The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-11-30
AFR0.AMERIcAN PRESS
POLITICAL COMMENT



We give below brief editorial com
ment from various papers on the re-
suits Of the recent presidential elee
tion. The Louisville (KyJ Columbian
says:
"Wilson was not our choice for presi
dent, but we prefer him to Taft. Since
the country has seen At to elect Wilson
to the presidency we trust that the
prediction prediction Of disaster viii
not follow. but the Democratic party
should nee to It that every plank In Its
platform Is rellgiously adhered to-
Even the free trade plank should be
vigorously enforced. People IRE ready
for free trade and other free induce.
ments that the Democratic party has
been Offering In exchange for their SUI.
frage.
"Now that the Democrats are In pow.
or or shall he after the 18th of March
next II should be the Arst duty 0f that
party after II comes Into power to give
the people what they ask for
The Informer has used Its influence
editorially for the election Of Governor
Wilson. He succeeded. The lnformer
will use its best efforts to ameliOrate
the condition Of the race. its Influence
to mellow the opposition against us.
The thing most ul,perm0st In our eff.
forts from the Inauguration Of Cover
nor Wilson until his denomination and
reelection IL to advocate better un.
derstanding between the races. And
our only wish Is that all Progressives,
Taftites and members Of other parties
accept the prediction word Of Cover.
nor Woodrow Wilson. III elected
shall be president Of all Of the people"
Let us pray that his administration
will he success. Detroit (AIich.I In
former.
The independent colored voters. or
ganized under the National Independ-
ent Political league- Rev. Byron Gun.
ner Of New York. president: ". Monroe
TrOtter Of Massachusetts. secretary:
Mr.. W. ID. johnson Of Massnc husetts.
vice president. and Rev. J. NJ. Waldron
view with delight the national Demo-
cratic landslide and hail the election
Of Wilson and Marshall IN the prob
able dawn Of new err Of freedom
for the cOlOred race. President Elect
Wilson. from the very fact Of being a
southerner. will have an opportunity
to be the second Abraham Lincoln.
the second and successful emnnt'ipatOr.
and we have faith that he will seize
gladly this great Boston
(Mass.I Guardian.
The Democratic party has won with
Wilson. and again the Scriptural in
Junction Of a "house divided against
itself cannot stand" has been verified.
The great Republican party. the par.
ty Of freedom and liberty. lies pros
trate and defeated because two men
In their personal ambition forgot party
and strove to Guido the other to the
party's nndoing and decentralization.
The lesson Ia q dear one. but may II
be learned for nll future time that
success comes only from q united and
harmonious effort.-East Tennessee
News. Knoxville. Tenn.
There IL not the slightest fear among
the leaders Of our league that bud re-
suits to the cOlored American will
dow from the Democratic victory.
And ] hey to say. with some ditiidence.
that almost oil Of the lenders IN this
movement for the political emancipa-
ton Of the colored man IRE men OF
education. products Of the best uni.
versities. q gOOdly nnmber being from
Harvard. Yale. Princeton. Cornell and
Amherst. and from leading colleges.
more especially for c0lOred. such ~
Lincoln. Howard. Atlanta. Fisk and
Wherefore.
Such men ms these are not easily
frightened by bugnbOOs. and they
know also TINT the interests Of the
coiored voters are Identical with those
Of the masses Of all other rnces In this
country. 1t In. after all. n rather
humiliating thing To- admit that II has
required such strenuous md heroic ef-
forts to accomplish the results attain
ed in the fight for 1.-THE second enamel
patton Of the race" hut II In crafty
Ing to know that the completion Of the
task will be much easier thnn its he
ginning. -Rev. J. Milton Wnldron. Or
ganizer National Independent Political
League.
The Democrats elected their candi-
date for president upon his promises
to reform the tnrifr and reduce the high
cost Of living. The people accepted
these promises in good faith. ana now
II they nre not redeemed woe unto the
Democratic party. But reforming the
tariff In not such nm easy task ~ mnk-
ing promises. Norfolk VA journal
and Guide.
The l)emocrntic c0lored brethren will
not have the same difficulty IN getting
to the pie counter IN the Republican
eolored brethren have had. They will
be persistent enough. NIL right. hut their
number In small. M the allotted amount
may give satisfaction. - indianapolis
(lnd.D Freeman.
Success Of Rev. w. r. lawton ~ Pastor
The success Ut st. James Presby-