The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-03-08
THE WHISPERING CAMPAIGN

THE WHISPERING CAMPAIGN
Monday primaries will make the first lap in the of
who seek to Office in the city government The primaries
destined be close because of the number of good the
The factions grouping their allies to insure
for themselves the desired prestige In order to with the
situation has been for each party stand for plat
form that has for its the bettement of civic well
industrial progress stand the rigid test of public in
specon which that the people will give their support to
integrity beyond suspicion The vote of
group occupies strategic position in this particular campaign
That relationship in the nature of casting vote Naturally
candidates will seek to purchase support This cannot
be DONE it and not and promises,
will welcome the executives of the city In this campaign
discovered that our Mayor the and only quail
fled for chief executive His worth to this community
has been established during his past administration To seek his
superior would be fress in this city, This established fact
those who pechance the opinion that his opponent
be sounder judgment will do well study the work of this city
under the regime of Mayor Nelson.
When establishes himself opposed tactics
he will obviously make enemies Those enemies will not hesitate
10 to all kinds of intrigue to poison the minds of the voters
against this respective candidate They will seek influence the
against him. This has been done by the opponents of Mayor
Nelson has been whispered in the of voters that Mayor
Nelson member of the Ku Kux Kan Not having any sub
stanta proof the assertion the whispering method adopt
ed The to nocuae the minds of the voters of
group with prejudice and that vote cast for the present
Mayor link in the chain to bind them Knowing the contempt
that every Negro holds for the hooded this sentiment
been capitalized by designing politicians and whispered to the
posed g chiefs of and expected to be
them their friends Unfortunately this has occurred
leaders accepted
cocted to the purpose of already defeated aggregation
and have talked thing that has been proven If such
propaganda would be pasted every available bill
board the that Mayor Nelson is Kansman Those who
invented the scheme afraid to publish that what they
be untrue Instead they used the whispering method to further
their interest
This malicious assertion seriously by
thinking voters of group 1t has found the minds of
those who permit the other fellow to thing for them is that
who Injuries his progress by advertising hearsay that
has been Cards have been placed the hands of
few of and they have been engaged because their
uence with their voters would be greater than that
outsider The opposition has sought whisper what they fear
utter public Some have had opportunity addressing
voters of yet they have dared to brand Mayor
Nelson Kansman in public yet they soop to the invention of
Justification and cowady enough whisper their msgudng
statement to those who take the supposedly influential mans word
for things they should know themselves The following
cerp from the Washington Day address of Mayor Nelson
T George Washington lived today he would condemn with
all his might the usung of evidenced few weeks
at HerTin Ill., by which, styling itself American, held
itself superior the Constitution and the laws passed by the
majority of the people And Washington lived today he would
lament the tendency the part of associations and ndu
ais vauntng their Amecanism, to determine guilt and to mee
out punishment without regard the orderly of
Am not justified in saying that this present tendency by
organizations and associations substitute mob
the direct fruit of the doctrine of hate freely broadcast in the
world today?"
Does this sound like the opinion of Klansan? We should
reach that point when becomes well known that designing
cians whose scups lax and whose word not be taken
at face value will resort anything that their purpose
Shall justice equality and liberty be the dominating forces
our exstance shall fosake those whose ability
those who cannot trust Out of the candidates for Office Mayor
Nelson stands head and shoulders above his opponent
proven himself to be Of such sterling qualities that the possibilities
OF his being Kansman too remote to be considered
Let give support to who has proven himself
worthy who stands for fairness and whose opponents
him faulty and forced attempt whispered gain
favor We desire the fruits of efforts recognized so lei
each voter give his strength to the best for Mayor
present head of our municipality, Arthur E. Nelson.