Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-21
ROOSEVELT WILL STAND PAT
order for Discharge OF Troops wuI
Not he Revoked IBIesS New
Evidence is Presented.

NEW YORK, Nov. CA cable from
President Roosevelt declining to suspend
his order discharging colored troops of the
Twenty-hnh regiment unless the facts as
known 70 him are shown to be false, but
expressing willingness to hear new facts
bearing on the case. was made public today
by Gilchrist Stewart OF the Constitutional
league.
Mr.. Stewart cabed President Roosevelt
at Ancon as follows:
Republican county committee unanimously
dcnounces discharge Of colored soldiers
Parsons, Olcott Bennett. committee petit
toning department Newspapers emphatic
Developments and new facts warrant ask
ing immediate suspension OF order
The presidents reply contained the fol-
lowing;
Unless facts al known 10 me are shown to
be false the order viii under no clrcun-
stances be revoked and shall not for one
moment consider suspending it ON q simple
allegation that there are new facts until
these new facts are laid before me. Inform
any person having new facts to have them
IN shape to lay before me at once on my re-
turn and 7 will then consider whether or
not any further action BY me is called for.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 2e.-SeCrctarN Tart
refused TO make any statement whatever
tonight concerning the negro troops that
have been ordered discharged at Fort Reno
Il can't discuss the case until tomorrow,
Secretary Taft replied 20 all questions.
! He refused to say whether he had been in
communication with the president.
! Immediately after his arrival in Wash
ington this Afternoon Secretary Taft went
TO the War department and summoned Gem
eral Ainsworth, military secretary; Briga-
der General. Barry, chief of staff. and Cen
eral oliver, assistant secretary of war; fol
a conference. william Loeb, jr., secretary
to tho president, was also summoned TO the
War department before the end of the con.
| ference, which lasted more than an hour
All were silent about the conclusion:
reached, and it is assumed that the secre,
tary of war has decided 10 let the case o.
the colored troops stand just whore It l,
until he gets in touch with Presiden
Roosevelt, who is expected to arrive a
Ponce, Porto Rico, tomorrow.
FORT RENO. Okl., Eov. 20.-The orde
from Washington to hold in allegiance tn
order discharging the negro troops with
out honor did not come as a complete sur
prise at Fort Reno. Military men VIII
hnve watched the extent OF the public feel
ing against the discharge orders have be
lieved that the War department would de
lay the carrying out of the project until
further investigation was made II wa
believed hero that Secretary Taft was re
sponsihle for the allegiance order. Durin
his recent trip of inspection of the mill
tary posts in the south it Is understoo
that General w. s. McCaskey, the head {
the Department of Texas. made the secrc
tary thoroughly acquainted with the his
tory of the entire AFFAIR at Brownville.
Before the order was received yesterda
from Washington twenty-four members {
Company B had already been discharge
, without honor. The weather was cold an
disagreeabie. AS the soldiers were paid o
} and dismissed they were orderly and we
: behaved, None displayed any ugly feelini
} The officers We're mute. The only commeI
, was one in keeping with that Of the 50
diers. ~