The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-25
The President in NASHVILLE.


Gus life, the ever determined Theodore
Roosevelt decorated as it were with
stars and stripes, national colors and
bunting of all kinds, and its streets
thronged with thousands and thou
sands of anxious people, eager to get
one glance at this distinguished guest, |
the Negro citizenship was cringing un-
der possibly the greatest insult and the
most absolute disregard of their citi-
zens right they had ever been sub
jected to. There is no denying the
fact that it is the right of every
American citizen to say Our Presi-
dent" but this right, when it is re-
served to party lines, is strictly a pat
ent word of the Republicans. Yet that
party of late years has tried and is
still trying, from all appearances in
the last campaign, to add or prefix
Lilly white" to it. Yet Our Presi-
dent" was elected by the Republicans,
and notwithstanding he rolled up the
greatest majority ever recorded, it is
known that the Negro of the South,
the Middlewest and in the doubtful
states, contributed no little to this
handsome majority. While the South
as q rule, especially through the press,
was heaping criticism upon top OF
criticism, calling the candidate upon
the Republican side every conceivable
name, and advising the South as well
as the North that it would be dan
gerous thing to return such man to
the Office many of them declaring that
he was dangerous, uncertain and un-
reliable, yet the Negro voter with that
determination and with that silent adj
miration with which he has always
held the Republican party cast solid
straight ballot for Our President"
Many of them hoped that the time
would come when they would have an
opportunity to show a greater devotion
and higher esteem. This time was
, set for when the President came South,
but it was not to be so. They were not
to be given this representation, and
especially were they to be denied every
opportunity to get a respectable repre-
sentation.
: Mr.. Vardaman, who opposed President
Roosevelt. has said many hard things
!, against him, and from the present dis
5 patches it would seem that he is stand
}, ing alone and still contending and OBJ
/ iecting to even meeting with him
}, But in some sections of the South
}, the men that have belittled him, warn
d ing others against him and advising
e that the government was not safe with
|. him as its chief, have been among the
( first to run over each other in theil
a endeavor to give him the glad hant
n and a sunny south smile. His recep
W ton in Nashville was an instance to b.
a referred to. The long list of $50 mem
n bers of the reception committee wa
it peculiarly conspicuous, and will g
it down in history with the record tina
er not one Negro was appointed to serV
ID on it. Hence there are no Negroes /
ID Nashville, so as far as manly recogn
ton were concerned, if Mr. Roosevelt
were to Judge from the personnel
the committee, that received hin
which was composed of Germans
at Italians, Jews, Polanders, Swede
d. and. in fact, all the mixed American
III save the Negro.
ne Seeing that the most loyal part {
az the citizenship of this nation wf
'Ue about to be ignored, a meeting We
ed called among the Negroes and it W;
es- decided at once to make protest M
no ior Wills, veteran of the G. A.
rs and the incumbent of the post-otfi'
mn Postmaster and Custodian)) was co
en- suited on the matter. He was asked
on, there were to be any Negroes on t
reception committee, to which he
piled. 81 do not know. This matt
, does not come under my part of t
- work. The board of trade invited t
airy President here, and they will have t
liza ARRANGEMENT of all the program.
nth would refer you to the board OF ira,
SEES Mr.. Shannon is the Secretary and y
ere could possibly get the informant
1es, from him" A representative of
H. committee got in direct communicate
Irs. with Mr.. Shannon of the board
ma trade. He was called and when ash
Irs. if there had been any Negroes
)yd, pointed on the committee, he repl
INA in the negative When asked If tn
and would be any, he stated that he
,ert- not know. That this matter wo
Mss come up before special commit
KY, that was in session, of which one
Mr. Wrenne was the chairman The
fur resentative of the Negroes commi
ohm asked Mr.. Shannon, as president OF
j, heard Of trade, to 60 before the c