The broad ax., 1922-12-23

of the letter written by Mr.. Sulzer ii
response to our letter.
lis Broadway,
New York, June 18th, 1908
julius F. Taylor, Esq,
Ed. The Broad Ak"
Chicago, Ill.
Ny Dear Mr.. Taylor:
Your letter just received and con-
tents carefully noted, and / was very
glad to hear from you
Your suggestions are very wise and
timely, and they meet with my hearty
approval. 1t would be the height OF
political folly for the Democratic
party in its platform to do anything
contrary to what you have so intelli-
gently outlined. Your letter is a model
one. and | shall send it TO Col. Bryan,
and tell him that l concur in all you
say, and ! hope that he will see to it
that nothing is done to ALLEVIATE the
vote of any man in the country.
am leaving for Denver on the 9th,
and expect to stop off at Lincoln for
a dsT nr so to confer with Mr.. Bryan.
You can rely on me to do everything
in my power to carry out your wishes
With best wishes for your health
and success, believe me, as ever,
Very sincerely, your friend
VIM. SULZER.
All we desire to say in connection
with the above letter is that il speaks
for itself. During the past q years
we have received we'll onto one hun
bred letters from Mr.. Sulzer in which
he expressed his friendship for US.
Feeling deep down in the bottom Of
our heart that Mr.. Sulzer was willing
to take a bold and fearless stand in
favor of justice for all men in this
country, not White nor Black, but all
men regardless of their race or station
in life and especially for the Colored
soldiers, and in the first part of 1909
we penned him several letters setting
forth our views on that all-important
subject, and we will again step aside
for a few moments and permit him to
give expression to his sentiments in
that direction. This letter, like the
first one, has never been published in
these columns before.
Committee on Military Affairs,
House of Representatives, u. s.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 2, 1909.
Julius F. Taylor, Esq,
Editor The Broad Ak,
5040 Armour Ave, Chicago. Ill.
My Dear Mr.. Taylor:
/ have read and reread your letters
several times, and / appreciate fully
all that you say and will take advan-
tage of the first opportunity to make
speech along the lines you indicate.
If there is anything that l can do
for you at any time, do not hesitate to
let me know. / appreciate the good
work you are doing as an editor. and
read your paper with much interest.
With best wishes, believe me, as
ever,
Very sincerely yours,
VIM. SULZER.
On Feb. 9th. 1909, the bill was up
in the lower house of Congress for
discussion in favor of doing justice to
the Colored soldiers, and among the
notable men in Congress at that time
who lined up on either side of that
proposition, William Sulzer led them
all in favor of doing justice to the
Colored soldiers, his eloquent Grafton
on that occasion which has enshrined
him in the hearts of the Colored peo-
pie throughout this Republic for all
time to come.
In 1912 Mr.. Sulzer was nominated
and elected governor of New York,
receiving more than 100000 majority.
AT that time his campaign committee
issued little book consisting of more
than 100000 copies, containing his
record or the story of his life; it also
contained an editorial from the COL
umns of this paper of May Il, 1910,
N connection with his Grafton in favor
Of Raising the Battleship Maine"
We will reproduce the closing part of
our editorial which was written more
han two years before his nomination
or governor.
at will be recalled that without ex-
'ecting to receive any reward here on
his earth or glory in the next world,
Congressman Sulzer, like a golden
might of olden times, heroically
TODD by the Negro soldiers of the
5th Regiment, who were dishonor-
bly, discharged by President Roose-
cit and forever debarred from hold
1g any civil Office whatever, under
he Federal Government, and his elo-
uent Grafton in the halls of Congress
/ favor of restoring the members OF !
nat regiment to their rightful position
! the army, raised him very high in
he estimation of the Afro-Amerieans
iroughout the United States, and [
1ey would be delighted to see him
ecome governor of the great state of
lew York, for they feel that as such I