Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08


Of course the resolution will not he
adopted The Taft and administrat ion
people are not likely 10 pant with the
powerful ma chine they are now building
up in the south through action on THESE
contests. and which they will need f"ui
years hence for Taft. and perhaps eight
years hence for Roosevelt.
Resentment of Negroes.
With the allies beaten TO a pulp and
harmony promised in the convention.
there is still fly in the ointment. That
Is the attitude of the negroes and its
proba BILE effect in the campaign Their
next big job will he TO pacify the colored
brother, and. although the way does not
seem altogether clear now. the leaders
are hopeful that it can he done. The
necessity for prompt and effective action
was demonstrated by yesterdays events
i'm Chicago. Meetings were held in negro
churches throughout the city, attended
nv 12EN colored voters. denouncing the
| administration and the action of the ma
/ tional committee in regard to the con
tests Fiery speeches were made and
resentment ran high. petition has been
| in circulation among the negroes since
! last Friday with about 5000 signatures
/ thus far to be presented to the national
| convention praying adoption of a plank
pledging the party to protect the negro
| against Acknowledgement in the south.
| peal to YOU In behalf of republicans in
| those sections of the country where by
open and notorious discrimination. col
ored republicans have been completely
excluded from participating in republican
| primaries and conventions. We conf
IDENTIFY rely on the national committee tn
refuse credentials to all alleged repuhli-
cans whose allegiance To the principles
of the republican party are bounded by
| the color line. :
/ IL tto raft
ager in commenting upon the protests
made by the negroes yesterday. said to-
| day: There is no justification for the
charges that negroes are being discrim
| mated against, In point of fact the dele
cations that have been seated thus fal
have carried in more colnred men from
| the south than would have gone in il
the other side had been seated"
Fairbanks Disapproves.
! Discussion of the vice presidency is re
sumed this morning. The coterie OF
House leaders who are booming Sherman
of New York for the place resumed their
| activities.
Fairbanks is said to he positively ou
| of 1t. One of the Fairbanks managers
who had talked with him over the phone
made this statement to me this morning
| Vice President Fairbanks has reached
| a state of mind where he thinks vita
| pfinFlple Is lnNOiNeu IN the DppoSltlpI
to what he thinks is nomination ny die
tation. He believes that grave mis-
| take is being made. which will late
come up to plague the party. He thinks
| that the men who are leading the pres
ent campaign for Taft's nomination viii
rue their action. Vice President Fair
| banks will not he a party to this pro
cedure. and if he should be nominate,
for second place with Secretary Taft. un
der the procedure now in progress. Ii
Il .. to-
"Steam Roller" Again at Work.
| The black -and-tan" and the lilly
white" factions from the south thronge,
the lobby this morning in front of tn
room where the national committee wa
sitting, and glarcd at each other whil
they awaited the decision on the F1orid;
contest. When Assistant Secretary JOIN
Meloy read aloud the bulletin from insid
announcing the seating of the Taft dele
ga'as th-Ic were cheers from the Taf
people and groans from the other side.
| Well" remarked Col. Humphrey. th
manas ger of the Hughes boom. with a grin
smile. looks as if the steam roller wa
fred up for another run, and Is going RICH
down the line"
| The missionary work of the antiTaf
and Taft forces with the negroes is being
done almost entirely through the churches
1t was said today that nearly every negro
pulpit in Chicago was filled yesterday by ;
visiting clergyman sent by one or the
other opposing ia ctions. There were
number OF bishops and other big lights o.
the African church. and they eXpoundet
the situation in the south according L
their views of 1t and as seen from thell
| political standpoint,
| About II O'Clock the national committe e
suddenly suspended proceedings, ana there
was a scuttlng Of the committeeman &c
! the opposite side of the hall. one side ol
1 1t,,sr !. inft n IN -
about >, feet high and - feet long. gay.
| an ominous crack at the top and bulSed II
| about Il foot. -
.,rhera' cried one of the allies com-
mitteemen. Il knew YOU fellows wonlo
| null down the pillars of the temple before
Won got through with your hellish work.
\ Taft man retorted that the break was
caused by the Earring of the steam roller
az II passed backward and forward over
the allies.
Knox Reported Very Angry.
| The assembled politicians were much in
| terested in the report of the conversation
| which the manager of the Knox boom
| held this morning with Senator Knox al
his home in Valley Forge. 1t is stated
| that Senator Knox was very infiammatofy
in his remarks, expressing high indisna
| ton over the course of the Taft people
| and advising the allies 10 stand firm AMI
resist in every possible way. The in
:! formation soon leaked out and caused
| \ buzz of comment. The announcement
| of Sena or lInOx's frame of mind occa-
| stoned grave concern to Senator Crane
/ and his peacemakers, who are doing
| everything in their power to sit on the
| lid" repress the allies and further the
speedy nomination of Secretary TAFT
/ They are now busying themselves trying
| ia counteract the effect of the Knox out
| break and to smooth down the allies
! whose bristles have again begun To rise
/ Mr. Frank H. Hitchccck's revised esti-
mate of the Taft strength today Is as
! follows: Secretary Taft will have ti'
! votes on The first ballot The number Of
! instructed delegates to date is 81. Nee
! essary TO a choice i9l. \. o. NJ
LEGISLATURE TO RECONVENE.