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New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

4 VIOLENT twitch jcrkcd his limbs as
"A the handle Of the door ratified. lie
looked at it, and saw that it was moving.
The door opened direct into the road.
He listened with thrust-forward head and
evcballs glaring. He had suspected the cT-
istcncc Of a trap, and he now saw lts jaws
in operation. There were men outside the
door. men who had entered the village when
the garrison quilted It.
"FooIcd," muttcrcd Narnhagcn.
lie might have escaped by the window;
but he was brave, and the slow opening Of
the door fascinated his eyes.
81 will kill the first one, and then settle
this vcrmin, said he, glancing at Dagobcrt.
"Aitcr that, it will be time enough to con-
slider that have q skin
lie drew back nearer TO the wal. J ne
top Of q head without helmet or kcpi, a bare
gfizzlcd head, appeared between door and
lamb. 1t was the head Of Lieutenant Var
ache. He raised it suddenly and swept a
lightning glance round the cures sitting
room.
accept my respects" said Narnhagcn,
and he let 20 at the officers head.
Find him in hadcs you." he beloved.
Count Dagobcrt rolled over and over.
The first bali passed between shoulder and
cloak; the second grazcd his thigh. His
part played, he leapcd to his feet; but
slipped over the body Of Varache, which lay
in a terrible mess. He fought for his bal
ancc; but crashed down before the Prus-
SLAMS pistol thrust into his face.
4 half-second Varnhagcn waited, for he
wanted the other to see the death that was
coming; then his revolver cracked for the
last time. But one cannot shoot straight
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.clined to undertake to give an answer
, to your inquiry, for no matter what
might have thus said as to its mean
ling l would probably have been
| charged with Misrepresentation. But
lnasmuch as you ask for only my per
sonal opinion of4What it means I pre-.
sumo | am safe, at least from the
charge of Misrepresentation, in saying
that in my opinion it means to make
OF the progressive party in the South
| a white mans party for the purpose
of popularizing the party with the
white people, especially the white
Democrats Of the South, and thus
make it possible to: break up the solid
support of the Democratic party by
the Southern States.
so understanding this new issue,
as you term it, it has no novelty.
From time to time Of late years efforts
have been made in number of South
ern states to organize among Repub-
licans a so-called 'Lily-White' party.
The we'll known hope and purpose of
the ADVOCATES of this movement have
been to overcome the prejudice, on &C
count of the colored man, of the white
Democrats of the South against be-
coming Republicans and thus make it
possible for the Republicans to cap.
ture from the Democrats some of the
Southern states,
II have never had any sympathy
with this 'Lily-White' movement am one
the Republicans, because it invoked
a. denial to the Afro-American of his
political rights, and for the same rea-
son | have no sympathy with Mr..
Roosevelt's proposition.
" Obnoxious Proposition.
ut does not help the matter to con,
fine the proposed rule to the Southern
states. The Lily-White' Republicans
did the same. On the contrary, it
makes the proposition more obnoxious
since it sectionalizes the country and
denies that equality of political rights
under the constitution and the laws of
the country that it is justly the proud
boast of the Republican party to have
conferred. Besides it would, in my
opinion, be but an entering wedge to
further denials of rights to the col
ored people, not only in the South but
also in the North. You have only to
recall the vote in Ohio at the recent
Constitutional election, whereby an
Overwhelming MAJORITY was registered
against striking out the word white
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Democratic Promises Broken

The southern states were readmitted
to the Union in 1868. after the civil
war. and it was expressly provided
that no state should ever abridSe the
right of any voter.
The act passed July %. 1868. was as
follows:
"That each Of the states of NORTH.
Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana,
Georgia, Alabama and Florida shall be
entitled and admitted to representation
in congress as a state Of the Union
when the legislature Of such state shall
have duly ratified tho amendment to
the constitution Of tho United States
proposed by the thirty ninth congress,
known as Article IL, upon the follow
ing fundamental conditions: That the
constitution Of Mother Of said states
shall be so amended or changed as to,
deprive any citizen or class of citizens
Of the United States Of the right to
vote in said state who are entitled to
. vote by the constitution thereof herein
recognized except as a punishment for
sucn crimes as arc now feIonies at COM
mon law whereof they shall have been
convicted under laws equally apptica-
BILE to the inhabitants of all the states"
-Four Of the states named have pass
ed laws restricting the right of suf-
frage. and in all of the southern states
the laws are enforced in such a way
us to debar thousands of men from ex-
ercising their rights as citizens because
their skins are black.
The southern states were readmitted
to the Union upon the fundamental
condition that they would never amend
or change their constitutions so as to
deprive any citizen or class of citizens
of the United States of the right to
vote.
1t was a sacred obligation. Have
they kept it: Can the Democrats. who
have deliberately broken their prom
Uses. be trusted?
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people. We don't blame her for kick
ing because she had to ride in the
lin crow" car, for every one knows
that the cars so designated are not
first-class cars, and every fair-minded
person cannot but agree that any one
who pays for first-class ticket should
get first-class fare Yet Afro-Amer-
cans are COMPELLED 10 pay first
class fare and then are COMPELLED
to ride in Jim crow cars This law
is q specimen Of the spirit Of fairness
that seems to be inherent in the st
perior' race, wherever the brother in
black is concerned. The senseless, in
human, inconsistent color prejudice Of
the "superiOr' race cost the railroad
on which this dark-skinned Jewess
was so horribly outraged (?) q neat
sum of money, and that's where our
qualification comes in. We are only
sorry that the damages were not S1G,-
900. Of course, too, VIC are gratifed
that so far as outraged feelings are
concerned one Of the alleged "supe-
rior' race was given a taste of the
everyday fare that is handed to
Afro-Americans. in that they are treat
ed worse than cattle on linn crow
car railroads, albeit they are always
charged first-class rates. And there
are some of them who have just as
fine sensibilities of right and wrong,
of filth and cleanliness, of unjust seq
| regation and distinctions as any mem
Der of the superior" race We hope
some more dark-skinned white people
get greater money damages.
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without exception been so steadfastly
loyal to our government and institu-
tons and everything the Republican
party has presented; but nOtWith-
standing all such shortcomings, the
fact remains that the Republican par
ty is the only hope the colored man
has Of fair political treatment 1t is
the only party that has actually and
practically done anything to better his
political status and to improve his op-
rcrtunities.
Il need not cite any testimony to
support this statement as to the Demo-
cratic party. The leaders of that par
ty not only admit but they justify all
that is said and suggested. So far as
the progressive party is concerned,
whatever they may say or propose is
neutralized by the proposition you
mention which cannot be otherwise
than the beginning that would lead on
to results far more disastrous and ex-
asperating than any one has yet sug-
gested
Ship and Sea.
Much, therefore, as the Republican
party may have fallen short of whit
it should have done in this or that or
the other instance it remains that it
is the only political organization to
which the Negro can look with hope
for the future. In other words it is
as true now as when first stated that
for the Afro American the Republican
party is the ship; all else is the sea-
Every Se'f-respecting CoIored Man
Should Support Republican Ticket.
'sIn addition to these great serious
questions for the colored man there is
involved in this approaching election
the additional question to which you
have called my attention. The traiff
and stable government and bills of
rights are as important to the colored
man as they are to white man, for
what affects the one affects the other.
The colored man has the further ques-
ton to consider, about which you have
asked me to express an opinion, and
that question is sufficient of itself, as
have tried to indicate, to make it the
duty of every loyal, self-respecting col
ored man in the nation to rally to the
support of the Republican party and
it's ticket, from President Taft at the
head of it down to the last man on the
county ticket.
Very truly,
81. B. FORAKER"
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we do think he should have been pro-
tccted by the officers of the peniten-
tiary. 1t strikes us that if those con-
victs can lynch man at $3.50 in the
morning the management of that pris-
on is very poor. And now we under
stand they threaten to lynch any one
of their number who turns states
evidence. THE APPEAL has con-
stantly, for the last twenty years, de-
nounced lynching as much for the
effect it would have on whites as on
blacks. and our contentious have been
proved to have been correct in several
instances. Lynching has become so
common that it is almost as easy to
set up a mob to lynch a white man
IS a black one. Lynching is wrong in
principle and brutalizing to mankind
generally. Once, years ago, in telling
OF lynchillg to Robert Ingersoll, he
was told that lot of ladies were pres
ent 10 witness the burning of a black
man. lngersoll said, did you say
|a3ios?'' No. said he, mot ladies',
bcutes, whose children will reap the
harvest CT their unwomanly act" One
Of the Foundation stones of this coun-
try is, that every man is presumed to
he innocent until he is proven to be
guilty, and is entitled to free and i'm
partial trial by a jury of his peers,
and we contend that this should apply
to the 100000 Afro-Americans who
are native born citizens as to any
others of this cosmopolitan country.
Right wrongs no man, and what We
SOW that shall We also reap, so it is
impossible for the perpetrators of
these brutal outrages to go unpun-
ished for, vengeance is mine, will
repay saith the Lord" and, Through
the mills of the Gods grind slowly,
they grind exceeding fine
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from the. Ohio constitution, a word
that mas been a dead letter ever since
the war amendments to the COnstitu-
ton OF the United States were adpoted
to see the extent of the prejudice
that can be aroused against the COL
cred man here in our own state where
we are supposed to have outlived ev-
erythlng Of such unworthy chara cter.
The degree of prejudice thus mani
tested here indicates how easy if
would be to extend the denial of equal
lty of right in the Northern states.
The whole proposition is in conflict
with Republican sentiment and Re-
publican beliefs, and should not, in nv
judgment, be given any countenance
at all by any one who calls himself a
Republican.
"A good deal has been said recently
about the battle of Armageddon. In
view of this proposition, if I were a
colored man l would want to hear less
about Armageddon anG more about
Appomattox
Deeds That Count.
The greatest of all the achieve
ments of the Republican party was the
abolition of slavery and the enfran-
chlsement OF your whole race, and the
planting of them on the same plane of
political equality with the white peo
pie of this country in the presence of
the constitution and the laws. To 20
back now to undo that in whole or in
part is not progress, but retrogression
of character that is wholly inconsist-
ent with the spirit by which all are
actuated who are battling for the
Lord
Nobody knows more than l do or
feels more keenly than I do the fact
that the Republican party has not at
all times done it's full duty by the
Afro-Americans, who have almost
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garage receives a salary OF $3.50 per
annum. A number of colored men and
women are employed for duty at func-
tons during the social season and their
pay in the aggregate amounts to more
than $1,000. The total amount paid to
Afro-Americans at the White House is
nearly $4,000 per annum.
After twenty-five years of faithful!
service as the commanding officer of
battalion of the national guard of the.
District Of Columbia, Major Arthur
Brooks has recently been retired with
the rank of lieutenant colonel. His
commission was signed by President
taft. Lieutenant Colonel Brooks is:
still on duty as custodian at the White
House.
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DUTY TO VOTE REPUBLICAN TICKET
Says Former Senator Foraker is the Afro-Ameri-
Ministers +.
PARTY FLIRTING WITH Sol
Has No Sympathy With Roosevelt "LiIy White" Move
ment Among Republicans Because it Involves
Denial Of the Afro-American's
Equal Political RIGHTS

1T is the duty of every loyal,
self respecting Afro American
IN the Nation TO rally to the sup
port of the Republican party and
vote its ticket, from President
Taft at the head of it, down to
the last man on the county tick
et."-Former Senator Foraker in
Letter to Afro-American Baptist
Ministerial Association.
The following IS the full text of the
letter of former United States Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker in reply to the
request of the Baptist Ministers I'm
ion of Cincinnati for advice as to the
duty of the AFRO American people in
the coming election:
"Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1912.
The Baptist Minister'S Union,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Gentlemen: Il haye before me a
copy of the resolutions adopted by you
yesterday in which you recite that the
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt has injected
into this campaign IAN issue of vital
Importance to the colored race and
the Afro-American generally are in a
confused state of mind as to the mean
ing and effect Of said issue on their
race and as to their duty in the com.
ing election and asking me to advise
you as to what5.in my opinion is the
meaning and effect as applied to the
eolored race ofssthe issue thus raised
and duty of Afro-Americans in the
coming election :,-tn.~..~s F..
IF you had asked me to state with
out qualification the meaning of the
issue you mention, l should have de-
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Twenty seven CoIored Employees.
Place of Custodian Created For Ma
jor (Now Lieutenant CoIoneI) Arthur
Brooks, National Guard of the Dis
trict Of CoIumbia-His Commission
Signed by President Taft.
When Mr.. Taft became president.
March 4, 1909. there were six colored
messengers and laborers employed in
the executive Office In the reorgani-
cation OF the office in 1911 two were
transferred to positions in the depart
mental service. One was afflicted with
tuberculosis, and the president had him
transferred to a good position in the
war department in New Mexico on adj
vice of his physician. Since the pres
ldentS inauguration three colored en-
ployees have been added-Major Ar
thur Brooks. commanding First Sepa-
rate battalion. n. G. D. c., for whom
the place of custodian was created:
William Pannell and Harry l.. Mickey.
In the executive mansion the follow
ing Atro-Americans, in addition to sew
eral others who are still on the rolls,
were employed at the time the presi-
dent came into Office: Messrs. Duncan.
Amos, Brent, Reeder and Pinckny.
MI. Duncan was transferred to the
treasury department at an increased
salary, Mr.. Brent was transferred as
clerk to the city postoffice at an in
creased salary, Mr.. Reeder was trans
terred to the state department. Mr..
llnckny was given a good place in the
executive office, and Mr.. Amos was
given good place in New York.
All OF these places were filled by the
president with co!ored men. In addi
ton the president appointed the follow
ing Afro-American employees at the
executive mansion: w. w. Brown.
}. w. Mays, S. G. Jackson, /. c. Peters
and Miss Annie Brooks. When the
president came into office there were
live colored coachmen and hostlers at
the White House stables On account
or changing from carriages to automo-
blles, chauffears and footmen were en-
ployed, but places were found in the
departments for four of these coach
men and hostlers and the other volun-
tarlly accepted position in New York.
There are on the regular payroll OF
the executive Office six colored en-
ployees whose salaries aggregate
S5'G9Ooper annum. On the regular pay
roll of the executive mansion there are
twenty colored employees whose an
nual salaries aggregate $11,562. One
colored employee in the White House
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Prof. Franklin II. Giddings, sociolo-
Sist Of Columbia University, says,
whites and the blacks in this country
when the latter rises to a plane where
they can back up their claim for
equality. He also declares that en-
chisment was a blunder, and that
political rights had been a hinderance
rather than I; help. 1t is a great pity
that the Professor cannot be changed
to q black man, then he would most
assuredly see things differently.
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FOR HIGHER EDUCATION,
President Taft Says It Is Essen
tial to Full DeveIopment.

Every once in awhile you will
meet Il man whose vision is Il
bit clouded. who talks about the
waste of money in teaching men
of your race the curriculum Of
an academic institution. Instead
of sending them to the univer-
sIty. the claim is made that they
should be sent to manual train
ing institutions. Such Il man has
never thought deeply on the sub
ject and does not understand
that as race which is striving
onward and upward you need
many who shall be leaders-men
who Shall figure in the learned
professions. many Of them us
physicians. rs lawyers and espe-
cially as ministers.
Race Has High Ideals.
believe in the higher educa-
ton Of the race so that the
leaders of the Afro-American
people may have high ideals. and
l believe they have. believe
that they subscribe, as perhaps
some others in our community
life do not. to the majesty of the
law aud have respect for con-
stituted authority HEARTY APP
plauseI and for our institutions
as they are. LGreat applause. j.
President Taft at Howard Uni
versity Meeting.
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DANIELS COME TO JUDGMENT

Things have come to pretty pass
in this country, when q lot of convicts
confined in a state prison are allowed
to lynch man just because he nap
pens, by the will of the Creator, to be
born black. But this is just what hap
pened at Cheyenne, Wyo., this week,
when 800 convicts lynched Frank Wig
fall, a black man who was accused
of assaulting a white woman II years
old. Wigfall may have been guilty,
doubtless was, but he had been placed
in the penitentiary for safe keeping
to prevent him from being lynched
and the criminals confined there were
allowed to murder him. We have no
word in eXtenuation for Wigfall, but
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER -, 1912.
THE JIM CROW BOOMERANG,

1t is with considerable qualification
that we learn that the Court of Ap-
peals of Kentucky has awarded dam
ages in the sum of $3.50 to Miss Rel
la Ritchel, Jewess Of Kokomo. Ind,
who was forced to ride in a lin
crow car while travelling in Ken
lucky little more than a year ago,
and was finally put off the train. The
lady in question was so dark. in com
pleXiOn that she could not convince
the train crew that she was not an
AfrO-American, and so, according to
the infamous "jim crow" car laws OF
that state, she could not be allowed
to ride in the same car with white
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PRESIDENT TAFT's DEEP SYMPATHY FOR THE RACE.

am fully alive to the heart
suffering from the
either Of intelligence know the sense
injustice that
ICES that his rights have claims to fair treat
mont rejected solely because tho William
Howard
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The election of Woodrow Wilson.
southern born and southern bred, his
mind filed with southern Democratic
traditions. can bring no possible good
to the Afro-American. LET us hold
East to that which we know is good"
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TEN YEARS LATER-1912.

be much
these southern Republican party bv an
standing from leading ROOSE
E 100'A'
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President Taft has denounced lynch
ing in more vigorous terms than any
other president. He advocated the
rope for lynchers.
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THE DOOR Of H0PE-1eO2.

cannot consent to take
10 De
the ground of race coor-THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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President Taft appointed an Afro
American to the highest appointive Of
fee as yet attained by the race.
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AT WHITE HOUSE
Race Fares Well, Under Taft
Administration.
ANNUAL SALARIES $4,000,

Twenty seven CoIored Employees.
Place of Custodian Created For Ma
jor (Now Lieutenant CoIoneD Arthur
Brooks, National Guard of the Dis
trict Of CoIumbia-His Commission
Signed by President Taft