The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-02-20
No (A|IIQI
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petitions i,hodr The ballot, without
voice in eos nent are far from bstne
.ou eqnSr * loot r RiIh those who voss o.
to nnmske pa.itical power Of those r.
whom eitisenI 20 prtiiioners, may 20.
Disfranchise itise,p are certainly in :
poor attitude obtain consideration IRON
those in polia 7 authority, I'D
Twenty y-five ean ago the coIored eitis
,ens In the sstth were mot disfranchised,
In fact, only i5 yean ago tbe colored 20
ter. were a pditical quantity - be; reck
oned with I'd be Southern States. .Whih
there was conhting ont, frauds and 10.
timidstion q, be ballot box, here and
there the fact ies remains that the color
ed voter was diactor and In many citi4
and counties be ballot was decisiye In
6uaEce. ;
In the days fhen the eosored eitisen
was voter ii Tight Of pstition va
audis Was effective. for BE-
hind the petitpnit there was the balIos To-
day the colored petitioner b but. . sup:
plicans and Without power 2 other than tt !.
that of snhi cisisen. Petitions Or
for h .r scl,oN buildine., 6I;
better teachS1 nd do lie, all Of !, t.
bas becoms = i pm u aubioct cia.,
sseL,s MO ass M y mp esas bstofs The
soa.lesH M 6liiilp 5.s, I.
So~ik - :, !,
100 soa is,t school aee hiS %.
..yeraS ls shout q. 600 chill
iren III il sblfc' Schooh the,
syeraee 4, dntS StiSis s. 81 Witch b EobGbiy
10 days oftAe ysar. Who Il i who can
not srasp lie feet t6st this condition
.eould 10 alhersiie we're the 200, ,oO6 col
bred male citizens in the State Of voting
no snfrsnc csissd and mot disfranchised
The lhort-sightednesa OF those
who f1il toFaiG up 70 the fnll realisation
II the imi9hty Power of the voice Of the
snfranchised citizen ia nothing leN than
4 public eslsmiS.
. In thoas counties and cities in Alabama
where the colorsd citizen constitnted
abont onetiourth or one; fifth Of tho males
Of voting age, there citisens, in the days
when coIosed citizens were permitted TO
vote, welpsin particularly favored po'
liticat attitude when rhere arose . divs--
ION of the whita vote a. was the case IN
the days oi the populist movement ~
sne South. Az was the cass in Alabama
20 it wss in North Oarolsna, Tenneee
and othersouthsrn ssabe. The sballoe
was indeed fruitful in bringing reco9ni-
tion 70 colored citisens who came forward
a. petitionen IN times like thase. Today
sbs colorsa citisen, diafrsnchisad and
with no vdtcs-in government, tinds him:
self an 1fiect pesitiorer and ane xhON
petition more frequently, than otheFWias
ealls on ean dat While bearing, heAr NOT,
and nj tie fsquests Of peutioneEs. had .
well bssn ri1t ont upon ths sea. e 2
JnSt s Fisderick Douglaa In his ear.
" dass this slreas career, sst up vis'ona
Of ireedolt nom ehattd slavery for BIZ
r,.te = is hinst be that coiored cisissns
in ti,e Uuitsi Esates must set up visions
Of freedom from disfrnnehisement. This
Il 1 work that must Be done By The col'
ored le1ders thsu, zthoae in topeh top
with lie usmbers Of the race. y y 9
Eoork iorS e co1orei miniseeFu, who are
doing Is ~ ID idet the advancement q
their peopIey 4 = awork ior The epsotcd
nevspaR rb edited by men who arc prov
ine thesnseiyes Noethy capable and Nor-
thy of ihs ereat task Of leadenhip md
a. muouldesr Of pdblie sendnent and Cd
ucasors sloa9 he hnes thas bssong .
the power 81 The prem.
JOSEPH @. MANNING