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Title: Crisis
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, ed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Subjects: African Americans
Publisher: (New York, Crisis Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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236 THE CRISIS son ? Have we assumed too great andquick a growth of intelligence in theparty that once made slavery itscornerstone ? In view of all this, we beg to ask thePresident of the United States and theleader of the Democratic party a fewplain questions: 1. Do you want Negro votes? 2. Do you think that a Jim Crowcivil service will get these votes? 3. Is your Negro policy to be dic-tated by Tillman and Vardaman ? 4. Are you going to appoint blackmen to office on the same termsthat you choose white men? This is information, Mr. Wilson,which we are very anxious to have. The Crisis advocated sincerely andstrongly your election to the Presi-dency. The Crisis has no desire to becompelled to apologize to its constitu-ency for this course. But at the pres-ent rate it looks as though some apologyor explanation was going to be in ordervery soon. We are still hoping that present indi-cations are deceptive. We are still try-ing to believe that the President ofthe United States is the Presi

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