Trotter a Detriment to His Cause
Title
Trotter a Detriment to His Cause
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
CS88A
Date
c. 1914 December
Description
Short editorial about "Negro journals" that once supported Wilson but are now denouncing him.
Source
Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
African-Americans--segregation
Contributor
Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock
Relation
CS88
Language
English
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
EDITORIALS.
Editors of the Negro press are warmly commending William Monroe Trotter for insulting the President. Thus the Negro kills himself.
Negro journals that were loudest in praise of Mr. Wilson, when that gentleman was a candidate for the presidency, are now foremost in denouncing him. Why? We did not support Mr. Wilson, yet from all indications he is measuring up in statesmanship, with his predecessors in the White House. It is barely possible that our Negro Democratic brethren expected too much at the hands of the President. If so, we would remind them that the age of miracles are past.
Editors of the Negro press are warmly commending William Monroe Trotter for insulting the President. Thus the Negro kills himself.
Negro journals that were loudest in praise of Mr. Wilson, when that gentleman was a candidate for the presidency, are now foremost in denouncing him. Why? We did not support Mr. Wilson, yet from all indications he is measuring up in statesmanship, with his predecessors in the White House. It is barely possible that our Negro Democratic brethren expected too much at the hands of the President. If so, we would remind them that the age of miracles are past.
Original Format
Newspaper Article
To
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick)
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Trotter a Detriment to His Cause,” c. 1914 December, CS88A, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.