The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-11
!. 4. 4. 4. STORY !. /: !:
Qf Disturbance at
81 Z: Brownsville
viii J he Told by Foraker ON
tho Stump in Ohio and the
Innocence of Colored ;:
.~1< Troop. Will DE
-. Shown =. :..~

on the night Of August 49,. 1905.
took recess this afternoon until
May IA. When it resumes it's INQUIRY
II Will examine a string of witnesses
VINO Claim to have been on the streets
the night OF the affray. 1t Is the tes-
tlmony OF these witnesses upon which
the president acted when he dis-
missed the battalion Of Negro troops.
ihey Will have to undergo a rigid
crosS-examination by Senator For
aker, who has Insisted all along that
the colored soldiers were not guilty
OF the shooting and that it Is yet to
be proved that they were participants
In the melee, =.
The Ohio Senator contends that
the Investigation thus far in no sense
tends to- establishing the guilt of the
eoioredN 1nfaRtrymen. On the con-
trary, he maintains, every bit Of tes-
t1mopy given Is favorable to the dis
charged battalion. He places much
reliance upon the evidence of the
Wn1te officers who have been on the
st9 nd the last week or ten days, and
pave expressed the firm belief and
CONVICTION that the shooting was not
done by any Of their men. 1t must
be admitted that the testimony, Of
fered by the officers Is Of great I'M
portance and sisnif'canca haoorso
every one of them who eave a,,ch
evidence has run the rick of ,nour-
ring the displeasure OF the Prasident
and that. to any arnv or naval of'
ficer is a serious thing, IT renn,rad
moral courage of q high order qo,.
these officers to give Testimony of
that character when thew know that
their statements might unfavorahTv
affect their future career
Eorat,a,,s con,n,.a,+
In thIs connaction + ra.r h -,
no,uond +hot't a. - ICY p9 an
noso >of. ,sanator Fora1,ap - % p"i-
offfcIaIlv WIN and nv wh -, a.at 80
eourt4niartial that ranan+,rye t,su IttS
Major, Panrosai moor, n ro : "a Il a., sts
aar iicf ti1e "a ecl ara a., tS,f +,,a NJ
Egro 81 ff8 ~
EThe Conrt was cnnvs+ -, y = 49,
pose of ascerfainine WI hatber Pen-
rose. the commandinp oannr ne ~
battalion, was derelict on tho n,aht
of Aueust "a and # acnu3ttad bS,,,
II sunIemented ita vardint honva1rnr
by the statement that ~ ho+ta1,o,
had committed tho ontraoa nnon 80
town of RrownaviIlo NJ. Eonot,au
I IN
military annals for.a conrt- IN it'll -
report q verdict of gui1tv apoioet ~
organization under such oiro,n,
stances. He savs tho Court NOD Ok
solutely no right to daclare the hat-
TALON guiltv without poine tbronah
even the formalitv of . bearinu md
according the members of The tbree
companies. a chance to he heard 10.
fore the Brownsville inouirv Is ended
it Is quite likely that the officers rom~
posing the conrt-martlal will he call
ed uDon for an exnlanation .of thar
action.
Now that the Mi1itarv Com,n,ttae
has taken recess Mr. Forakor viii
be able to go back to Ohio tn enfer
upon his fight for the RenIrbIican In
dorsement for the Presidential nom
nation and for reelection To his
present office, He has considerable
work to clear up within the next few
days,and homes to he able to 1eave for
Cincinnati Sunday evening n he 10
unable to get away by that time he
will 20 direct to Canton two dava
later, where, on April 10, he Is slated
for O. speech. It Is his DurDose to
spend most OF his time in Ohio until
the Brownsville Investigation Ia re-
sumed. In some Of his speeches he
will review the evidence already adj
duced at the Brownsville hearing and
undertake to demonstrate that upon
the strength Of it no fairminded, un-
prejudiced jury would ever have con-
victed the Negro soldiers. Politi-
clans here are awaiting with excep-
tional interest the Senator'S utter
ances in Ohio, for they anticipate that
he will discuss public questions in O
bold and fearless manner and say
some things about the President and
the National Administration which
almost any man would hesitate to
speak.