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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

The resolutions were unanimously
adopted as reported.
The following were named as del
cgates to the Chicago convention: c..
B. Slemp, Of Big Stone Gap; Alvah
II. Martin, of Norfolk; S. G. Profitt,
Of Floyd, and S. Brown Allen, of
Staunton. Alternatcs, John B. KIM
berly, o. b. Oakley, Henry Bowen,
and B. B. Bowen.
State Senator Noel, Of Penning-
ton Gap, and General J. e. Roller, of
Harrisonburg, were named electors
at-large without opposition.
The convention was almost unani-
mously against continuing tho Negro
In the party councils.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

The tremendous applause evoked
by the bishops remarks indicated
that he voiced the sentiments of the
great body, and it is expected that
the press and Negro masses through.
out the country will join IN. the re-
joicing that is so apparent in this sec
tion, where the blighting hand Of the
Jim crow spirit has been felt SO
painfully
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16
VIRGINIA FOR TAFT,
EXCLUDING COLORED

Lynchburg, Va. April 8.,--The Vir-
ginia republicans in state convention
here tonight adopted resolutions re-
affirming republican principles, en-
dOrsing the Roosevelt administration
and instructing the four delegates
at-large to use all honorable means
to secure the nomination Of William
II. Taft at the Chicago convention,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

The conference, however, proved
to be 'dOuble-header." With Edi-
tor w. Calvin Chase as president and
DR.. J. G. Robinson, Of DAYTON, Ohio
as secretary, a second meeting was
held in the basement Of the Zion
Baptist church, under the called
meeting, and declaration was unan-
imously adopted, to the effect that
all efforts to align the race with any
party not friendly to the civil and
political rights of the Negro is un.
wise, and that the best interests OF
our people will be subserved by SUP.
porting the nominee of the reDubli.
can national convention. 1t was fur
ther declared that "the exercise of
conservatism and far-sightedness is
absolutely necessary at this time
and that all radical speeches or abu.
sivc utteranccs can but do harm to
the race. This address was signed
by W. Calvin Chase, G.. y. Cooley
William II. CahilI, George y. Baincs
and J. G. Robinson. It was the sense
Of the second convention. and their
'Np"' = w INC COuuCIy seems 10 mSSt
with very general endorsement. thai
the Negro voters Of the nation should
be free to express their preferences
Tor president up to the Chicago con
vention and do all they honorably
can to carry off the prize for their
man; but when the result is an
n0unced, we must stand by the nomi
nee, whoever he may be, rather thar
invite disaster by betraying our p2o
pie into the hands Of the party O
Hefin, Tillman, Vardaman and JEFF
Davis.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

Lieutenant Frank w. Check, who
served with Secretary Taft in the
Philippines when the latter was gov
ernor general, and who is able to
speak with authority on the subject,
is out in a strong letter calling at
tentiCn to Mr.. Taft's many acts of
kindness to the dark-Skinncd people
Of the islands and his liberal treat
ment Of the cOlorcd soldiers station
ed there. Lieut.. Cheek, who is a
young man Of excellent Judgment and
conservative in statement, concludes
his splendid letter as follows:
"It has been said that the Filipino
is Of Negro origin. If this be true
and had Secretary Taft the leas;
t1nge Of race prejudice in his make
up, he failed entirely TO show it il
his treatment of these people Hat
he treated them differently, there
might have been some room for the
criticism which are now being hurl-
ed at him without reason by some Of
the cO!ored Would-be leaders of the
country | believe and
know that Secretary Taft has been
one Of the best friends the colored
soldier has had, and should he be
elected to succeed President Roose-
welt, l am sure they will be given
justice, no more and no less than
they deserve"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

His OF
POintTle Philadelphia
Headcr-Taft Continues in Preside ntiaI Race
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

are uninstructed. TVo conventions
were held there but Neither instruct
ed for governor.
The SWishcr$C Claim
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

The presidents language in dis
cusSing the shortcomings Of the roads
and in upholding the authority of the
interstate commission, is very strong
and to the point. He does not enter
into the merits of the separation
question in its moral aspect, but
nails them hard on the square-toed
proposition that, since there is moth
ing in the law. to prevent the seDa-
ration of the races, the state law and
the regulation. Of the interstate COM
mcrcc commission do require that
the accommodations furnished each
race shall be equal; therefore, he
puts 1T up to them to obey this law,
or the. department Of justice will take
steps by injunction or otherwise to
see that the statutes are properly re-
Spected. The presidents attitude is
firm, without the semblance Of blus-
ter, and it looks as if the solution of
one phase Of the so-called Jim crow"
car law is approaching a satisfactory
solution. The plea Of the railroads
that equal accommodation cannot be
furnished Negro passengers without
financial loss will prove to be of no
avail. If they will avail themselves
Of the privilege Of separation, they
must be prepared to stand any loss
or inconvenience occasioned by their
policy. The law must be obeyed to
the letter. The lesson is being taught
by the president that race prejudice
comes high, and If 1t must be indulg-
cd in the dancers will have to pay the
fiddler. The race Is heartened be-
yOnd measure by this straightforward
and unequiVOCal stand of the Dresi-
dent in behalf of the colOred people
Of the south, and his praises are be-
ing sung everywhere because Of it.
Bishop Gaines, presiding over the
Baltimore conference Of the A. NJ. T..
church, which was in session last
week, said to an immense audience
ut Metropolitan church:
II must thank the president for
his effort in trying to secure us prop
er accommodations on railroads in
the south. ] was one Of those who
protested to the interstate commerce
commission in February against the
abOminable accommodations 81 me Of
the roads provided for our people,
and we owe our gratitude to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his strong and
earnest effort to have the railroads
provide for us suitably"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

From the reports brought here by
eye-Wltnesses, the widely-advertised
J race conference" at PHILADELPHIA on
the 7th was a disgraceful farce. The
proceedings, which were Of the star
chamber variety, began with row
and ended with a riot. Only those
we're admitted to the inner recesses
or the charmed circle who would
pledge themselves to support Bryan
IN the event Of the nomination of
Secretary Taft at Chicago. Repre-
sentative men. whose loyalty TO the
best interests Of the race was abso-
lutely unassailable, were refused ad-
mlttance. because they would not
agree to any such dangerous promo
s1tion, and because the managers
feared that their well-laid plans
would be smashed if free thought and
free speech were permitted. Will
nam oMnroe Trotter, editor of the
mud-slinging Boston Guardian, pre-
sided, in consonance with the cut
and-dried program, although the
convention made it plain that it pre-
ferred Bishop Walters. A conscrva-
tive report placed the attendance at
4O, and 1t was said that as many were
on the outside as there were in the
convention. The proceedings inside
went an about as scheduled, for no
opposing delegates were admitted
ana those who would not promise
compliance with the anti-Taft proyis-
ION, were declared ineligible. Among
those who were excluded were: Ed
itor' w. Calvin Chase, Of the Wash
lngton Bee; Editor, A. E. Manning
or the indianapolis World; Editor Fl
Z. e.. AstWood, Of the Defender, and
dpoul ~ otherS. EX-COngresSman
George H. White was excommunica-
ted because he would not take the
extreme position and wanted to have
everybody admitted who had come
10 the conference. A. H. Grimke had
hard time getting in and did not
stop long after he found out that he
was persona non grata. Some of the
participants in the conference were:
Bishop Alexander Waters, Rev. J,
Milton Waldron, Rev. S. l.. Corroth-
ers, Rev. G. w. Lee, Rev r. c.. Ran
otii, A@|'' H. - ". JORDAN, ReV. u. L.
+. Ial1aferro, Rev. w. H. Scott Will
liam Monroe Trotter and Granville
Martin. Prof. Dubois, l.. Nj. Her
shaw and f. II. M. Murray, Of the
washington Horizon, wers conspic,
uouS by their absence, AID the re-
doubtablc James II. Hayes did not
show up, according to The report
handed to your correspondent. The
Philadelphia ministers evinccd little
| interest in the gathering, fearing
that a policy too radical for the wei.
1arc OF the race, would be adopted
and Editor Chris j. Perry took trip
TO Washington. The consensus OF
opinion is that the conference served
no good purpose and may be set down
as 4 failure.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

On this latter point, your CORE
spondent may again very pertinently
quote Bishop Gaines admirable mes
sage to the A. M. r. conference.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

Said this stalwart defender Of Christ
and the church:
lf the democrats gain control Of
this government the Negro will be in
worse position than ever, and 1T is
possible his freedom would ever be
curtailcd. | am not one Of that
crowd Of us who call themselves re-
publicans, and yet would support a
democratic candidate for president
because Of a mistake by the Drcsi-
dent. l believe in fighting the bat
tie with our party, and in voting for
It's nominee, though he may not be
our first choice. 1t Is not right for us
to be SO bitterly dcnouncing the lead
ing white men Of this country, for
II the white IN an, north or south,
unltes against us, Cur condition
would be well-nigh hopeless. I know
many fine men who are democrats,
but the traditions Of the party are
against us. We are under 10000
obligations to the party cr Lincoln,
as it broke the fcttcrS that held you
and nc, when the democratic party
sought to bind them all the tighter"
One Of the visiting ministers said
to your reporter: '<Thc issue here
this proposition: Will the Negro
masses accept the wisdom Of Bish-
op Gaines or will they follow the
ratle-brained Leadership Of William
Monroe TrOtter?"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16
ROOSEVELT

THE PRESIDENT INSTRUCTs GENERAL TO PROCEED
AGAINST ROADS FOR PASsEN GER DISCRIMINATION
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16
Especial e.. Correspondence }

Washington, d. c., April 15.-The
letter of President Roosevelt direct
Ing the attorney general of the Uni
ted States to proceed mediately to
enforce the order Of the Interstate
separating white and colOred passen-
gers must furnish equal accommoda-
tions for the same money, comes to
the suffering Negores Of the south
ern states as a draught of fresh air
In superheated chamber Of horrors
The letter was inspired by series OF
significant incidents. First, there
was the suit Of Georgia Edwards, a
colored woman, against the Nash
Vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis rail-
road, in which 1t was clearly estab-
lished that this road practiced dis
elimination in the matter of accom-
modations furnished white and color
ed passengers, the latter getting an
inferior service. Then came the pro-
test of the colored bishops Of the
A. M. E. church, who brought for
ward convincing evidence that not
only the road in question was guilty
Of evading the order Of the interstate
commerce commission, but that the
Southern, Seabord Air Line and 9TH
or lines were likewise ignoring the
plainy-expressed edict. Then, the
commission, to satisfy itself as to
the correctness Of the allegations
made by many colored persons trav-
cling In the south, carried on an in
vestigatiOn on It's own account, send
ing out trusted and intelligent COL
ored man to make a trip on the va
r1ous roads, to attempt to secure the
same accommodation for his money
as was being accorded the whites,
and to report his experience to the
commission. To make assurance
doubly sure, the commission detail
ed two white inspectors to follow the
colored man and to overhear the re-
quests made of the roads by him, to
note the replies OF their ticllet-sell-
ers and other officials, anu to take
cOSnizance of the treatment received
by him at every turn. AS a result,
tho conditions complained Of by the
bishops and other reputable colored
people were more than verified The
service offered the secret emissary of
the commission was even worse than
had been pictured by any Of the pre-
vions complainants, and the evil
dence was such that the president
and the commission felt warranted
in taking vigorous steps at once to
correct the, evils which have been
making travel such terrible ordeal
that many Negroes refrained from
patrontzing the railroads rather than
endure the disgusting conditions i'm
posed upon them.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

Continued ON page two.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-16

Continued on page two.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01

ing. Dut at me end OF three weeks they
gave up in despair and advised the ex-
press company TO pay the money. Not
until it was put in the hands Of his IA
Their would the boy locate the much
wanted man. Parsons was at once ar
rested and locked up. He had enough
Of the money left to secure good couD-
sci, and when the case came to trial
very singular state of affairs was
made known. There was a law that
would have sent him to prison for con-
verting the contents of a letter to his
own use, but there was no law to COW
er an express package. The only re-
course of the express company was a
civil suit to recover the sum. and Par
sons had nothing to attach. AS a mat
ter of fact be was set at liberty and
never troubled. and. though parliament
had the living example before 1t. IL
was four years later before a law waI
enacted to cover such cases.
III QUAD
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01

cuts all the top and does not pull up
trash. Each beam is attached to the
pulling bar with a hook and drop link.
Through the middle is an inch rod mn
through thimbles, one being slIpped
over each beam. This makes the bar-
row flexible. BY withdrawing the inch
rod and unlocking from the nulIInc
par IL can be sheltered In very small
space. A boy can handle 1t. The har-
row is very easy to draw. The beams
oelng near the ground, act as Jewelers.
whiie the teeth cover and stir tho
ground thoroughly. 'Ne
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
Sometime
New!

Under the new management OF
the Rietmann Hotel everything
has been placed in a clean, SAM
tary condition-newly papered
and new furnishings installed
A trial will convince you that
it is a fine place to put up at
while in Troy.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
FINE COMB HARROW.

An Implement That Is Flexible md
Easy to Draw.
The harrow herewith illustrated and
originally described by a New Jersey
farmer in an exchange is eight feet
long by four feet wide, with eight
teeth in each beam. The teeth should
be Of hve-eighths inch steel and put
through not more than two inches.
This makes fine comb harrow which
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
Results of Various Experiments at this
Nebraska Station.


In some spraying tests against apple
scab carried on at the Nebraska ex-
pertinent station the varieties of apples
used were Sweet June, Winesap, Maid
en- Blush, Jonathan and Rails Genet
Bordeaux was the solution used. The
first two varieties named were young
trees, five and eight years old respec-
lively The other varieties were old
trees. The Maiden Blush and Winesap
were sprayed only once, May % for the
former ana May % for the latter, In
both cases after the blossoms had
fallen and in case of the Winesap even
after the calyx lobes had closed The
Sweet June, Jonathan and Rails Genet
were sprayed at different times The
prevalence OF scab on the sprayed and
unsprayed trees was first determined
approximately by simply examining
from 100 to 200 fruits per tree. Later.
when the apples were picked. all the
fruits except in case of Jonathan were
examined and the amount of scab on
different trees determined more accu-
rately.
In Records of the Tests.
In the records of the tests given
two or three facts stand out with spe-
cial prominence. The unsprayed fruit
was very scabby, running from about
90 per cent in case of Jonathan to so
per cent with Winesap. The first
spraying, April 90 and 81, when the
leaf buds were just opening, afforded
no protection to the fruit. Trees
sprayed late in April and not sprayed
afterward had fully as scabby fruit
as unsprayed trees. The third spray
Ing, May % and %. gave very good re-
suits. Winesap trees sprayed only
once late In May showed only about 10
per cent of scabby fruit as against 80
per cent for unsprayed trees, and
Maiden Blush only per cent of scab
on sprayed as against 60 per cent on
unsprayed trees. The second spray
ing, May Z and 8, while beneficial in
practically all cases, was not quite SO
effective in controlling scab as the
later spraying
The Best Results.
The best results followed two spray-
ings, one early and one late in Nav
This is well shown in case of Sweet
Of ''-~@N eA ohSki Cu lItt udQ 10
per cent of scab, one sprayed May 8
~ per cent, one sprayed May % 20
per cent and another sprayed on both
May 8 and % only per cent.
Injuries to Fruit.
Some of the apples, notably Jona-
than, were injured considerably by the
of May %. The fruit was
badly rusted on one side. In the worst
cases the injury took the form of one
sided development OF the fruits.
Whether the injury was due to an
overdose of the spray, to improperly
made bordeaux, to the green arsenoid
used with the bordeaux or to the ex-
treme tenderness of the Jonathan
fruits, am unable to say.-R. A. EN-
erson in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-01
SHEEPMEN WANT DAMAGES
FROM SHELTER COMPANIES
Claim That Animals Were Killed as
Result Of Eating Food Which Had
Been Poisoned by Smoke.

Salt Lake City.-Two actions were
begun on Monday in the United States
court against smelling companies by
sheepmen, who claim that their ami.
mails were killed as the result of eat
ing food on the range which had been
poisoned by smelter smoke and fumes,
and also for damages to their land by
reason Of deposits thereon OF poison
Gus matter.
The two actions are brought by the
same plaintiffs, but against separate
defendants. In each case total
amount of damages of $10,S50 is ask
ed, in addition to $4,000 punitive
damages. The plaintiffs in both cases
are Charles J. Shoup and Frederick
D. Jaynes, doing business under the
firm name of Shoup & Jaynes. The
defendant In one case Is the United
States Smelling company, and I'm the
other the Utah Consolidated Mining
company. 1t is alleged that in the fall
and winter of 1906-O7 the plaintiffs
lost 300 head of sheep, of a value Of
$3.50. by reason of the poison negli-
gently permitted to be deposited on
the land, and in 1908 there died 1,Oee
sheep of the value of $4,000. The
land, 1t is claimed in each complaint,
has been damaged to the extent OF
Sc, 900.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-01
CHINESE RUSHING
INTO KOREA
Are Displaying Great Energy De.
veloping Business Opportunities
Despite japanese Occupation.
Many Of the Native Koreans Are
Leaving Their Country to Become
Russian Subjects, Says M.
Shlpoff, Former Minister
Of Finance.

st. Petersburg.-M. Shipoff, former
minister Of finance. returned here
Sunday after a FIVE months trip In
the far east He visited Japan, China
and Siberia on special government
mission, the result of which he has
embodied In a report to the emperor.
M. Shipoff expressed himself optimis-
tically regarding conditions in the ex-
IRENE Orient, which he said is rapid
ly recovering from the period of de-
preston following the war. He Is
convinced from conversations which
he has had with prominent men of all
shades Of opinion in Toxic that hos
tilities between the United States and
Japan at present are out of the ques-
ton. M. Shipoff was greatly i'm
pressed by Chinese activity in the
colonization of. Korea. Although faced
by the prospect of japanese occupa-
ton Of the province, the Chinese are
rushing thousands of settlers into
that country and are displaying the
greatest energy in developing bust
ness opportunities, opening mines
and planning railroads. This tide of
colonization, he said, has offered an
inspiring example to Russia, which is
confronted by similar task in the
of Siberia. Many of the
native Koreans, however, are leaving
the country to become Russian sub
jects, rather than remain under Jap
anese sovereignty.
M. Shipoff carefully avoided COM
ment on Japanese activity in Man
churia, but 1t was his opinion that
China would have to submit to the
objections offered by Japanese to the
construction Of new railroad, as
Japan is fully prepared to support her
demands.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-01
Los Angeles Gets Convention.

Denver, Colo.-H. A. Jastro OF Bak.
ersheld, Cal, was unanimously elect.
ed president of the American National
Livestock association at the closing
session OF its eleventh annual conven-
ton on Thursday succeeding Mnrdo
Mackenzie of Trinidad, Colo. who
had served two terms and declined
mously selected as the place for the
convention next year. A resolution
was adopted asking congress to estab.
lish minimum rate OF twenty miles
per hour for stock trains, except
where physical conditions prevent.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-01
ATTEMPT TO MAKE A
REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL
Plan to Asssssinate Premier Franco
and Cause Serious Uprising Is
Promptly Nipped In Bud.

Lisbon.-An abortive attempt to
overthrow the monarchy and pro-
claim Portugal a republic has been
nipped in the bud by the prompt ac-
tion of the government. The plot was
organized by small group OF ad-
ivanced republicans. AS near as can
he ascertained, the plan was to as
sassinate Premier Franco and then
depend for success upon street ris-
tings supported by secret republican
land labor organizations armed with
bombs and revolvers.
The conspirators intended to take
advantage of various festivities to
carry out the coup d'etat. The royal
family was at villa Vicosa, entertain
ing the Duke of Abruzzi Most Of
the army and navy officers who were
lin the city were attending a gala per-
torrance at the theatre, while many
of the chief functionaries of state
were present at magnificent ball at
one Of the legations.
The police discovered what was in
the wind early In the evening of jan
mary card, and surrounded house
where the ringleaders In the plot
were comforting. When they broke in
the doors the lights were extin-
guished and In the confusion that fol-
lowed most of the conspirators man.
aged to make their escape. Several
of them were captured, however, in
GLIDING the leader. Joao Chagas, a re-
publican journalist, who was promi.
nent in the republican revolt Of 1891;
Franka Berger, editor of the Mundo.
and a merchant named Grendella. A
case Of revolvers and bombs was
found In the cellar.
From papers captured 1t was evi.
dent that the conspiracy was badly
organized and premature. The leader
has always been an active revolution
list. After the revolt in 1891 he es-
capped to Brazil. and subsequently,
being pardoned by amnesty, returned
to Portugal
AS the details Of the plot are In the
hands OF the police, other arrests are
expected.