The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-11
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Somewhat Disappointing as A.t-
tack ollal2epubli ca1 Methods
4 u 53a5, sltl South.
THE EoRo QUESTION ~ Z; ) AGAIN "
Significant Uttcrancc Of Secre--
tary May Have Echoi lllf'utt,rc
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@ tarys May Have Echo inlFuturc
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h! 33 WASN'T N IN. Il y. q, July 1o.--Thol
speech delivered BY Secretary raft at
tine Ill Republican M State Convention ,ati
A Greensboro, Nj c., last night has been
much discussed In Washington N to-day
II The comments OF Rep ublicnna are not ~
interesting US those Of Detnocra ts, WHO
were cagcr&to hear what tho Var Secre- 4
8gtary, Who is so close to tho Preside mt
would have TO SO y. b a s # sii4S
Il Tho speech was somewhat ltsapIooin ~
Y Ing, for II was expected by those WI tn
whom Secretary Taft had talked prior
III to l1is departure Friday night for Q ystert
u Bay that he bad prepared a speech which
would be much seYercr on the Iecpu ] b =,
cans Of Sthc souti, who are 80 generally
4 charged With maintaining an organlza-s
" lion solely for the purpose Of handling
u Federal patronage III the States OF what
lie terms "the Solid 4 South Mr.. Taft
& said frankly that tho President and y he
would go over the speech together before
II was delivered, and there is chance
that they blue enciicd Y. However, ne
III attack on the Southern Rcpub lean or
81 ganisations was severe enough and
K sound ed very strange. coming from g.
rs Cabinet oiicer, who never held g place
B In Ills life save under o Republican adj
mnistra ton. IA n 81 " g8a.
Significant Statement.
Perhaps The most significant portion OF
IL Secretary Taft's speech was his tack
|, BON Southern state Constitutions. His
practical declaration that where these
were framed for Il the purpose Of dis /.
y franchising the negro they we're IN con.
li{ prevention OF tho Federal Constitut ton. is
i{s strong possibility that he will 80 on the
4 Supreme Bench some day, having beer
5 offered the place soon to DO vacated py
Associate Justice Bro wn. .5885
The court las had passed up to III the
validity OF these Southern Constitutions
HI on A three separate occasions, and S mas
lodged the question every time II is
II believed the court does not want TO- de-.
Il clare them uncons titutlonal,ev even 4 II
believe the contrary to be the case. Mr..
Taft's going out OF his way 70 express
g his opinion as to the titutionality of
the suffrage clauses OF Southern Consti-.
tutions would max 1t appear that he Is
n eager ~ to hnve chance to deliver an
opinion OF that character from the
& bench. s5l. ii f i35 8 3 IS 'sS
It Is possible that this portion Of the
n speech was intended only for co nsump-.
non among the negroes OF the North.
S Northern white people have not the
4 slightest regrets that the negro Is ellml-
mated from politics in the South.
Ss3s Southern Republicans are equally glad
! TO lose the Scolored brother, who has al
most always been little more than a
source OF Embarrassment. But In sew
eral OF the States OF the North the negro
holds the ba]ances II 10 Wer In; poll tics.
The Republicans have !. to count on the
q negroes In order to z carry New x ork.f
H Ohio would 90 Democratic very gener-$
ally, even In national tons save4for
the negro vote. which IS solldly Repulb--
llcan. Bit It is possible tina the negro
may some day be driven from the Re-
publican N ranks. even H In Ohio. which
would mean that the electoral vote Of
i That state would be cast for the Demo-
a cratic nominee III G NJ f3Sii III
Roosevelt's Candidate.
Mr.. Taft needs all the negro support
poslble In order to Il obtain the ind rse-
E mert OF his own State for the pre- siden-
tial nomination In 1908. Senator Foraker
Ia fighting him, and the powerful George
3. Cox machine In Cincinnati Is also
aghting him II is hard to see how
Secretary Taft can go before the nonl,t
mating convention without the upport}
8f OF his own State, Grover Cleveland got
/ the nomlna ton IN 1882, with the State OF
New York against lin, but Mr.. Cleveland
smashed precedents In other ways. 2i4
n It is generally believed that Secretary
TAFT Is Mr. Roosevelt candidate nor the
domination next time. Mr. TAFT VIII re-
fuse :, to take the appointment TO tne
gupreme Bench as the successor OF h1r.
Justice Brown, and will n,akeN the ilei s
for the nomination as President zoos n
q velts successor, It ia said that N case
s9Chlec Justice Fuller should retire MT.
y TAFT would not decline the appointment
d as his successor. even to become 4 81
: dent OF the United s tates. ss,5
Telling Them Things.
Senator La Toilette, OF Wisconsin. is
telling the people o4 his State this sum- UNI
mer all aboutlthe Senate He learned 9
great deal In this part Of the session y 81
served THE leaders OF the 6enat to sat
upon him from first to last, and It was
by the aid OF Dem ocrats that ne was
II abfe to accomplish anything he desired
Mr.. La Toilette Is In great demand as 9
lecturer and has long list OF dates l e
u Chautauqua gatherings this summer ~
# wisconsin and other Northern States. i
Is said he threading tho roll calls n the
Il senate to his audiences, showing how
various Senator'S voted on certain ~ his
d propositions. He had some mighty good
ones, which were voted down by Sen tors
on the Republican side. Among these was
an amendment to the rate BILL. prov Ing
for a government assessment OF rail Way
values, without which It Is claimed twill
+ he Impossible for the Interstate Com-
rerce Commission to decide as to what
constitutes ''reasonabla rate
Mr.. La Toilette Will renew the fight
s2lxt winter for a general assessment Of
ilroad properties for the purpose OF
pertaining how much water Is in the
cks OF the companies. But his first
uookht will be for his bill to limit to
sixteen hours the time during which rail 3