Pocahontas star herald., 1916-01-07

dfe"A OF other sons of Union veterans
who live in Arkansas. nr, Bruugh
should not be criticised on account ut
his being the son ut a Northern sol
dief, tgg his father deserves credit for
ilghtlng for his native state of Penn.
sylrRhiai it Do made o. good soldier, aud
We nave many excellent rltiarHa in Ar.
kensas who served in the Union Army.
The war is over and We are AN one
hug happy family, reunited forever un.
der The stars and stripes, This does
not excuse or justify Dr.. Rroughs :
attitude, however aud his ignoring the
south : heroes iu his upJuinr address Is
surprising as well az shameful.
Labor.
My good friend, De-. Brougn, states
In his campaign address, that the "a,
boring man must continue 10 labor, "
which We all know, but hp fails 10
state that the luborirg men must have
a just and reasonable wage for his
work The laborng man expects 70
work, but he also expects and insists
that bis employer treat him fairly an
regard 10 hours Of labor, pay for his
labor and decent conditions under
which ho delivers tho goods. Dr..
BrougA sComs 90 Worry more about
the negro lab0rer than he doc about
the white labOrcr. On january of
tins year there was published In the
Arkansas Gazette nearly two full pages
OF paper or address by Dr. Brough
on the progress Of the colorcd brother
In the South, and then the Gazette
states that Il is only a portion Of the
address in full, In this address the
doctor says that the negro il "handi.
capped by high rcntals;" SAYS he
spends his money too freely, aul fur.
ther insists that the negro have "cqual
economic opportunity with the white
man. lie states that the white man in
all industrial pursuits, should not OBJ,
ject 70 being the winning partner Of
the negro, whatever that means. To
quote one sentence completely and /
have the copy Of The Gazette before
me containing the address, DR.. Brough
says "The effect Of this social iso.
lation Of the negro Is OF the greatest
importance both for white aud black.
The closing Of the door Of opportunity
10 the negro and his persistent sniei.
lcctual and moral UauporizutiDu must
In the end react upon the civilization
OF the white. " The doctor is vel.
eone 20 weep tears Of sorrow over the
terrible plight Of the negro IL he cares
20 do So, but ! shall continue 20 work
30 improve the conditions Of the white
laboTor, whether he be ON the farm or
In the shop. ] believe iu treating the
negro right In an matters, but I shall
not 60 around the block 20 find a con.
venient lamp post 10 lean against aud
weep over the negro, and especially
when there are thousands Of honest and
efficient white laborcrs in this c0uu.
try who may need my assistance. II
I should be called upon 90 write
two-pagr article about "A race, IL would
be the white race or no race at all.
After March %. 1916, however, the
doctor has my permission 20 write even
a four page article for The Gazette
upon another race, and 1 should suggest
as his subject, or title, these words:
How i was showed Under in the
Governors Race As an expert
writer aud lecturer on race matters, the
doctor will no doubt be in a position
and attitude In make this article ex.
tremcly readable.
The Colonel and the Doctor.
I have enjoyed hearing DR.. Brough
deliver his campaign speech for the
past four or five years. IL is always
the same; az picuics, at circuit courts,
at Baptist conventions aud Methodist
conferences, az Y. NJ G. As and NJ
reunions, except that, / believe, be has
lately left off 80 or 40 yards Of his
borrowed poetry. The doctor is a bril-.
liant college professor, and that has
been his business-nothing 20 do ex.
cept bow and be polite and "profess"
in some big college. | have also been
with Colonel McRac several times this
summer, az public gatherings, and en-.
joyed hearing him 20 over his RevOu.
tiOnary war issues, hear him talk on
arti'slavery and other late matters, and
hear him wind up his oratory by com.
ing close home and telling the people
about the increase Of the seal industry
in Alaska. In my humble opinion, IL
is a good speech, aud the people of his
section no doubt learned il by heart
away back yonder in his nine success.
i've races for Congress and during the
ls years he was on Uncle Sam 's pay
roll az $1,000 per year. Everybody ad.
mits that the colonel is a fine old gen
tleman, but when he gets under a full
head of steam, in the middle Of one
II his "reform" ideas, charging up
and down the platform, watch him
closely and see if he doesn't remind
you Of Bob Taylor s description Of one
his opponents in Tennessee several
years ago. This fits him to dot:
We are tsld in Holy Writ that away
* in the dim and distant past a
mighty man Of Gath once stood upon
plain and terrified the army Of Is
raol and the people 4 the Lord with
his colossal proportions, and his taunts
and ieers of defiance. llis height was
x cubits and a span, and he had hel-
met Of brass upon his head, aud be
was arm -th n coat Of mail and
the weight Of the coat was 5000 shek.
els Of brass. ard he had grcavcs of
brass upon his legs, and a target Of
brass between his shoulders, Gud the
staff of his spear was like a weaver s
beam, and his spcarheal weighed 600
shekels Of iron, and one man ran be.
fore him bearing shield, and he wax
ed wroth and vcXed all Israel with his
challenges, and in all that host lot
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