The Washington bee., 1908-11-14
LILY WHITES

PLAN IL IAhE HANi u - Ii.
Would Eliminate the Negro From
Republican Affairs in Georgia.
LEAGUE OF TAFT CLUBS
NUCLEUS OF ORGANIZATION
Argue That Passage Of Disfranchise-
ment Law Has Destroyed the Use
fulness of the Negro to the Party
Some Suggested Appointments.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Negroes will be eliminated from
holding office in Georgia under the
incoming Republican administration
if the Taft clubs, organized in every
county in the state and compactly
formed into a state organization, has
anv weight with President-elect Iaft
These clubs in each county and the
central organization are composed Ct
white men, there being no Negro III
the entire membership.
Already prominent Georgians are
Aing suggested to supplant the few
Negroes now holding Office in this
state.
The increased strength of the Re
publican party, it is being urged by
the TAFT club members, was recruited
from the white citizens Of Georgii
and not from the Negroes.
Effect of Disfranchisement Law.
In view of the disfranchisemen
law, which goes into effect in Geor
ola on January I 1909, thousands o
Negroes who voted this year will no
he able to stand the educational quail
f.ation tests and will not be able t.
vote the Republican ticket four year
hence. even if they wanted to, and th'
fact that thousands in Georgia, it /
said. did not vote for Mr.. Taft o.
TUESDAY on account of the Browns
Vile episode, is being used already t.
show Mr.. Taft why he should appom
all white Republicans to Office II
Georgia this year.
This will mean that a fight is t
be made upon H. A. Rucker, the Ne
GRO collector of customs in Atlanta
and !. H. Deveaux, the Negro collec
tor of the port at Savannah, the onh
large plums now being held by Ne
groes.
With TAFT clubs organized through
out the state bringing pressure t.
hear, it is believed weight will b
had with the president in makin'
these appointments.
Following closely upon the rePor
that Colonel Robert J. Lowry NIGH
be given a portfolio in the cabinet o
MIR. Taft. other rewards for excellen
work done in the interest Of MI
Tafts candidacy are being spoken OF
too
Atlantans May Be Named.
Prominent among these is the sug
gestion that Henry S. Jackson, presi
dent of the Fulton County Taft Clut
and a hard worker in the interest o
Mr.. Taft in Georgia, would be urge
for appointment to some high post O
honor in the diplomatic service.
Attorney William J. Tilson, of tn
new firm of Tilson, Green & Nc
Kinney. a member of the eXecutiv
committee of the Fulton County Tai
Club. vice president Of the Georgi
Association of Taft Clubs, and one
the hardest workers in the interest o
Mr.. Taft's candidacy in the state,
being suggested as the possible sue
cessor to District Attorney F. Carte
Tate.
Mr.. Tilson, like Judge Taft, claim
Yale as his alma mater, taking thre
degrees, A. B., bachelor of law an
master of law, there during his sever
year course, and it is known tn;
Judge Taft has a decided preferenc
for men who claim with him Yale {
his alma mater, all other things bein
equal Mr.. Tilson is president of tn
Vale Alumni Association of GeorgI;
Attorney Fulton Colville, who di
active campaign work in the intere
of Mr. Taft by making speeches owe
the state, and organizing, with M
Tilson the Taft rally at the Lyceul
on the eve of the election, is bein
prominently spoken of for the positio
of collector OF internal revenue fc
Georgia.
The Taft supporters, too, urge tn
in view of the vote piled up for Nj
Taft in Chatham county that the Ta