The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
VOTE THE REPUBLICAN, TICKET.

SUNDAY. @ s
VOTE THE REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 20, 1916.
Before entering upon the 1916 CAM
paign, let us carefully consider the re-
lation which the Negroes sustain to
the republican party, which gives them
the greatest measure of justice and
renders the greatest service 70 the
country.
Pointing to President Wilson's rec
ord in the matter of race discrimina-
ton. In his speech at Independence
hall, Philadelphia, July a, 1914, when
he was candidate for the presidency,
he gave assurances that he would not
discriminate against Negro citizens of
the United States. -s..} Is. Is.
Notwithstanding these assurances
of support of the principle of equality
before the law and in governmental
affairs, great discrimination has been
practiced, not only in the departments
over which the president has indirect
control, but also in appointments that
are made by himself.
Under republican administrations
| the policy was pursued of appointing
colored man to fill thevaacncy Great
ed by the resignation, death or expir-
alton Of term Of a man Of that race.
This policy was reversed by the demo-
cratic administration and the follow
ing colered persons have been succeed
ed by white men:>e
VIM. H. Lewis, assistant attorney
general, $4,000.
J. C. Napier, register of the treas
ury, $4,000.
Chas. w. Anderson, collector inter-
nal revenue, New York, $4,000.
Henry w. Tyler, auditor for N. de-
partment, $4,000.
I C. F. Adams, assistant register Of
treasury, $4,000.
Joseph E. Lee, collector of internal
revenue, Jacksonville, $4,000.
N. w. Alexander, register Of. the
land Office, $1,000.
J. E. Bush, receiver public monies,
$4,000. =, =, ..... .. >>s &c
Chas. A. Cotteill, collector of in
ternal revenue, Honolulu, $4,000.
T. v. McAllister, receiver of public
monies, Jackson, Miss, $1,000.
Robert Smalls, collector of port,
$1,000.
Jas. A. Cobb, special assistant attor-
ney, Washington, $4,000.
Diplomatic and consular service:
! Henry w. Furnise, envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary at
fPort au Prince, Hayti, $4,000.
Geo. H. Jackson, consul, Cognac,
France. $500.
James W. johnson, consul, Corinto,
Nicaragua, $4,000.
Colored civil service employees:
r. D. Venning, 2107 Fitzwate,
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
: w. A. Robinson. now practicing law
in Chicago.
w. H. Common, practicing medicine
at Fl. Wayne, Ind. s..y
John Ratley, 18th and Zoo streets
N w. Washington, d. C.
Washington city postoffce:
w. L. Wilkinson, 1716 P street
New York. d; .>A~...~
P. W. Shipper, 1886 Tenth street
New York,
Richard Chiles, Washington, D. C.
Thos. Short, Washington, D. C.
+ Henry Wood, dropped from clerk t.
rcommon labor.
: Government printing Office:
Geo. H. Proctor, 531 T street, N. W
+ Washington, D. c.
, Johnson J. Lester, Washington, D.
Annie Silence with Arnold), Fiji
teenth between r and s N. w.
Sadie Henson, 473 Florida avenue
NV.
Mary L. Pettiford, Washington, D
&c. {. X
Bureau of engraving and printing:
Rosebud Murray, Washington, D. c
: Phillip Thomas, Washington, D. C.
For the above reason the 8OO,00'
available Negro voters in the country
excluding the disfranchised south
should vote straight republican
ticket to regain whatever has beer
> lost for the good Of the country a
r large. .'''
, We must acknowledge that we arr
in a critical period, perhaps more
, critical than any period since the civil
war. ~ ,..
We need dominant sense Of ma
tional unity; the exercise of our bes
constructive powers. We desire tina
the republican party as a great liberia
> party shall be the agency of nationa
: achievement, the organ OF the effective
> expression Of dominant Americanism
Awake to obligation, erect in self
respect, prepared for every emer
, gency, devoted to the ideals of peace
instinct with the spirit Of human in.
dividual opportunity and the public in
! terest, maintaining we'll ordered con
stitutional system adapted to loce
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