The Washington bee., 1907-09-28

Roosevelt. Taft Is to be denounced as
the creature of Roosevelt. whose nom
ination to the Presidency will menace
the political well-being of the black race.
Negro leaders here will ask their people
in ali Southern States to cooperate IN
making their influence felt before the
nomination Is made. TO the end that the
Republicans may put forward candi-
date who will not preclude their support
Of the nominee at the polls Coupled
with the anti-Taft declaration will be
another proclaiming the many virtues
of Joseph B. Foraker.
The same political influence behind the
anti-Taft movement endeavored at the
Negro Bec:ist Conference which has
just con. ! its session here to have
anti-R0g e.. resolutions adopted.
Booker Washington came to Washing
n to prevent this action and, with the
aid Of conservative influences in the Ne
gro ranks, succeeded in forcing a COM
promise The resolutions ignored the
Administration, but extolled the virtues
OF Foraker. 1t Is, of course. surmised
that the influences behind the Negro
movement are those which have always
been hostile to the President If per-
severed in it will precipitate contests in
nearly all the Southern States, The
plans Of the Negro leaders provide that
with a declaration on the part OF the
District of Columbia Negroes, early IN
the winter the Negroes of Georgia, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama. South and North Ca
rolina. Texas and other Southern States
shall make similar demands on the par
~. Where the party machinery is in
the hands OF the Lily Whites the Ne
groes intend TO hold their own conven
uons and select their own delegates. In
discussing the plans of the Negroes w.
Calvin Chase. editor of The Bee, said !:
There isn't any doubt about the sue
cess Of our plans in the District We
are determined to make our fight re-
gardless Of the consequences. The ap-
poinment Of Negroes to office viii make
no difference whatever. In Illinois the
Negroes will support the election Of
Cannon delegates. in Indiana they Will
be for Fairbanks, in Pennsylvania for
Knox, In the States where the Lily
Whites" Of the South control the Re
publican organization the Negroes will
send contesting delegates. They viii
certainly elect delegates in most Of the
Southern States. In Cleveland this fail
they VIII vote for Tom Johnson, and ey-
erywhere in national politics they VIII
implicitly obey the orders of Senator
Foraker. As for me. I shall not hesi-
tate 10 PUT the name of the Democratic
candidate at the head Of my paper If any
a very good man. but IS the creature Of
President Roosevelt.
What's the matter with TAFT? He Is
a very good man, but is the cheature Of
Roosevelt
The following Is an amusing note TO
the Editor, with an Associated Press
dispatch;
Planning JFar 0H RooSeysh
Washington, Sept IS. - The Negro
voters Of the National Capital are plan
ming an attack upon President Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft in order to demon
stralc their power here and they also
will appeal to the strength OF the Ne
gro vote throughout the country in the
selection Of the delegates from the Dis
trict OF Columbia to the Republican Ma
tional Convention next year.
Washington citizens have no vote on
anything that counts directly in their
government but they do get a chance
to express their opinions in the seiec-
ton OF delegates to the National Con
yentions.
W. Calvin Chase, the vitriolic editor
OF a Negro newspaper here, The Bee.
is engineering the plan to administer a
rebuke to Roosevelt and Taft for their
action in the Brownsville affair by send
ing TO the next Republican convention
two delegates from the District who vii
steadfasty oppose the Roosevelt pro-
gramme and support the antagonists Of
the Roosevelt policies.
"W c. Chase
"Sir:-Judging from this, l fear you
niggers are erecting for yourselves a
magnificent graveyard. You better call
it off, and call It loud If you don't,
the Republican party, that gave you
birth and gave you freedom. will turn
you over to the Democrats for good
and they won't do thing to you They
love you for your past, and they will
cut you from Government employ.
There will be no coon police. no coon
letter carriers. It will be (Wanted
Help no coon need apply Hotels viii
cut the coon out, and the grave you are
digging will be prosperous.
Don't be a d-n fool Just because