The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-28

whites. and yet these i9.e0o whites have driven the 52.000 negroes from the polls; robbed them of every right guaranteed ftp them under the Fed eral Constitutop and contrary to ev-l cry principle of the American govern ment Impose upon them Taxation Without Representation Such a con- dition Is Aitt1e less than slavery. and 1t Is time for the negroes t. wake up to their real condition These restric tions placed upon the ballot are only temporary, and It should he the aim of the ynaEs9es ,to rise up and throw them off as quickly as possihle..'
 The AlsbFmian has this to say of city politics:
 This interview: @we notice -:n MT. Tyson's Statement in The Journal last Saturday that one of the reasons why he taouSht the voters of Mont g snery should eiect him syas that he was 'op- posed 10 gfsntlns negroes license to sell whisHey in opposition to white men. Nov we are not in favor of grantlngg license to anybody 10 sell whiskey: put we are not in favor of granting license to white men and re- fuslng to grant them to negroes sim ply yecause they ar- uegroes. This was evidently sop handed out to the whisSes element: Sut the old bait had become sour. and did not work so well. outfof ..9Si' votes cast afr. Tyson was defeated by majohlty of 500 in favor of his opponent. 1t Is healthy sign in Southern Communities. when whire voters will not vote for mel. who seek power and position simply because they promise to crush negroes ana make them stay in ,,eir placess"
 This Is the way The Alahamian went after Roosevelt and Taft:
 ' 'Shali the colored men df Montgom- cry County be less insisteut for the rights of the race than members Of our race in other sections? Will the intei- lfgent men of this community sit still and see the True, honest expression and sentiment of great people sup pressed. pIisguided and misrepresent- ed2 Robbed Of every right political and civil, that justly belongs to you as citizens of free country; our soldiers disgracefufly kicked out of the army by President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft it is time for us to show our selves men. end take action. The Col ored A.abamian has not lost faith in the manhood and patriotism of our men. and 1t takes this last opportun- ity to issue this last appeal to the Re- pubIicans of Montgomery County to at | tend the mass meeting at the county court house, 8 p. m., Friday night, March 27, 1908"
 After the withdrawal letter had been sent number of we'll known negroes and several white men of Montgomery called on the Sheriff to ask him to re- sctnd the order. but it stood. The ne- groes then made their arrangements to hold their meeting in a church near the Negro Normal School.
 The, call for the meeting of negroes was signed first by Bishop J. ". AL stork. then by practically all the ne- gro ministers of the city and all the negro doctors as we'll as several other l prominent members of the race. The frank purpose of the meeting was to protest against Taft and endorse For aker. It was doubtless intended as one means of sending an anti-Taft delega- tion to Chicago.
 The Taft Republicans. of whom most are white, were somewhat concerned over the negro mass meeting and its possible effect on Republican affairs They grinned yesterday afternoon. In fact the Taft Republicans went about with hand over their mouths to hide aeir pleased smiles.
 ff The negro ministers of the city took
 he incident more seriously. Rev. E. P Mayo, pastor of old Ship Church, and Rev. N. ~. Nicely, pastor of the Peoples Church, where the meeting was held last night. called at The Ad- vertiser once to protest against all negroes and other negro ministers be- ing held responsible for the editorial
 utterances.
 'Rev. Judkins runs the paper, and is alone responsible for it's editorials they said. The other negro ministers
 of the city have nothing to do witt
 it's editorial utterances, We were no
 consulted in advance and we do no
 endorse the editorials after they have appeared. There are some things tha'
 we could not endorse. Figures giver
 in the editorials are misleading. w
 regret the unfortunate incident anC
 protest against being held responsible for something with which we had noth'
 ing to do."