The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-26

investigated by a committee of Con- gress. with Foraker to manage. Of course the latter proved to his own satisfaction that there was no truth lin the charge. We do not now call to mind the exact nature or tenor of the proof submitted by Crozier, and cam not see how he arrived at the pori. tive conclusion he claims to have reached.
 But why this rehash of old newsf Evidently there was something behind it. and 1t is more than probable that Foraker has new card up his sleeve and intends to make another effort to discover or manufacture capital for himself by playing on the dissatisfac- tion of the negro voting element of the North. What he expects to gain by it we do not know, unless 1t is that he wants to obtain revenge on his own party for it's failure to endorse his po- sition. Little attention as we pay to the colored vote down here there are parts of the Northern States where | that vote can defeat the Republicans in any election, If the negroes should vote solidly. On this line the follow ing. from The Springfield (Mass.) Re- publican. is interesting:
 The most significant feature of the | Democratic victory in the city elec- l ton in New Haven, last week, seems | to have escaped general attention It
 is declared by Republican workers | who actively engaged in the campaign,
 that New Haven's considerable negro vote. which has hitherto been Repub- lican was this year cast almost sol
 idly in favor of the Democrats. Not
 much noise was made by negro agi- tators before the election, but they
 were known to be quietly at work, and it is believed by Republican leaders that the negroes of one ward. in which there is very large negro popula-
 tton, voted the Democratic ticket al- most to the last man. The cause of this detection from the Republican ranks was, of course. the bitterness over the Brownsville affair. The out side agftatorsswho were at work in New Haven Are credited with having had hand in turning the negro vote of, Baltimore in favor of the Demo- cratic candidate for mayor there last spring. 1t Is figured by Republican leaders in New Haven that the change In the negro vote was almost enough alone to account for the upset of their ticket. It is. recognized that there was some hostility to the dominant Repub- lican machine on the part of silk stock fngs and other reformers, but the part played by such voters is regarded as havfngSbeen very much less important than that of the colored brethren. Here is another significant indication Of what may possibly be expected of the negro voters through the country in the national election next year. particularly if the Republican nominee should be Taft--or Roosevelt.
 Now, although this manner of ac.. counting for the Republican defeat may have been intended to take away some of the Democratic pride over the vic- tory, the detection of the colored vote doubtless had much to do with the re- suit. and that defection is just what may take place elsewhere in the North. Some of the most prominent and influ- ential organs of the race have persis- tently criticized and condemned the President for what they allude to as his nasty and unjust action" in dls- missing without honor the negro sol- diers who wene charged with the Brownsville riot. We repeat that so far as the effect on the negroes is con- cerned it makes little difference wheth- CT Roosevelt was altogether right or partly wrong; the colored people con- demn his action and will make their dissatisfaction felt when they can. Possibly this alleged news sent out from Washington Is part of a new move in the Foraker game.