Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-17
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The Negro People to Be an
Issue.
LOUISIANADELEGATION
DEMOCRATIC HOPES IN WEST
VIRGINIA.
Everything is All One Way in Kan
sas, According to Repre-
sentative Long.
L0UISIANADELEGATION

The negro question in politics came before
| the President again today, the trouble this
| time being another phase OF the lilly
| vbite" and black and tam fight in Louls-
| lara. The President in most Of the SOUTH
| ern states. has given little recognition to
| the lilly whites in the last year and the
J regulars are in control in a majority OF
| the states. The regulars in Louisiana
| are now trying to force the President TO
! punish the lilly whites there by declaring
| that they refuse to amalgamate with the
| regulars in any proceeding If the negro Ia
J to be allowed TO take part in the regular
| convention and caucuses. The regulars
| won't consent TO this. and say that as the
| situation stands there will be two sets OF
| republican nominees for Congress in each
| district in the state and two tickets of re.
| publican electors.
The trouble was laid before the Presi,
! dent this afternoon by a delegation of the
| regulars. consisting of Emile Kuntz, p.
| r Herwig, ID. A. Lines, Armand Roman,
Joseph Fabacher. J. NJ. Haggerty Jiraulc
| Farrar and j. H. Gregory. They laid be-
| fore the President the whole fight between
| their faction and the lilly whites and
| pitterIy resented the attitude of the lilly
whites In refusing TO take part in any
, movement for republican unanimity IL the
negro was TO be allowed a conspicuous mart
In the proceedings. The President referred
the committee to Chairman CorteIyou, who
| VIII have to handle the questions that have
been raised A' 'o
One of the main questions is as to who
| Is the republican national committeeman
! from the state-a negro a. white manY
| When the regular and ''lily whlte'' dele
| cations met at the Chicago convention de.
| manding recognition to the real repub-
| hcan organization of Louisiana the con-
| vention gave each delegation a half vote
| Inc regular delegation decided upon
walter Cohen, the colored register OF the
land. land office at New Orleans. for national
committeeman, while the lilly whites
| picked Ex-Governor Warmoth. The regu-
| lars claim they have tried TO reach an
agreement with the Ally whites" as to a
| nationaf committeeman, but the latter re-
fuse to agree upon anything. Mr.. CorteI-
you Is to be asked to name Cohen as tho
national committeeman, so that a recog-
| nized head to the republicans OF the state
may be known
The delegation stated that they had
asked the lilly whites to participate in q
| ratification meeting with them. but the op-
position faction refused. This is not right"
said Emile Kuntz, the spokesman. Tho
PRESIDENT has been good 20 the men of this
| faction. In fact. they have 95 per cent or
| the federal Offices in the state and they are
| not acting In the proper spirit" Indirectly
| the President was made to feel that some
| of the offices Of the lily whites" ought to
| go to the regulars.
West Virginia Conditions.
The West Virginia democrats not only
feel that they will carry the state for Par
ker and Davis. and for the democratic
nominees for state offices, including gov
ernor, but they are counting upon electing
! three of the five members of the House or
Representatives in November. Representa-
tive Woodyard of the fourth district says
the democrats do not know what they are
| talking about and that they will not carry
single district
The three districts the democrats are
| ING NJ fhA lrh ND
| fourth now represented. respectively, by
| Representatives Dayton, Gaines and Wood
| yard. Representative Dayton has always
| had a vigorous fight in his strict the sec
| ond, but he has managed to win every
year since 1894, when he was first elected.
| Two years ago Mr.. Dayton ran against
John Il. McGraw, present democratic state
chairman, and the vote at that time was
2o,969 for Dayton and 19,62s for McGraw.
In the third district Representative Gaines,
| two years ago, received 1880 votes, and J.
| H. Miller democrat IL 2l5. Mr.. Gaines IS
| having fierce struggle for the nomination.
| and there is every prospect that two repub-
| licans will be in the field, each claiming 10
| be the legal nominee of the convention.
The man who is fighting Mr.. Gaines is Will
| lam s. Edwards, and dual delegations have
| been elected from a number Of counties TO
| the congressional convention. The fourth
| district gave Mr.. woodward 19.15S votes In
1902 to 16,96S for William N. Chancellor,
democrat.
| The democrats have nominated Stewart
w. Walker against Representative Dayton
| and declare that he Will win. The democrats
| claim that Mr. Dayton became bitterly em-
broiled in the gubernatorial nomination and
! that his candidate for governor. Mr.. Teter.
| was defeated in such way as to damage
| Mr.. Daytons prestige in his district. Tbs
| split in the third district Is depended upon
| by the democrats to carry that district.
| while in the fourth the democrats have put
up a man who is said to be many hundreds
of votes stronger than his party. This Is
Allan C. Murdock mayor of Parkersbu-g.
That city is normally republican by 800 ma
jority but Mr.. Murdock was recently
elected mayor by 800 majority. The defn9-
Gratis say that he will carry Wood county,
which gives 700 republican majority. IL he
should do this and make gains anywhere
else in the district he would stand chance
of election.
Representative woodward. who called on
the President today, said he had no fears
for his. district, for any other district
I'm the state Every district will return a
republican member of Congress-, Mr..
woodward said and then he went on TO
point out the situation In ms district, ds-
claring that he expects to be reelected 10
Congress by a majority of at least 900
George NJ Bowers, fish commissioner,
who has just got back from West virginia,
saws that the republicans will not lose a
single district. He told the President this
today "Roosevelts majority In the state
will not be less than IL .Ooo, ne said, anu
TIE President will lead the ticket In the
state There is other result In sight,
The laboring men and the farmers ara S2n-
tented and they are with the repunAs.
d
good nrice the farmers will be satisfied to
let political matters stay in i republican
hands. So will the miners and laboring
men"
The Negro to Be an Issue.
Representative woodward said 1t was
generally understood that the negro issue
ia to be an important one in West Virginia
this year The democrats propose to make
a vigorous campaign on that issue and will
promse to restrict suffrage IL they are
placed in power. Mr.. woodward stated that
the reason white mans plank" was not
placed in the platform adopted by the re-
cent state convention was because the
friends of ex-senator Davis feared that IL
would be construed as having national
bearing They did not care to face the is
sue In the north. The negro question will.
however, be put to the front by the West
Virginia democrats from now on. and upon
that they expect to unite the democrats Of