Show SEMPER brave braaz brother billie of the plain double dealer and uncle andy campbell Tamp beR and a great many other fools throughout the united states entertain the idea that every negro throughout the world ought to regard major mckinley as being the greatest friend of the negro race that has ever appeared above the horizon for the simple reason that while the major was governor of ohio he the major refrained from racing around over the country long enough to prevent three or four thousand of his white republican Re friends from lynching lunching lyn ching a member of our race who had proven himself to be a violator of the law we are utterly opposed to mob or lynch law but we do not think that mr mckinley is deserving of aay any morla credit for duty than any other governor in our opinion governor atkinson of georgia has proven himself to be a better friend of the negro than what the advance agent of prosperity has if president mckinley will select some of the brightest sons of our race to serve as postmaster of chicago new york boston or for any other first class northern city then we will car call him a true friend of the black race or if he will appoint B T washington or any other first class negro as a member of his cabinet then we will fall down and offer up our thanks to the gods for bringing forth a true lover of the human race or if our next president will commission our highly esteemed friend the hon W W taylor to serve as aa ambassador to the court of st james or if he will send this distinguished gentleman as minister extraordinary to any first class white republic then we will crawl on our hands and knees all the way from this beautiful city of zion to the city of washington and we will kiss the hem of president mekin leys garment and call him the greatest the bravest the noblest and the grandest white man in this universe tat bat if he does not appoint some worthy member of our race to one of the abovementioned above mentioned positions then we shall be compelled to call president mckinley the greatest demagogue of the nineteenth nin century we pause tor for i a i reply |