We strived for a MAJORITY OF.
the voters" General Clarkson con
tinued. 1--WE endeavored to conyincas
them our policies We're right, and We;
had the majority of 6Ssem with u.s.. tpk
late we have BECOME minority par
l.ty and have not had q plurai aiftyy
f$ffifes' .& s(S4s ~
'You spoke of the Republicans fpar-
ty betraying the Negro" said the. 'FeSs
porter - . ~ EGsa .. ~
yes" replied the General. "Wes
have permitted the South to estab-
lish system of peonage. A man is
worked, forced to buy, goods, from "a.
store, run into debt aud soldf,to pay a,,s
the debt p. > :. g iEs
II am in favor Of protecting tho
citizens Of this nation. A few DAYS
ago there was an account Of this gov
ernment taking steps to protect 8 !;
couple Of Negro citizens in Venezuela,
am in favor of protecting; tilv1m IN
this country. s. :! ~. :.
Booker Washington, may be the :;
brightest or most educated man of
his, race, but he is not the leader. or !
his race. The leader of the Negro
race is Professor Dubois. who der
mands that the Negro be allowed to
work and earn his livin gantl enjoy,
The benefits OF citizenship guaranteetf
to- him by the Fourteenth and Fff-
teenth Amendments am not speak,
ing Of social equaIity. That is somelg
thing that can be settled by every
! family in its own way ,qs;34.2 .3!4.52
But there are more Negroes I'm
the world than whites. We depriy5
the Negro of his rights, and ttitSfI,
when the time comes, expect him to
do his duty as citizen and soldier.
There are 5O0,00O,O00 Chinese and
Japanese. We have establishing ID
nrotectorate over South America, and
Japan will seek to establish one over;
the Pacific. "A clash OF arms is Is iisssevS+-
table. When that time COMES war iis..
| largely matter Of numbers The
Negro will establish his claim, there
and then and rehabilitate himself
IN Republican politics the Gensral.
has always been looked upon as The
man to get the vote of the Negroes,
because Of their faith in him, n Ifa.,
was strong abolitionist. AS All edits
tor he VAS an enthusiastic adxocatal
Of the Fourteenth and fifteenth
Amendments and as a Republican,
leader he fought for their observe,
ance. .t..- =fa@.. !It5;