The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21

dbhduCe upon u very Small COLeIlS VI
the members of the race who are at
tempting to apologize for Wilson's
miserable treatment of our people, and
It is being remarked that the absence
of erstwhile prominent colored Demo
Gratis in the activities of the poor
a%pologists is positively painful. OF
course, there is always a man for
every job; men have been found that
are willing to scuttle a ship or cut a
throat, but in this campaign it is hard
to find colored men who are willing
to do for Woodrow Wilson what he
has not had the effrontery to do for
himself.
1t has been the boast of the present
occupant of the White House that he
thinks as a Southerner and acts as
a Southerner, and he has lived up to-
this principle too faithfully for the
colored voter.
When he was elected four years
ago, it was hoped that he would take
his cue from Grover Cleveland, who
gave the Negroes a square deal, but
the President had disappointed the
colored people Just as he has disap-
pointed everybody else. Consequent
ly it can be predicted that every self.
respecting colored man in the United
States will vote against him.
OF the vast horde of time servers
who are stamping the country asking
: that the President be given four years
: more Of experiment in the intricate
| problems of diplomacy and state
l craft, not one will ask a colored man
to contribute his vote to the enter
prise. Not one of them has had the
: nerve to make such a requtst in the
: face of Wilson's declaration that Seq
regation of the Negroes is not a po'
litical question"
! That segregation and peonage had
. had a glorious inning under the vii
son administration no man, white or
black, will deny. The President has
? done everything in his power to hui
: initiate the colored citizen of the coun'
try, and has succeeded far beyond the
most ghoulish dreams Of Vardaman
and Tillman.
s Discussions of his attitude have
brought out his backhanded treatment
4 of the Negro in diplomacy. At the
k outset much was expected from him
0 on account of his supposed tempera
s ment and environment. He was eX
e pected to be at least fair, but in nc
y case had he measured up true to form
He stalked the Negro as the hunter
would an animal and sought every op
p~ortunity to destroy his rights. This
is true not only of the colored citi
IS zens of the country he vowed to serve
a but he visited his vnom upon those o.
6 other countries.
II All of the. traditions and purposes
e of the civil service have been thrown
u over the scrap heap in his zeal tt
make places for deserving Demo
Gratis" as Secretary Bryan frankly
: stated it. White Democrat" were founC
! to fill every position of honor anC
. trust that had for forty years beeI
given to the Negroes. White mel
Z we're sent to represent the govern
ment ever in the Negro republics, ant
when Haiti and Santo Domingo were
seized by Wilson's marines, the frs
!. solicitude was to place a multitude o
deserving Democrats" on the job
in the custom houses of those coun
tries to loot the natives of their pitt
able revenues.
Is Haiti Being Robbed.
IT During the week a former consu
from Haiti to an American port
h Mr.. Felipe, has been visiting in Chi
cago, and he submits a grave indict
ment of the administration of the fis
rs cal affairs of his country by the Wi
h son appointee. The scandal that az
y, companied the, recall of the Democrat
or ic minister to the Santo Dominica
Republic pales into insignificance b
the story that MIR. Felipe unfolds.
It will remembered that Wilson
~ smarting under the ludicrous failur
y, of his watchful waiting policy for Mel
- leo, tried to create a reputation TO
aggressiveness by rushing an arme
- force to Haiti and Selling its custor
houses. In Mexico the public deb
even if there should be sufficien
in peace to compute it, would appear
r. be a fabulous amount. Wars hav
of been prolonged in that country upo
Ie- various pretexts, to which Woodro'
ID Wilson has contributed no mean d.
to gree by his vacillating policy. l
Haiti the public debt is less than $50
We 900, 600, but the President deemed
tn necessary to take over the revenue
er of that country with a view to liquidi
ton.
The truth of the matter is thu
oy Wilson feared Mexico, and like a
other DULLES who are at heart COY