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I think we should proceed with the good people of the South unit-
ing with the good people of the North as one voice, with the President
of the United States leading and demand impartial enforcement of the
laws and an equal industrial opportunity for the Colored man.

Does Mr. Wilson appreciate these conditions and the Justice of
the Colored man's complaint? If so, is he ready to lead an attack upon
them? Does Mr. Hughes appreciate these conditions and the Justice of
the Colored man's complaint? If so, is he ready, if elected President
of the United States, to lead in an attack upon them?

These questions the Colored man would be glad to hear Mr. Wilson
and Mr. Hughes answer now. They are not questions which can be settled
in a partisian spirit. They are questions of plain humanity, justice
and honor, affecting the foundation, peace and safety of America, which
every man with a spark of fair play in his heart can take an important part
in the solution.

So far as the politicians of either of the parties are concerned,
they do not care whether the Colored man votes at the South or sets a
Job at the North. So there is no use for the Colored man to continue
to deceive himself in believing that all are Angels in the Republican
party and that all are Devils in the Democratic party.

Nor does he make his conditions better by casting an almost un-
divided vote for either party. The Colored man must learn that it is
highly essential in a democracy to have at least two great political
parties and then when he is able to examine the claims of the two
present great political parties with his eyes and not with his prejudice,
he will see that it is to his interest and to the best interest of the

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