The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-09
4tihe Natiou's Capitllt
COntinned dom page ono.


champion, senator Foraker, ana are
declaring their fealty to the nominees
OF the Chicago convention The
newspapers which were the most bit.
ter against the former war. secretary
have changed their tope to hosannas,
and today. not q single reputable race
journal in the land Is actively array
ed againstEthe. ticket or course, as
one Of the f:allies" confessed to q
''stalwart". the other day, the oppo-
nents@'o Judge Taft cannot hope to
be as influential in the councils OF the
party as the men who started out for,
him when his cause was not popular
among the rank and file Of our -peoe
pie; but, nevertheless, they eyfnce a
Willingness to fall in behind who
guessed right," and labor as yigor-
ously as If their. favorite had been
made the nominee. The steering
committee" headed by Auditor
Ralph, w. Tyler, will now get busy
and lay before the newly-elected
chairman all the facts touching the
condition OF the Negro vote" and sug->
gest some method by which the NE
gro republicans can most effectively
cooperate with the party at large
In the impending campaign. The race
has unlimited confidence i nthe-polft-
ical sagacity, ripe experience and
sturdy honesty of Mr.. Tyler, and no
one doubts that the suggestions Offer
ed by him and his seasoned col,
leagues will be broad, comprehensive
and thorough, fair alike to all sec
tons Of the country, impartial as to
persons and absolutely just with re-
into the equation. The sensible Ne
,groes have no wish to bolt the repub-
lican ticket, zealots and agitators to
the contrary Notwithstanding Sen
sationalists who thrive upon disorder
and unrest, political and social, are
never friends Of peace; no attention
will be paid to them. With an assur-
ance of q Square deal" for the Ne
gro from party manager to poll-tak-
er, no apprehension need be felt as
to. the course the race will pursue in
the campaign. There is no logical
reason why the "stalwarts" and erst-
while "allies" may not~traveI arm
in-arm toward the common ~goal--a
republican triumph in November.
The longest-headed manager the
"allies" had in the recent contest was
former Register Judson W.. Lyons,
the Georgia member Of the national
committee. The conservative stand
taken by him, as indicated by his
declaration OF loyalty to Taft and
Sherman and recorded in our last
letter, calls attention anew to his un-
failing wisdom in emergencies and
admirable qualities as a leader Mr..
Lyons is q hard fighter, but always
fights 'ton the level" and win or
lose, he has the knack Of adjusting
himself gracefully to the situation.
AS a winner. he Is generous to his
less fortunate competitors, and if de-
feated in a fair field, he never whim-
pers. He never crows over the van
quisher, nor is he cast down by tenn
porary reverses of personal charac-
ter. He has poise and dignity
prime requisites in one who essays
to represent an idea or a. people.
These attributes have been displayed
in striking fashion throughout his
IL years as national committeeman
and state leader in Georgia, and 8
years Of exacting services as register
or the treasury, and stood him in
good stead when called to the chair
tof the natiopal committee at Chica-
go last month, during the most mo-
mo CT roll re
Cd covered by the contested election
| cases. Az the "allies" can readily
| testify, Mr.. Lyons keeps his word in
all things and never fails to 'tmake
good" .inawhatever he undertakes. He
stood up manfully for Foraker, 2as he
had promised, when his individual
| ambitions might have been better
tserved had he gone over to Taft. In
the face Of tremendously powerful
organization, Mr.. Lyons was able to
exert sufficient personal influence to
! hold in line nine votes on the Geor-
gia delegation for the "ailies'
trolling and casting eight votes for
| Foraker and one for Fairbanks. In
| fact, he brought to Foraker half of
the total vote received by the Ohio
senator, scoring success that was
not remotely approached by any 9TH
er manager for tn e"allies"s although
not making half as much fuss over
1t as did some of them, who brought
pothing to Chicago save a bunch of
empty claims and many feeble ex-
| plantations. 1t Is easy to understand
! under these circumstances, why the
leaders of the allied forces should
| have pronounced the Georgia dele
cation "the1 old guard and hailed
Mr.. Lyons as the "hero Of the con-
| vention." The regretable thing in
this connections that Mr.: Lyons was