The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-02-16
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-AF AtLLaI1AWS THEY
W0UTD FAVOR. T., +.
Democratic Pledge
Recalled by the Introduction OF House
~, Rill No. .21S Resigned to put Ne
gro secret socftstkeS cut Of business
in State. ~,aaeH,.

That the readers f The Advocate
Way compare the present attitude OF
the Kanawha County members Of the
Legislature toward the Negro with
their prediction; promises, there is
reprinted below from The Charleston
Gazette of October 9,-1910- p4at-
form Of principles signed by them
all
In 2 future issue Of this paper
there will be printed digest of all,
laws proposed orIpassed which would
or will not act with equal justice to-
both races" The. attitude of the
gentlemen from sKanawha will be
shown by the votes they cast. :
The. Gazette article reads; .-
Whole Ticket Repudiates Disfran-
chisement Docfrine and Byrne's
.'*' Decoy Journal. >IfI !. :
To the Edttor OF The Gazetteer, g."
I'm a recent issue, Of The Courier,
newspaper for some weeks PUBLISH
ed by Mr.. George .Byrne, among
many others Of the same tenor, there
occurs the, following statement:
IF you are fora proper reappor-
tlonment of the Estate, the cutting
down of expenses of government to a.
fair basis, the stopping of graft. the
preservation s'fe1. Of white supremacy,
and the enactment of a jimcroW car
law, vote for MacCorkle for the SEN
ate and the democratic candidates
FOR the house f.delegates."
In, another issue of recent date of
the same paper, there occurs the fol-
flowing statement:
L see there are "a number of Me-
gro clubs in: this city, organized FOR
,Re purpose of helping to elect ;. ehe
dMocratic county ticket. T am Hlad
toB#see this, for I3believe the suEeess
of9shat ticket is, vital to the interest
or the community. Tt shows that the
colored. people, are alive to these in
terests, tezsee the truth .Wlthdrespect
to the nt1t9eF of disfranehising tn ese
mem bars OF their own race. who are
not 'Mted7 fsai the exercfset Dr. the
franchise, for they know, of course,
that the democratic candidates. for
the|leglslature. will vote for az. dis
1rahfhAslng amendment, if elented
They are pledged to do this by; the
ueinocrat1c platform, and impelaed
as well, no doubt by their personal
predictions. =,
Two. years ago, just previous to
the election, Mr.. Byrne published
me Scimeter. This paper was filled
with statements advocating the dis
reimbursement Of the Negro race in
west Virginia. 1t had little SUBJ
scr1pt1on and no advertisement list
ana practically no circulation, and
served the purpose of quotation in
the colored papers published in the
CITY OF charleston. After a few is
sues this paper was given by the re-
publican county court the printing
ot/the financial statement of Kama
VIVA county After that it was dis
continued. ..
At this election Mr.. Byrne again
begins the publication Of a newspa@
per, which has little or no subscrip-
ton list,> which has no >.advertisel
ments to support it, which has no
Visible means of support and which
IS not entered at all in the postoffice.
Again, as formerly, this paper is
used for quotation in the Advocate
and Leader newspapers published by
-colored-m men, in the -Citx-of- -Char1es.-
ton and which papers are for the
election Of the county court ring.
we wish to state that neither Mr..
Byrne nor his paper represents any
member of the democratic ticket of
hanaWha county; his paper ia pub
lished in the, office owned by the men
who are managing the campaign of
the court house ring in this election.
Mr.. Byrne has no right to commit
any democratic nominee in Kanawha
county on this or any other proposi-
tlon' and the disguise Of pretend
eu democratic newspaper is too
transparent to deceive anyone
The position Of Governor Mac
Corkle on the disfranchisement Of
the Negro race is thoroughly we'll
known. The position Of the candi-
dates for the legislature nominated
oy the democrats is equally as plain
as that Of the nominee for the state
senate. If elected to the legislature
the nominees will be opposed to any
proposition Of disfranchisement Of
the Negro race in West Virginia or
Tor the passage Of any laws which
Will not operate with absolute fair
ness to both races.
Mr.. Byrne does not represent the
democratic party; his paper does not
represent our sentiments, nor does
his paper represent the party to
which We belong.
Very respectfully,
WM. A. McCORKLE.
PETER CARROLL,
+. II. CARR,