Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-02-04
ANGLo-SAxoN SUPREMACY.

] The reported speeches of severe
speakers at the meeting of the member
of the Anti-saloon League in Richmon
during the week would indicate tina
hencefOrth the race issue is to be
prominent feature of their campaign
as sample of their utterances alon
this line we quote the remarks of dis
tinguiShed leader of their forces from
this city as reported in the Daily Lead
er:
"Prof G. I. Jordan, of Staunton
speaking for the Valley section assert
ed that he stood for AngIo-Saxon su
premacy and the rule of right.
Because of the operation of saloon
in certain parts of the State he said WI
do not have Anglo-Saxon supremacy
In Staunton two years ago and in Roam
oke this year majority of the white
people voted against the saloon, ane
n Roanoke is today under the domino
ton of the negro, because it was this
vote that decided conditions unde
which ,Anglo-Saxons must live"
In the light ofrecent political history
this is a most remarkable statement
coming from the recognized leader oil
Can it be that this is the same s'Prof.
G. T. Jordan, who just two brief years
ago worked up monster temperance
rally here, and who appeared on the
speakers platform, in company with
the distinguished speaker of the even
ing, to-wit. One Mr.. Clay, of the
| beautiful city of Bristol, Virginia, prob
ably the most gifted orator that ever
espoused the cause of "Anglo-S Saxon
supremacy before StauntOn audience
Now, it was rumored at the time that
the Anglo-Saxon blood of "Mr Clayu
was little shy, that his complexion
was rather dark gingerbread color,
indicating that he was a member of
this negro race which now stands out
as such a menace to the future plans of
Mr.. Jordan. Mr.. Clay made such a
deep impression on his managers that
after great pressure of certain kind
was brought to bear he remained over
for second oveflow meeting the fol-
lowing night and was at the polls to
help the Prof. line up the Anglo-Saxons
on election day.
A very large per centage of the negro
voters of this city cast their votes for
local option at that election, and later
at the recent election when the city
voted dry large number of negro vo-
tiers stood as the loyal allies of Mr.. Jor-
dan and his co-workers casting some
fifty or sixty drv votes when the city
only gave majority of twenty, and if
eleven of those negro votes had been
lost to the other side defeat would have
overtaken his forces.
Did not Mr.. Jordan frequently confer
with negro leaders as to the support of
the negro vote? Did he not constant
ly make appeals for their help and sup
port, and now that they have furnish
ed him the votes and as his faithful
allies enabled his forces to win the vic
tory, does he not display rather pc
cullar form of gratitude when he en-
beavers in State meeting to bring for
ward the race issue to infame the minds
OF men with the old scare-crow, "ne-
gro-domination.
On the very night of the recent cleo
ton, it is reported that at the street |
celebration held after the vote was an
nounced, that Mr.. Jordan, aud his col
pred oworker, John F. Harris, spoke
from the same box on Main street,
Old Dominion Sun, Jan. %.
Since the foregoing article was pub
ished, Mr.. Jordan has replied to it |
through the Leader. The reply, how
ever, is disappointing, in that he does
1ot deny he is against the negro, ia
he sense Anglo-Saxon supremacy
means, which is the only controversy
between him and the Sun. Nor does
he attempt to deny that he intended |
n his Richmond speech to desire and
ieclare for all that Anglo-Saxon SUI
premacy must mean, which is no more
lor less than that such emasculation
'f the negro must take place as will
strip him Of power and voice in a
white mans government. Either what
Mr.. Jordan said in Richmond means
his or nothing. There is in Anglo
saxon supremacy little of the good ne
,ro, or the bad negro, as we understand
t. Color is the criterion. The reply,
therefore, was sadly disappointing,
ince it is almost wholly taken up with
he personal characteristics of the edi-
or of the Sun, his love for office, and
lis efforts to Lily White his own par
Y, subjects positively without bearing
n Mr.. Jordan's Richmond speech, no /,
natter how interesting they may be {
therwise. We do not regret that he !
as ''cussedn the Old Dominion Sun.
We only regret he has not discussed t
he reasons for demanding the aboli-
on of the negro as factor in our gov c
because they seemed little e
lille ago to be dominant in his mind, t
nd must have been suggested by some il
'currence of more than ordinary mo- t.
lent, and desired for reasons very con- n
ncing to him at the Anti Saloon !,
eague convention. o
The Richmond Virginian, Rev. DIR. 81
annon's prohibition paper, appeared rt
Friday last. If it possesses all the Il
rtue it claims for itself there will be d
tie left for nj N ar yaaoplo TS tb;, ,,o,.. | -,