Chapter 497 The Role of the KKK

This is a happy ending for everyone. If William Bryan had run for president, Sheffield believed that he would not even have gotten the vice presidential election. Now he still has hope of becoming the running mate, which is actually not bad.

After the candidates were officially selected, Sheffield congratulated Alton Parker and William Bryan. He believed that the basic base of this combination should not be afraid of the Yankees.

Including tobacco magnate James Duke, Edith Rockefeller has prepared a suitable hotel to celebrate the successful closing of the Democratic National Convention. After the internal problems were solved, how to challenge the Republicans became another problem, but on this occasion, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

On this occasion, Alton Parker thanked some important donors for their support. Similarly, William Bryan was also reassuring his supporters that donors and national representatives are equally important and one is not more important than the other.

Especially the electoral system of the United States means that although financial sponsors are very important, they are not omnipotent.

"Congratulations, Judge Alton. Actually, I am looking forward to the moment when you publicly announce your victory to the voters across the country." Sheffield held the wine glass in one hand and congratulated Alton Parker on his successful nomination. "Many of my friends and I are eagerly looking forward to that day."

Alton Parker touched his glass forward, but he didn't show any special excitement. He just said, "I have experienced all of this four years ago. I want to experience something I have never experienced before."

What Alton Parker meant was, of course, that he had already won the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago, and was even more popular than this time, because William Bryan had been abandoned by the Democratic Party after losing twice in a row, and they were preparing to try another candidate.

The subsequent national election turned out to be a good result, but he lost to the Republicans. As a presidential candidate, the only thing Alton Parker lacked was to appear in front of the citizens as a winner.

"I believe victory is not far away." Sheffield's expression was empathetic. His desire to win was only more urgent than that of Alton Parker and William Bryan, not less.

After a few pleasantries, Sheffield left. Edith Rockefeller, who was holding his arm, asked curiously, "You must have something to support the Democratic Party. What is it?"

"I'm not doing charity, so of course I need the president to make a promise." Sheffield said with a cold smile, "Antitrust law is really a good thing. It's even better when this knife is pointed at others. Do you think I just inherit the family property and do nothing? I still have to fulfill my obligations."

Who said Sheffield didn't like the antitrust law? He just didn't like it when it applied to him. If it applied to others, he would be willing to write a hundred articles to explain the importance and benefits of the antitrust law to the country.

In a capitalist society, even people are no longer seen as sentient and thoughtful beings, but as personified capital. So when medical resources are exhausted and choices have to be made, young people who are more valuable to capital are chosen to survive, while the elderly who are seen as negative assets are abandoned.

The same is true for enterprises. Now Sheffield feels that his United Company is far more important to the United States than the DuPont family. The death of the other party will be better for the development of the United Company. The country should make a choice on which enterprise is better. Before the world war or even the Balkan War, DuPont should have gone bankrupt, or honestly chosen to be a mine owner and do some harmless business.

With the coming of the provincial war and the combined companies competing for business, it would be too late to wait until after the next four-year election.

Sheffield thought this logic was correct. Since United was stronger than DuPont, they should do everything they could to make the other company disappear. Take the Titanic for example. Do you really think that those so-called gentlemen would give up their lifeboats if something went wrong?

In the real Titanic incident, lifeboats were arranged in order according to first class, second class, and third class, and the ordinary people sitting at the bottom were waiting to die. This is what slave owners should pursue.

Things were not all smooth sailing. After the Democratic Party voted on its presidential candidate, the New York Times reported the incident in a large page, saying, "The most stubborn and xenophobic group has finally put forward the most racist candidate. This is a dark moment for the entire country."

The next day, when Jesla brought the newspaper over, Sheffield read it and commented indifferently, "The New York Times. New Yorkers are the epitome of European worship and fawning on foreigners. Seeing a European is like seeing their own father. They can't wait to rush up and lick the butts of those Europeans. Every time you see a report like this, a European nobleman marries the daughter of a wealthy businessman in the United States. New Yorkers are proud of it. Why should these idiots care about them? The whole of New York and even the whole of New England is like this. It's not surprising at all."

It wasn't Sheffield who started the trouble first. It was the New York Times who first said that the Democrats are a bunch of racists.

"These Yankees insist on opposing us on this issue. Just like what the boss said, the root of the problem is Lincoln. The Republican supporters in the North will not stop until this symbol is erased." Jesla shook his head slightly and said, "They will never shut up."

"The solution is another civil war." Sheffield scratched his head and said, "There are 50 million Yankees. Killing half of them should be enough. People are like this. You treat them as human beings, but they insist on being animals."

In the free time when Edith Rockefeller called the children to breakfast, Sheffield comfortably looked at a map cannon and made unscrupulous ridicule of New Yorkers. When Edith Rockefeller came back, everything was calm and nothing happened.

The slave owners just wanted to talk big, even though the United Company had made a breakthrough in the application of mustard gas.

Mustard gas has been around for many years. German scientist Meyer first artificially synthesized pure mustard gas. The synthesis method he invented is still one of the most important methods for synthesizing mustard gas. He initially thought that the discomfort during the experiment was caused by skin allergies in the relevant personnel, but later animal experiments made him realize some dangers.

The Germans always come up with something so eye-catching when it comes to their inventions, and the same is true for their applications. The difficulty now lies in how to store them on a large scale, and the related experimental results.

The United States does not reject this kind of thing on a moral level. The Rockefeller family once conducted injection experiments on citizens in order to study syphilis. Sheffield is not prepared to conduct similar experiments on its own citizens. Its moral level is much higher than that of the Rockefeller family.

"What were you laughing at just now? You seemed to be having a good chat with Jesla." Edith Rockefeller came out with her two children and just happened to see the end of the slave owner's madness.

"I saw a dirty joke in the newspaper. It's quite funny!" Sheffield said with a smile as he helped Edith Rockefeller distribute bread to the two children. His two-faced nature had been completely hidden.

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Sheffield certainly knew that from a moral perspective, the New York Times' criticism was very reasonable. Everyone knows that the Democrats are now trying to protect the interests of the main group, that is, the white group. Black people are naturally not included in this scope. But the word "black" is just an adjective. Black people are essentially human beings, no different.

This adjective is artificially divided. Today, it can be divided into black people. When something happens one day, it can be divided into the elderly again like the salami slicing tactic. Later, if the Democrats think that homosexuality is immoral, they can also divide homosexuals, and proceed step by step.

But then again, isn't this social Darwin? As a member of monopoly capitalism, Sheffield can never be split off, so he is naturally not worried at all.

So it is quite normal to unplug the ventilator of the elderly, as they are no longer valuable to society. But if you are rich, you are still valuable when you are old, and the rich and powerful always have privileges.

"There are still four months until the national election. Contact the KKK members. I want them to come out from the public. Within four months, I want them to march continuously and let every state and every city know of their existence. Every KKK member must stand in the sun. Tell them that whether their ideals can be realized depends on this election." After dinner, Sheffield wiped his mouth and spoke vaguely to Jesla, "Wearing a white robe and a hood that only reveals the eyes. To be honest, I haven't seen them for a long time."

With Sheffield's information, the KKK members who had been dormant among the people for many years were able to contact each other through word of mouth and telegrams. After learning that Alton Parker was successfully nominated at the Chicago Democratic Convention, overnight, KKK members in white robes carried a huge cross and shouted slogans of white supremacy to celebrate Alton Parker's participation in the presidential election on behalf of the Democratic Party.

The parade in New Orleans seemed to have ignited a signal, immediately triggering criticism from many newspapers. Many newspapers in northern cities described this move as the greatest moral decline since the Civil War, and that white supremacists in the South had brought shame to the country.

The Democratic-leaning newspapers did not respond to the term "Southern", but instead paid more attention to the KKK's bizarre costumes. "Maybe it's not as serious as many newspapers say, it's just some ordinary citizens venting their emotions, but this outfit is very interesting, I wonder how it looks when worn."

(End of this chapter)