Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-12
TEDDY AND SAAI'BB9
The President Is in Fuvo,
OF he Negro in
Politics.
WILL MAKE APPOINTMENTS Ac-
coRoING TO INTELLIGENCE
AND NOT COLOR.
Payne, clarkson and Others Are Not
in Favor Of Turning "Coons"
Down.
TEDDY coNFERs WITH NEGROES

Washington. Oct. 1.-THE elimina
ii n of the negro in North Carolina
and Alabama from the councils of
the Republican party and the spread
of the bleaching process in other
parts of the south is provoking large
disSluntiement in high negro circles.
Indeed the indignation and resentment
and grief of the "eol1red brother
have been made manifest to the ad-
miniStration.
The news Of the cruel and radical
exclusion of the negro from various
Republican conventions has gradual
ly percolated in those Northern states
in which his vote is no inconsider-
able factor in the determination of
results. and the fact that he has called
the attention of the administration
to the effort to build up the Republi-
can party in the scNth at his expense
IS giving the president and his adj
Tisers a great deal of concern.
Chairman W. l.. Wellman, Of the
Alabama Republican state committee.
said today that Gen. James S. Clark
son, who is surveyor of the port of
New York. and who has always been
active of late years in campaign exec
utive circles. teld him that the action
of the Alabama white Republicans
was likely to seriously injure the Re-
publican party. in the coming con-
gressional elections. especially in the
northern districts. where the negro
vote was large enough to be a bal
ance cf power. Postmaster General
Payne, who has virtual charge of the
management of acdirs with reference
to the dispensatiOn of patronage in
the south. expressed the same view.
Yesterday the position Of the negro
in Southern Republican politics was
the subject of an interview between
President Roosevelt and three leading
bishops representing the executive
committee of the AfroAmerican
Council. who were presented by Gen.
James S. Clakson. The negro dele
gates were Alexander Walters. of New
Jersey; G. w. Clinton, of North Caro-
lima. and S. L. Caruthers. of this city
Their purpose was t. learn the atti-
tude of President Roosevelt toward
the movement to exclude the negro
from participation in the councils of
the party. The interview was had
,c
entity satisfied with what the president
had to say to them.
They announced that they had been
informed that the president believed
that a mans color should not operate
against him, and that in appointments
the, character, intelligence and esteem
in which the candidate was held would
| be the first consideration. According
| to the negro ecclesiasts. President
| Roosevelt dc.as not approve of tbs
agitation to eliminate negroes from
| a share in politics. and it was init
mated by them that the president
might take occasion to show his dis
| approval of such a movement. The
| bishops, it is stated. went to see the
| president prepared, in case of disap-
| pointment or adverse treatment, to
issue an advisory document for the
| instruction of colored voters. suggest
| ing that in the congressional elections
they vote Independently. While they
were gratified by the reception &C
corded them by the president they in
timated that even though they were
going to Withhold the document, a
number of their race would vote in
dependently in the coming elections
anyhow.