The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-03-22

Those who wish to impress the
world that the Negro soldiers massa-
red the citizens of Brownsville, Tex,
IRE in desperate straits. There has
been so much gushing and flowing
rom every quarter of the country that
he Negro soldiers did raid that Texas
town, that every conceivable EFFORT is
being put forth to substantiate what
has been said with so much infiamma-
-ory vehemence.
The Galveston News, Monday,
March Is, came strutting forth in
Gaming headlines with a great confes-
sion from ore W. ID. Gray, one of the
discharged men of the 25th Infantry.
The News yelled out all has been
made plain, everything has been
cleared up about the Brownsville raid"
by "the confession" That was silly
spoutings for big daily paper; 1t all
lowed itself to be trapped by an over.
Jealous reporter, and itself lacking in
moral stamina to resist the tempting
norsel of dripping sensationalism.
1t is plain that it had caught a
spoonful of smoke from the fact that
before the day had run its course, and
when it was apparent that the editor
of the News would be yanked before
the Investigating Committee of the af-
fair at Washington, d. c., there was
but little time spent in knocking that
confession" OF it's pedestal. Retrac-
ton, recantation, retrenchment, re-
treating were the order of the day and
followed the publication of that con
fession" in quick and rapid success
sion, when it was seen that 1t had
een viewed seriously.
Though no sane person gave it the
cast credence, yet it would be used to
show what desperate quarters those
who wished to malign the Negro SOL
lier were in
The News readily recognized that
its trumped up confession was a dan
Serous boomerang, which would re-
turn and torment it; so it made haste
to get out of the way Oh, that the
News will have sense enough to see
itself as the public sees it--on an in
glorious run.
hat Texas paper has placed itself
in a ridiculous light, and with mollie.
otton-tale instinct took to the tall
timber instanter. That redoubtable,
earnest statesman, Senator Foraker,
of Ohio, who is seeking the truth and
)nly the truth, was preparing to delve
one pace below that confession" and
blow it at the moon He was fixing
mis- coup in the form of a subpoena of
the editor of Galveston News, but that
was obviated by a dispatch announc-
ing the wv. d. Gray Confession"
fake. The News fell completely
down, when it saw the returning
boomerang.
The tribute offered to the fearless
Investigator, John B. Foraker, who is
| working not only in the interest of
truth with reference to the Negro, but
Of his own race as well, is the thanks
of the entire Negro race. There Is
nothing about his method Of procO.
dure that indicates any particular re-
gard for the Negro other than that OF
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air, which has created such a great
stir, have citizens rights.
Senator Foraker has more practical
notions of such phrases as Square
deal" door of hope" rather all men
up than some men down." ETC., tn N
hose who coin such phrases without
ny pm ticular sincerity other than to
atch the public ear and through tick.
'ng its aesthetic sense accomplish
heir own ambitious schemes
Words, coming from however high a
ource, which burst in our faces, leav-
ng us nothing, are hollow moekery.
rhe world knows and sees what sub
terfuges are being resorted to, to fast
en- that Brownsville affair on the Ne
gro soldiers. The howlers are at their
wits end as evinced by the "confes-
sion" by the News and many other
things hatched up but little less SEN
ssational. though lust as false.