Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-01
HIS STEADY ADVANCE
Taft Picking Up Delegates
Every Day.
ONE THING GIVING TROUBLE
Vote of the Colored Man May Arise
to Plague the Secretary.
FORAKER NATIONAL LEAGUE
FORAKER NATIONAL LEAGUE
Effort to Arouse Colored Vote
Throughout the Country to Op-
position to Secretary.

Secretary Taft's presidential boom con-
tinues to make steady progress. He is
picking up delegates here and there every
day. Yesterday he broke even in the
Massachusetts primaries. getting away. 1t
is estimated. with half the strength dis
played in the primaries. In New York
and Brooklyn the victory of Herbert
Parsons indicates that the Roosevelt
Taft forces are still in the ascendancy,
and the sympathetic effect of this demon
stration will ultimately. it is thought, re-
dound to Secretary Taft's benefit. He
even grabbed off couple of delegates
In Speaker Cannons own state this week.
But there are growing indications. the
politicians say. that the vote of tho co..
ored man and brother will yet arise to
plague Secretary Taft 1t will have to be
accounted for at the convention and IN
the election which will follow. The ac-
counting in the election is causing Con.
Germ to both the Taft and antf-Taft fac
tions and is being Aaken into considera-
ton In connection with preIiminaries to
the convention.
National Committee May Act.
1t is said in republican political circles
that If considerable number of contest
ing delegations come to Chicago show
ing that the negro vote in the southern
states has been Disseminated against. in
favor of the lilly whites and federal
officeholders, in conventions selecting
delegates to Chicago the national COM
mittee is likely to take serious notice
of it.
1t is pointed out that the negro vote in
the states where the negroes hold a bal
the administrations attitude in the
Brownsville affair. If. therefore, there
should be added to this existing spirit of
unrest the charge. sustainable by evidence.
that the administration forces In the
southern states had ignored the negro
national committee in making up the tenn
porarys. roll might be inclined to decide
some Of the contests in favor of the negro
delegations. That would mean, If the
policy were carried out all along the line.
the seating of many anti-Taft delegations.
II is said in political circles that the re-
publican leaders at Chicago are likely to
take under very prayerful consideration
the possible subsequent attitude of the
labor vote and the negro vote toward
respective candidates Tor the nomination.
Foraker National League.
The Foraker National League has es-
tablished headquarters at 6O9 F street In
this city. H. G.. Smith. editor Of the Cleve-
land, Ohio Gazette. Is president and DR..
E. w. Hampton, secretary of the financial
department of the \. NJ. E. Church, is
at the head of the advisory committee.
The object of the league is to arouse the
colored vote throughout the country to
opposition to Secretary Taft's candidacy
and to support Senator Foraker for his
action in the Brownsville affair.
The league has issued statement to the
republicans of the south urging them to
resent the Administrations alleged atu-
tude toward the negroes. and charging
that the President has done all he could
10 discourage the real republican party In
the south and is building up a new party
composed of officeholders. who are really
democrats at heart. although willing to
hold office as lilly white republicans.