The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-19
MOVES
| FOR NEGRO VOTES
HOLDS coNFE RENEE WITH THE
BLACK BISHOPS ON PoLITI-
CAL SITUATION.
HAS FEAR OF FORAKER
In the South as Result of Brownsville
incident and Hastily Calls on
Appointees and Cturmen
For Aid.

Washington ID. c.. April 18.-Much
political significance Is attached here
Ito the conference held today by the
president with W. T. Vernon. the ne
gro regis rar of the treasury, and
bishops Grant and Gains OF The Afri
can Methodist Episcopal church Both
tho bishops have large influence
among their race, politically and 9TH
lerwise, and are said to be willing to
help all they can.
Registrar Vernon comes ffom Kan
sas, and to him will be intrusted the
work of lining up he colored votes in
the fight for del gates to the national
convention. The Importance Of secur-
! ing the assistance of the leading
/ churchmen grows out OF the criticism
voiced against the administration for
I the course taken in discharging the
Ii gro troops MS 4 result Of the
Brownsville affair The president does
not intend to allow Senator Foraker
to capture any cf the southern states
by the fight he has made in defense
OF the negro soldiers if he can help
IT,
Negroes Start Fight on Roosevelt.
The vote of the south IN states in
the next national convention promises
to play a greater part in affairs than
heretofore supposed In Georgia and
other southern ttates the negroes,
who absolutely control all state con
ventions. have begun to organize
against the president. i
This IL notably true in Georgia, |
where Judson w. Lyons, who was
ousted fro mths registrarship in favor
OF Vernon, has a mighty strong fol- |
Loving. As matters now look, ma
jority Of the southern delegations are
lost to the president. In all these |
states the white appointees are for
the president, but they cut very little |
figure compared with the negro vote,
which dominates nearly all county |
and state conventions. 1t is within |
the power of the negro leaders to pre-
vent any one the president favcrs |
from getting a single vote from the |
south unle SIS X should be from Ten
nessee or Kentucky, or possibly Flor
ida
Appointments Made as Balm.
At present the negro vote in the |
south appears friendly to Foraker and |
Fairbanks and is growing stronger
for them every day. The outlook Is |
decidedly unsatisfactory to the pres
ident. who has put into execution sew
eral plans to win back this vote. One
of them was the recent appointment
of Ralph w. Tyler of Ohio as auditor
for the navy department. Another is
the selection of Pearl Wight of Louis
lana as commissioner of internal rev
enue to succeed John w. Yerkes.
Wight is the Republican national
committeeman of Louisiana and Is |
supposed OF be able to control the ne
gro vote of that state. He is looking
after the delegates from Louis ana,
and he viii have charge of the fight
in all the southern states.
Newell Sand rs Republican state
chairman Of Tennessee. has come out
for the president for a third term,
and II is understo d he is able TO do
msch toward carrying out his desires
in his state He is a wealthy manu-
facturer in Chattanooga. with love
for politics and v ling ness to spend
some money in the game.
Railroad Stocks Poor Investment
President Roosevelt does not think
the stock cf any railroad company a
good investment for the trust funds
of an estate. This was the statement
he made today at the White House
in the course of an interview with
former Governor Larrabse of Iowa.
Governor IArrabee. who Is in favor
of far reaching amendments to the In
terstate commerce law, urged on the
president the need Of legislation 10
prevent over capitalization the neces-
sity of a valuation OF the roads. and
the danger of allowing railroads to
make traffic agreements. On valua
tion he was insisient
Would you. In the present stale
Of things. il trustee Of an estate. buy
railroad socks for investment" he
asked. The president said he would
rot
Would you buy the stock Of a na-
onai bank?~ was another Of his
questions. Mr. Roosevelt replied that
he would.
That" said Mr Larrabee. answers
the whole c-esiion as to whether the
railroads should be subjected to rigid
government con- roi.