The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-02
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9 sign that thsy are to vote against,
the republic no minee. >f%s a. q ms IS
..$&SI y Where negro Vote C,nnnt, 81, 81

Where Negro Vote Counts.
IN six Son&ressional = districts ;in
OHIO the SUCCESS Of the republican
candidate depends largely upon the
Negro vote. I'm five more districts I'M
the state the Negro vote Is & potent
factor for Success or failure. This
exclusive OF The First district, repre-
sented by, Nicholas Longworth,. which
LAS q largerS percentage of black VOC
ters than any Nother district In !; the
state. In th1IsThird district, repre-.
Fsented bySJohH E. Harding, there are.
1,940 1Negt1Syo Mr.. Hardftip,s
plurality at the last election was
|73O. In thetSeYenth Cor Springfeld}
district, represented by %,J. Warren
Keifer, q, 92SRsyotes were cast by Ne
groes at tha$last election, and aan
Refers majority was only 2,27T.%Ss3,
The district 3ef Representative Az.
bert Douglas, S0f Chillcothe, the E1ev-
enth, contains. 1,758 Negro voters.
and Mrs. Douglas S majority at,stha
last election was only 32O.. Repres1.
sentative Grant e. Mouser,s! district
the Thirteenth has 419 black votes
and gave It's lcoh gresham plurality
OF 272. Benan 6. Dawes, of Mariet-
ia, representssthe Fifteenth district.
which is MADE up of five counties
HIS plurality iatEthe last election was
1,41S and 960scolored voters were
enlisted for his success. There are
1876 black voters in the Eighteenth
district, now Represented by James
Kennedy, Of youngstown, whose
plurality at the last election was :
844. ~ -. xttsSs ''~ 10y - ;
1t will be readily seen from these
hgures that imgall Of the districts en-
umerated theSsuccess Of the republt.
can nominees depends largely. upon
the colored votes. ~. ~
IN the foll9Rihg districts the COL
ored vote VIII prove a potent factor
IN the coming: election s,if an analv-
SIS OF previous election returns connts
Tor anything. IN the Eighth district
which elected Ralph D. Cole by q ma
Jor1ty of % ,869, there are 1,241 col
ored voters I'm the Tenth district of
Henry Il. -Bannon's majority Of q :
tzlO there were 1904 Negro votes
Edward LHfTaylor, in the Tenth dis
trlcc, received a majority of 4 TAO.
or which 1889 were cast by Negroes.
y the Fourteenth, J. f. Laning's ma
Jorlty was 1859, which included 683
votes from Negro republicans. More
than half Of Capell l.. Weems's ma
Jorlty was made, up Of the votes of
Negro men: His majority was 20
Kl and the Negro vote cast was
l,G64. = 10 H.. ,.. 49,.
Nick's Scat in Danger.
.onder pormal conditions; Niche.
las LeQgWorthy, will not. be re-elected
to- congress in November unless tbe
Negro .yotersfiq, his district support
MIN. There are 4,997scolored voters
I N Cincinnati ~. gDnditibns{ I'm Mr.
L'oongworthfs district viii be watcbad
with the keenesk interest by renuhlt-
cans In every part of Ohio: IL the
Negroes do not intend to support the
republican ticket In. Ohio this fall
their opposition will manifest itself
IN the Cincinnati district early in The
campaign: 1t IS to-. be expected that
II the resentment. felt among the No.
groes toward Mr.. Roosevelt is. to he
expressed at the polls, it will be
sharply and pointedly directed. to-
ward Mr.. Roosevelt's son-in-iaw.
cincinnati is not the only civ IN
the state with large block Of Negro
voters. Here in Cleveland it is esti-
Inated that there, are, about 24OO
IN columbus there: are 1855, in Dav.
ION LIZA and in Springfield 1853
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