The Washington bee., 1908-10-03


! tional Baptist Convention, this week.
In a letter TO Lawyer Albert :. White
who called his attention to the state
Iment Of Preacher Corrothers that he,
| Judge Taf) had taken a stand that
the 18th amendment ought to he re-
pealed as an imperative law, the Re
publican nominee denounces the said
! Corrothers as a liar. 1t is not likely
that the colored Republican managers
vii pay any serious attention to the
three or four sensationalists in charge
of the opposition, but viii devote
their energies to the more pleasing
and beneficial task of singing the
praises of the Republican party for
the glorious things it has done for
| the race in the past and to emphasize
! the patent fact that our only hope for
q continuance of the constructive and
prosperity-producing policies of the
Mckinley-Roosevelt era, IS to retain
the grand old party of freedom ana
civic equality at the helm of state.
! The people stand more in need of
accurate and reliable information con-
cerning the history and tendencies of
both of the parties, than they do Of
venomous denunciation of either. Let
the truth be told and it will not be
difficult to forecast the action of the
intelligent colored voter on election
day. In the opinion of those best in
formed, there is not the slightest rea-
son to fear a slump or a revolt of the
Negro voters on the 3rd of Nvember.
BY common consent, it seems that
the Brownsville episode is not to
figure as an issue of this campaign.
| There Is no good reason why it should
be lugged in bodily, and is pressed
only by those who seek to make CAPT
tai out Of it against the administra-
ton The whole truth IS, the matter
IS in the hands of Congress and is
we'll on its way to adjustment BY
agreement with the Republicans. ir-
Guiding Senator Foraker himself. the
case was postponed until December
10 The Republicans differed only
as to the manner in which the BLACK
! Battalion might be restored to the
army; the Democrats opposed their
| restoration under any circumstances,
and would turn them all out if the.
could have their way. These facts
are as plain as the nose on a man
face; so there is no issue. \ Repub-
lican victory is essential, not only to
make it possible for the BLACK Bat
talon" to secure a proper hearing
but to maintain the four colored reg
iments in the army establishment. Be
sides, the President has assumed the
full responsibility in the Brownsville
matter and Judge Taft has nothing
to do with it.
The real concern of the colored
citizen is with the composition of the
Supreme Court. We shall find it u
our interest to see to it that a ma
iority of our friends are held on this
court of last resort, or we are apt to
wake up some fine morning and dis
cover that our citizenship, as guar
anteed by the War Amendments, has
been decided out of our hands,
Within the next four years, several
members of the present Bench viii
retire for old age or pass away
| If Bryan should be elected President
he will name as their successors, Jus
tices in harmony with his party on the
race question. a Republican Court
may one day face the "jim-crow' car
laws, the disfranchising amendments,
and any phase of the civil rights pro-
blem. With such a court, and good
case. we have a fighting chance. With
! a Democratic court, tradition would
settle the whole thing and the black
man. however meritorious his cause,
would not have a "look-in.' So, the
cue of the campaign is Look well to
| the Supreme Court when you cast
your vote
A representative of the Interstate
! Commerce Commission was in At
lanta last week, taking testimony in
the case of the Methodist Bishops, the
complaint being that the railroads OF
the South are failing to furnish ths
equal accommodations to colored
people in the separate coaches as re
quired by law. The Bishops made out
a strong case. and as the administra-
! ton is in full sympathy with their et-