The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-04-24
SENATOR WILLIAM B. McKIN-
LEY, WITH THE GREAT AID
OF THIS NEWSPAPER, WENT
TO THE BAD ON APRIL 10
AND HE rs DOWN AND OUT
IN THE POLITICAL GAME IN
ILLINOIS POLITICS
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our telephone rang and Mr.. Wiiiough-
by was on the other end Of the wire,
and after exchanging pleasant morn
ing greetings he informed us that after
talking the matter over with Mr.. Rus
sci and Others in the Mckinley head
quarters he had decided not to use any
space in the 30th Anniversary edition OF
The Broad AK; that it was too early to
start newspaper advertising; that if he
placed an ad in the columns OF this
newspaper, all the other newspapers IN
town would want an advertisement.
Mr.. Willoughby was reminded that
no other newspaper in this city had
treated Senator Mckinley as fairly as
he had been treated through the col
umns Of this newspaper; he replied by
saying that no one could be more
fair to Senator Mckinley than we
had; that he was not unmindful Of that
fact; that Senator Mckinley felt very
grateful indeed for the hattering way
he had been written up in its columns
from time to time" In closing our con-
versation with Mr.. Willoughby, he as
sured US that just as soon as the adver-
tisements were placed in the newspa-
pers that this newspaper would secure
its share of advertising, which turned
out to be more hot air.
Not long after that time we made
desperate effort to secure some of the
advertisements from the political man
ayers of Senator Mckinley and
here is the results which followed our
labors in that direction, we first called
on Mr.. Andrew Russell, the head po-
1itical boss Of the Mckinley outfit and
after listening to our request for some
newspaper advertising he declared we
were entitled to it and would receive
some shortly; that he would speak to
Mr.. Joseph H. Barnett, who had
charge of that part of the business end
Of the senatorial contest that we
should call in and see him in about
two weeks time and everything would
be peaches and cream. At the end of
two weeks we again called on MIR.
Russell and he was so busy that he had
no time to talk to us; that we should
see Mr.. Willoughby; that he was in
charge Of spending the money in that
direction. Then we spent two days
before we finally freed him at the
Great Northern Hotel, which conducts
'Jim Crow" elevators, and after meet
ing him face to face, he requested as
to call on John Butterman in the New
York Life building, and when we
called on him he wanted to know II
Mr.. Willoughby had given us an order
for some newspaper advertising, and
we responded no. Then at that point
Mr.. w. H. Ellis, who seemingly new
er has had any real love for colored
people, unless they are perfectly will
ing to cuff his shoes, walked up in front
Of us and exclaimed, "You will not
receive one nickel's worth of newspa-
per advertising for Senator Mckinley
from this Office"
And from the opening to the close of
the senatorial contest not one thin dime
in any manner, shape or form fell into
our pockets from the pockets of Sena-
tor Mckinley, nor from any of his
broken-down political managers, who
are dead cocks in the political pit.
Shortly after the raw deal or the
embarrassing which we received at
the hands Of Senator Mckinley and his
bunch of the most unreliable and half
dead politicians that we have ever
come in contact with, we made up our
mind to deal him body blow, which
would send him reeling out Of the
United States Senate for all time to
come.
For the burning article on the front
page of this newspaper April 10, set
Senator Mckinley on FIRE, which was
read by many thousands of colored
people on the south side; the article
went on to state that Senator McKin-
ley was attempting to steal all of the
honor and glory from Congressman
L. G. Dyer in connection with his anti
lynching bill and to come right down
to it Senator Mckinley is not even a
member of the committee in the SEN
ate which has charge of the bill. When
the thousands of people read these UNI
disputed facts in the columns of this
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