The broad ax., 1926-02-27
Bv MRS. ELVIE L. STEWART

knowledge to draw a writ of habeas
corpus, writ Of prohibition, writ Of
ne exit and last as to whether he could
find on any page in any law book
where is written the famous writ of
assistance. The cases for a man to
prosecute are an easy matter, for the
things alleged are in the counts in the
indictment drawn by the master of in
dictments Of this county, Mr.. Thomas
Marshall. His knowledge Of the law
was so incomplete that he was ashamed
to make application for membership in
the Bar Association until a few
months ago. If he is elected county
judge Of this county, southern scenes
on northern soil will prevail on cleo
ton day. Judge Trude talked of
States Attorney Groves attack upon
his father All over the audience you
could hear whispers Of the time when
Grove, Barrett and Nick Hunts son
were the attorneys for men charged
with Infamous crimes. He promised
the men and women of our group that
when he shall have been elected and
seated as county judge, he would deal
with them purely upon the principle Of
their honesty and integrity 1t is to be
remembered by our group, especially
those who have been residents of this
county for years that when Judge
Trude's father was a member and
president of the most vital board APP
pointed by the mayor-the board Of
education-that all classes Of Citizens
received a square deal in the line Of
education that their children might be-
come better citizens in the walks of
higher civilization. Judge Trude is a
strong candidate, he leads every can
didate in the Bar Association pri-
maries; he leads them in the Republi-
can primaries and on election day,
when the citizens have a right to vote
for whom they choose, he will lead the
entire ticket The writer predicts that
on April 18th this gallant young leader
with his new slogan will lead the De
neen ticket to victory.
Chairman Watkins at this point in
troduced the warrior, better known to
the public as the fighting parson" in
the person Of Rev w. S. Braddan,
pastor Of the Berean Baptist church,
SIND and Dearborn streets, and chap
lain of the old Eighth regiment. The
choir rose and sung Chaplain Brad
dan, he's all right" and the audience
went wild with applause This gal
liant hero, who was born, as he de-
scribes it, before his time. said he had
come to make his last appeal to the
people of Cook county whom he had
served for the past twenty-five years,
IN the capacity of a servant of the
people, being absolutely on the square,
and he demanded their vote on that
record solely and alone. He started
out by wildly describing the danger of
being unprepared at the coming pri
mary in the effort that there be no
mistake made in selecting candidates
tor office who were, in fact and in
truth, men before they became a part
OF our group of the Republican party.
He said, 1--WE must fight as the men
fought in the late contest when the
Germans declared they were going to
break the Hindenburg line, from the
fact that the defense was Of unframed
black soldiers Of America and they
were weak. They are always picking
on the black men, he cried, and we
must measure up in this coming bat.
tie shoulder to shoulder or we will turn
back the hands Of the dial on the black
mans progress twenty-five years. You
cannot fiatter, you cannot cajole, you
cannot buy the black mans vote as
in slave days. | have served thirty
years as soldier. have been in three
wars and was at no time a seat warmer
in either Of them: | was on the firing
line each time and if you can find
soldier who will tell you that / was
not in the front line, do not want you
to vote for me-" Chaplain Braddan
told his hearers of the prejudice which
resulted in the defeat Of the effort to
place the monument to the Negro sol
diers at the intersection of 35th street
and South Parkway and said he told
the commissioners if they could not
place the monument where it should be
placed, to give the appropriation Of
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