The broad ax., 1918-09-07
Hadley d. johnson of Salt

time editor OF the Salt Lake derald, MS
son-in-law, Colonel Clarke Irvine of
Oregon, Mo-, Charles Gano Baylor of
Providence, Rhode Island, and Capt.
John T. Campbell of the Old Soldiers
Home, La Fayette, Ind. No truer
friends or sons of humanity ever lived
than the four above mentioned men,
for at all times their noble and warm
hearts were on the side of the weak and
the lowly in their struggle for exist
ence. 1t was Col. Irvine who wrote the
two beautiful and interesting stories
which ran through these columns in
1906, "The Slave of Murillo'' and
benjamin Banneker." May their
sweet honest and courageous spirits re-
pose in peace throughout eternity.
As stated before in these columns one
copy of the Thirteenth Anniversary
Edition of The Broad AK, including
several copies of other issues and our
business card, are deposited in the cop
per lined box which rests in the corner
stone of the new city hall, which was
laid July 20, 1909, and no other Afro
American publication was honored with
space within it which will be handed
down to generations yet unborn.
The latter part of November, 1899,
while attending a political conference
of national importance at the old Sher-
man House in this city, just as it was
drawing TO a close, 4 very tall, clean
cut featured parsonage approached us
who was as straight as an Indian with
bright steel blue eyes and as he drew
near to US he laid one of his hands on
our shoulder, at the same time looking
us through and through and in n sharp
and rather commanding voice he wanted
to know our name. Without uttering
one word and with our eyes riveted
upon his we presented him with ono of
our business cards. Then he enquired
if we were an editor and we simply said
"That is what the card indicates"
Then he presented us with n very plain
small card which simply said civilian
Sulzer, 115 Broadway, New York City"
The card failed to state that at that
time he was a member of Congress from
the Tenth Congressional District of New
York City and that he was one of the
most eminent lawyers in this country.
Before withdrawing from our presence
he requested us to send The Broad AK
to him-that after he had received fou
copies of the paper of separate dates
that he would send us his check for his
subscription to it for one year.
From that time to the present or for
nineteen long years, William Sulzer has
been n constant and steadfast supporter
of this publication and aside from our
wife, Mrs. Taylor, we love him better
than any other human being on the face
of the broad earth.
Not having a great many Colored peo-
pie residing in his congressional district,
Congressman Sulzer did not mix up
much with them. Neither was he in
terested in their affairs until after he
became a regular reader of this paper
AS the years rolled by we began to I'M
derstand him better and better all the
time. Finally we wrote him a letter
dDoub bhS hIuuiC VI Juhcy 1SUo, III WHICH
it was stated that the northern leaders
of the Democratic party could not rea-
sonably expect Colored Americans to
assist to elect Col. William ]. Bryan
president of the United States, if Ben
jamin r. Tillman, James K. Vardaman,
John Sharp Williams and other charae-
tiers like them would be permitted to at
tend the Denver convention and vent
their bitter racial spleen against the
COlOred race. We will step aside for a
few moments and for the first time per-
NIT the thousands of readers of this pa
per to become familiar with the contents
of the letter written by Mr.. Sulzer in re-
Spouse to our letter.