The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 15, Ed. 1, Friday, January 4, 1907 Page: 5 of 8
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JIM CROW
CARS.
HASKELL MlY FOOL
The Democrats By
Talk But Some
Republicans
Knows Better
C. N. Haskell has been f ol
ing his democratic n.oljat Gu
thrie by talking' ubout jim crow
cars.
This is pure buncoiue? Dur
ing the late campaign" it is
said that Haskell signed an a-
greenient not to vote for or ad-
vocate jim crow cars at Gu-
tlni . It is siid this agreement
is signed by C. N. Haskell and
is locked up in a safe in Musko-'
gee.
Haskell of course is very
anxious to please his Southern
sympathisers and supporteis
and is vorry loud mouthed a-
bnutjim ciow cars sml jim
row laws but that is as far as
it i 1 or does go. If he
goes furtheis his statement and
agreement with the republicans
here who supported the demo
crabic tifket and threw down
the 'republican party which
gave them offices should he
published. The republicans who
sold out Mum party may be a-
shame to t'eliver bub Haskell
d.ire not tempt them. Now
that ho Ins cut the heart out
of Mjh'c gM C mnty.
It is said the agreement fur-
ther provided that Haskell
should imt vote for any provis-
ions which would take the
ballot away from the colored
people.
' Uaslcrll was then willing to
do anything for republican
votes and some republicans vo
ters (mostly federal office hold-
ers herel w.ro w lling to go in
t a ly kindof a deal in order
to defeat the republican party
which was endorsed by the peo-
ple. But we will see. An elec-
tion will soon bo n and these
Lilly white office holders city
ami -federal with Haskell and
his Co ls will find out the tem-
per of the people who stand for
justice and the grand old party
whether they have officer or
not:
400 Indians now in the federal
penitentiary ought to bo par
doned so that they could vote
at the first election. This seems
strange but so many strange
things go m this laud that it
may be done. Of course if
that is done the 399 colored men
in the penitentiary should be
turned out so they could vote
at the first election.
They might be challenged by
T9111 Sanson and the six shoot-
ers and charged four bits to pay
a notary public to draw up
their affidavit showing that
they had lived here 20 years or
more but they would at least
i .
have a chance to roily find out
how small and vicious the six
shooter crowd and their bribed
supporters have become.
REFORMING BAD
NEGROES.
The duty of the young stu-
dent Negro in fact his mission
in life is. as the recent race riots
in Atlanta well emphasises to
work for the reformation and
uplift of his weaker and dis-
couraged brother. The bad
Negro."
The bad Negro belongs to us.
We have more influence and
power over him than others.
He is the one who precipitates
all race troubles in which the
better class always suffers the
greatest.
What makes the bad Negro?
Discriminating in labor civil
and political ostaacism. injus
tice 111 courts ol law. and conse-
Ar.inli;:inKitioii.
rrp Richmond Va. Planet iu'
commenting on Senator JJ(n Till-
man's speech delivered a' Augusta.
CaM Oct. 7th 19.0G quotes .1 few llnej
from it and s:iy&:
Senator Tillman said: "Amalga-
mation is tlie hope and ulliiii?is pur-
pose of the Negroes. White men
arc rendering them -great aid in till 5
hy intimacy with Negro women.' Tho
line must' he drawn as sternly be-
tween white men and Negro women
as between hlack men and white wo.
men."
Senator no wyotl arc talking. On
this issue we'll be with you in thr
beginning and we shall' bo with you
to the end. Your people have mixed
us up so that we are unable at timet
to tell a colored white man from a
unite colored man.
Amalgamation is just as surely be-
ing accomplished when the agency in
bringing about this result is a whit'
man on the one side and u Npgrf)
woman on the other. as it is when
ihere is a. colored man on tho one
side and a white woman on the other
Wo agree with Senator Tillman and
lor the reasons specified as well as
for racial ones. We are in favor of
leading a crusade againy't liotU'dluases
f-f offenders.
INDIANS TO BE PARDONED.
Why Not Colored
Men.
Morton Rutherford said in
Guthrie tbe other day'thot tho
We confess" that we have the 'Host
part of'the "bargain" however tfor-'
we have all of tho white colored
babies on our side and all of the
black onos too and it has enabled
us to have white wives as well as
black ones much to the envy of tho
white man who have only one color
from which they can legally select
if -we were to kill all of the whits
men that we find clandestinely meet-
ing Negro women funerals would be
taking place in white families every
five minutes for a year and It irf
doubtful If oven all iof the guilty ones
would then succeed In securing a de-
cent burial.
Keep the white men out of our
potato patch. Senator Tillman. Stop
them from climbing our back fences
when they have overstayed their
time i nthe morning with some Ne-
gro woman; whom some black Negro
has abandoned and you will win the
lasting smtitude of every colored
lady of respectability In the South-
land and the hearty -support of .every
honorable citizen of color In America.
fluently lost of bone for tho im
partial an tbe just administra
tion of tho government are bis
just grievances. Tho laws cus-
toms and practices prevailing
and inci easing in the extent do
no! encourage the young Negro
to be decent or remain dojent
and tbe only alternate left is to
resist these wrongs which
dubs him "The bad Negro" Is
this not natural? Study tho his-
tory of the white race in Amer-
ican colonies and elsewhere
when unjustly imposed upon. .
In mnay southern papers we
read much about the protection
of white women even to defying
'the constituted authorities of the
law slaughtering and pillaging
innocent non-offending No?
groes. Does in is not encourage
the decent and peaceful Negro
to become a "bad Negro!"
Crimo grows by what it feeeds
upon. We applaud the noble
utterance of the southern white
man to die in protection of his
women and we applaud the
snme'in the young Negro to do
likewise in the protection of not
only his women but all .women.
The Negro's trust dur-
ing the civil war while the
'masters were away fighting to
keep him longer in slavery was
not betrayed nor is his tVust
today where in many Sou thorn
homes he stands as the faihful
between the lone woman aid
danger.
The Southern white man re
spects because of her color the
The Negro because ef her sex.
The moment the Southern
white man learns that a drop of
Negro blood courses through
the veins of any woman lie
chances to meet no matter
how intelligent nor how lady-
like dowu go tho bars that sur-
round any other lady with tho
respect and courtesy duo from
every man to every woman for
the reason of her sex. He feels
that he has an open license to
insult assault and torment her
to his heart's content with im-
punity. The tolerated immor-
alities and conventional concu-
banago is to well known to all
who havo ever lived in the
Southland. When a Negroes to
a court ol justice to seek re-
dress on account of these
wrongs is given the "horse'
lough." Right here is where
tlje white people harbor and de--1'end
their criminals and thus
teach the Negro by example to
do likewise.
This doublo'staudard of mor-
als existing in the South that
will bestow a laurel wreath up-
on the head of a southern
white man and make .him
gifts of valuable property "' for
killing a Negro who insults a
white woman respectable or
not respectable; and -that will
lynch hang or. burn a young
Negro forkilling a white man.
who insults a.JSogro woman'
respectable or not respectable;
such a standard is not condu-.
cive to teaching Negroes to bo
peacful and decent; because it
is based upon discrimination in-
iustico and hvnocrisv and both
white and black man know it.
When the Southern white
man can out grow these herit-
ages of slavery to the extent
that he will recognize the basic
causes publish the the true
conditions instead of concealing
them and accord justice re-
spect and encouragement toNe-
groe who are striving to be de-
cent and respectable; then tho
young student Negro will find
that his work his mission in re-
forming and uplifting tho "the
Bad Negro" will be much more
responsive to his united con-
stant efforts.
Oflicial Statement of the Condition of the
rrvirnieial "HL Pali on' 1 LJanU
Jiluskogee. Indian Territory
LIABILITIES
$712003 95
uesoukcks
Loans ami Discounts
Overdraft!) cotton t
Bonds and Premiums
Furniture and Fixtures
Cash and Exchange
Capital
Surplus and Profit
Circulation
Deposits
Theahoe statemei
25.989(11
WO'080 49
7985 11
189093 48
91141152 04
correct
DEPARTMENT OF
$200000 00
21579 3V
150000 00
759030 25
$1141153 4
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