Show AGAINST THE COLORED BROTHER is a determined effort on the part of a certain class of people in this country tu to stop if possible the president from recognizing the colored brother at all in the distribution of patronage it is the old story over again and the plea is made that it will never do to put colored men on guard in the south that so far as postmasters are concerned that white people will not tolerate receiving mail from colored men and that if the negro is recognized to any appreciable degree the white democrats who are almost dying to come into the republican party will be kept out in other words these people want I 1 the republican party to become a white hite mans party when there are any offices to be given out but they are satisfied for the negro to do the voting and the other hard and mea work of the campaign and especially if there is any danger attached to it the colored american does not believe in arraying race against 0 race in this country but it does want to see fair play all around and an equitable distribution of the patronage made possible by the votes of colored men both as to the parts played by them in the st louis convention and the votes cast by them in the election in november last the colored brother is is waiting patiently and we do not believe that president mckinley has forgotten him but the brother is is very hungry and would like to have a chance of enjoying some of the food while it is still hot there a are re colored republicans capable of holding any office in the gift of the government and they are just as honest as any other class ceass of people in america colored american if president mckinley is a true friend and a true lover of the negro race let him demonstrate it by appointing po inting a first class negro to serve a as postmaster of chicago new york boston or any other first cl class ass northern city then if his the presidents white fellow citi zens of the south protest against receiving their mail from the hands of f a negro postmaster the president could then say to them the whites of the south why our white brothers and sisters of boston receive their mail from the hands of a negro postmaster without complaining pla ining and I 1 feel that all of my white brothers and sisters of the new south ought to be willing to receive their mail from the hands of a first class member r of the negro race without i uttering one word of complaint the colored brother is saying lord I 1 hear of showers of blessing thou art scattering tt ering full and free showers the thirsty id refreshing abling let some droppings fall on me e colored american ACCORDING to the colored american i ca n the there re are ni nine ne hundred and ninety nine colored leaders of the g 0 1 w p in washington at the present writing ting and everyone every one of th these ea e nine ni ne hun hundred dred an and d ni ninety n etyne ni nine big leaders are after the same position namely recorder of deeds for the district of columbia AU all of these so called leaders of our race are an very hungry and they swarm around the white house like a lot of buzzards swarming around an old dead horse or a large pile of carrion but up to the present presen t time his majesty the president has not scattered any of the small loaves fishes or even small crumbs among this numerous crowd of would be leaders THE only way to protect the american laborer in his wages his 11 is i livi living tig and his dignity is by putting tin a beav heavy y per capita tax on the Euro european peau laborer rev M C peter te s independent new york city cd |