The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-02


be sufficient to show to any fair and un-
prejudiced mind that l was never en-
ployed except prior to 1901, and tnat
my employment then had no relation
to anything that was in conflict with
nv public duties, but had reference
solely to the reorganization OF the
company and its Ohio affairs, with
which Congress had nothing whatever
to do.
what a pity it is that Judge Tafts
letter was not allowed to continue It's
slumber until after the election!
GAS to the Brownsville matter, Mr..
Taft SAYS, speaking of me: He has
seized upon and magnified an impor-
tant and incidental matter to EN-
barrass the Administration, using IN
this without scruple blind race pre-
iudice to accomplish his main purpose.
az have no way of proving what was
in my mind except by referring to the
record. Any one who reads that VIII
fail to find sentence, or word 10
Justify any such statement as MI
Taft makes.
In view of Judge Tafts statement
trust may be allowed to repeat
what have said number OF times
that in this whole matter / had no &c
venges to seek or personal ends 10
serve. but was anxious to see that COM
mon Justice was done to the represen-
tatiyes of a noble and loyal race every
one of whom is by nature a RepuDl-
can The colored voters are known 10
be more or less displeased with the ac-
ton of the Republican party In not
passing some relief measures for these
soldiers, and many of them have slgnl-
fed a purpose to vote against Judge
Taft because of his official relation to
the matter. Much work has been done
TO overcome this trouble and to in.
i duce the colored Republican voters OF
the country to stand by the party
with which they have always ati1ll-
ated And now comes the President
and publishes Judge Taft's letter con-
tanning his unfortunate reference TO
this unfortunate case.
what does he mean? Does. any
body imagine that the President is
unable to see that he is rubbing a
sore when he should have brought a
, plaster? Does he imagine, or can
4, ANYBODY suppose that the Republican
, colored voters of this country can be
brought to the support of Judge TAFT
by parading in these closing days OF
the campaign Judge Tafts belittlnS
of their chef grievance by mention
ing it as an incidental matter which
/, has been seized upon and magnified
using in this without scruple a blind
race prejudice, and then adding the
charge that all this is done only to
iembarrass the Administration of
President Roosevelt? Can it be pos
sible that the President wants to de-
feat Judge Taft? That cannot be,
, and yet he could hardly do any other
: one thing better calculated to lose
T. him votes, for. no self-respecting ne
gro, reading what Judge Taft says in
; this letter and adding it to all that
has gone before, can vote for him with
> out feeling that he is making great
- err sacrifice than most men, white OF
> black, are willing to make.
In any event the Presidents action
and comments are a wrong TOWARD
: the Republican PARTY, for they amount
to a charge against the party at criti
!, cal hour of the campaign Of an un
worthy purpose in connection with {
:; matter that every cOlered man wht
= has any pride of race holds of highes
value and in deepest appreciation
/ What Judge Taft says in his letter i!
equivalent of an assertion that thu
colored people of the country whC
have been gratified by what was done
> in the Brownsville matter have beer
|. simply hoodwinked by designing sci
o fishness. This is bad enough, but thu
b President makes it worse when HI
O says:
k "* The entire agitation owe
Brownsville was in large part not ;
genuine agitation on behalf of the col
!. ored men at all, but merely one phas
of the effort by the representatives o
certain law-defying corporations t
bring discredit upon the Administra
J. ton because it was seeking to cut on
n the evils connected not only with tn
= corrupt use of wealth, but especial,
with the corrupt alliance between ceI
tain business men of large fortune
q and certain politicians of great Office
h "Tn other words, the Brownsville
l. proceeding was not only all Judge Tai
d said It was, but in addition to beini
e DESIGNING and selfish 1t was promDte
If by the representatives of law-defyin
- l.