The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-03-24
THE ISSUE
DISCUSSED
The Facts to be Weigh
ed Put Before
the People
COME AND LET US
REASON TOGETHER"
The Negroes Urged to Vote For
the Man Who will Safeguard
Their Every Rights.

large number Of Negroes who wish
to support the right man Tor the gut.er-
| Material nomination, are at a loss whom
they should support. We wish To put
the fscts squarely before them - that
they can not possibly misunderstsnd the
i-~ne. To begin with, it is a fact that the
leading Democratic papers are support
'ng MIR. Lilly. Why 10 this, There c.n
lie only one answer a. this QUESTION The
democrats h-lieye that ii Mr. Lilly !.
Nominated. they can easlly defeat him in
the ~ neral ecl-ction.
Let u- consider what would happ~n to
us in the event thev secured control of
our state government. We would L..
disfranchi-e.i, We would be lim-crowe.I.
segregated. In the newt place We would
loo~e our college department At the West
Virginia Collegiate Institute, and the
next thing to i,e abolished would lee our
District High schools. little latter.
they would procs~d to apportion th.
taxes and only the taxes paid 10y Negroes
would be devoted Ia Negro education.
We would loose the State Librarian, the
Supervisor Of colored schools, and We
need not he surprised il they placed q
white mar at the head Of the Colored
Orphans Home.
We are aware that some of the smart
alec Negroes supporting Mr.. Lilly, will
attempt TO deny this. They will point
70 the fact that the Lest Democratic leg
islsssss. did not do shis. True enough
they did not pass these measures. but
they tried heard enough ~ do %. and
the only thing that kept them from do
ing 20 Was. not that they did not want
10, but. that the time WAS not au-picous.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
DONE IN STATES ON BOTH
SiDraS or uS.
IL ~ said that revolutions never ~
backwxrd-;' neither do Democratic ley.
'slstures. In Virginia, We have been
disfr anched. jun -croweI and segregated.
They abolished the college department at
the V. y. q. and T., and the curriculum
OF all the High schools for Negroes Ia.
been reduced. In Kentucky, We have
tcen JIm-crowed and in many other re-
sPects deprived Of our civil and political
rights. In fAct. ever since these uncon-
stitutionsl and illegal acts stsrted in
the South. they have been spread with
alarming rspidIty. The time ls now ripe
for the Introduction of these diabolical
measures in this state. aud IL the Demo
cratic party II ever lucky enough TO get
control OF the state government. I'll is
all night Isam with us."
SUPPOSE MR.. LILLY II ELECTED.
Mr. Lilly lays more stress in his plat
form on retrenchment than he doe. on
anything else. We don't have 10 guess
his position on this subject. becsu-e he
tells ur distinctly just what he propses 10
do. There are = good many white pco-
pie m this state, o. elsewhere, who do
not believe IN higher education for the
Negro. II Mr.. Lilly is elected, the first
thing that he will recommend will he the
abolition of the college Departments at
Institute. He will next proceed 70 cut
Negro representation IN state government.
The sitnstion y bsd either way. II the
"dsmmic-' win, we loose: II Mr.. Lilly
is elected, We will loose a cool many
advantages ve now enjoy.
Mr.. Negro. are you going 70 vote for
yourself, yOur wife and your babies. or
are you going ~ vote for those who
will huniliste Jon. your wife and babies
In this connection, se are reminded of
the gentleman in New Jersey who ad-
verti-e for q coschmsn. The frss fel-
lo~ ~ apply w&s an Englishman. The
proprietor bad q very large estate and NJ
one point the ROAD ran along the eixs of
very high cliff. Taking the English
man out to this point. I've asked him how
clo~e could he drive 10 the cliff without
falling over. lie replied that he could
drive within two teet Of IL. tie vss in
formed that he did not suit. The next
fellow wss . wiry little Irshman vho~s
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