The Washington bee., 1908-06-13
ADVISES A BOLT
COMMENDS THE DEMOCRAT
IC PARTY TO COLORED
VOTERS.

CC-L " L~-F ID III DLII - NIN-AL -
IC PARTY TO COLORED
VOTERS.
ADVICE AXVAKENS APPLAUSE
Former Senator, in address at Gal
braith Church, Declares RePHbH-
can Party Has Robbed COI0red
Mon of His Rights - Not Question
rs to Who President vii Be, but
of Principles, He ASSertS.
Former Senator William E. Chan
dler, of New Hampshire, in an ad-
dress before the members of the Gal
braith a. NJ. Z. Church last Monday
night, urged Negroes to vote against
Secretary Taft for president, and he
suggested they might obtain better
results if they supported the Demo-
cratic party.
He also urged the Negroes to de-
mand that the Republican party in
sert a plank in their platform for the
enforcement of the Fifteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution.
The Senator's remarks were Wig
orously applauded. When he referr-
ed to indignities he alleged the Re-
publican party had heaped on the
Negroes of the South, he was ap-
plauded to the echo. Men and wom-
en- waved handkerchiefs, and it was
several minutes before order was re-
stored.
C0l0red Ministers Gi0e Talks.
Former Governor Kellogg, of Lou
isiana, also was scheduled for an ad-
dress, but he failed to appear. Sew
eraI colored ministers spoke on the
political situation.
Il want to tell you colored men
and women" said Senator Chandler,
that the oppression of the Negro in
the South is due to the fact that
members of your own race have per-
sistently supported the Republican
party. Now, would not the Demo-
cratic party feel more kindly toward
the Negro if he were to vote the
Democratic ticket?
"A crisis has been reached in the
history of the country. ColOred vot-
ers should take immediate steps to
protect their interests. Secretary
Tafts attitude on the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, which
insures your birthrights, is well
known to everyone, and to support
him for president means you will be
standing in your own path. This
amendment has not been enforced by
the Republican party Heretofore Ne
gro voters of the country have asked
few favors of the Republican party,
but the time has now arrived for
them to demand this amendment be
vigorously enforces.
Rights Declared Lost.
'In former days Negroes enjoyed
two privileges, namely, the right to
attend Republican caucuses and con-
ventions on terms of equality with
their white brothers, and of enlisting
in the United States Army. An ef-
fort is now being made by the Re-
publican party to deprive you OF
these privileges.
'If the Brownsville affair had in
volved white, instead of black, SOL
diers the matter never would have
resulted as it did. Had the compa-
nies consisted of white soldiers, and
it was deemed necessary to discharge
them, l venture to say they would
long since have been reinstated.
The only reason Frank Hitchcock
permitted colored Southern delegates
to go to the convention was because
Northerners made a howl. Had there
been no voice raised in the Nortn
against disbarment there would have
been no Negro delegates at the Ma
tional Convention. Personally, l rec
ognize political equality among the
Negroes and white voters.
Senator Shandler closed his re-
marks by saying: 1T is not so much
who will be the next president, but
what shall be the principles of the
Republican party"
RECORDER DANCY