Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-01
NEGROES DOWN
ON PRESIDENT
JUST NOW
Because Of Dismissal Of In
subordinate Negro Troops
For Brownsville murder.
Special Correspondence.

washington. d. c. Nov. 2S-- with
negroes booming Secretary OF War
rau for president and donOuncing
I psidonf Roosevelt. politics have
had a queer cast this week. No one,
0f course. takes tho matter with oy.
orwhoiining seriousness. but h can.
not bo denied that serious pOeeiblh.
tice are there
Politicians have been asking, and
ln nO spirit OF lcyitY. what would hap
pen should the negroes ~ tho Coun.
iry cut loose from ,acir Traditional
allegiance to tho republican party
and act unitcdly in politics as an in.
dependent iOrcc9 In the south their
weight would not be largely felt. for
there the blacks have beon pretty
we'll dl8frnnchiscd but what about he
north? 70 is well known fact. for
instance. that In Ohio the negroes
hold tho balance OF the power, and
there are no restrictions on negro
suffrage The same undoubtedly Is
true In Indiana and. probably. in illi.
nOla. though the Independent vote IN
Chicago. ~ 30 large as tn greatly
lesser chances that negroes could
turn the tide.
The saving foatrrc ~ the situation
"a the Hlightncas of the prospect that
the ngroea could be- organized 20 90.
operate a. the polls. The negro ~
tradhiuhnlly "a republican. Just the
same a. the southern white man ls
trnditiOnally q democrat. hut ~ Is not
because Of any organlEatl0n or uatui.
al homagonciiy We're ar election tu
"A
Ruosovclt a candidate h is not doubt.
90 that the recruitment ot tho negro
over the discharge uf colored troops
wRSld oppose itself at the polls: but
the american elccior ~ famed for the
shOrtnonS 81 his memory Of wrongs
and in thig respoct tho truth is even
more pronoMcod in the negros ease
Next year he VII have f0rgolicn an
abOut his grioYanCe. aud prphnbly
wall be- luat us lerrld iu his admlra.
lion Tor tho pres dcnt ns he D. row
yigorou1 in his dfuunclatiun
There are now in Washington rep.
rcsuulBtiNps iu congress from "a mum
her of states drained by the Missis
3'ppi and iis tributaries who ave
hatching % project nat is likely ga
he heard from during the coming win.
ter They propose mo- less "a thing
Than q combine OF representative
from an the middle western states TO
secure enormous informal improve
ents 8t the expense. if need be-. oi
tho navy the Philippines or any 9th,
pr outside project which ls absorb.
ing the public funds
Their pet scheme is for ship
canal connecting the Mississippi rlN-
cr with the great lakes This ig no
new idea but thoy claim Il has heen
vitnlixed by work on the Panama
canal. that construction of the canal
across the ighmus would he illogical
and foolish unless the canal from
the Father OF Waters 60 the great
lakes were tc be- built as c0mpan.
Ion piece
The estimated cost OF the pIopus
ed canal Is $50 O00.OOe Two projects
are discussed. One Is to build the
canal direct from Chicago ao CaiN.
and the other Is b. widen and deep.
en and utilize the channel OF she
Illinois river. A. 10 which would bo
the better project that ls a problem
Tor the engineers to solve Whaf
the members of congress- want is q
canal and they are nos disposed tn
bubble over details ~ they can eft.
feet their organization and hold it
together they will accomplish SOME
thing The trouble Zee ventures uf
tlia Kind is that when opposition
from the powers that be b. cncount.
cred some weak bruthers aiWaya give
way, and then and there Dr. general
stampede