The Washington bee., 1911-07-01

so much so, that the world wondered
and the country ludicrOusly COM
mented upon their peculiar exhibition
of gratitude
The Democratic party always de
clared that because Of their servile ad-
herence to the Republican organiza-
ton our cilored voters clearly proved
their unftneso in the handling of the
ballot
Well, another day has arrived, and
even in the State of Alabama we now
have colored men VINO call themselves
NEGRO Democrats, while in New
York it IS said than nearly 10000 Of
this new aggregation voted the Dem
.ocratic ticket in the last Congressional
election Has there been anything
gained by this new departure? If so,
no one has noted it as yet The col
Ored voter cannot afford to play with
fire; cannot afford to be foolish; can
not afford to be less than a man and
to follow his best instincts. Until the
Republican party proves to be an en-
emy, the COlOred voter must be CRATE
full and act accordingly, or, in the near
future, be classed as a political in
CRATE.
The Democratic party, as a party,
does not need and does not want TO
cooperate with the Colored voter
This fact was clearly demonstrated in
the late Baltimore City election on
May ?, 1911, when by a slump Of the
actual colored Republican vote the
Democrats elected their Mayor and
City Council, which council at once
gave notice that they would endeavor
to enact an ordinance which would
segregate and humiliate the very peo-
pie through whose votes they had car
ried the city Just where any appre-
Ciable gain can be seen by those So
called Baltimore colOred Democrats IS
hardly manifest to the casual observer
of events. They have divided their
votes, but the profit is nil. 1t does
not pay any class of voters to swap
the devil for a witch; and it Is just
as we'll to bear the ills we have than
to fly to others we know not of; it is
Just as well to be a grateful loyal Re
publican as to be a foolish, brainless
colored Democrat. Voting the Demo
cratic ticket will not change the policy
of the Democratic party toward the
colOred voter; educating the cOlOreC
voter will not change the policy OF
that party in this respect; a curtail-
ment of the suffrage, and even dis
reimbursement of the entire colored
hvote would not change its policy, and
: only the entire effacement of this class
of voters would satisfy the political
policy of that party. The Democratic
party does not believe in universal
suffrage when you count the Amerl-
| can COlored voter as a factor in the
/ Iequatjon; and no political trick of de
claring himself to be a burnt-Cork
/ Democrat will ever prevent that party
from standing in the progressive path
way Of the COlOred people whenever
it gets the opportunity.
Compare the policy of the Demo
cratic party with the following words
OF the present Chief Executive and
am sure it will eminently demonstrate
why the great majority OF our cOlorec
voters have an inbOrn gratitude TOT
( the Grand Old Party. President TAFT
! once said:
The Republican platform explicitly
demands justice for all men without
regard to race or color, and just as eX
ip1icitly declares for the enforcement
and without reservation, in letter anc
spirit, of the thirteenth, fourteenth anC
fifteenth amendments to the COnstl
tuition It is needless to state that
stand with my party squarely on tha
plank in the platform, and believe tha
equal justice to all men and the faii
and impartial enforcement of thes'
amendments are in keeping with tht
real American spirit of fair play"
- The Principals of the Thirteenth Divi
sion presented their supervisor, MIR. j. E
4 Il L IL. L..