The sun., 1908-09-16
NEGROES GO WILD OYER TAFT
a. NJ. u. CONFERENCE TURNED
INTO BIG RATIFICATION.
Avoids Politics In Address, but
Preachers, 1000 strong, Pass Resolu.
tons OF Endorsement and sins His
Praises SO as to Bc Heard fer Blocks.

CINCINNATI. Sept. i5.-Mr. Taft de-
livered an address here tonight In
Allen Temple before 1000 negroes. many
Of them ministers of the Gospel. The
occasion for the candidates. speech was
the Annual Conference Of the Ohio Afri-
oan Methodist Episcopal Church.
1t was the first time Mr.. Taft had spoken
before an audience Of negroes since the
campaign opened and he was enthusiasts
tioally received The candidate was es-
oorted from his brothers home to the
temple by delegation from the Confer
enoe. While his speech was not Of q
political character he availed himself Of
the opportunity TO express his views on
lynching and mob violence.
"As the colored people grow more in
telligent." said he "as they have better
defined society," as their leaders increase
In numbers. intelligence and influence
II is inevitable that the race bitterness
becomes harder for them to bear and their
sense Of its injustice increases.
Il don't know that the race bitterness
is any stronger to-day than 1t ever was.
For length OF time 1t seems to be alto
gether abated and then there will be an
outbreak. mob will be formed, develop
ing the most fiendish cruelty. manif festing
itself in the blindest and most unreason-
able assaults upon perfectly innocent
people simply because Of their color.
1T is only fair TO say that such british
exhibitions are not confined to any one
section. 1t is impossible TO read accounts
Of this sort without having ones blood
boil with indignation that there can re-
side In the human breast such savage
and beastly impulse and motive. But
we must remember two things: First,
that In spite Of our education and refine
ment and progress toward Christian ideals
We still retain In our nature great deal
Of the original animal, and. second. that
the spirit Of mob seems to be different
disclose a more insensate and inhuman
state Of impulses than It would be pos
sible to find In any one Of it's members.
The best remedy and the necessary
one. Is an Improvement In the admins
tration Of our criminal laws and the
holding to strict account Of the officers
Of the law who do not use all possible
means to prevent and suppress such out
breaks
Il cannot too strongly condemn the at
itude Of those public men who in their
discussions Of the negro question use
language calculated TO arouse in the
ignorant a deep contempt for the negro
race and an altogether unfriendly at
totude toward 1t. They must be held
responsible for much Of the feeling that
manifests itself in the contumely beaped
upon the negro at times and the actual
cruelty exhibited toward him.
-On the other hann. believe sincerely
that all through the South q very much
better feeling Is growing among many
classes Of citizens toward the negro.
They know that he is q most important
element in their industrial progress.
mate him from their civilization 10 fatu-
GUS, that this 10 the only country he has
and this Ia the only flag he can live under,
and they have finally come to see that
the best thing possible. morally, pecuni-
arily. industrially and politically, 10 that
the negro should be encouraged to add
to his intelligence and to his Independence
as an industrial factor In society,"
Mr.. Taft said he was convinced from
his experience in the Philippines that
the secret OF success OF the negro race
is largely dependent on the spread Of
industrial education among them. At
the same time Mr., Taft believes the negro
ought to be encouraged In the matter
few who acquire it may give helping
hand TO the other members OF their race.
After Mr.. Taft had spoken Bishop w.
Derrick OF Chicago. the presiding elder,
turned the conference into political
meeting by delivering hot Taft speech.
al fArft aotA hA
through the tobacco fields OF Maryland
and Virginia. through the rice fields Of
the Carolinas, through the cotton patches
Of Alabama. Mississippi and Texas that
the negro knows his friend and will stand
by him."
to their feet and for Ave minutes there
was a tremendous uproar.
Then somebody introduced a set Of
resolutions indorsing Taft and the Re-
publican party and the conference adopted
them with shout. After that ali Joined
In singing q negro campaign song to the
tune Of Marching Through Georgia.
II this mornings proceedings are
any indication Of what front porch cam
paign in Cincinnati would have been
like II is Just as well from Republican
viewpoint that this method Of getting at
the voters has been abandoned.
W OTu C1llUe uOWn OTStuHelO,
Ind. several days ago that 1000 excur-
sionists would be on hand to greet the
candidate at II O'Clock this morning. 1t
wasn't 10 be regularly organized political
delegation, but a lot OF the Greenfield home
folks were going to run down TO Cincinnati
to take in the sights and they would like
to call on Judge Taft
Well, they got here all right, all there
were Of them. BY actual count I2O
troopei in from the excursion train. They
were hot under the collar because a
crowd of 200 who were to have Joined them
at Rock something or other had fiunked
at the last minute.
The leaders OF the Greenfield sight
seers, after having whooped up that
dream about a crowd Of I, 600. hesitated
to approach the assembly hall in the
Hotel Sinton with their meagre army of
100. 1t was humiliating to them, they
said. They talkei the thing over down
at the railroad station. and finally, en-
couraged by some Cincinnati evening
men who had painted in their
early eiitions pretty word pictures OF
] ,OC0 cheering Indianians, they stragglei
up TO the assembly hall.
Mr. Taft delivered brief speech. thank
ing them for coming to see "one OF the
victims of the campaign" Then he
shook hands with all OF them.
Although the Greenfield gathering was
in no sense a political delegation, yet
it had assumed interest through the re-
ports that had been sent out OF the large
number who would make the trip to Gin
cinnati, and the result was anything but
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